Author Archives: Steve Riley

Review of Apache Axis2 Web Services 2nd Edition by Deepal Jayasinghe & Afkham Azeez

I just recently had a chance to read Apache Axis2 Web Services 2nd Edition by Deepal Jayasinghe & Afkham Azeez.  I really didn’t know much about deployable java frameworks for web-service integration and this book quite effectively taught me a lot. … Continue reading

Posted in General | Comments Off

Review of OpenSceneGraph 3.0 Beginner’s Guide by Rui Wang & Xuelei Qian

When asked to review OpenSceneGraph 3.0: Beginner’s Guide I was excited to hear that a published book on OpenSceneGraph 3.0 was coming out.  OpenSceneGraph has grown into such a first class tool that it’s high time some books start hitting … Continue reading

Posted in General, Programming | Leave a comment

24 years of game programming: thrills, chills and spills: part 3 of 3

If you haven’t read the first and second parts of this article, you’ll probably want to check them out here and here. So I was working with a company that did 3D development for games! It was 1998 and things … Continue reading

Posted in Game Industry, General, Programming | Leave a comment

The Top 10 Attributes of a Great Programmer

With all the latest attention again on what does and doesn’t make a good programmer, I couldn’t help but put together my own top 10 list. Being a great problem solver. Being driven and lazy at the same time. Ability … Continue reading

Posted in General, Programming | 73 Comments

How SEO will kill google – or the problem with backlinks

When the web was young, backlinks were the perfect way to measure a sites popularity. The sites with backlinks were more popular and the sites with backlinks from more popular sites were even more popular as you would expect. And … Continue reading

Posted in General, Technology, Web | 7 Comments