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Archives / 2008 / December
  • Failing the Google debug test

    So, here is the scenario, you have what you think must be a clever, hard to diagnose bug in the framework. You have hunted the beast thru debug sessions, Reflector, you may have even downloaded the .NET symbol files so you can step thru the framework. You are stumped, you are pretty sure what the bug is or, at least, is related to, it just doesn't add up. So, you do what any self-respecting developer would do, you Google.

  • My SharePoint "Soylent Green" Moment

    When you first start working with SharePoint, like any other new (to you) technology, you turn on the fire hose and start drinking down all the books patterns, samples and articles you can find. The SharePoint learning curve, which forms roughly a 90 degree angle to your former path of progress, is bigger than most. Perhaps because of that, or perhaps because it provides a convenient excuse, you tend to swallow down whole patterns and ways of thinking about web development that may be contrary to how you would approach normal ASP.NET development.