I’ve seen it on more than one project in my career and it always seems to happen. Agile rarely gets credit in this scenario. People rarely learn what was and was not effective on the project in this scenario. What I’d like to know though, especially from those that have successfully dealt with the “Must... Continue reading →

I’ve decided to go for it. I’m going to write a book and today is the day that marks the beginning of this journey. I’ve read up and asked for advice from writers that have undertaken the technical book effort before. John Papa, provided some great information in the past, and even wrote a new... Continue reading →

I’ve been doing some Windows Phone 7 development and research into what is and is not available in the beta. A fellow coworker of mine and I stumbled upon the sad realization that there isn’t a calendar control at this time! Is this really true Windows Phone 7 team!?!? Even Bing says no control. 🙁... Continue reading →

This is the beginning of a series of blog posts I’m putting together on building out a website on Amazon’s Web Services. This is a quick start on where to find the .NET SDK, what templates are installed in Visual Studio 2010, and what you get when starting a new Web Application Project with the... Continue reading →

I’ve began discussions on my first book prospect. I’ve written a lot of material; white papers, documentation, consumer documentation, training curriculum, and more over the years. However I’ve never written a full on book. Anyone out in the blogosphere and twitterverse have any advice on a prospective book writing? I know a lot of you... Continue reading →