Evening Reading

Today a new book arrived. The book of the gof. I couldn’t resist peeking inside while watching soccer to see if implemented stuff right in iTexts upcoming XMLWorker.

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Working on iText®

2011 Brought me a new challenge. Since February  I’ve been working on the iText® library, a library for creating PDF with Java (or C# ). This is quite a change, instead of working on products/sites/applications at the client sites, I’m now coding in-house in corporation with the founder of iText® and another colleague of mine.

Since iText seems to be the leading PDF library for Java this is an interesting project. Upon entering the project I introduced maven in it. ( I couldn’t resist the urge to mavenize)
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inMail Buggers

Some people really don’t get the message. I don’t mind getting inMail in linkedIn about job opportunities. But when I reply that I’m not interested, please leave me alone.

On 02/09/11 5:52 AM, IDQ 0485/XX.XXX.XX wrote:
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Currently looking for exact your profile for a very interesting opportunity.
I’m looking for excellent JAVA profiles! The salarypackage offered is above market standards + 40 holidays + (company car, mobile phone, laptop,…). Please add me so I can send you the full jobdescription. Greetings, I

My reply:
Thank you for you interest, but I’m currently not interested in job opportunities that require me to switch employer.

Kind Regards

Balder

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