I’ve gotten to a point where I won’t argue it anymore. The word Cloud as defined on Wikipedia “location-independent computing, whereby shared servers provide resources, software, and data tocomputers and other devices on demand, as with the electricity grid. Cloud computing is a natural evolution of the widespread adoption of virtualization, service-oriented architecture and utility... Continue reading →

If you’re in the .NET Dev space you might have heard about the release of NuGet. This is an absolutely great tool for pulling in dependencies within a Visual Studio 2010 Project. (It can also help a lot in Visual Studio 2008, and maybe even earlier versions) Instead of writing up another tutorial I decided... Continue reading →

Rework is ok. Refactoring is ok. BDUF (Big Design Up Front) is bad. Minimal amount to get to market is good. Getting to market is good. Don’t get into analysis paralysis. Best book that cleanly cuts to the chase I’ve read in a long while: Rework …and a few friendly reminder videos I really can’t... Continue reading →

I’m a huge advocate for high quality code. I will admit I don’t always get to write, or am always able to write high quality code. But day in and out I make my best effort at figuring out the best way to write solid, high quality, easy to maintain, easy to read code. Over... Continue reading →

In the last blog entry, “Gritty Technical Info on Windows Azure Web Roles”, I covered the creation and startup of a web role within the Windows Azure Development Fabric and observing the web role with the Windows Azure Compute Emulator. In this blog entry I’ll cover the worker role. Continue reading →