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Software Development Meme

Frans Boumas blog, July 2, 2008

Shawn Wildermuth passed the torch to me (among others) in a new version of an old blog-theme. Oh well, these are always fun . It's more or less an interview-like way of pulling trivia out of people, ...

From waterfall to Scrum

Simple Talk, July 1, 2008

We need development processes that scale. We want to provide a team framework in which people who are good at writing code, testing software, designing interfaces, and writing technical documentation ...

VS2008 Web Server Here Shell Extension

youve been HAACKED, June 24, 2008

One of the most useful registry hacks I use on a regular basis is one Robert McLaws wrote, the ASP.NET 2.0 Web Server Here Shell Extension. This shell extension adds a right click menu on any folder t...

Manage Your Dev Space with Virtual PC 2007

the telerik blogs, June 22, 2008

I don't know about you, but sometimes I feel behind the times. Often when I learn something new it seems to me like it's something I should already know. Today was definitely one of those days. I'...

Graffiti 1.1 now available

Rob Howards Blog, June 20, 2008

Graffiti 1.1 is now available For version 1.1 we've added: Bulk comment managementPermissions functionalityPackages for easily sharing Graffiti plug-insTools for easily importing from other blogg...

Code readability - Documentation vs. Refactoring

Cirrus Minor, June 18, 2008

Technical documentation of the code/project seem like a worthy goal. After all if we aren't living in a vacuum someone will need to understand our code/design and maintain it, use it to develop new ...

Bienvenido!

Somasegars WebLog, June 17, 2008

It is fascinating and exciting to see software development growing rapidly in all the geographies around the world.  In the last year, I have been fortunate enough to have people (within Microsof...

CodeStock (August 9) Registration is now open

Wallace B. McClure, June 17, 2008

Yes, that's right the registration for CodeStock is NOW OPEN! CodeStock will be the biggest software development conference in the world (the weekend of August 9).  There will be world class spea...

Baby Smash review, family software for our geeky children.

Al Pascual, June 7, 2008

Scott Hanselman wake up from a crazy dream like that movie Jerry Maguire and started writing software for young kids. Thats how Baby Smash was born, an open source application. Its a very simple, yet...

The ideal project manager, um, software developer, make that employee

Clarity Blogs: ASP.NET, June 6, 2008

Technorati Tags: recruiting,software development Being a services firm, recruiting is one of our most important (and challenging) functions. Rather than hiring specialists, we tend to hire Jacks-and-...

The Walrus and the Manager

Simple Talk, June 5, 2008

Why do Phil's eyes water whenever he hears the poem 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'? Is it the voice of his conscience or memories of struggles selling software services to large companies? Why does he...

The Design Is Never Right The First Time

youve been HAACKED, May 31, 2008

The design is never right the first time. Nor is it usually right the second time. This is one of those key lessons you learn over time building real software, and is the source of one of the chief c...

SQLAuthority News - Download - Windows Server 2008 w/ SQL Server 2005

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, May 28, 2008

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables testing of application designs on the Windows Server Platform.As design gets more closely integrated into the process of building web...

Microsoft Launches SharePoint Deployment Planning Services

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | News, May 20, 2008

SharePoint Deployment Planning Services is available now for customers with Volume Licensing Software Assurance through partners with an SDPS certification....

Stephen Forte goes to US Congress

the telerik blogs, May 20, 2008

Yesterday was a big day - Stephen Forte, our Chief Strategy Officer, was in the US Congress! Besides talking about Telerik, our quest for global software domination and the Bulgarian-American friendsh...

Webcast: Software + Services for Developers

Federal Developer Weblog, May 19, 2008

The broad Software + Services approach unites multiple industry phenomena including software-as-a-service, service-oriented development and Web 2.0 under a common umbrella. The entire industry is conv...

The rule of good technology

Eli Robillards World of Blog., May 7, 2008

Technology provides value to business by simulating and automating business processes. The measure of business software, whether client or web-based, is its ability to transform Business State A ...

ComputerWorld: Web 2.0 developers rank MSN/Live higher than Google, Yahoo and Facebook

Misfit Geek, May 6, 2008

May 5, 2008 (Computerworld) Web 2.0 software developers ranked Microsoft's MSN/Live Windows developer program higher than competing programs offered by Internet leaders Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Fa...

NIN - The new album is free!

Guy Barrettes WebLog, May 6, 2008

Yeah, this is a blog about technology but I love music and I love NIN so skip this one if you think it's silly. Today, NIN released their latest album, The Split, for free on the Intern...

Study: SaaS Most Important Enterprise Software Trend

FTPOnline ASP.NET Channel, May 1, 2008

According to a recent survey of 850 "enterprise software customers," Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) continues to be the most important enterprise software trend....

Why I Love My Tribe and Want You To Join It!

Marquee de Sells: Chriss insight outlet, April 30, 2008

Recently, I went to lunch with some friends of mine from the DevelopMentor Software days (wow, *that* was a long time ago) and they accused me of "radio silence" for the last two years. "What?" I ...

The Time Bomb

Simple Talk, April 29, 2008

Phil cheerfully admits to his fair share of accidental IT disasters. His experiences some time ago with the Time Bomb, where his software crashed and threatened civil unreast in a far-away country wer...

Windows Live Mesh

Laurent Duveau, April 26, 2008

It is finally here! Live Mesh has been presented at the Web 2.0 conference. Ray Ozzie made several allusions to it in his last keynotes "connected device", "mesh", "web as...

Anatomy of a "Small" Software Design Change

youve been HAACKED, April 25, 2008

File this one away for the next time your boss comes in and asks, Yeaaah, Im going to need you to make that little change to the code. Itll only take you a couple hours, right? Software has this de...

Mixing Object, Functional and Aspect Oriented Programming

DonXML Demsaks All Things Techie, April 21, 2008

I spent the last week in Seattle and Redmond, attending both the MVP Summit and the ALT.Net Conference, and spent the majority of time discussing the future of programming, both on the .Net platform a...

Mashups a hot item at Web 2.0 show

InfoWorld: Web services, April 21, 2008

Mashups, which unite disparate data sources in quickly developed Web applications, are a hot topic at the Web 2.0 Expo conference in San Francisco this week, with companies including Serena Software, ...

Register Today For TECHbash 2008

Jason N. Gaylords Blog, April 16, 2008

Since its inception in 2005, TECHbash has evolved into the premier technology conference in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Join an estimated 300 Developers, IT Professionals, CIOs and Industry Experts fro...

Register Today For TECHbash 2008

Jason N. Gaylords Blog, April 16, 2008

Since its inception in 2005, TECHbash has evolved into the premier technology conference in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Join an estimated 300 Developers, IT Professionals, CIOs and Industry Experts fro...

Following Principles

K. Scott Allen, April 9, 2008

A dictionary definition of principle often uses the word "law", but principles in software development still require judgment. Sometimes the judgment requires some technical knowledge, like knowing ...

Instead of buying Yahoo .......

Misfit Geek, April 8, 2008

Wendy Tanaka wrote an interesting piece in THIS Forbes on line article where she suggests that negotiating with Yahoo may not be worth the hassle and she suggests some other things that Microsoft coul...

You know you are amongst geeks when ...

Softwaremaker, April 8, 2008

One cannot run away from understanding infrastructure needs when one is pitching or designing software solutions in the enterprise (which I do a lot of) and it is sometimes strange (in a pleasan...

Microsoft Issues Initial Protocol Documentation

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | News, April 8, 2008

Microsoft today released information on protocols used in some of its software products....

Microsoft Rolls Out 8 Patches for 10 Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | News, April 8, 2008

Microsoft rolled out five "critical" and three "important" patches for Windows Server 2008, Vista, Office, IE and other software....

The Hidden Roles of Software Architects

Guy Barrettes WebLog, April 2, 2008

My good friend Mario Cardinal just got one article published on MSDN.  It's called The Hidden Roles of Software Architects.  Check it out:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc431351.as...

