<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com</title><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2009 timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com</title><url>http://res.sys-con.com/portlet/163/featured-blog-graphic-145.gif</url><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing through Microblogging</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/collaboration_and_knowledge_sharing_through_microblogging_1.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/collaboration_and_knowledge_sharing_through_microblogging_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=collaboration%5Fand%5Fknowledge%5Fsharing%5Fthrough%5Fmicroblogging%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You have most likely heard of the microblogging site, Twitter.com. Twitter allows you to create short (160 char limit) frequent posts. Any Twitter user who chooses to “follow” you will see the messages you post. Twitter now has over a million users.]]></description></item><item><title>Impressions of the Amazon Kindle 2 from a Kindle 1 owner</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/impressions_of_the_amazon_kindle_2_from_a_kindle_1_owner_1.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/impressions_of_the_amazon_kindle_2_from_a_kindle_1_owner_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=impressions%5Fof%5Fthe%5Famazon%5Fkindle%5F2%5Ffrom%5Fa%5Fkindle%5F1%5Fowner%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Is the Kindle 2 truly a next generation Kindle device? Unfortunately, I&#8217;d say the Kindle 2 is far from being a next generation Kindle. After reviewing all of the new features and its redesign, I would find it very hard for any existing Kindle 1]]></description></item><item><title>Three Great Books for Learning and Mastering Ruby on Rails</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/three_great_books_for_learning_and_mastering_ruby_on_rails_1.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/three_great_books_for_learning_and_mastering_ruby_on_rails_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=three%5Fgreat%5Fbooks%5Ffor%5Flearning%5Fand%5Fmastering%5Fruby%5Fon%5Frails%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I tend to read a lot of technical books. My current passion is with the Ruby programming language and the Rails web application framework which is built on top of the Ruby language. I’m also a published technical author myself. The book that I am cur]]></description></item><item><title>Bringing Web 2.0 into the Enterprise</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/bringing_web_20_into_the_enterprise_1.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/bringing_web_20_into_the_enterprise_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bringing%5Fweb%5F20%5Finto%5Fthe%5Fenterprise%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today, social networking, and user-generated content web sites are among the most popular sites on the Internet getting millions of hits every day. Sites like MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, and Google Apps allow users to share user-generated content and]]></description></item><item><title>Gen Y, Social Media, and the Enterprise</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/gen_y_social_media_and_the_enterprise_1.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/gen_y_social_media_and_the_enterprise_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gen%5Fy%5Fsocial%5Fmedia%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fenterprise%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Generation Y includes those in the age range 13 to 31. This is the largest generation ever, even surpassing the population of the Baby Boomers. In total their are about 80 million “GenYers”. This is a generation that has been brought up on technology]]></description></item><item><title>Amazon Kindle, the Most Underrated Gadget Out!!!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/amazon_kindle_the_most_underrated_gadget_out_1.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/amazon_kindle_the_most_underrated_gadget_out_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=amazon%5Fkindle%5Fthe%5Fmost%5Funderrated%5Fgadget%5Fout%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With all the hype that the iPhone and the new Google G1 phone are getting, I’d like to talk about a device that I think is probably the most underrated electronic gadget that is available today. This device is the Amazon Kindle .
I’ve had my Kindle f]]></description></item><item><title>Ruby on Rails Bible Now Available</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/ruby_on_rails_bible_now_available_1.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/ruby_on_rails_bible_now_available_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruby%5Fon%5Frails%5Fbible%5Fnow%5Favailable%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My 2nd book, Ruby on Rails Bible, was released on October 6th. It is now available through your local bookstores, and online at Amazon.com
and other online book sellers. Another Rails author, Noel Rappin , also contributed content to this book. Noel]]></description></item><item><title>Ruby on Rails Bible Now on Twitter</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/ruby_on_rails_bible_now_on_twitter_1.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/ruby_on_rails_bible_now_on_twitter_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruby%5Fon%5Frails%5Fbible%5Fnow%5Fon%5Ftwitter%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For those who Twitter, the Ruby on Rails Bible book now has a Twitter feed of its own.
You can follow Ruby on Rails Bible for content updates and corrections, new content, discussion about the book and its contents, and Rails knowledge sharing.
