George Carlin’s Incomplete List of Impolite Words

DISCLAIMER: Obviously, this completely violates George Carlin’s copyright, but I purchased the $80 CD box set and it wasn’t on there, so I feel like...

PM Skill #2: Building Consensus

I know the phrase “building consensus” is a touchy, feelie term, but it’s the best description of one of the most important skills a PM can have. As...

PM Skill #1: Communicate, Communicate, Communicate

I think the title says it all: if you’re a PM, you’ve got to communicate. That includes to your team, your management, your partners and your...

PM Skill #0: Know Your Job

I’ve been a Program Manager (PM) at Microsoft now for about 2.5 years. Before that, I’ve been a managing contractor, a lead author, an engineering...

New Workspace Link for RegexDesigner

HereThe nice folks at GotDotNet have decided in their infinite wisdom to move all of the workspaces to a new hierarchy w/o forwarding the URLs and...

MSDN Mag: Top Ten UI Breakthroughs In WPF

It goes without saying that MSDN Magazine doesn’t let the authors pick the titles (who can forget Don’s The Active Template Library Makes Building...

How come nobody says “impeach?”

WARNING: This is my political side bubbling over. If you only want fun stuff about my kids or technology, this post ain’t for you. Clinton engaged...

Windows Forms 2.0 Book Samples Posted

Mike did some last minute clean-up and checked in the files, so I’ve uploaded the code sample for the Windows Forms 2.0 book. Enjoy...