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Welcome to Work Reloaded. My name is Sonja Pieper and this is my blog about the quest of finding a different way to work. Think location independent, smart work & passive income. After 8 years as a corporate software developer I am now starting out into self-employment.Here you'll find tips & tutorials on web development, software development and insights into working for yourself.
Currently I am attempting world domination by creating android apps and doing scrum consulting.
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Java Memory Optimization & Server Resources
I’ve learned a bit about Java and also about Linux this past week-end. I finally found out, what it was that kept me from going forward with the deployment of my web application. I kept getting OOM errors when starting … Continue reading
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Automate your Android builds comfortably
Or: How to set up your Android app’s Multi Module Maven build as Eclipse project. This week I spend a few hours searching for a solution for automated Android builds with Maven. I want to launch my first paid app … Continue reading
Posted in android, apps, development, work less
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A fairy tale of the Wicket and the Maven
A short excursion on how to start a wicket project which leads to a more indepth tutorial that shows how to integrate Maven profiles into any project. There are also specific instructions what changes to make to a wicket project to make the best use of profiles. Continue reading
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How to use the Android Camera
I have now spent quite a few hours programming for my next app which needs to take pictures. I did not want to use the camera app that’s already there for several reasons. So I need to programm my own. … Continue reading
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Open Source Android: DroidWeight
A few minutes ago I made my first commit on the new svn repository for DroidWeight on google code: http://code.google.com/p/droidweight/. I had a couple of requests to open source it. Since I never planned on making money from the app … Continue reading
Call for links
I am looking for pages, forums, communities and blogs on all things scrum or agile. I will also happily take a look at general software development processes and methodology sources. I’d be grateful for some good places to start reading. … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Methods, processes
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3 Approaches to Change
In Can you change your team? I asked you to think about what you want to change the most about your work. What you want to change dictates which approaches to change is most likely to succeed. The best approach … Continue reading
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Can you change your team?
Yes you can! The words may have gotten a bit old by now. I still say: you won’t know until you have tried and succeeded. Are you working in one of those teams, that I described in my last article? … Continue reading
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Why every team needs a development process
Imagine a typical software development team. There are 2 types of such teams: those that are based around a single project or those around a single system. People tend to want to differentiate between those types only to find out … Continue reading
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The Android Dropdown: Spinner
I am currently working on the next release of RpgTracker and I thought I might do another tutorial since I haven’t written one in quite a while. In Android the dropdown selection widget is called Spinner. Dropdowns are used to … Continue reading
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