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September 2005 - Posts
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Since I publicly advertised that I am looking for some more consulting work I’ve been approached by a couple people about starting up (or joining) an new IT consulting firm. For those of you that don’t know my background, I’ve been an Read More...
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Sunday, September 25, 2005 9:21 PM
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Don Smith hinted at it and Hernan de Lahitte gave a little more detail about it, but boy was I surprised at the “Patterns and Practices for Designing Service Oriented Applications — An Illustrated Example” PDC pre-con session. The guys Read More...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005 8:32 PM
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Remember, you heard it here first! In about 2 years (when C# 3.0) is/has shipped some C# purists are going to start a petition similar to the whole Classic VB petition . I can see some C# developers complaining that the new C# is too hard for the average Read More...
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Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:36 PM
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While at the party at Universal Studios, I was complaining that I couldn’t meet up with everyone that I wanted to meet, and Chris Sells joked that “real geeks” are not popular. Later in the evening (after lots more beer), the “geek Read More...
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Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:05 PM
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My friends over at CodeBetter.com do not have someone at the PDC, so Brendan asked me to step in and be their guy at the PDC , and I’m glad to help out. I’m not going to cross post, but use the other site to write from a more first person, Read More...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:00 PM
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At the last minute I decided to signup for the P&P SO precon . My friends Don Smith and Peter Provost are 2 of the presenters, and because I know I have a big mouth, and tend to ask questions (a la Code Camp style), I didn’t want to “interfere” Read More...
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Monday, September 12, 2005 2:44 PM
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For those of you that haven’t made it to the conference center yet, it seems as though a lot of the downtown streets are shutdown today (Sunday Sept. 11) for a movie shoot. So the shuttle buses take a lot longer to get to/from your hotel (mine had Read More...
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Sunday, September 11, 2005 1:39 PM
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I made it to LA, which will be my home for most of the week. When not at the conference center, you can probably find me at the Harem Room at the Wilshire. If you are attending the PDC, feel free to look me up. Both my picture and my IM id is can be found Read More...
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Saturday, September 10, 2005 8:54 PM
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Note: Occasionally I find out about open positions in the NJ/NYC area, and figure that some of my readers my be interested in hearing about them. Computer Generated Solutions has an open .Net Architect position in their Application Solutions Division: Read More...
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Friday, September 09, 2005 10:12 PM
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During the 2003 PDC, a few of us found a nice little room off the main lobby bar (aka the Point Moorea Bar) at the Wilshire Grand. It was a nice quiet room with it’s own plasma TV and plenty of seating. Great place for a bunch of geeks to take over, Read More...
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Friday, September 02, 2005 12:34 PM
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As someone who leans towards the Libertarian way of thinking, I couldn’t help but to search the web looking for other Libertarian points of view on the whole Katrina disaster, and what do I find, but a quote from Microsoft Regional Director and Read More...
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Friday, September 02, 2005 11:18 AM
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Over the last couple days I’ve found myself preaching the importance of a couple books, and although I’ve mentioned here before, it is good to remind folks. If you are doing any service-like development ( XML Services , data services, business Read More...
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Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:23 PM
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