i am pretty excited. i just got out of our first major demo showing off our advancement in the transportation problem we are trying to solve. the demo went off without any problems. everything worked, amazing!!! one thing about working for a large company is that when you are building a system to consolidate transportation corporate wide you are talking hundreds of millions of dollars. although that is pretty cool it brings a lot of pressure to nail it the first time. well we had our first demo for some higher ups and it worked perfect. so well in fact that they are buying us pizza next thursday (sweeeeeeeeeet).
for those more technically inclined, i built a multi-threaded, object pool action system that allows our legacy ERP system built on COBOL to interact with a third-party java transportation system. we get flat files from the COBOL system and transform them to XML and pass it to the third-party system. although this is integration of the file level vs. the code level, it is still pretty cool. the framework is pretty extensible and allows for dynamic object creation based off an config information and an interface contract. it works so well in fact, that i am toying around with adding some features and possibly open sourcing the project to see if there is any interest. i assume there are a few businesses that operate as conservative technically as the one i work for and could benefit from my framework. who knows?
on a side note, i am having edward look into creating my own internet radio show and releasing it online. the concept is going to be for the geek inclined and will obviously contain my outrageous view of the world, as well as, my friend nathan’s (if he is still willing). what do ya think? would you guys tune in? i know it won’t get very big, but it may be fun, especially if someone happens upon it from using google. do i have any of you guys volunteering to line up as the first guests, hehe?
later
also, i will try to get more wild with my post and have you guys rolling on the floor soon. i will also have a category listing on my entries so you can sort on those you want to see and are interested in.