Tim Berglund

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Tim Berglund runs a consulting firm called the August Technology Group, which provides training and development services to customers building web applications with open-source tools running on the JVM. He likes it best when these include Groovy and Grails.

His technology interests span web applications, business integration, data architecture, and software architecture, but his greatest passion is to help developers improve in their craft. He is a speaker internationally and at user groups in the United States, and helps lead IASA Denver and the Denver Open Source User Group. He is currently writing the book, Deploying Grails (to be published by O'Reilly), due out in 2010.

He lives in Littleton, CO with the wife of his youth and their three children.

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  • Scandinavian Developers Conference 2010

    Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at the Scandinavian Developers Conference in Goteborg, Sweden.... It was truly a world-class conference which I’d be happy to attend again next year. Thanks to all who made it possible.
  • My Spring Speaking Schedule

    Here’s a partial list of my speaking engagements over the next few months. Another event or two may pop up, but this is it for now. If you’re near one of these, I’d love to meet you! 3/11: Memphis JUG. I’ll be speaking on Practical Agile Database Development (featuring Liquibase). This talk is sponsored by the Mid-South [...]
  • Announcing a Partnership with ThirstyHead

    I’m very pleased to announce my partnership with ThirstyHead.com. ThirstyHead is a training and consulting company that specializes in Groovy and Grails solutions. I’m still going to continue every bit of my work at the August Group as a writer, speaker, and software developer, but I’ll be joining forces with Scott and Andy for classroom [...]
  • The Rumors of IE6’s Death Are Greatly Appreciated

    Like a terminally ill dictator in exile, IE 6 has been hanging on for far too long, forcing legions of web developers to to relive the pain of its tyranny every day. Happily, it’s starting to look like the old bugger might finally pass away. It’s no longer news that Google is phasing out support [...]
  • Reducing Headphone Noise from the HyperMac Battery

    I first bought my 100WH HyperMac battery on the recommendation of Scott Davis. It’s a great way to survive a long flight with a layover or spend some time in a cafe without worrying about being near a plug. Scott had warned me about the hiss it caused in the headphones (which didn’t stop me [...]