About Me

Vinny CarpenterWelcome to my blog. I am a total Java geek that lives in Brookfield – WI (Milwaukee), making my living as an architect/developer, spending all my time with Java, J2EE, Linux, open source and the art of software development. In my spare time, when I am not in front of my computers, I spend every other minute with my other loves: My wife and daughter, books, music, guitars, gadgets, and Formula-1 racing.

In my real life, I am software engineer at Investment Management company located in downtown Milwaukee. Prior to that, I was the lead architect for Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. Before Wells Fargo, I was the Enterprise Architect for Strong Financial. Wells Fargo acquired Strong at the beginning of this year (2005) and most of us came along for the ride. Prior to Strong, I worked at Quad/Graphics and Marquette University.

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Matt Luce December 12, 2005 at 6:52 pm

You look drunk in this picture.

Vinny Carpenter December 12, 2005 at 9:43 pm

I think I was :) We had just had dinner at the White Gull Inn in Door County.

Lance Winslow January 8, 2006 at 8:19 am

You’re a Good Man Mr. Vinny Carpenter, a good man indeed.

Daniel Destro October 4, 2006 at 8:07 am

Hello Vinny,

I am also an architect/developer in Brasil and I looking for some good books (among other resources) to learn more about JAAS e and security in Java, and how best apply them in our projects.

I saw your review at Amazon. Which books can you recommend to me?

Just to give you an idea, our goal is to get into SOA development, providing services in Java/EJB, and I am concerned on how to secure this services.

Thanks in advance.
Daniel

Robert February 15, 2007 at 12:18 am

Hello!
I am searching high and low for someone with software programming skills to help me where noone else can, I do not know anyone in my circle of aquatences with programming skills, which is slowly discuraging me, and the worst part is im 100% dedicated to spending my intire life learning and creating with computers, I took the first step about a year ago.. before that i used the game builder engines found in alot of games, such as starcraft, never winter nights, sacrafice, etc. those allowed me a start into what WILL become my future in designing software, i then (as i was saying) learned delphi, that was made into a game creation program ‘Game Maker’, and this was perfect to create menues and card games, tests, and anything else simple I could think of. check my upload site to get an idea on some things i made: http://esnips.com/web/gml-publicgames

You seem to be very busy and to have a contact thats sort of on the path i am, would be fatastic! thats all i need, just a friend in the world i want to become part of, and dont get me wrong software design game design are two diferent things, yet they both are equal in my mind, and will both be part of my goal.

Mohit Manrai April 6, 2007 at 6:54 am

Hi Vinny,

Could you please suggest me some books or articles where i can find the summary of what to use when – i mean so many frameworks/technolgies are floating around and i am totally confused about when to use what or i will put it another way around “what all parallel technoligies are availaible to achive particular task”. lets take an example of JAXB and Castor both are some what related technologies to achive XML binding.

I know this may look wierd to you but it would be great help if you can guide me a bit. I am quite new to this java world!

Regards,
Mohit Manrai

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