Funny comic from xkcd.com
And the tooltip is priceless…
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Begin with the end in mind… Code First vs. Database first not the right question.
When starting any software development project one must understand the goal—what is trying to be achieved. In business, the goal is usually related to making money or saving money (or paving the pathway for those to occur). While that may seem simple, one must also keep in mind user satisfaction (for adoption), performance (slow software […]
A time to ponder…
“You’ve got to find what you love.” by Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple computer (maker of the first PC I owned in 1980).
Microsoft horrified me today…
This blog title was influenced by this posting (which is a must read IMHO). On a monthly developer ISV update call, the Microsoft evangelist suggested that Silverlight has a five year life span and that picking up HTML5 and Javascript would be easy for our C#/Silverlight development team. WTF!!! Microsoft pushing HTML5 is like Sun […]
Does HTML5/ECMAScript equal the next generation Java Virtual Machine?
The goal of write the code once and have it run everywhere has existed for a long time. That was the promise of C (except back then it was called “portable code” and then “cross-platform”). While the goal is admirable, in practice it means coding to the lowest common technology denominator. Java works fine until […]
Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 1 to Production
Somehow I knew that installing the Beta 1 of LightSwitch would prevent the installation of the production bits. While Beta 1 seemed to uninstall fine, installing the real deal failed. The installer emitted the following error log: [08/19/11,08:23:15] VS Scenario: [2] Error: CVSScenario::ExecuteEachBlocker returned false [08/19/11,08:23:15] VS Scenario: [2] Error:There is a blocking condition met, […]
Dropbox and Live Mesh
When I tried Microsoft’s Mesh a few years back I thought it had great potential. But it wasn’t clear what Microsoft was going to do with the software. Since that time, I have been using Dropbox; which has an elegant simplicity (and works across different platforms). Moreover, I didn’t even realize that “Mesh” is now […]
Kung Fu Panda Wisdom
“There is a saying: Yesterday is History; Tomorrow is a Mystery; but Today is a Gift. That is why it is called the Present.” Master Oogway While unable to find the original source, most web searches attribute the quote to Alice Morse Earle as “The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits […]
One hour…
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” Charles Darwin
Outlook Send/Receive Error 0x80040115
While traveling I could not get Outlook on my laptop to send/receive any emails. The Outlook status bar would say Disconnected and checking the Outlook Send/Receive Progress Errors would show “Task ‘Microsoft Exchange Server’ reported error (0x80040115) : ‘The connection to the Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete […]