Category Archives: Essentials
Away From The Keyboard
I was pleased and proud to be interviewed on Away From The Keyboard, talking about my history in the industry. Makes a good bookend with my talk with Shawn Wildermuth on Hello World. Great fun.
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iPhone 7+ – First Look
What can I say that you don’t already know? [Updated Sept 23, 09:19: To reset the iPhone 7, hold the power button and the volume down button until you see the apple The battery does seem to last much … Continue reading
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MacOs Sierra – first look
[Updated 11:26 EDT] macOS Sierra is here (goodbye Mac OSX) It has only a few new features, most notable of which is Siri on the Mac. Siri works ok, not great. And even when she is fully understanding my requests, there … Continue reading
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Yet Another Podcast #163: James Montemagno and Xamarin Cycle 8
James Montemagno is a Principal Program Manager on the Xamarin team at Microsoft. He has been a .NET developer since 2005 working in a wide range of industries including game development, printer software, and web services. Prior to becoming a … Continue reading
My Favorite Mac Utilities
I have experimented with a number of different utilities. I’m going to list some of them here, and then invite you to please add your preferred utilities that I haven’t tried yet, and why you like them. The following are … Continue reading
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Yet Another Podcast #162 What’s New in C# 7 with Mads Torgersen
Mads Torgersen is a Program Manager at Microsoft, responsible for the evolution of C#. What’s new in C# 7
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Yet Another Podcast #161 – David Britch
David Britch is a Developer/Writer at Xamarin, and has previously spent many years working on projects for different groups at Microsoft. David has authored and contributed to a range of recent software development publications including books, guidance documentation, reference implementations, … Continue reading
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Back to the Web – but where to start?
In my previous post I described my desire to revive my web programming skills and tune up to the latest frameworks. The question is: which frameworks, and in what order? This is a question that I struggled over for quite … Continue reading
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Yet Another Podcast #159 – Shawn Wildermuth
Shawn Wildermuth is a world-renowned speaker, and a world-class Pluralsight author. He has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2002, he’s also involved with Microsoft as … Continue reading
$50 Discount at TechBash
I’ll be speaking at TechBash in September. Use this code: LIBERTY, (all caps) for a $50 discount. Thanks!
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$50 Discount on DevIntersections / Angle Brackets
I’ll be speaking at DevIntersections/ AngleBrackets in October. Use this code: LIBERTY, (all caps) for a $50 discount. Thanks!
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Yet Another Podcast #158 – Angular 2 Documentation with Ward Bell
Ward Bell is a Microsoft MVP, and is a Google GDE (Google Developer Expert) and the President of IdeaBlade, makers of Breeze. He is responsible for the Angular 2 documentation and has been deeply enmeshed in the day to day … Continue reading
