Deep Fried Bytes: Doug Purdy on OData and Modeling
the 43rd episode of Deep Fried Bytes...
Rocky’s video series on SQL Server Modeling and CSLA
a series of three videos showing how he has applied the SQL Server Modeling...
We need cloud apps to use cloud drives
Reading about Windows Azure Drive reminded me of a conversation I had when I was hanging out with my Microsoft brethren last week. We started by...
What’s New in EF4.0
Soma has posted a lovely description of what’s new in the Entity Framework for .NET 4.0, including: Foreign Key support so you can add a row...
LINQPad updated to support .NET 4.0b2!
LINQPadthe LINQPad download page...
Comparing NHibernate and EF4
a nice piece comparing NHibernate and EF4Keep 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 &...
“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...