Phurnace Blog for Nate Dillard

The End of My Internship - What I've learned

Nate Dillard — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:00:00 +0100

As my internship comes to a close I look back at the experience and reflect on what I've learned. There has been so much, I won't bore you with all the details, but instead I will summarize the technical skills that I've gained.

First off, some of the main skills that I've learned are related to the Linux command line. Most OSes I've rely on a GUI that gives you point and click buttons. Basically you aren't forced to use command lines day to day in college. But being able to work [...]

Android Phone

Nate Dillard — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0100

If you're like me and like to keep up with that latest mobile phone buzz, then you've probably heard the Sept. 23 announcement of the first Android phone called the G1 to be released on T-Mobile on October 22nd. If not, Android is Google's mobile phone operating system, based on the Linux kernel which will run on a phone by HTC called the Dream. What makes Android special is that its software platform is open source! Granted there are some criticisms that it is not, currently, completely open [...]

In the Life of an Intern

Nate Dillard — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Internships are a great resume builder, as you may already know, for a newbie trying to break into the software development field. Currently I'm interning for a start-up software company called Phurnace Software, Inc. located in Austin, Texas. They develop java software for application servers like WebSphere, JBoss, and Weblogic. I've had experience in coding in java, but hadn't of an application server. Truth be told I was kind of scared, since I didn't really know what I wa [...]