Fabrice Barbin ( Groove MVP ) has developed an extraordinary tool with Groove and Silverlight. It is a 'Nabazgame' that can be played amongst members in a Groove space. This is very promising - it opens up the ability to use Silverlight to develop Groove applications. (Click image below for Fabrice's...

Willy Tay sent me a link to this Hug a Developer video as an interesting tangent to my post on software development outsourcing and failures. As you watch the video you will laugh at the humorous portrayal of sad situations, that we have all lived through at one time or another.

A few weeks ago I received an email (from a form on my blog) from Amy at blogged.com: Our editors recently reviewed your blog and have given it an 8.0 score out of (10) in the Technology/Computers category of Blogged.com. This is quite an achievement! http://www.blogged.com/directory/technology/computers...

Recently (and quite randomly I might add), I had an error dialog popup continuously, every 5-10 minutes which read: " MSFeeds Synchronization has stopped working (2054)" It was driving me crazy and was unsure how to resolve. There is actually not that much on the net about but this post got me going...

Event register: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130355 A CodeCamp is a FREE, community-driven, all-day event for developers. Speakers are local or regional developers. Topics are based on community interest. Sessions are original and feature a heavy technical focus (no marketing fluff). This event is...

The July 2008 edition of the Renaissance Computer Systems Ltd. newsletter is now available at http://www.renaissance.co.il/newsletters/NewsJuly08.pdf This newsletter discusses one of the projects we've just completed and discusses a recurring phenomenon I've been noticing.

The big news in the software industry this past month has been the departure of Bill Gates from involvement in day to day activity at Microsoft. The following two videos, while not necessarily humorous, should still bring a smile to your face. They may serve as an inspiration as well. Looking Back, Moving...

In my previous post, I referred to a post by my friend David Sarna, the GoogleGazer . If you are at all interested in staying abreast of what Google is up (and who isn't ?!) you need to subscribe to this blog. In his latest post, Google Shows How Life Imitates Art With Compelling Demonstration of Natural...

In an long post entitled Get Out the Tums: Life Beyond the Desktop Browser Gives Agita to Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo the GoogleGazer offers an interesting analysis of the changes currently underway in the computer industry. While the blog post in a good read in its own right, I want to quote here his...

Today I'm going to tell you a little story about me. I think of myself as your typical description of a geek . Passionate about all things technological, eager to find out how the inner details work together, a movie and music lover, and spending too much time behind a computer. Having all those feats...