I have recently taken on the role of PM for the System.Net team. Now that Whidbey is winding down, we are starting Orcas (aka the next version of the .Net Framework) planning and want to hear what you think. What needs to be changed/improved/added? Want to put in your 2 cents and describe the scenarios in which you use or would like to use the System.Net namespace? If so, navigate here: http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/... Help make the .Net Framework better - link to the above ......
I was on a good blogging pace this month until a very nasty flu got ahold of me. Needless to say I have had a lot of couch and movie time over the past week and a half which, when I had the energy, allowed me to do some reading. If you read the title of this post you will know my latest book of choice was “SSL and TLS Essentials - Securing the Web” by Stephen Thomas. I think (maybe I just never noticed) this is one of the first books I have read that was published by Wiley Computer Publishing ......
Winsock is the socket-based API on the Windows platform. Winsock (on Windows) provides more functionality than a standard BSD socket interface and also has additional MS only functions above what is defined in the WinSock spec (WinSock is not a strictly MS thing). Maybe in a future post I will talk about how Winsock is really just a layer on top of a much more general API allowing Windows to easily move to the next API of the decade. Ok lets get back on track and start talking about IP independent ......
This is a really nice post summarizing the
three tiered architecture. Check it out.
Lately the buzz around many of my peers has been around Apple's new OS and how they are leaving Windows behind in their dust. Yes, everyone knows I have been in the Windows camp for sometime, but this fact is irrelevant to my following argument - How to be the apparent innovation leader. First, some explanation is in order. By apparent innovation leader, I am referring to the ability to be perceived at the leading edge of technology whether you are actually there or not. Apple has done a great job ......
Channel 9 is a place where Scoble posts videos in which he interviews various groups of people at Microsoft. Many of these videos can be quite interesting, but are almost always technical (example = windows architecture) or demos of products. Don't get me wrong, I quite enjoy such videos, but this post is about “a change of pace”. If you go to here you will find a marketing video about how the Visual Studio team comes up with new features and what marketing research they listen to. The ......
I came accross a great blog by a self proclaimed “old fogey” (Larry Osterman) a while back and have been meaning to post about it for a while now. He is currently writing a great article on
concurrency . He has also written a nice post about the use of fibers (think lightweight threads). I highly recommend his blog.
I have been away from my blog for quite a while now because of work obligations as well final exams (Only 1 more semester until I graduate ). I have been done for a week or so now and have found myself filling my days with books and the gym. In fact, books are the topic of this post. I am nearly complete the book “Crossing the Chasm”, a book on high tech marketing by Harper Business Essentials. Without a doubt, this is one of the best books I have read in a while. Not only is it packed ......
If you are like me, you constantly play around with your home network. I find first handle knowledge is the best way to learn :). The point of this post is: I wanted a way to store my network interface settings and then easily restore them all after I had played around with my machine to the point where nothing worked anymore. I came across this little hack that I thought is pretty cool: To save your interface settings: netsh -c interface dump > settings.txt To restore the settings when you are ......
My buddy Jason always ropes me into doing these..... my file extension is:
Which File Extension are You?