My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

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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LinkedIn has a Recruiter Problem

December 14, 2015
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The evolution of social networks has been studied, documented and researched ad nauseam over the years, but I have ...

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Open Live Writer

December 09, 2015
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I was pair programming with Scott Hanselman several months in an attempt to improve the dasBlog platform, and he hinted ...

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