A Function That Forces
At Microsoft, there’s this passive-aggressive cultural thing called a “forcing function,” which, to put it crudely, is an engineering way for us to...
Data at PDC 2010
There are lots of great data talks at PDC 2010, all of which are available for online viewing: Code First Development with Entity Framework Jeff...
Time to check the donuts
One day when I was supposed to be writing, I needed something to do (as often happens). In this particular case, I built a little tray icon app...
The Downside Of Working At Home
I’ve been working at home off and (mostly) on for 16 years… From theoatmeal.com. Recommended...
Why can’t it all just be messages?
My mobile device is driving me crazy. I have an iPhone 4.0. Normally when it’s driving me crazy, it’s standard stuff like the battery life sucks or...
David Ramel Asks About Interviewing at Microsoft
David Ramel from 1105media.com is writing an article that includes the Microsoft interviewing process and he send me some questions: [David] How...
Spurious MachineToApplication Error With VS2010 Deployment
Often when I’m building my MVC 2 application using Visual Studio 2010, I get the following error: It is an error to use a section registered as...
a whole new sellsbrothers.com
The new sellsbrothers.com implementation has been a while in the making. In fact, I’ve had the final art in my hands since August of 2005. I’ve...