My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

The U2 Album Was Free So Why Do You Care?

September 15, 2014
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Giving away free things is always good, in fact I have witnessed people jump through some pretty bizarre hoops just for ...

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Just Another Layer Of Abstraction

September 15, 2014
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I came across an interesting problem recently that reminded about why I both love and remain deeply suspicious of the ...

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Net Neutrality - FCC Names New CTO

September 02, 2014
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For those of you living, shall we say, a more sheltered existence the debate around network neutrality centers around a ...

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Bing Developer Assistant for Visual Studio

August 26, 2014
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Just last month I kicked the tires on the Bing Code Search tool and found it to be a solid way to access code samples ...

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Portability and Polyglotism

August 11, 2014
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I still remember being in Detroit in late 2002 with a conference room full of developers, Microsoft was pitching the ...

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Yielding The Mobile Web

August 02, 2014
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Browse the web on your phone much? I do, across multiple phones and tablets, and it can be a very inconsistent ...

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Geofencing on Windows Devices

July 15, 2014
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A geo-fence is a virtual perimeter that maps over some geographic point or object in the real world. These digitally ...

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Troubleshooting WCF Request Response Activity

July 14, 2014
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Earlier this year I spent significant time with a vendor troubleshooting requests we were sending across the network. ...

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My Best Advice for Windows Next

July 02, 2014
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I was an early adopter for Windows 8, I used prerelease version, Windows 8 and am now happily on Windows 8.1. While I ...

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