I’m updated SolFX to use DrawingBrushes instead of Canvases and to use a much simpler card back, so performance is much improved. In fact, it’s so much improved that I’m starting to think about other things that it needs…

I can’t really improve on this: ”Head teachers have banned children from using video phones to stop them slapping other pupils in the face and recording the attacks on their mobiles.”

Joe Marini, the king of code-less Avalon, has done it again, this time adding interactivity to his samples using Avalon property triggers, all w/o a line of code.

Ari Bixhorn, Lead Product Manager on the Indigo team, talks about his hopes and dreams for Indigo.

I didn’t know that I’d been nominated, but apparently I was canonized yesterday as the Patron Saint of Smart Client Applications. I promise to be a firm but fair Deity. : )

Jason Olson recently interviewed for an SDE/T position (Software Development Engineer in Test) at Microsoft and although he didn’t get it, he provides some words of advice for folks about to interview for the first time.

Jason Olson recently interviewed for an SDE/T position (Software Development Engineer in Test) at Microsoft and although he didn’t get it, he provides the following words of advice for folks about to interview for the first time:

• Just Do It
• Remember, no matter how much you might know your interviewer, it is important to not forget that it is still in interview
• Pseudocode! Pseudocode! Pseudocode!
• But, as long as you verbalize what you’re thinking you should be in pretty good shape
• Bring an energy bar or something to snack on between breaks in order to keep your energy level up
• [B]ring a bottle of water and keep it filled up
• A lunch interview is still an interview!
• Know the position you’re interviewing for [ed: unless you’re interviewing for an editing position, in which case you should know the position for which you’re interviewing]
• Your interview day is not only your opportunity to be interviewed, but also your opportunity to interview the team/company

You can read the full story on his web site.

I find the idea of kids coming home from college to live with their parents again with they start a career, save for a house and build a relationship to be interesting. I like my kids, so wouldn’t mind this (although they’re not teenagers yet, so who knows if I’ll still like ’em? : ).