You c]]></description></item><item><title>Impressions of the Amazon Kindle 2 from a Kindle 1 Owner</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/impressions_of_the_amazon_kindle_2_from_a_kindle_1_owner.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/impressions_of_the_amazon_kindle_2_from_a_kindle_1_owner.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=impressions%5Fof%5Fthe%5Famazon%5Fkindle%5F2%5Ffrom%5Fa%5Fkindle%5F1%5Fowner</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Amazon recently announced the second generation of their Kindle electronic reading device.
The 
Kindle 2
is available for pre-order now with delivery expected on February 24th.  I
am an owner of the first generation Kindle and I should preface this p]]></description></item><item><title>Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing through Microblogging</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/collaboration_and_knowledge_sharing_through_microblogging.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/collaboration_and_knowledge_sharing_through_microblogging.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=collaboration%5Fand%5Fknowledge%5Fsharing%5Fthrough%5Fmicroblogging</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You have most likely heard of the microblogging site, 
Twitter.com.  Twitter
allows you to create short (160 char limit) frequent posts.  Any Twitter user
who chooses to &#8220;follow&#8221; you will see the messages you post.  Twitter now has 
over]]></description></item><item><title>Ruby on Rails Bible Now on Twitter</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/ruby_on_rails_bible_now_on_twitter.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/ruby_on_rails_bible_now_on_twitter.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruby%5Fon%5Frails%5Fbible%5Fnow%5Fon%5Ftwitter</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For those who Twitter, the Ruby on Rails Bible book now has a Twitter feed of its own.
You can follow Ruby on Rails Bible for content updates and corrections, new content, discussion about the book and its contents, and Rails knowledge sharing.

You]]></description></item><item><title>Ruby on Rails Bible Now Available</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/ruby_on_rails_bible_now_available.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/ruby_on_rails_bible_now_available.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruby%5Fon%5Frails%5Fbible%5Fnow%5Favailable</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My 2nd book, Ruby on Rails Bible, was released on October 6th.
It is now available through your local bookstores, and online 
at 
Amazon.com

and other online book sellers.  Another Rails author,
Noel Rappin
, also contributed content to this book.]]></description></item><item><title>Amazon Kindle: The Most Underrated Gadget Out!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/amazon_kindle_the_most_underrated_gadget_out.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/amazon_kindle_the_most_underrated_gadget_out.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=amazon%5Fkindle%5Fthe%5Fmost%5Funderrated%5Fgadget%5Fout</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With all the hype that the iPhone and the new Google G1 phone are getting, 
I&#8217;d like to talk about a device that I think is probably the most underrated 
electronic gadget that is available today.  This device is the 
Amazon Kindle
.
I&#8217;ve]]></description></item><item><title>Gen Y, Social Media, and the Enterprise</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/gen_y_social_media_and_the_enterprise.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/gen_y_social_media_and_the_enterprise.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gen%5Fy%5Fsocial%5Fmedia%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fenterprise</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Generation Y includes those in the age range 13 to 31.  This is the largest
generation ever, even surpassing the population of the Baby Boomers. In total
their are about 80 million &#8220;GenYers&#8221;.  This is a generation that has been
brought up]]></description></item><item><title>Bringing Web 2.0 into the Enterprise</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/bringing_web_20_into_the_enterprise.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/bringing_web_20_into_the_enterprise.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bringing%5Fweb%5F20%5Finto%5Fthe%5Fenterprise</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today, social networking, and user-generated content web sites are among the 
most popular sites on the Internet getting millions of hits every day.  Sites
like MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, 
and Google Apps allow users to share user-generated
content a]]></description></item><item><title>Online Rails Development with Heroku</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/online_rails_development_with_heroku.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/online_rails_development_with_heroku.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=online%5Frails%5Fdevelopment%5Fwith%5Fheroku</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Heroku is a web application that provides a complete environment for writing Ruby on Rails powered web applications.  With Heroku you get both a development environment and a hosting platform.  Each application that you create with Heroku is also ass]]></description></item><item><title>Three Great Books for Learning and Mastering Ruby on Rails</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/three_great_books_for_learning_and_mastering_ruby_on_rails.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/three_great_books_for_learning_and_mastering_ruby_on_rails.