How to setup and use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 - 2 Videos

DNN Creative Magazine for DotNetNuke, March 30, 2008

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to setup and use Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2007. Virtual PC is available for free download and it allows you to run multiple operating systems at the same time w...

Apple Sneaking Safari download on QuickTime Users?

Jason N. Gaylords Blog, March 28, 2008

I have QuickTime installed on my PC. I just noticed that Apple is now trying to get users to download Safari using their Apple Software Update software. It's checked by default but as you can see from...

Apple Sneaking Safari download on QuickTime Users?

Jason N. Gaylords Blog, March 28, 2008

I have QuickTime installed on my PC. I just noticed that Apple is now trying to get users to download Safari using their Apple Software Update software. It's checked by default but as you can see from...

Apple Sneaking Safari download on QuickTime Users?

Jason N. Gaylords Blog, March 28, 2008

I have QuickTime installed on my PC. I just noticed that Apple is now trying to get users to download Safari using their Apple Software Update software. It's checked by default but as you can see from...

Windows XP Update "Checking for the latest updates for your computer..." And Checking, and checking....

Misfit Geek, March 26, 2008

One of my test machines that is still running Windows XP just HUNG while performing Windows Update Today. At the "Checking for latest updates" page it just kept checking and checking and c...

Windows XP Update "Checking for the latest updates for your computer..." And Checking, and checking....

Misfit Geek, March 26, 2008

One of my test machines that is still running Windows XP just HUNG while performing Windows Update Today. At the "Checking for latest updates" page it just kept checking and checking and c...

Windows XP Update "Checking for the latest updates for your computer..." And Checking, and checking....

Misfit Geek, March 26, 2008

One of my test machines that is still running Windows XP just HUNG while performing Windows Update Today. At the "Checking for latest updates" page it just kept checking and checking and c...

Windows XP Update "Checking for the latest updates for your computer..." And Checking, and checking....

Misfit Geek, March 26, 2008

One of my test machines that is still running Windows XP just HUNG while performing Windows Update Today. At the "Checking for latest updates" page it just kept checking and checking and c...

The Secret of Efficient Programming

Chris Love's Official Blog - Professional ASP.NET, March 16, 2008

I read Dilbert every day, it adds levity to my technical life. Besides I cannot watch Office Space every day can I? Today's Dilbert was funny, but makes a very important point about why software devel...

[Incoming] South East European Software Testing Conference

the telerik blogs, March 12, 2008

SEETEST 2008 will be held just a couple of miles away from theTelerik Head Office in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 2nd and 3rd. It will be the first conference ever in South East Europe cover various topics...

Apple To Add Exchange Support to iPhones

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | News, March 10, 2008

Apple has announced a forthcoming update to its iPhone 2.0 software that will include built-in support for Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync....

DotNetNuke presentation at CeBIT 2008

Shaun Walker, March 4, 2008

Open Source Software for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) Web based Solutions for Internet and e-Commerce  this is the title of a session, presented by dnnWerk at Ce...

Hosted SharePoint stifles partners, for now

InfoWorld: Web services, March 4, 2008

Microsoft's announcement on Monday that it would host SharePoint for businesses of any size left some third-party software providers surprised -- and even annoyed....

MIX08 in Vegas this week

Shawn Burkes Blog, March 3, 2008

I'll be headed down to Las Vegas this week to attend the MIX08 show.  This is the third year of MIX and it's by far my favorite Microsoft event, and not just because it's in Vegas.  Like the...

SQL SERVER - How to Retrieve TOP and BOTTOM Rows Together using T-SQL

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, March 2, 2008

Just a day ago, while working with some inventory related projects, I faced one interesting situation. I had to find TOP 1 and BOTTOM 1 record together. I right away that I should just do UNION but th...

Photo Dropper

Laanblog, February 28, 2008

photo credit: DoJoePhoto Dropper is een plugin voor de software die we gebruiken voor ons weblog, WordPress. Met deze plugin kun je -terwijl een nieuw bericht schrijft- foto’s uitzoeken die op Flickr....

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