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	<title>Software is too expensive to build cheaply... &#187; suncorp</title>
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	<description>Robert's Rambling Ruminations Regarding Reality</description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s no feeling like releasing software&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://twasink.net/blog/2005/09/theres-no-feeling-like-releasing-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh&#8230; that&#8217;s the first production release of my latest project at work out the door today. I can&#8217;t talk too much about specifics, but it&#8217;s not a big secret that Wotif is enabling various B2B aspects of our web site, mainly with the registered hotels. Today saw the first big step in that direction. :) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salaries are rising.</title>
		<link>http://twasink.net/blog/2005/06/salaries-are-rising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm&#8230; salaries are going up again Speaking as an employee, not an employer, this sounds like good news. :)

One quote, however, which qualifies as a blinding flash of the totally obvious, was this one:
Candidates were loyal to their skills and their careers, rather than to employers, Ms Bianchini said.
Well, duh. Employers aren&#8217;t loyal to their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay your bills&#8230; donate to charity</title>
		<link>http://twasink.net/blog/2005/06/pay-your-bills-donate-to-charity/</link>
		<comments>http://twasink.net/blog/2005/06/pay-your-bills-donate-to-charity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What an amazing idea&#8230; My old employer, Suncorp is having a promotion where you can round up bill payments to the nearest dollar and donate the extra to charity Simply put, when you pay a bill via their internet banking app, you can donate to charity at the same time. The current charity is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving on &#8211; reflections</title>
		<link>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/12/moving-on-reflections/</link>
		<comments>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/12/moving-on-reflections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agile Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m leaving Suncorp in January, after about 3 years there. I&#8217;m taking up a position at wotif.com where I will be joining a small team that drives their website.

My time at Suncorp was largely a change-agent role. I came in to help get Suncorp serious about doing J2EE-based and agile development. I had successes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do things have to be so bloody hard????</title>
		<link>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/11/why-do-things-have-to-be-so-bloody-hard/</link>
		<comments>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/11/why-do-things-have-to-be-so-bloody-hard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2004 23:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Java]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[suncorp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did a silly thing last week. I&#8217;ve been avoiding being given a task for the last nine months, and then all of a sudden I ended up volunteering to do it, for all sorts of reasons. The task: work out how to use WebLogic Workshop as a real tool, in conjunction with our other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognition gap</title>
		<link>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/08/recognition-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/08/recognition-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agile Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[suncorp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Esther Derby describes a notice from Gallup about the lack of recognition and appreciation in modern companies.

We use the Gallup organisation polls to gauge a nebulous concept called &#8220;employee engagement&#8221; at Suncorp. It is this poll, and others like it, that Gallup use to come up with figures like &#8220;Sixty-five percent of Americans received NO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Application Design Principle #1</title>
		<link>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/04/web-application-design-principle-1/</link>
		<comments>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/04/web-application-design-principle-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suncorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web app]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a fundamental design principle with web-based applications that constantly amazes me people forget. It&#8217;s a simple one, too.
Web applications are inherently stateless

That&#8217;s it. Not hard to remember, is it? What this means is simple as well: in a web-based application, the server can not be certain of what state the client is in. Maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eclipse Update servers</title>
		<link>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/03/eclipse-update-servers/</link>
		<comments>http://twasink.net/blog/2004/03/eclipse-update-servers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Java]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eclipse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jon eaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suncorp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Eaves of Thoughtworks was writing on managing Eclipse updates and how to preserve your environment between upgrades.

While this was an excellent guide to preserving your own environment, there&#8217;s a better way if you need to do this at a team or organisational level, and that&#8217;s by setting up an Eclipse Upgrade Server.
I&#8217;ve got one [...]]]></description>
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