More Skype Love

I was chatting with Mike in Australia today and we pulled up Skype as we usually do, ’cuz it just works, e.g. no connection problems, no...

Realistic Conference Expectations

I was chatting today with a friend that complained that he didn’t get any deep technical knowledge from a conference talk. I said that he had...

IanG Interview on ServerSide.NET

See IanG, my Avalon book co-author in crime, talk with Ted Neward about WinForms, Avalon and .NET. Nicely done...

Every PC Should Have A Camera, Mic + Stylus

I’ve been doing a lot of remote collaborative communications over the last decade. Email, IM and phone calls literally enable me to be an effective...

Blogging is not marketing copy!

As soon as corps hire bloggers as part of their marketing budget, they’ve missed the point completely. Marketing and PR folks are chiefly concerned...

URLs in the Footnotes?

Here’s a question for folks. Right now, the 1st edition of the WinForms book has several footnotes like the following that include URLs: “The...

IanG Builds a Real Magnifying Glass in Avalon

Ian has implemented a working magnifying glass in Avalon...

Darth Vader vs. Yoda?

I just realized: Lucas took us through the entire 6 film series and we never got to see Yoda fight with Darth Vader! What’s with that?!? P.S. I like...