If anyone out in the blogosphere is looking to purchase Team Foundation Server for a development group, don't. I've tried being all happy and uppity and effervescent about TFS 08, thinking that it might be smoother or more put together than TFS 05. I tried really hard, I wished, and I hoped. But wishing, hoping,... Continue reading →

Recently a great question was posed on Stack Overflow. What real life bad habits has programming given you. Seriously, go read it, hilarious. Continue reading →

A developer goes to work. They arrive, sit down, and start right away at something. It could be e-mail, or a quick chat with coworkers, or a daily scrum. The coding begins and the interruptions start. Someone comes to ask a question, a server has failed, the build breaks, the code doesn't work as documented,... Continue reading →

Over the years I've tried various configurations for projects and solutions in Visual Studio. One thing I've noticed is there are definitely good ways to do things and bad ways to do things. My intention is to, with this entry and others, lay out what is good, efficient, and elegant practice in putting together Visual... Continue reading →

I own, and use heavily, a Sprint HTC Mogul Phone. It runs Windows Mobile on it, and amid my normal complaining it is an alright phone. Really though, I shouldn't even say it is an alright phone, the phone is great, the operating system is what leaves a lot to be desired. In the time... Continue reading →