My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

Hearing a ripple in space time

February 12, 2016
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From the New York Times: A team of scientists announced on Thursday that they had heard and recorded the sound of two ...

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One Hard Thing in Software Engineering

February 02, 2016
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One of my favorite quotes in computer science lore is as follows: There are only two hard things in Computer Science: ...

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.NET Framework Reference Source

January 31, 2016
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Last week I needed to take a quick peek at some of the methods involved in the generation of JavaScript AJAX proxy ...

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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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