At OSCON Day #1 and “Learning Node.js”

Playful Exploration of Public & Personal Data I arrived, just after the keynote, because I was being lame on this Monday. Sounds like it was a great keynote with some great people speaking. The first thing I did was get my directions straight for where all the rooms and expo area is. Once I did... Continue reading →

OSCON Impact!

OSCON, one of the most exciting and largest Open Source Software Conferences, is kicking off this Monday. If you’re into closed source, open source, or software creation, design, coding, or otherwise you should be paying attention! I’ll have coverage, interviews, and more here so stay tuned! Also check out live streaming: http://www.livestream.com/oreillyconfs?imm_mid=072059&cmp=em-orm-pr-conf-oscon-livestream For more information... Continue reading →

A SQL Server .NET ASP.NET MVC RESTful Web Services Facade – Part I

Did I get enough of the acronyms and key words in the header? It looks like soup! :O This is a somewhat messy project to build a prototype layer around SQL Server. The reason for this, shockingly, is to allow for a SQL Server to be used by frameworks and systems that normally don’t or... Continue reading →

The Good Parts, Patterns, and a Cookbook of Javascript

I’ve been asked recently about some books to learn/get updated on/figure out this new found JavaScript craze, so here’s my first three suggestions… 🙂 JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford I started reading JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford a few months back. I’ve been slowly making my way through the book and... Continue reading →