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Recently Microsoft updated their Windows Azure Site with some new whitepapers. The cool thing is, some of these papers I was directly involved with helping to create! That makes me a little biased in saying, I’m stoked that they’ve been released! 🙂 So if you’re in the market for some cloud technology and happen to... Continue reading →

Yes, 10 times better. That’s the difference between an average software programmer on an average software team and a rock star programmer on a rock star development team. The difference is huge, and I’ve been reminded of this lately. How is this different? How is the rock star team 10x better? How is it 10x... Continue reading →

My Thoughts on This… I’m stoked that Amazon keeps releasing bigger and better bits. It appears Microsoft and Amazon are going to quietly go tit for tat on cloud features. For consumers of the cloud that’s awesome, anyone understanding basic economics knows that this is going to lead to bigger, better, faster, at a much... Continue reading →

I’m a little late to this party, but thanks to Somasegar’s “VS 2010 Productivity Improvements, Part IV” and Mathew Johnson’s “Changing Visual Studio’s Color Palette” on the Visual Studio Platform Blog. I’ve now got Visual Studio looking like this: (Click on the image to view full size) I picked up the Embers Theme on studiostyles... Continue reading →