Mark Downie - PoppaString

Hanselminutes interview about dasBlog

April 03, 2019
4 min read

I tend to blog about all of my tech accomplishments as a kind of journal and easy lookup, I have spoken about this ...

The Uncanny Valley of Confidence

March 28, 2019
3 min read

So I mentioned that I started working at Microsoft right? The first and most important impressions I got was the sheer ...

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How many years have you spent creating software no one uses?

March 10, 2019
3 min read

I recently took stock of the fact that I have been designing software products and services for over twenty years. ...

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Visual Studio 2019 Launch Event

February 14, 2019
1 min read

The release date for Visual Studio 2019 is set for April 2nd at 9AM PST! This figures to be a unique event and so I ...

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WinDbg and the Time Travel Debugger

February 11, 2019
3 min read

WinDbg underwent a significant change a few years ago, and as I much as I love the tool, I missed the change because ...

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Does our tech industry need more humanities?

February 05, 2019
2 min read

Some variation of this question has been bouncing around for many years and I think it is a question worth exploring. I ...

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Is Null Or White Space

January 23, 2019
2 min read

So I did not know about IsNullOrWhiteSpace! Did you? I have of course been using IsNullOrEmpty for years which does ...

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A Program Manager interview at Microsoft

January 07, 2019
3 min read

Preparing for an interview is stressful and really difficult, on the other hand, I have also also found it to be ...

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Snapshot Debugger in Visual Studio Enterprise

December 27, 2018
5 min read

I have been getting really familiar with the Snapshot Debugger in Visual Studio recently and I have to say it is one of ...

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Hanselminutes interview about dasBlog

The Uncanny Valley of Confidence

How many years have you spent creating software no one uses?

Visual Studio 2019 Launch Event

WinDbg and the Time Travel Debugger

Does our tech industry need more humanities?

Is Null Or White Space

A Program Manager interview at Microsoft

Snapshot Debugger in Visual Studio Enterprise

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