I started playing with Acrylic a bit today and I’m amazed (bet you didn’t see that one coming). For the purpose of reference, so you know where I’m coming from, here’s some background: I started doing graphics work with Paint...
Have I mentioned that I’m excited about the tools and technologies coming out from Microsoft in the near future? Via Manuel Clement, there is a preview (CTP) of the Acrylic graphic design tools available for download from MSDN. I also...
There’s a great article in this month’s Time magazine on Steve Jobs and Apple’s success, even though the company operates counter what conventional wisdom dictates. One bit that really caught my attention was Steve’s “Parable of the Concept Car”: Ask...
I came across a blog post today that examined Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1953 speech, titled Cross of Iron. What struck me a bit was the similarity of his message and vision to that of the Dalai Lama when he was...
With the release of Visual Studio.Net 2005 right around the corner, I think it’s about time to start a deep dig into ASP.Net 2.0 and C# 2.0. The MSDN documentation is as good a starting point as any book, and...
On an interview yesterday, one of my interviewers asked about my experience at ITT. Specifically, he asked whether I knew Chris :-o. Now a quick flashback; Chris was my second level manager at ITT. Towards the end of my stint...
As I was laying down to sleep one night last week, I started thinking about the computer science field and where I would want to focus if I were to do graduate studies (probably software engineering or UI related work). ...
Talk about monstrosities. Wow. Check out the Asus N7800GT dual GPU vid card 😮
Good news for us CS (computer science) graduates! Well, at least according to Mr. Gates: “Gates addressed University of Michigan students Wednesday in kicking off a three-day college tour aimed at getting young people interested in computer science and related...
As anyone who has used the .Net System.Web.Mail namespace can attest, the default .Net mail classes are woefully lacking in functionality. It’s really a shame too, considering that they’re based off of the very powerful CDONTS/CDOSYS libraries, which allow a...