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Marcie, ASP.NET Datagrid Blogger Girl

First day on the job at CodeProject

I'm just wrapping up my first day here on the new job at CodeProject.  The facilities are nice--it's pretty much your standard cube farm with some folks in offices + open spaces, and the decor is quite yellow, much like the site itself.  I'm obviously in no position to talk about color overload, since I forced my readers and site visitors to endure all that pink :)  Curiously, there's a door to a stairway here with a sign that reads, “Open door with caution, there may be someone on the other side.“  Well, duh.  I'm wondering if there's a story here, perhaps the building was the subject of a lawsuit prior to that sign going up.

My basic duties right now are getting up to speed with the site itself, and more particularly the ASP.NET content currently on the site.  They're looking to make ASP.NET a major part of the site, so I'll be looking to help fill in the gaps there.  Any suggestions regarding the ASP.NET materials at CodeProject are welcome, or even general comments about what you like to see in a good ASP.NET community and reference site.  I'll also be writing some ASP.NET articles myself, and assisting in the rewrite of the site from Classic ASP to ASP.NET (yay!)  For those that aren't aware, CodeProject is always looking for members to submit articles, so if you've ever wanted an opportunity to write up a little something about .NET that might help others, please stop by and submit an article!

Marcie

 

Comments

 

Rachel Reese said:

Funny! The stairs at my office are actually labeled "Areas of Rescue Assistance", not "Stairs". It took me a week to figure out what they were.

February 4, 2004 9:07 PM
 

Jason Salas said:

Hey Marcie! Congrats on the new gig! It's a great site and they're lucky to have you.

I've always enjoyed sites that produce their own content AND feature the best from the community.

As for tips, I didn't easily find RSS links or the little XML logos...is such available at the moment? Or, is that even a relevant question?

Also, how about recommending related articles while the user is browsing on one a la Amazon.com?

Also, maybe sub-categorizing the content, to the point of being able to drill down into organized folders, like:

ASP.NET ==> GDI+
ASP.NET ==> Databases ==> SQL Server
ASP.NET ==> XML ==> XSLT

Just a couple of thoughts. But again, CONGRATS! Kick ass and take names!

Jas
February 5, 2004 12:51 AM
 

TrackBack said:

February 6, 2004 4:04 AM
 

TrackBack said:

Doing things the hard way with RSS Bandit leads to some interesting statistics; Stuff for my Boss and co-workers; SOA and Joe Developer -- Phillip gets it right (again); Bits on Reporting Services; Wake up and smell RSS.NET; htmlArea (drool); InfoPath duh; McD's
February 9, 2004 4:44 AM
 

TrackBack said:

February 11, 2004 12:50 PM
 

marcop said:

Congratulations Marcie! I wish you good luck, and have fun!!
(i'll be searching for pink spots on cp... :-)))

ciao
February 13, 2004 12:21 PM
 

Dave said:

Good for you. CodeProject is brilliant. I use it all the time!
April 5, 2004 6:35 PM

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