Random Links
It’s always interesting to see how people end up on this site. That’s one of the neat things about dasBlog…I’m always giddy when I see some new referrals 🙂 Every once in a while, I’ll get a few referrals from...
Monthly Archive: January 2006
Happy Chinese New Year!
Yay! I celebrated over the weekend with hotpot at my mother’s significant other’s house. It was great…I love hotpot! But so damn tired from my drive home from Connecticut the night before (I live in Jersey, but currently working in...
Yet Another Bookmark
I going to have to take a look at this Composite UI Application Block from Microsoft’s patterns and practices group. It actually looks very similar (at least from a 10k foot view) to the architecture/design implemented by Omar Al Zabir...
On Enterprise Library
Having been a consultant for the last few years, I’ve been in many organizations, seen many application architectures, and met many developers. What saddens me is that far too few developers/consultants in the Microsoft space are digging the Patterns &...
Impressive
Perhaps even that is too weak a word. Omar Al Zabir demonstrates an amazing breadth and depth of understanding of many technologies in addition to sound software engineering and design concepts. He has a great writeup at CodeProject. That just...
Now We’re Getting Somewhere (Part 2)
A higher order of abstraction. That’s the answer. What is the value in such a thing? With each level of abstraction that is added, you free up resources to work on higher order concepts. You free up the mind to...
Random DevTools Entry: #002
Just one entry for today. I was looking around for a free XPath expression tester online. Surprisingly, it took me at least 20 minutes to find a free one. Altova XMLSpy Home Edition, while free, does not include an XPath...
Random DevTools Entry: #001
From time to time, as I’m working on projects, I invariably come across great sets of tools that make my life just a bit easier. My plan is to list the tools, test them out, and rate them somehow after...
Now We’re Getting Somewhere
I think that in these last two weeks, I’m finally starting to figure out the answer to one of my least favorite interview questions: where do you see yourself in x years? I think the problem, in my case, is...