Jackie Goldstein's Weblog

If you answer Yes to the question of "Do you want to be a Software Architect?" or you just want to learn more about this aspect of software development, check out the new website Skyscrapr (yes, there is no 'e') at http://www.skyscrapr.net/.   This is the latest effort from Ron Jacobs and is very informative in a fun and varied fashion.

This is add-on for VS 2005, offers the project model for web applications like we had for VS 2003 is available as a free download here. There is also another great bonus included in this package - Edit and Continue for web applications !

It has only been a day since Scott McNealy announced he is stepping down as CEO of Sun, but the retrospectives have already begun!
Be sure to watch the video offered about half way down the page, in addition to reading the text quotes.

Microsoft has released the source code for the built-in ASP.NET 2.0 Providers (Membership, Role Management, Profiles, Web Parts, Site Navigation, etc, etc).

The SQL Express / Visual Studio Starter Kit that we developed for Microsoft is now available for download !

Along with SP1 for SQL Server 2005, a new set of downloads for SQL 2005 Express have been released as well.

One of my developers noticed that his new IBM T43 Thinpad seemed to be running rather slowly.  Upon talking to IBM Support, he was informed of a great power-conservation feature of the Intel Centrino CPU - SpeedStep Technology - which runs the CPU at half speed when running on battery. It may also run at half speed even when you are on AC - depending on your power management settings!

Look here to get the details on the Made In Express Contest.  Write a cool app - win cool money !