My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

The Uncanny Valley of Confidence

March 28, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Creating Web Themes with Razor Pages

November 23, 2018
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One of my main ambitions for DasBlog Core was to create a flexible templating solution using Razor, this would allow a ...

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