I've been thinking a fair bit recently about how small companies can best serve clients. My conclusion is that its' all about keeping the client engaged throughout the project even if this means exposing development versions of code to the client. I am a big…
Hmm...following the upgrade to VS.NET 2003 and the concurrent upgrade to 1.1 this required, an odd bug has surfaced in my code - it appears to be some form of connection leak. This is a bit odd as I've been using the same code and the DAAB with a connection…
Sorry, deep into refactoring and application (well, try complete rewrite of the core framework of the app!), so I've not had much time to write anything of late. I am deep into an article on Custom Dictionaries (handy little buggers) - which will probably be…
Via Chris Sells (do the link later), nice free winforms controls for C#...on my current WinForms obsession....
Read on Robert McLaws blog that some Whidbey information (next version of Visual Studio and .NET) has been made public . I can't wait for this to come out - it really is a massive improvement I also can't wait to be able to talk about it and use it on real…
Just read this article about a Microsoft interview. I also had an interview for a job at Microsoft a few years ago now (in my case, a PM job in one of the server groups). I met Mark Anders in the book shop at the 1999 ASP professional conference in Islington,…
What is 'The Zone' -is it a form of the trance autistic people sometimes experience. Do hairdressers have a 'Styling Zone'. I love it, it's Zen like (I practise ZaZen meditation or at least the dumbed down self-help form). 'The Zone' is a place you can reach…
Just noticed over at Devhawk that V2 of the DataAccessApplicationBlock has been released... Just When You Thought It Was Safe... The prescriptive guidance is coming fast and furious now. The User Interface Process Application Block is a framework for…
I've written about these before, but if you are planning to develop any sort of ASP.NET / other .NET based app, you can save yourself a whole heap of time an aggrovation by having a look at the .NET application blocks, for instance the Data Access Application…
Well, had a very restful holiday...back to work now though. In typical Scottish fashion (well Edinburgh), it's raining outside. So, plans for the next few days include learning more about mobile controls...extending my winforms knowledge and generally working…