I recently did a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit. It had been a really long time since I listed the current tools, SDKs, and frameworks that I’ve been using. Thus here’s my entourage of software that I use on a regular basis that is installed on my primary development machines. Continue reading →

Tomorrow is the big day! So be sure to come check out CloudCamp Seattle! We’re going to have a lot of great attendees, some rock star lightning talks and more. Make sure to get registered ASPA (click on the CloudCamp image above). Location: Amazon HQ 426 Terry Avenue North (At South Lake Union) 2nd Floor... Continue reading →

Alright, time for the battle o’ clouds to roll on. In this throw down I’m going to compare platforms from the infrastructure and platform perspective. Windows Azure takes a very distinctive, and unique, Platform as a Service (PaaS) model and Amazon Web Services takes a very Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model. Each of these... 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’ve been working through an architecture scenario recently. This is what I have so far. Multiple external web services, some SOAP and some REST, and some data sources in a SQL Server Database, Azure Table Storage, and flat files of some sort. All of these sources need to be accessed by a web site for... Continue reading →