Snow, Corn, and a Certain Mashup

What do they all have in common?  They are all flakes, the mashup being http://www.pageflakes.com!  I am always on the lookout for new ways to keep up with current technologies, and Pageflakes is definitely a site that serves a few purposes for me in this respect.  One, I need... [More]

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New Social Browser

There I was doing some research on the Web, gathering more data for my new social media idea when I ran into this, Flock Social Browser. Wow. I just took a quick, five-minute tour after downloading it for my Windows XP workstation. Pretty nice.I am not sure about the product itself...yet...but I ... [More]

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DDD Quickly - Free Online Book

Domain Driven Design (DDD) is not an easy methodology to learn, much less to implement. Furthermore, anyone who's tried to read Eric Evans' book, which I consider the "Bible of DDD", can attest to my comment above. That book is one of the most abstract books I've ever laid eyes... [More]

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All Tech, No Peeps, No Good

Just like the saying, “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy”, my advice is, all tech and no peeps make software projects fail.  Clearly stated, even with a staff that possesses all the technical skills to have, software projects are doomed to fail if we neglect to understand,... [More]

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ADNUG Gold Sponsor, GotVMail

GotVMail Communications is now a Gold Sponsor of the Austin .Net User Group, ADNUG! Cody Powell, one of GotVMail's technical leads, gave a 15-minute presentation on why it's great being a software developer there. Culture, cutting-edge technology, innovation-fostering environme... [More]

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Visual Studio 2008/.NET 3.5 Service Pack 1

  So, as many of us have already heard, the first service pack is now released by Microsoft.  Description here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/cc533447.aspx Download here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/cc533448.aspx  

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Lip-Smacking, Del.icio.us Improvements via IxD!

So, right off the bat, the new domain URL is also different!  Now, if one types, http://del.icio.us, one gets redirected to http://delicious.com.  Although I am used to the old URL, it was definitely a bit of a nuisance to remember (if I was on different computer or had my cach... [More]

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C#.NET Custom Iterators 101

One of the most underutilized features of C# is custom iterators.  Although, now with LINQ in .NET 3.5, custom iterators will undoubtedly be used substantially more--in a sense, that is--given that iterators are the basis for the deferred execution in LINQ. Nonetheless, given that LINQ and .... [More]

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Changes Aren't Permanent, But Change Is

Yesterday was my last day under the employ of Affiniscape, Inc., a formidable leader in the association management software business.  Had I not run into my, now, current position at GotVMail, I would still be at Affiniscape.  Yes, I know, I am making the assumption that they would still... [More]

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GotVMail Got My Attention!

I start my new position at GotVMail on Tuesday, July 29, 2008; and I could not be more excited and filled with anticipation. At last, I am in a position that has a development methodology that involves Domain Driven Design techniques.  This is definitely good times!  Furthermore, I ... [More]

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