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The book that started it all
In order to make some room for my own, more current books, and try to free up more space for Diana, I've been going through my old books and making a stack to ditch or give away. Computer books get so hopelessly useless over time. I came across one book...
The .NET Developer Job and the stack of Wired magazines
As of today, I'm officially not employed. The last two and a half years have been an interesting time for me in terms of my professional development, and it's a very appropriate time to close that chapter. I know that I've told the story before, but here...
Lingering thoughts about the Microsoft interview experience
It's strange how a number of different posts on my blog get comments practically every day. The big ones have to do with the failure of US education, my HP laptop from four years ago with the broken power jack, Xbox Live support sucking and the entire...
Microsoft interview fail
Well, I don't have to worry about moving to Seattle, because Microsoft is not making an offer. So now that it's all in the past, I feel like I can talk a little more openly about the experience. I won't say which group it was that I was approached by...
Do Mix08 invites exist this year?
Out of curiosity, does anyone have invite codes this year for the Mix conference? It's still a bit pricey for those of us who like to attend such things on our dime.
Developer snobbery again and again
Wow, this is a topic that I first visited more than three years ago , and it still comes up over and over. This time, it comes to light through this post (though I'm not calling out Frans, as he's just a messenger), and ultimately by this post . I just...
Off-shoring and visa worker nonsense
I saw a TV spot today from this organization claiming a big conspiracy against American workers by evil corporate America to off-shore jobs or importation of foreigners for those jobs. What a load of crap. (Watch the sad little spot on their site... How...
Agility: The most important thing about Web development
One of my biggest struggles in the last few years is that, outside of my normal day job (and I still can't believe I have one that I actually like), is that I don't seem to deliver anything. When you run Web sites that people get a lot of use out of,...
Living in the realm of satisfying development work
Way back in 2004, when I first started writing blog entries on weblogs.asp.net , I made a lot of posts about what it takes to be satisfied in development work. The winter before that I got laid-off from a job I didn't like anyway, and I started the year...
Where I work: Insurance.com in the news
Where I work: The Plain Dealer (they describe my environment on page 3)
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