It's been a while since my last post.... So what have I been up to?
Javascript - up to my eyeballs
Silverlight - which will be really cool, in a couple more releases. v2-b2 is nice, but needs some oomph.
Code reviews - a tech lead's life is all about telling other people why their code sucks
Interviews - hiring good people is a full time job. Finding web developers with real Javascript/CSS/.Net knowledge is very difficult. Every bozo who writes a web page includes javascript/css on their resume, but ask them what a closure is, or why to namespace your js classes and you get heming and hawing. Ask how to identify and fix memory leaks on the browser and you get a lot of blank stares.
Oh yeah, and turning 40 (yesterday) - gack!
I'm going to PDC '08! So I plan on sharing what I can here....
-Andy