I started working on a new project a few days ago that has been dubbed Cockatoo, which we have hosted on Codeplex, by the team I'm working with. For those that are curious who these 3L173 d3\/3L0P3r$ are I'll run through the names; Jason Mauer, Josh Wisely, Erik Mork, Monica Mork, Kelly White, and… we... Continue reading →

The WebTrends REST Services are coming! These services will provide a wide array of data that can be retrieved from various sources in your WebTrends Profile, the various custom reports, and displayed in any way you need. Once can connect with Silverlight, Excel, Windows WPF, WinForms, Adobe AIR, Adobe Flash, Java, or almost any platform... Continue reading →

First off, I have to say ALT.NET Seattle kicked ass. Plain and simple, it is awesome to be able to hang out with a bunch of alpha geeks. The level of discussion starts high and the topics generally stay informative and helpful. The following is a quick summary of the sessions I jumped into and... Continue reading →

When Microsoft released Silverlight a huge buzz was created. Since that time it has been installed on over a hundred million (100,000,000) browsers around the world. It provides some of the most advanced methods of RIA (Rich Interface Application) deployment, development, and capabilities available today. The potential for interaction, speed of development, and deployment to... Continue reading →

Ok, ok, during a particular deployment event that somebody was doing somewhere on the planet the team I'm in ran into a perfect analogy for disparate deployment environments… "It's like teaching pilots to fly by driving cars, who needs that extra dimension!" I mean really, pilots don't need that third dimension, who goes up and... Continue reading →