My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

New C# 6 Language Features

May 03, 2015
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I have had a quick look at the new language features coming in C# 6, and wanted to share some of my thoughts on the new ...

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Visual Studio Code - Build

April 29, 2015
3 min read

I only managed to catch pieces of the conference via Twitter during the day and I am still watching the keynote now. ...

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Preparing for a new job

April 16, 2015
2 min read

Starting a new job is always challenging, it can also be a rejuvenating and humbling experience. Starting over requires ...

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Watching Live TV on Xbox One

April 10, 2015
4 min read

I officially cut the cable cord just a few weeks a go and the combination of Xbox Video, Netflix and Hulu has meant ...

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Building Windows 10 Universal Apps

March 30, 2015
6 min read

Microsoft has been releasing some select pieces of information about developing against Windows 10. It starts simply ...

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Moving Forward

March 19, 2015
1 min read

Tomorrow is my last day at Fiserv, I have been working there for almost 10 years! I started out with a relatively small ...

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Fundamental Design Considerations for Web API

March 18, 2015
7 min read

I have been heavily invested in WCF for a long time now but the tide has mostly turned on public facing APIs (and some ...

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Structured Data Markup–Improving your SEO and Google Search Presentation

March 17, 2015
4 min read

Back in 2011 Google began promoting the idea of Authorship tags in markup as a mechanism to create a richer context for ...

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Sprint Rules and Definitions

March 13, 2015
2 min read

Our team has been promoting agile software development workflow process’ over the last 18 months and one of the steps ...

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