LINQPad updated to support .NET 4.0b2!

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Comparing NHibernate and EF4

a nice piece comparing NHibernate and EF4EF4EFEF4Keep those cards and letters coming...

Programming Data: .NET, SQL Server and You

Welcome to the home page for my new book. Chapter 1: Hello, Data Chapter 2: Entity Framework: Entities...

Stead Defines ‘Customer’

And here’s one more from the paper file I’m putting into electronic format to reduce the pile of papers in my life: During the all-associate...

The Most Effective Words To Use With Customers

Fred Gleeck had this to say about what not to say to customers and what to say instead: There’s a right way and a wrong way to talk to callers. Even...

How To Handle Angry Callers in 7 Not-So-Easy Steps

When I was first in technical phone support for the software I was building, I found out that I wasn’t exactly a… um… “natural” at putting customers...

LINQPad updated to support Data Services!

Joe Albahari, the author of LINQPad, has added support for WCF Data Services to the 1.37.1 version beta of LINQPad. This means that you can point...

Data and Modeling Talks from PDC 2009

If you weren’t lucky enough to be able to attend this year’s PDC, not only did you not get a killer laptop, but you didn’t get to see the Data &...