Anyone using Visual Studio .NET reading the start page would know about this, but I thought it neeed a dedicated post. Microsoft has completely redesigned the navigation and search of MSDN. I personally dig the new design, it isn’t as convoluted in other browsers (like Opera and Firefox). In IE it also works smoother than... Continue reading →

Competition is a key factor of the software industry. It’s why the industry can get the talent, people, and entrepeneurial spirit that it has. A problem has come back that is a familiar beast in the indusrty, everybody is short of 100% on staffing. The key factors are still there in the staffing needs; competancy,... Continue reading →

I started last night working some demo modules out of the Professional Community Server book from Wrox written by Wyatt Preul, Keyvan Nayyeri, Jose Lema, and Jim Martin. The book has been a good starting point and for the most part well written, I do however have a few points of contention. While working through... Continue reading →

As I sat down on the bus and hit the web via my Sprint PCS Wireless card I thought, “I really need a dedicated to do or task list application that I could deploy to my domain or somewhere on the web to maintain things with.” Being that I’m a developer I didn’t want to... Continue reading →

So a while back (almost a year) I made an entry about speedtest.net. Well I did another test and I got a smashing faster speed (just check the old speed records). Then of course there is a “local” test location now which is a plus. 6,089 kb/s is very cool though! Continue reading →