I’m late to the party with this post–it’s kind of funny that I’m late, or maybe just sad, as you’ll see–and anyone who cares has already seen the information in a dozen other places, but today we released the Entity Framework Beta 3 and the Entity Framework Tools CTP 2. You might expect to hear [...]
Happy day today: the ADO.NET vNext CTP is available. We have worked hard to get this out the door and we’re anxious to know what you think. You can discuss it at the ADO.NET Technology Preview forum on MSDN.
Alex has been bugging me to write about the experience of pulling this Community Technology Preview together to provide [...]
Kathy Sierra says it’s important to blow your mind on a regular basis. Well, she just blew mine with a post about neurogenesis and the discoveries that learning heals the brain.
You see, this month, as I think back on the DRI work, I can tell that my mind has healed. Really. I can almost feel [...]
Kathy Sierra and 37 Signals aren’t the only ones who understand the value of enjoying your software — and that enjoyment may be more important than what the software does.
Though some people wouldn’t believe it, there are people at Microsoft who understand that, too.
Like Chris Pratley and the OneNote team.
At first glance, spending only 1% of the [...]
And thankfully nothing remains quite the same.
This month, I have been the DRI — the Designated Responsible Individual — at work. Fancy title. So what? I’m responsible for keeping a team-specific branch in our source control system in sync with the main branch. Don’t worry if you don’t understand what that means. I’ll explain it [...]