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 [...]
A manager responded simply “Woot!” to a team-wide mail message today. I have read and heard the term woot (or w00t) for years and, though I have never traced its etymology, I grok its meaning. So I didn’t give the message another thought.
And then replies started showing up from people who had searched for 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 [...]