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Really, Mobile Devices will Take Over the World?
My blog has been quiet for quite a while. My inspiration comes from crunching/exchanging information which I should do more often. Gartner analysis tells us that by 2013 mobile phones will overtake PC’s as the most common Web access device worldwide....
DEVs and DBAs Unite
Some of my clients have/had challenges embracing object-relational mapping data access API’s. I’ve experienced this with introducing Neo, IBATIS, NHibernate, LLBLGen Pro, LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework in projects for our clients. As with most things...
The project success equals the sum of all the parts
I was triggered by Dennis’s post “Why developers should not be happy with a project manager” in which he states. ..in a team with different roles, there’s always the product manager and the program manager. These roles can never be filled by the same...
Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Edition
The Patterns & Practices team is working on the upcoming release of its Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Edition which should arrive late summer this year. One of the areas the team seems to be concentrating on is Domain-Driven Design (DDD). A...
Windows 7 Network Copy
Received my Thinkpad from Lenovo repairs earlier this week (vga output issue). A couple of minutes later the Windows 7 installer was running. After all this time I assumed MS would have fixed my biggest gripe with Vista. Network copy performance. Rest...
The Future Operating System
Months ago I’ve been discussing this with attendees over at the PDC. Now it’s here, and no it’s not Windows 7. The future operating system gOS , a browser based cloud operating system. It boots a browser which is everything I need today.
Week of Inspiration
Why not join the buzz. Next Saturday I’ll be on my way to the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. I can’t wait to get the scoop on emerging Microsoft technologies. From the looks of it, the next important technology wave focuses on Cloud...
SDN Conference 2008
The Software Development Conference 2008 was great. I gave two talks this year. The first was in a chalk & talk format titled “Understanding the ADO.NET Entity Framework Architecture and its Implications on your Application Architecture”. The audience...
A welcome change
I’ve been doing my best to do other things lately and completely missed this terrific news. Opening up the development process of the Entity Framework V2 and the input from these smart guys should guarantee success.
Business of Today is the Infrastructure of Tomorrow
Regardless of whether I agree with Jeffrey Palermo in his answer to the question: How do we ensure the long-term maintainability of our systems in the face of constantly changing infrastructure? Jeffrey first gives his definition of long-term maintainability...
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