Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET
Public Shared Function BrainDump(ByVal dotNet As String) As [Value]
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This Is Why I Only Went To Five PDC Sessions
The tagline for PDC was “Make The Connection”. For me, that was very true. I got to meet so many cool people there, and had lunch with people like Lili Cheng, Robert Scoble, Chris Brumme, and Erin Joyce, among many others. Had I spent my time making sure I went to every session I wanted to go to, I would have missed out on a lot of those opportunities. This is exactly why I didn't kill myself to get to the sessions... now I can sit at home, in my spare time, really sit down and take it all in and understand it.
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Thinking about changing the title of my blog...
You know, I've been pondering this problem for quite some time. It seems that people get the wrong impression from my blog title. They assume that it is a self appointed label bestowed upon myself by myself, for the purpose of letting everyone know how great I am. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Building A Better Server Control Experience, Part 3
Building a Better Server Control Experience, Part 3
Architecting For Simplicity: Don't Build It For Yourself -
Dynamic Registry Installer Class
I wrote some simple yet effective code last night. Since I can't put it in the Interscape Base Library, I'm making it available here. Have at it:
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I Can't Have What I Want
I have determined why there aren't more quality processes in place in the community for server controls. It's because Microsoft makes it darn-near impossible to install controls in the intuitively simplest manner. In fact, the whole process is completely counterintuitive.
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Another Long Night
As if I wasn't trying to solve enough problems today, here's what I just got finished tackling:
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Why Rob Howard Rocks
I really don't need to say anything, this article speaks for itself. A must-read for anyone that does any database work whatsoever. The last sentence is the best analogy for not writing complex SQL that I have ever seen. A gem of a post... great job.
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Let the FUD Fly
I was going to write a post about the completely ignorant and now infamous “Wronghorn” article Scoble posted about last night. Well, looks like I don't have to. Sebastien Lambla did a KILLER job writing an intelligent and hilarious post, complete with a link to Neopoleon's PDC bathroom incident. It reminded me very much of a similar article that came across my inbox about a year ago regarding the .NET Framework. It was filled with exactly the same crap as this one was. I fired off an e-mail to the guys' editor, ripping apart the guys argument point-by-point, and lambasting him for not doing any kind of fact-checking whatsoever. Two weeks later, I had a job writing for CNET Networks. Go figure.
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How To Screw Up VS.NET 2003 In One Easy Step
Step 1) Install the VS.NET 2003 Documentation Update because you forgot you already had the MSDN Library from your Universal subscription installed.
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My Requirements For Templating in Whidbey
With the launch of ScrollingGrid only hours away, I'm working on upgrades to my website to allow for it to handle some new features we had planned when we had multiple products for sale. In doing so, I wanted to rearrange the site architecture, similarly to the way I rearranged my website graphics structure a few weeks ago. The problem with my current templating solution, as far as I can figure out, is that most of the control loading is based on physical file locations, not virtual locations. This means that I can't have a single skin directory that is virtually included in all my applications, so that template changes get propagated to http://www.interscapeusa.com, http://support.interscapeusa.com, http://demos.interscapeusa.com, https://secure.interscapeusa.com, etc. I could be wrong, and I have yet to really discuss the issue with Paul, but at this point, having screwed with it for several hours, I have the distinct feeling that the answer is no.