A worthy quote found while reading the book Bushido, the Soul of Japan, (from Google books): “Chivalry is itself the poetry of life.” – Karl Wilhelm Fredrich Schegel, Philosophy of History which doesn’t actually exist in the book (you can search for it in the link to the book above).
All software development managers should know how to code and have real world production system experience; otherwise they are managing blind. And, it’s equally important to keep one’s programming skills current. Managers that stop writing code will lose touch with their teams. Thus the mnemonic A.B.C. Always Be Coding which is a gentle reminder to […]
The idea of a complete desktop in a browser is intriguing. Using remote desktops and virtual PCs is close. But I like the idea of just going to a URL–the “cloud” desktop. Something akin to GotoMyPC but without the need to actually setup the PC in the first place. Two “web-friendly” implementations worth exploring are […]
Visual Studio will automatically format your selected code by pressing CTRL+K+F (note: hold down the control key continuously, press K then press F). To format all code in your currently active file in Visual Studio, press CTRL+K+D (same note as above). For a list of more pre-defined keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio 2010 […]
Check out http://www.bing.com/maps/explore While still in beta it clearly shows some of the power of Silverlight. I am hoping that WPF/E (aka silverlight) makes it Everywhere—especially on mobile devices in the near future. Nice job Microsoft.
Paint.Net is simply amazing. When I first saw the program I knew then that the .Net framework was ready for primetime. Paint.Net has the look and feel of a professional commercial application—something that is not easy to do and requires the right tools (which is why I had been a die-hard Delphi follower). For a […]
Windows Notepad is dated (back to Windows 1.0 in 1985); and there are a number of great freeware/open source alternatives. After reviewing several, I’ve selected Notepad++ as my new notepad of choice. Notepad++ can be downloaded from http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Two other very capable contenders are ConTEXT (my old favorite) from http://www.contexteditor.org/ Programmer’s Notepad from […]
The first time I tried to setup a website with IIS I was greeted with: 403 – Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied. Not very friendly. I immediately thought I didn’t have appropriate security permissions to the folder or file […]
I love learning about new technology and Microsoft has been busy making (or paying for folks to make) a lot of free training videos. If you want to learn about what’s new in Silverlight 3, visit the msdev.com site and watch some of the great videos. The Silverlight 3 video’s can be found at: http://www.msdev.com/Directory/SeriesDescription.aspx?CourseId=122 […]
I believe in RIAs because developing an HTML/AJAX application is just painful. And I believe that Silverlight provides an excellent RIA solution. For two great examples of Silverlight in action look at: http://windows4all.com/ and, http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/webclient/ These both look and feel like desktop applications but are running safely in your friendly browser. Be aware that CodePlex […]