Category Archives: Opinion
Best Silverlight 4 Books
This review is very tough to write. First because I’ve not read every Silverlight 4 book that is out there (and many are not yet released) and second, because the one I keep finding answers to my questions in was … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast Show #1 – Alt dot net & Open Source
Talking with Jon Galloway of Herding Code & Microsoft, about Alt.net and Open Source and the role of technical evangelists. Products mentioned: Audacity Show1
Posted in Community, Opinion, Podcast
Tagged BestPractices, Community, Open Source, YapCast
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How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Master Project Management
In a previous blog post I talked about task management, in this post I talk about managing projects: especially software projects; especially software projects in an Agile development environment. Project management, is of course, a topic near and dear to … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Tools and Utilities
Tagged BestPractices
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Nobody Tells Me Nothin’ – New Dollar Coins
I loved the two dollar bill. Similarly, being completely in sync with popular opinion, I love dollar coins. They are cheaper for the government, terrific for poker, and they are extraordinarily beautiful. In recent years, the government released the wonderful … Continue reading
A Program I Want
I want a program that I can say “Watch what I do to this file” (change properties, unblock, etc.) and then be able to say “now do this for all the other files in the directory.” Can’t be too hard … Continue reading
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How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Get Organized
I have ADD, (“oh look, something shiny!”) which means getting organized is a challenge, and making sure I can put my hands on any given piece of information a huge life-long effort, but technology has helped a lot, and after … Continue reading
Migrated from 32 bit to 64 bit – Wow!
Made a quick and dirty video about it… Be sure to watch in full screen.
Programmer Superstitions
There are a number of practices that we engage in –– no, that we cling to, and defend, and teach to others, – that amount to magical thinking, or at best, rational failure. This is often just fine, no harm … Continue reading
Yeti: A Review
A brief review of the Yeti… Comments welcome.
10 Programming Books You Absolutely Want Within Easy Reach
To make this list, a book must be on my “close” shelf, and must Be useful today Be incredibly well written
Posted in Blend, Data, Essentials, Languages, News, Opinion
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Ten Rules For Moving Your Blog Without Falling Off The Edge Of The Web
Moving your blog is like riding a motorcycle: if you know what you are doing, and you are very careful, and you take every precaution: it is dangerous as hell. That said, it can be done, and without losing your … Continue reading
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12 Absolutely and Insanely Essential Utilities For Programmers
In every era in recent times there has been one profession that for a short while you could enter without formal training. Autodidacts in the 19th century could read the law without recourse to formal education (see Abe Lincoln). In … Continue reading