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Strategy Pattern & Dependency Injection abuse.

I thought I would share in this post my thoughts on a design pattern that has changed the way I write code. The beauty is in the simplicity of this pattern. It's easy to implement and doesn't unnecessarily complicate the problem domain, in fact it simplifies it and leads you gently towards the...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 09-01-2010
Superman's alter ego - Quintin Tarantino's analogy

Here is a small section of the Kill Bill script that I enjoyed very much. In true Tarantino story telling style, Tarantino analyses superman's alter ego and makes a few interesting deductions. "...l'm quite keen on comic books. Especially the ones about superheroes. I find the whole mythology...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 03-18-2010
Work in progress...

A few pet projects I have on the go... 1. I am building a 3-tier WPF application that implements CRUD against the Northwind database. The middle tier include the WCF layer and the business layer and will leverage the Entity Framework to expose IQueryable objects in the presentation layer. 2. I am building...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 11-23-2009
Jean Hibbert's Terminator Salvation.

Terminator Salvation (Alpha Version) - a Story by Jean Hibbert. Some of the ideas have been stolen from the movie, and most of the scenes in the movie can be re-used on my take of Terminator Salvation. The reason I have re-written the story is because I feel that the story did not live up to my expectations...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 06-09-2009
Seattle Day 1 - Sunday

The jet lag was pretty rough.... I still find myself waking up at wierd hours of the night and checking the time. I also have a lot on my mind at the moment, and am looking forward to the conference which kicks off in 1 hour. This blog post is about yesterday though. I managed to watch the Seattle Seahawks...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 11-03-2008
"Nice to have" VS "Must Have"

Programmers enjoy writing code. As long as we are not under too much preassure, its always fun to add those features into the system that are "nice to have" rather than critical or "must have" features. We have become "Code Addicts". By adding all these unessesary features...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 09-24-2008
Passion

Passion. It's a double edged sword. It can be used to achieve your wildest dreams and goals or it can make one very self destructive. Its that feeling you get in your chest when you listen to Beethoven's 9th symphony and the vocals kick in. Its that feeling you get when you are hill training...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 09-19-2008
The Matrix - "Temet Nosce"

I'd say I'm one of those people with an ingrained skeptical view of "societies view of what is write and wrong". My skepticism is also based on the idea that most authority figures are not necessarily basing their decisions on what they truly believe is the greater good for humanity...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 07-06-2008
Lessons from the Dark Side of Life

This is a way overdue blog post, but one that I will enjoy writing. I have learned much from my past work and social experiences here in the UK. One thing I don't have(fortunately) are regrets. All my decisions have paid off so far and I now sit in a great position in my life where I have many opportunities...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 05-02-2008
Poor leadership in South Africa

I'd like to dedicate this blog post to Thabo Mbeki. I've never met the man, but I can say he has never failed to dissapoint me. He's never made any difference to South Africa, or voiced any speech that could inspire since he has come to office. A luke warm failure of note. Jacob Zuma is a...

Posted to Jean Hibbert's Blog (Weblog) by jean on 02-13-2008

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