A few weeks ago I blogged about sputtering Windows Instances (not just Windows Azure). I’ve since expanded my query and research to http://www.serverfault.com and http://www.stackoverflow.com to see if I can dig up more information and others’ prospectively experiencing the same issues. I’d really love to find some solutions, which currently don’t seem to exist. My... Continue reading →

Communication is important. Communication is even more important in projects using lean, scrum, or other agile ideals than in other projects. Mainly because of the rapid, refactoring, and pairing nature of the project process style. This truism lead me to think, “hey, I ought to write up a short blog entry about some effective methods... Continue reading →

I got to mess around with the Windows Phone 7 SDK finally over the last few weeks (Twitter hashtags #wp7 and #wp7dev). The first few things I noticed was that there are a lot of missing parts to it. Namely the calendar control I fussed about well over a month ago in Windows Phone 7... Continue reading →

I’ve had the pleasure of working with WCF on three specific projects that have brought me to this blog entry. I haven’t used WCF on only three projects, there are just three that have brought me to write this entry. I’ve used WCF a lot, since back when it was a beta. WCF is great... Continue reading →

I snagged this quote from general web surfing. It stood out to me as something that generally applies to those in sciences, engineering, or software in the way we approach our work with predictions. Because really, most of what we do is based off of everyday experiments. “Physicists have learned…that whether they like a theory... Continue reading →