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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
So the last few months, I’ve been on this crazy GBA gaming spree. Even I myself find it weird that, with a PS2, GC, and a capable PC, I’m having the most fun playing some old school 2D sidescrollers and...
The default set of HTML controls do not include functionality like that of the WinForms combobox. For UI designers, this is usually resolved by having both a text box and a dropdown select box and allowing users to use one...
A blog post I came across should be of interest to anyone working with AJAX: I’ve explained before why XmlHttpRequest should always be used asynchronously. In a nutshell, JavaScript is not multi-threaded, so the only way to keep your application...
Over the last few weeks, there has been quite some noise regarding the debate as to whether video games should be regarded as a form of “art”. Certainly, this is not a new debate, but it has been reinvigorated as...