New post about Sales Orders and Ship Groups in OFBiz on HWM Blog

Another post of the OFBiz tutorial series I wrote for my company's blog:
"OFBiz Tutorial – Order Entry and Ship Groups"

New post about PDF exports in OFBiz on HWM Blog

Another post of the OFBiz tutorial series I wrote for my company's blog:
"OFBiz Tutorial – Implementing a Product PDF export"

New post about CSV exports in OFBiz on HWM Blog

Another post of the OFBiz tutorial series I wrote for my company's blog:
"OFBiz Tutorial – Implementing a Product CSV export"

Another post in the OFBiz Tutorial series

Another post of the OFBiz tutorial series I wrote for my company's blog:
"OFBiz Tutorial – Enhancing the Product list screen"

New post about OFBiz Widget Programming on HWM Blog

Here is the link of a new post about OFBiz widgets I wrote for my company's blog:
"OFBiz Tutorial – Building A Simple Product List Screen"

New post about OFBiz Custom Components on HWM Blog

Here is the link of a new post about OFBiz Custom Components setup I wrote for my company's blog:
"OFBiz Tutorial - Custom Components in OFBiz"

New post about OFBiz Widget Renderers on HWM Blog

Here is the link of a new post about OFBiz Widget Renderers I wrote for my company's blog:
"OFBiz Tutorial - Introduction to OFBiz Widgets"

HotWax Media is Gold Sponsor at ApacheCon US 2009

We did it again!
HotWax Media is again, after last year's Platinum Sponsorship at New Orleans conference, one of the top names at ApacheCon: we are Gold Sponsor at ApacheCon US 2009, Oakland.
Unfortunately this year I am not able to attend and meet the Apache gents, but for sure HotWax Media will be greatly represented by Mike Bates and Tim Ruppert.
Here is the blog post about this event from HotWax Media blog:
HotWax Media, Gold Sponsor, ApacheCon US 2009

ApacheCon - Badge

Preparing for the ApacheCon US 2008.



Here is my schedule and my profile pages.
For an overview of all the sessions related to OFBiz, visit the OFBiz Symposium page.

Countdown to ApacheConUS 2008 - 1 month

The ApacheCon US 2008 is getting closer, minus one month to go: November 3-7, New Orleans.
This year, OFBiz will be an important part of the Conference and there will be several training sessions and presentations about this amazing Open Source ERP software.
And the company I work for, HotWax Media, is a Platinum Sponsor of the event, and will play a big role in this.
From this page you will find the links to the sessions I am going to hold.

Back home - Pics of Indore

I am finally back home after spending my last two weeks in Indore, India, working with my colleagues (and now very good friends too!) of the Indore offices of HotWax Media.
Even if I have to admit that life and customs in Indore are totally different, and somewhat shocking too, from what I am used to in Padova I can really say I had a great time because I have found there a lot of good friends that did all the possible (and more) to make me feel like I was home.
Here are some pictures about this great experience, including pictures of the Sayaji Hotel, the inauguration party for the new HWM offices, a birthday party in the office (Happy Birthday Jyotsna!), me having some pleasant moments (and drinks) in a pub with Ashish, Vikas, Mridul, Ratnesh, Pranay and Rishi, the street food, the chaotic traffic of the city, etc. etc.

HWM presentation at the DAVV University of Indore

Today has been a great day: we did a presentation of HotWax Media and OFBiz at the Devi Ahilya University, Department of Computer Science & Information Technology of Indore. The students showed interest for the subject and after the presentation we had the pleasure to receive a present from the Head of the University, Dr. A.K. Ramani and we also had a nice conversation with him.
For me, it has been also a great chance to see an Indian University from the inside.

Animals in Indore

Some more pictures from Indore about some of the many free animals that walk around... this is amazing: you can meet cows, but also pigs and dogs, walking, or having a nap, in the middle of very crowded streets, the cars just move around them.
In the pictures below you can see a curious cow getting too close the building's fence and hitting a parked motorbike... funny.

My first day in Indore

As expected, the travel has been very long: it started from Venice at 10:30am on Saturday and finished at Indore at 9:30am today, with two connection flight in the middle, Frankfurt and Mumbay.
Now I am too tired to write here but I'd like to say that it has been a great day thanks to Anil, Ashish, Vikas (and their family members) and all the HWM team members (and friends).
Well... there is actually a lot more to say about this day full of events, maybe tomorrow after some rest!
In the meantime here are some pictures I took today (hotel room and city sight from its window, some street view pics with free animals walking around etc...); more to come soon.

Checklist before leaving

Well, my stuff is all packaged, the flight reservation is confirmed, the business visa is attached to my passport, my Mac is all setup, I have three good books in my bag ("Haunted" and "Stranger than Fiction" by Chuck Palahniuk, and "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu), my iPod is full of good music... I am ready to leave for Indore.
This is my very first trip to India; I am going to stay there for two weeks and even if I will be there for work (visiting the software development offices of the company I work for, HotWax Media) I am sure I will have a great time: I am excited to finally meet face to face with persons with which I have worked a lot in the last few months and to get in touch with the customs of such an amazing country.
I hope I will have a chance to post to this blog some pictures of my trip, while I am there.

HotWax Media @ ApacheCon US 2008

Here we are... ApacheCon US 2008 has been officially announced by the Apache Software Foundation:

press release
registration and details

ApacheCon US 2008 will be held 3 November through 7 November in New Orleans, Louisiana.
I am going to participate at the conference, where I will do a presentation and probably also part of the 2 days training at the OFBiz Symposium: I will post more information about this event soon.
Most of all I am proud to work for HotWax Media, one of the main sponsors of the event:

ApacheCon US 2008 Sponsors

"With world leading technology companies such as Google, Hewlett-Packard, Hippo, Hotwax Media, IONA, Linux Magazine, SpringSource, and Yahoo! sponsoring this year's gathering of Open Source users, enthusiasts and vendors, ApacheCon US 2008 has ensured that it continues its mission to encourage the uptake and development of Open Source software through raising awareness and generating public interest."

This is going to be my very first ApacheCon... and I really hope to meet you all in New Orleans.

Breakfast in NYC

Here I am.
My first week of work in Manhattan is gone and I'm having my Saturday morning's breakfast at my apartment: a tall hot black coffee (really good) and a cake from the nearby Starbucks coffee shop.


Unfortunately, during this first busy week here I had no time to visit New York, even if I did some nice walks around this amazing city and I really enjoyed staying here: a great thank to the people of the AI crew (the company for which I'm working for, on an OFBiz based project), that did their best to make me feel like I was home.
I'm going to stay in Manhattan for other two weeks and I'll soon add new posts about NY in the next few days.
Now I go for a walk northward in the 5th Avenue :-)