November 16, 2008
With the recent release of the WCF REST Starter Kit , Microsoft made implementing REST services via WCF much more approachable. The Visual Studio templates provided are great and the accompanying videos on channel9 via endpoint.tv are well put together ( Ron Jacobs has a good overview of these items ). One of the questions I had when I first started implementing REST services with WCF was how to add support for using the Content-Type and Accept HTTP headers to determine how objects are serialized...
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November 15, 2008
[An open letter to the Windows Live Hotmail team about my experience with the latest redesign.] Hi Windows Live Hotmail Team, Just want to share some feedback on the new redesign. For me the redesign has been refreshing and frustrating all at once. I think the design of the main mail area is much better and I really like the rework of the typography. Overall I think it has made the application more usable. However, there are several things that are very frustrating. Multi-Select...
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November 14, 2008
I recently read The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp . It was an easy read and entertaining. I was intrigued by many of the ideas and questions that Tharp presents throughout the book. "What is your pencil? What is the one tool that feeds your creativity and is so essential that without it you feel naked and unprepared?" Questions like these are presented early in the book and could seem overwhelming if not balanced with the personal stories that Tharp shares...
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August 28, 2008
A few months back I had some dialogue with Nick Parker from uship.com. He was wrestling with getting version control setup in a way that would meet the needs of his team and wanted to brainstorm a bit. Here is a portion of our discussion that speaks directly to a couple of the problems Nick was trying to solve: “I’m trying to figure out the best way to set up our subversion repository to do a couple things: Facilitate peer code review. Always have an "uploadable" version of...
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February 12, 2008
In no particular order, here are the top ten things I've learned to pay attention to when dealing with production ASP.NET applications. Hopefully they will help you save you some time and headaches. As always, your thoughts and additions are welcome. 1. Generate new encryption keys When moving an application to production for the first time it is a good idea to generate new encryption keys. This includes the machine validation key and decryption key as well as any other custom keys your application...
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January 31, 2008
While flipping through some old notes , I was reminded of another idea that was discussed: Emotional Intelligence . Over the course of the semester, we investigated the value of Emotional Intelligence through several exercises and were challenged to try them at work and discuss the results. I do remember one "experiment" in particular. A Little Background At the time, I was working on a software application which included a moving map component. The importance of this component, led our...
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Filed under: Business, Random
January 30, 2008
I was cleaning out some files a while ago and came across notes from a leadership class I took several years back. The notes read: * do the following once a day to reflect on the current status of a project * DO - What have you done/observed so far? STUDY/REFLECT - What did you learn from that event/observation? CONNECT/SYNTHESIZE - How does this connect with what you already know? PLAN - What will you do differently now? Common sense really. And probably the natural way most of us approach continuous...
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January 23, 2008
A few days ago, the Daily Dilbert really resonated with me. They usually are pretty funny; and even funnier when you've directly experienced what Scott Adams is poking fun at. When I read this, I was reminded of an experience I had while working at Lockheed . Lockheed had (and probably still has) a tradition of giving employees gifts on employment anniversaries. The one year gift was a nice pen with a fancy logo on it accompanied by a congratulatory letter. Now, the thing that surprised me most...
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October 20, 2007
August 04, 2007
If you haven't heard, the deadline for the Community Server Theme Contest has passed . The good news is that now you can vote on your favorite themes and download them for your site(s). As part of the Theme Extravaganza, I submitted a single Blog Theme, Fluid, similar to the one currently used on daptivate.com (note that this is about to change, as I am currently working with a designer on a new theme). It is named Fluid for several reasons ... that is the name of the Arcsin template I used as...
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June 21, 2007
In case you missed it. Well, it's really too late anyway... NOTE: Service of FeedBurner publisher accounts will not be interrupted as a result of the acquisition by Google . You will have a 14-day interim period ending June 15, 2007 to opt-out of allowing Google to service your account. If you take no action by June 15, 2007, the rights to your data will transfer from FeedBurner to Google. Opting out will terminate your user agreement with FeedBurner, permanently delete your FeedBurner account...
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June 13, 2007
If you are looking for a stand-alone Twitter client for your Windows box, you've come to the right place. Sort of. I have a recommendation. Check out Tel e twitter . A group of us at Telligent teamed up with others in the community , led by Jason , and decided to crank out a Windows Twitter Client. We came up with something that is definitely worth a spin . If that doesn't suit your fancy, Google will keep you busy for a while . Finally, the point But really, the purpose of this post is to...
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June 13, 2007
In The Expectation Paradox , Seth Godin writes: "As word of mouth becomes an ever more important component of marketing, the scales are tipping. Undersell, overdeliver. It's the strategy that works in the long run." As I think: "When was underselling and overdelivering a bad strategy? Has one of the demigod's of marketing just now enlightened us to the value of integrity?" Hey, you gotta love the first reactions of an ignorant software developer. Maybe TheBlackFin can...
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April 13, 2007
Syndicating content on the web has never been easier. I would venture to guess that the Blog, in a general sense, has become the most popular way that users push content to the web. And most Blog software supports at least two methods of syndication: RSS and E-mail. Even if the Blog software doesn't there are sites like FeedBurner and FeedBlitz which enable these syndication options to be added or enhanced. So, that's pretty cool. A person can type some text, push a button and boom! It is...
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April 02, 2007
[ This is a follow up to the first AJAX Login Control Hacker's Challenge . You will find more details and instructions there. ] Well, so far, the hackers are not doing so well. Here are some numbers. Out of ~517 downloads, ~108 accounts created on the test site, and ~617 page views over the past two weeks, the AJAX Login Control has yet to be cracked. Yes, I know, those aren't great numbers... but hey, at least there is some indication that the armour is being tested. Okay. So, I've decided...
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