May 2007 Entries
I know that all too many people have shared this experience. Last night my main laptop hard drive crashed. We aren't just talking made a load noise and came to a screeching halt. No! The only thing I get is "Disk Read Error". Nothing else. So I backup to an external drive. I thought everything that was important was on the disk. I guess not. There isn't anything I can't do without, but there are a few things I wish I had backed up. Live and learn
Posted On Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:04 PM | Feedback (0)
I have talked before about situations in my life that have made me rethink the way I look at things in my job. Well, it happened again today. I was talking with a co-worker about astronomy and he started asking me a number of questions. My initial reaction was "how can you not know that?". It goes to show that we have to make sure we are not assuming what people know. This could be when mentoring a developer or gathering requirements from a business partner. Now this does have to be balanced. You...
Posted On Friday, May 18, 2007 6:38 PM | Feedback (1)
Now this is the way to get to the hearts and minds of developers. Gaming, food and management bashing all in one. I was going through Visual Studio Magazine when I came across an add for this site. It is a cross between Halo and Dilbert
Posted On Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:37 AM | Feedback (0)
Check out this post from Tom Hollander. I have been involved before with projects that built custom versions of application blocks. This is a great way to share your learning and learn from how others have extended the Enterprise Library. I think it is a great idea. Visit the new site on CodePlex: http://codeplex.com/entlibc...
Posted On Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:25 PM | Feedback (0)