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=three%5Fgreat%5Fbooks%5Ffor%5Flearning%5Fand%5Fmastering%5Fruby%5Fon%5Frails</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I tend to read a lot of technical books.  My current passion is with the Ruby programming language and the Rails web application framework which is built on top of the Ruby language.  I&#8217;m also a published technical author myself.  The book that]]></description></item><item><title>The Java Phrasebook as a Teaching Tool</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/the_java_phrasebook_as_a_teaching_tool_1.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/the_java_phrasebook_as_a_teaching_tool_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fjava%5Fphrasebook%5Fas%5Fa%5Fteaching%5Ftool%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It has been suggested to me by several reviewers including this one at the Java Lobby that the Java Phrasebook which I wrote last year would make an excellent text book or companion to a text book for a course on Java programming.  After thinking abo]]></description></item><item><title>Programming Languages : Use the best tool for the job</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/programming_languages__use_the_best_tool_for_the_job.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/programming_languages__use_the_best_tool_for_the_job.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=programming%5Flanguages%5F%5Fuse%5Fthe%5Fbest%5Ftool%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fjob</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Over the weekend I finished reading the book The Rails Way.  I actually enjoyed this book so much that I took the time to read it cover to cover.  As good as this book was, it is not specifically the topic of this post.  The last chapter of the book]]></description></item><item><title>What is RESTful Development?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/what_is_restful_development.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/what_is_restful_development.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fis%5Frestful%5Fdevelopment</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This article is cross-posted from blog.timothyfisher.com .&nbsp;Recently, there has been a surge in popularity for a development pattern or technique known as RESTful development.  Popular frameworks such as Ruby on Rails are fueling popularity of RE]]></description></item><item><title>Ruby on Rails Bible Coming Soon!!!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/rubyonrailsbible.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/rubyonrailsbible.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rubyonrailsbible</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My next book will be coming in early spring, most likely May, 2008 from Wiley.  The book is the Ruby on Rails Bible.  The book covers the Rails framework in detail providing an overview of the Ruby programming language, an overview of Rails, detailed]]></description><category>ruby</category><category>rails</category><category>rubyonrails</category><category>programming</category><category>development</category><category>frameworks</category></item><item><title>My new book; the Java Phrasebook</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/my_new_book_the_java_phrasebook.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/my_new_book_the_java_phrasebook.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Fnew%5Fbook%5Fthe%5Fjava%5Fphrasebook</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My new book, the Java Phrasebook from Sams Publishing provides a great concise guide to more than 100 customizable code snippets–so you can readily code functional Java in just about any situation. The Java Phrasebook gives you the code phrases you n]]></description><category>java</category><category>phrasebook</category><category>web</category><category>programming</category><category>development</category></item><item><title>Check out my new expanded blog...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/newblog.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/newblog.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=newblog</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Visit my new blog at blog.timothyfisher.com]]></description></item><item><title>Java, Ruby, and Rails...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/java_ruby_and_rails.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/java_ruby_and_rails.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=java%5Fruby%5Fand%5Frails</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Another Java developer who has had interest sparked by Ruby and Rails.]]></description></item><item><title>When Discussing Languages (i.e. Java and PHP), Look Beyond Your Comfort Zone and Learn Something New</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/when_disccusing_languages_ie_java_and_php_look_beyond_your_comfort_zone_and_learn_somethin.htm</guid><link>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/when_disccusing_languages_ie_java_and_php_look_beyond_your_comfort_zone_and_learn_somethin.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://timothyfisher.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=when%5Fdisccusing%5Flanguages%5Fie%5Fjava%5Fand%5Fphp%5Flook%5Fbeyond%5Fyour%5Fcomfort%5Fzone%5Fand%5Flearn%5Fsomethin</comments><dc:creator>Timothy Fisher</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is a follow-up to Tim's recent popular posting, "All the Cool Open Source Apps are in PHP." In this posting, Tim suggests that most Java and PHP developers don't know enough about the other's language and instead of learning, they resort to crit]]></description></item></channel></rss>