Back after a few weeks of not touching Team Foundation Server my fellow techie and I went geek this weekend to figure out how to remove, update, and replace the exiting “test” projects. Needless to say, this was no cakewalk. Microsoft, did you hear that? It wasn’t a cakewalk, it was confusing, frustrating, and somewhat... Continue reading →

So as I churned through a conference call for our daily SCRUM I thought to myself, “What really makes a good developer?” So here is my list: A good developer must at least know about multiple ways of doing things. Whether it is top down scripting, object oriented development, or another method. Multiple paths to... Continue reading →

So I decided I was going to write a plugin that would tag stuff based on Technorati, Digg, and other such things. Well about 2 hours into figuring the whole plugin thing out for Live Writer I stumble onto the latest version. Needless to say it made my entire effort rather useless as someone had... Continue reading →

So as I sit here pecking away at generating some readership on my various blogs I stumble upon the idea to write some plug ins for the Windows Live Writer Application. So keep your eyes peeled as I might just have some linked on this site soon! My first goal is to get the SDK... Continue reading →

Of all the segments of layers and designs for software one of the most common is the Data Access Layer, often referred to as the DAL. For well over 5 years I’ve used dedicated DALs to segment the business logic and user interface from the actual database. The data access layer serving the purpose to... Continue reading →