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October, 2006

A Very Simple .net Model View Controller

[code], color, css, html, microsoft, security

The trouble with "High Priority"

australia, blog, [code], html, linguistics, productivity, UX

The difference between goals and dreams.

agile, productivity, UX

Concurrency Bug in all editions of Visual Studio

editor, microsoft, tools

Demo: Exec-Inline, an Add-in that executes the currently selected code, immediately

[code], editor, linguistics, microISV, microsoft, nimbletext, toolbar, tools, visual basic

Ruby versus .Net? If Languages (and IDE's) were Vehicles... what would you be driving?

google, linguistics, [ruby]

Switching off the OS

apple, blog, editor, functional, google, html, microsoft

Quick Tip: Show Shortcut Keys in Visual Studio

editor, toolbar, tools

Code Quiz: That Empty Feeling

[code]

A Kilo of Days Ground

australia, blog, commandline, editor, javascript, linguistics, [ruby], tools, UX

ShinyPower Now Opensource

commandline, google, hanselman, microsoft, podcast, powershell, sql, tools

Moveable Modal and a different kind of 'Modal' form

Unlikely to fill Gmail account before I die

google, movie, security

Goodbye DLL Hell, hello Security Hell.

blog, security, visual basic

September, 2006

Is 'Agile' a religion? (or merely a cult)

agile, amazon, blog, google, html, it industry, tdd

Annotating Your Code with Simple Tests

blog, color, css, html, linguistics, methodology, microsoft, tdd, tools, visual basic

Thought Game: Duplicate Driven Programming

[code], games, linguistics, methodology, tools, visual basic

Realtime CSS Editor -- with thanks to SquareFree.

css, editor, html, microsoft, toolbar, tools

The Truth About Lisp

blog, coffee, functional, google, html, ideas rat, linguistics, microsoft, [ruby], UX

Transparency In Vista

microsoft

How to be a programmer

[code], google

Time for a rewrite.

atwood, blog, html, UX

11 Tools for Database Versioning

blog, html, it industry, sql, sysadmin, tools

Stop Rolling Your Own CSV Parser!

blog, [code], html, it industry, methodology, regex, working blue

TimeSnapper 2 Goes Live!

microISV, microsoft, movie, sql, sysadmin, tools

Australia in a state of mourning

australia, blog, hanselman

The absolute most fun activity in the world

microsoft

PowerTools for Powershell

blog, commandline, editor, hanselman, html, microsoft, powershell, tools, UX

Why Geeks are Freaks

blog, hanselman, microsoft, tools, UX

Microformats: Another 3 min guide i won't be writing

html, UX

August, 2006

Boolean Operators Missing From Cell Expressions In Excel?

[code], education, functional, google, microsoft, working blue

Gripping Reading, All The Way Through!

[code], color, css, html, movie, sql

Sql Down Under Code Camp

australia, blog, sql

F# -- the 3 minute guide!

blog, [code], color, commandline, css, editor, education, functional, html, it industry, linguistics, microsoft, productivity, tools, UX

syntactic sweeteners, part ][

[code], commandline, sql

BabySteps In WPF And XAML

blog, functional, microsoft

sweet syntactic sugar

[code], commandline

Momentum as a substitute for Quality

methodology

Tech.Ed Sydney

australia, [code], google, microsoft

Concurrent Tautologys (all happening together at once)

amazon, blog, commandline, functional, hanselman, html, ideas rat, javascript, linguistics, microsoft, podcast, powershell, productivity, [ruby], tools

What next for the 3 minute guides??

commandline, functional, linguistics, microsoft, powershell, [ruby], UX

Joel asked: Can your language do this?

[code], color, css, html, linguistics

Babysteps in WATIR

blog, [code], color, commandline, css, google, hanselman, html, microsoft, [ruby], tools, UX

July, 2006

Understanding JSON: the 3 minute lesson

[code], css, education, functional, html, javascript, linguistics, sql, visual basic, working blue

Why You Need a Domestic Robot

[code], color, css, html, robots

3 Examples from the Future of CSS

blog, [code], color, css, google, html, microsoft

W3C to Support 'Web 2.0' concept of 'tags'

[code], color, css, html, it industry

<Strike>G-MAIL is dead!</Strike>

education, google

Web 2.0: Something's Missing

games, google, microsoft, sql, tools

Babysteps in PowerShell part deux: Variables! Real Proper Variables!

[code], color, commandline, css, editor, html, nimbletext, powershell, sql, UX

syntax, lang = 'sweet', 'ruby'

[code], html, [ruby], UX, visual basic

An Absolute Beginner's Babysteps In PowerShell...

[code], color, commandline, css, education, hanselman, html, ideas rat, linguistics, microsoft, nimbletext, patents, podcast, powershell, tools

ShinyPower!

blog, [code], color, commandline, functional, hanselman, microsoft, powershell, tools

amazon, blog, [code], color, css, editor, html, javascript, linguistics, microISV, microsoft, nimbletext, sql, tools

XML isn't a mark-up language.

blog, [code], css, html, javascript, linguistics, productivity, regex, [ruby], sql, visual basic, working blue

Dragging and Dropping are not a good idea.

functional

You Learn Something (Scary) Every Day

color, css, html, it industry, visual basic

DotCom versus Web 2.0

food

How To Read "Functional Programming For The Rest of Us" For The Rest of Us

functional, html

4 Lazy Ways To Stop Yourself Being Lazy

tools

June, 2006

Brisbane Thai Restaurant

australia, food, html

KeyTraino

atwood, blog, editor, hanselman, html, microISV, microsoft, sql, toolbar, tools

You Will Set Goals!

color, productivity, tools

Very detailed and serious comparison of functional and imperative programming styles

functional, html, linguistics

How the 'ref' keyword affects the use of objects

[code], color, css, html, visual basic

What does 'yep' mean, exactly?

linguistics

The Top 0 Things You Should Know About Nothing

A friend is getting into .Net -- what's the best thing to read??

blog, google

Collation Is Evil

sql

6 Tools for Documentation++

blog, commandline, editor, html, sql, tools, visual basic

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