Martin Fowler is currently working on a book in reference to DSL, Domain Specific Languages. A preview is available on his site. SOA Governance seems to be the debate of the century in the advanced development community. An interesting and scathing blog entry (I wouldn’t call it that bad though, he’s just making some points... Continue reading →

I found the solution Kevin Dente’s blog. Hat tip! If you run into the problem, the solution is really easy. The key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers called %tempdir%\setup.exe, DELETE IT. All done. Technorati Tags: Windows XP SP2 on Vista , Visual Studio 2008 del.icio.us Tags: Windows XP SP2 on Vista , Visual Studio 2008 Continue reading →

I finally got Visual Studio 2008 installed and running after the little download debacle yesterday. I loaded it on a virtual machine so it should be super easy to break things and just start clean. My next moves will be to start playing around with some of the new features, check out to see if... Continue reading →

I was complaining recently about getting MDX a week or so ago. I wanted MDX generated from my Cube in BIDS. Well I found a kick butt tool that helps one do that. Not only does it help with getting the MDX, but it also provides printer friendly dimension usage, dimension “health checks”, and other... Continue reading →

Yo Microsoft! Get your act together, that was a rude, crude thing you did yesterday! VS 2008 is release with .NET 3.5 my ass! I went scurrying to my MSDN subscription to download that sucker and really get to reviewing the new material – HANDS ON! Here I am navigating to the download area and... Continue reading →