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Interview Preparation For Full Stack .NET Developers - 2015

January 19, 2016
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I have been playing with this list of topics that I think should be of concern to most full stack .NET developers. I ...

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Bridge to nowhere?

January 13, 2016
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I am starting to rethink my original proposition about Windows 10 mobile development, after seeing the quite ...

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Should you buy a warranty for consumer electronic devices?

January 11, 2016
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As I mentioned before we recently purchased a Microsoft Band and, in what has become a routine exchange at most ...

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Internet Explorer: Reducing Software Support Complexity

January 11, 2016
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So this is happening in a few hours: After January 12, 2016, only the most recent version of Internet Explorer ...

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Open source contributions as an act of Love

January 06, 2016
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I am thinking this might be one of my more provocative titles but I would ask for some latitude. I have recently ...

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Adobe Illustrator Tip: Cannot Resize any Objects

January 03, 2016
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Every twelve months or so I seem to hit a key combination that appears to completely disable Adobe Illustrator’s ...

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2015 Recap

December 31, 2015
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In Physics there is an important difference between speed and velocity. Speed describes how fast you are going but ...

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CodeDOM Tip: Generate a proper Using statement

December 21, 2015
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I have done several projects over the year that require me to produce auto generate source code, mainly to avoid ...

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Surface Tip: Customize the Surface Pen buttons

December 16, 2015
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A few months ago I documented how you could use a couple of relatively simple registry hacks to configure which app ...

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