I had a problem using a website today that was due to some logic on the part of the programmer. This gave me more pause to consider my own logical error in an app that I am currently working on, even though the code was just fine… [read more]
[A DevLife post]
I had to fly from Binghamton to Burlington yesterday. The flight was scheduled to leave Binghamton at 1:55 p, arrive in Philly at 2:30 and then another flight at 3:30 arriving in Burlington at 5:00pm. Philadelphia had more wicked storms yesterday which forced many airplanes to sit on the runway before allowing the passengers to depart. The reason was that they are not allowed to use the ramps when there is lightning (which is totally reasonable). Needless to say, the airport was a mess, many flights were delayed and people were even stranded. I did manage though to get home last night, arriving in Burlington at 11:30pm. The irony was that normally I drive, as it is only a 5.5 hour drive from Binghamton to my house. This trip ended up being over 12 hours door to door.
I had forgotten how much fun it is to show off the new Debugger Display attributes in VS2005. A recent talk at an INETA user group in Pennsylvania got me thinking about them again… [read more]
[A DevLife post]
Posted from BLInk!
http://www.sadeveloper.net/The SA Developer Gauteng team (Gauteng is a province in South Africa that includes Johannesburg) all met in the Microsoft offices in Jo’burg to attend the most recent INETA Live Webcast. Andre Odendaal wrtes about doing this and how valuable he thinks these webcasts are to u.g. leaders.
Geeze, it only took them about 30 years to figure that out! 🙂
Musing about why some developers are reluctant to use third party tools. Silly rabbits, I say… [read more]
[A DevLife post]
I worked at Synergy Software when I first moved to Vermont. My original motivation was that Rich and I were both self-employed, and one of us needed to be on someone’s payroll in order to get a mortgage for the house we were about to buy. I really loved working with this company and was torn when I knew it was time for me to go back to being a full time consultant. Not only is it a great team and a fun work environment, but the company has so much integrity – with regards to the quality of their product and in their commitment to and relationships with their clients.
It’s a successful formula and they have been growing and growing. Here is another job listing.
Synergy Software Technologies Inc. is a dynamic, fun and exciting software company located just outside of Burlington, Vermont. We are rapidly expanding our product line, and have immediate openings for experienced Visual Basic programmers. The following qualifications are desired:
Minimum of 3-5 years experience in developing product-level Windows applications/GUIs
Synergy offers a relaxed, fun working environment, and an opportunity to be part of a team working with the latest technologies in a high-growth area. We are leaders in the market segment that we serve, and expect continued rapid growth over the next several years. This is an opportunity for creative, aggressive developers to have a significant impact on our business. Come grow with us!
Scott Spradlin has cranked out the INETA NORAM July Newsletter. In it, I interview fellow INETA Speaker, Brian Noyes, who has had a path into a development career that is more unusual than most! Check it out along with all of the other NORAM news.
MSDN DCC, Susan Wisowaty (who just so happens to live in Burlington – yeah, that’s right, we had her FIRST! :-)) will be presenting an Overview of Windows Presentation Foundation (aka Avalon) this coming Monday (July 17th) at the Vermont.NET User Group.
Given the great response to last month’s .NET Newbie session on the Observer Pattern (by Rob Hale), this month, Mike Soulia will do the Adapter Pattern during the .NET Newbie session.
Thanks to a recent INETA Swag mailing, and the generosity of many third party vendors we have lots of raffles for the group for a while. This month, we will be raffling off a license to Infragistics NetAdvantage, which is probaby the most widely used set of UI tools for .NET Windows and Web development. I’m always amazed at the ever growing size of the development team at Infragistics and also their ability to attract some of the bright stars in the .NET universe onto their payroll. Jason Beres has been there for many years now and was followed by Andrew Flick and then Devin Rader. All guys I had gotten to know through their heavy involvement with INETA. More recently, fellow ASPInsider, Ambrose Little, was lured to New Jersey to join the team.
In addition to that raffle item, Susan (and the MSDN team) is donating a PocketPC to raffle off at the event. Yahoo. And she’s also paying for the pizza.
There will be DVDs from the latest round of MSDN events and as always, t-shirts (gotta love ’em) to raffle off at well.
It should be a night that is fun and educational for all as well as prosperous for a lucky few!
I’ve been spending a lot of time with ASP.NET 2.0 lately whereas I had been focused mostly on ADO.NET and Windows Forms for quite a while.
Currently I am working on some articles for aspnetPRO magazine as well as preparing a number of sessions (totaly different topics than the articles) for the Fall 2006 ASPConnections (and two for Visual Studio connections). On the flip side, I have a ClickOnce article waiting inthe wings for CoDe Magazine – it’s been written, just not edited yet.
This also means I have gotten temporarily distracted from the likes of Linq, WCF and more. All in good time, I suppose…
The best part is that it has stopped raining and I have been gardening and kayaking again.