Oslo talks at the PDC

After 3.5 years, my team’s work in Microsoft’s Connected Systems Division will finally see the light of day! Here are the related talks we’re giving...

George Carlin, Rest In Peace

When I was a teenager, some kids were sneaking out to get drunk or have sex. I was sneaking into my parents’ record collection to listen to George...

Losing weight the old fashioned way: tonsilectomy

Today is my last day of time off work from a tonsillectomy a week ago Thursday. I’m down to about 20mg of OxyContin/day (from 60mg) and hope to have...

Bill’s Last Review

The last coupla months have been crazy. We’ve been warming up our PDC message with a series of SDR (Software Design Reviews) where we invite folks...

$200 Off Early Registration for PDC2008!

I love the smell of the PDC in the morning...

The Next Generation

When I was in high school, “game programmer” meant at best BASIC or at worst 6502 assembly language, but either way, lots of text manipulation....

Why I Love My Tribe and Want You To Join It!

Recently, I went to lunch with some friends of mine from the DevelopMentor Software days (wow, *that* was a long time ago) and they accused me of...

Nobody Knows Shoes: The Book — Pure Genius!

I friend of mine dropped a book with a funny cover in my lap and said, “Hey, check this out.” I threw it on my pile and didn’t get back to it for a...