My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

Facial Recognition using Windows Runtime API

May 11, 2016
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Intelligent applications are all the rage and I for one was really surprised to see how easy and quickly some basic ...

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SHA-1: If One Fails All Fails

April 30, 2016
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When you manage large scale platforms across multiple operating systems (browsers are mini OS’es IMHO), you really have ...

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Task Tip: Handling Antecedent Exceptions

April 12, 2016
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Task-based Asynchronous Pattern (or TAP) was introduced into the .NET framework in version 4, and provided a consistent ...

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Intelligent Applications

March 31, 2016
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Having had some time to reflect on the Build keynote yesterday the idea that resonated with me the most was that we ...

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Holoportation: HoloLens Communication

March 25, 2016
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I try to dive into non-trivial computer interactions that are cost sensitive (like Kinect), so even though the HoloLens ...

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When everything is an emergency

March 18, 2016
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During recent interviews one of the first soft questions interviewers pitch is an inquiry into my experience with Agile ...

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Windows 10 Tips: Shutdown from Lock Screen

March 12, 2016
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I am usually the guy who at the end of the evening shutting down the family PC, but these I do a lot of work on my ...

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Any Sufficiently Advanced Engineer

March 09, 2016
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Rejoining Fiserv has thus far been fantastic! I elected to embed in a department more deeply concerned with the design, ...

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PerfMon Tip: Memory Analysis for Services

March 01, 2016
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I am doing a lot of work with clients and internal teams that are running software services for weeks and even months ...

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