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 &...

“Quadrant”: Three Features in Two Minutes

Doug Purdy shows off three features of “Quadrant” from the Nov ’09 SQL Server Modeling CTP bits in two minutes: Access to SQL Azure databases...

Do you know someone that needs dinner this Thanksgiving?

The boys and I were driving past a church with a holiday bizarre, so we stopped by. It was a mix of silent auction, bake sale and a $1 raffle for a...

“M” For Language Definition in November 2009 CTP

I couldn’t wait for the PDC, so I posted a screen shot of my favorite new three features of “M” for defining domain-specific languages (DSLs) in the...

“M” For Language Definition in November 2009 CTP

In the November 2009 CTP of “Oslo”, we’ve got some new DSL features in “M”, three of which I couldn’t wait for the PDC to brag about. Notice...

From “Oslo” to SQL Server Modeling

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Doug Purdy, my boss and one of the chiefs on the “Oslo” project has just announced the move from codename “Oslo” to...