A little about me

My name is Cees van Wieringen and I'm a java web developer since 1999. I studied chemical process technology and computer science. I studied and worked part time until 2002 from there on I became a full time java web developer.

During these years I became familiar with several java frameworks and tools. Currently I mainly use the following frameworks and tools for development of java web applications

• JUnit testing framework
  
• The springframework
• hibernate ORM framework
  
• apache commons api's
• The maven(2) project management tool
• Tomcat /JBoss web- and application servers
  

At the moment I work as a software architect / lead developer with a dutch company named Fundament All Media. It's a quite unique company cause it combines communication, design and technology. Fundament All Media is active in the mainly active in real estate business and the government. Some examples of products/websites;

• www.niki.nl (dutch largest portal for real estate 'new houses')
• www.schatterswold.nl (a real estate project)
  
• eloket.groningen.nl (online government products of the groningen community)
• loket.leeuwarden.nl (online government products of the leeuwarden community)

Parakey a WebOS

Ross describes Parakey as a WebOS that does what a traditional OS can do. It allows you to set up a site that can be shared by say all member of the family, and can be accessed from within a web browser. In order to make it work, you need to download a small application that turns your local machine into a server. You can decide which part of the Parakey site is viewable to the outside world.

some interesting links

• Blake Ross in an interview with IEEE Spectrum³
• Parakey: WebOS for Mom and Popp