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Some house cleaning...
Ok, I decided this morning to post all the people whose blogs I currently read on the side (for those you looking at my site in HTML). This way when I have a few extra minutes here or there I can easily click a link and read...
You may also be interested in knowing who I read (if you are you need to find some other hobby). If you think I should be reading your blog too then drop me a line and tell me why. I might just start reading your blog.
If you think I'm nuts for not reading someone...
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Tim Blogs...
My good friend Tim blogs (and he notes that I haven't done much with my spaces blog which is true).
John K., you're next...
(sorry for the short entry.. I'm juggling a bunch of stuff)
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REVIEW: Unicus SQL Table Utility
Yesterday I mentioned that I played with the 2 Xtras.Net XDN giveaways this month. I reviewed the first of those products here. Now, I want to talk about the other product: Unicus SQL Table Utility.
Honestly, I'm struggling with this review. I found this utility less useful than the last one. So, here's the scoop. This utility let's you browse your objects in your SQL server. It also generates code for a coupl scenarios. It will build SQL for selecting, inserting, and updating a table. It will also generate QA code against a stored proc. Finally, it generates VB6 code that...
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REVIEW: First look at xSQL
Ok, I just used my Xtras.Net XDN membership to get the latest free stuff for members: xSQL Object, and Unicus' SQL Table Utility. I'm going to share with the world my initial thoughts on these products (first up is xSQL).
I picked this one first because it seems a little more useful to me. xSQL is more of a DBA's tool. One of the things it can replace is the Script this object functionality in Enterprise Manager. It appears to script things a little faster and you can toggle things in a live manner; for instance you can toggle on/off whether...
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It's always darkest before everything goes pitch black
So a few minutes ago I posted this. I forgot 1 little detail in telling my fears for our industry. Lately I've taken to saying that the next company I work for will not be publicly trading (getting me away from Sox -- Sarbanes-Oxley). Unfortunately I spoke with my friend Tim this weekend and he told me that his privately held company must nowdo Sox because they mainly work on government contracts... <sigh>
I'm worried. Someone help me see that all creativity isn't gone! Please, please, please... [Maybe I'm overreacting]
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Staring into the Abyss...
I've been pretty depressed lately. I'm not 100% sure, but I think I'm starting to worry about our industry. I'm starting to worry that all creativity is about to be squashed. I know you're probably wondering "What is he talking about?" Or maybe you've jumped off on what I just said and your thinking about a couple areas that our industry is in trouble in. I don't think offshoring is going to kill our industry, BTW, and I'm beginning to think that there are bigger fish to fry than offshoring.
There's been a lot going on at work recently (most...
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Ipod vs. Axim X30
In honor of the release of the Ipod shuffle, I thought I would do a little bit of Ipod research and see what I think (Ok, one of my friends at the office got an Ipod Mini for Christmas, and I played with his for a few minutes).
I played with an Ipod yesterday for the purposes of writing this blog post (I'm trying to blog more, so I'm looking for topics). I have heard all these rave reviews about the device. Personally it looks to me to be a way for Apple to stay in business by selling music and...
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Interfaces are like faucets...
Yesterday, I ran out of time. I had a great idea, but blogging before work sometimes doesn't leave me enough time to complete the full thought. Yesterday I blogged about how OOP Programming can be like being a condo builder. I want to expand on one point today that I just didn't have time to discuss. Here's the area I want to zoom in on and restate a little:
Now the Kitchen is still not a thrilling idea; you'll still have to do more work then you planned. Of course (by now you already realize), you will find someone else to...
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OOP Programming is being a condo builder...
[I made a small update that D.Code suggested... He didn't like my inexact coding (comments like “I think“), so I updated this].I came up with this analogy while trying to help Jamie (Hugh -- my supervisor-- has assigned her to work with me on some stuff... she's done some ASP work before, but very little ASP.Net; and probably she has never worked on a project that was designed with OOP principles in mind). I realized yesterday morning that she may be a little fuzzy on inheritance and I also came up with this analogy (it's not a great analogy, but if your struggling...
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Open Source/free versus commercial/third party
I have been using SharpZip in my .Net development for some time now. I
really love it and it seems to do the trick. I have compiled it for the
Compact Framework as well as for the Desktop framework (and have used it in apps
in both environments). I just downloaded version .80 from the web site this weekend because I had a
small project I wanted to complete for my pocketpc. While I was there I
noticed that Xceed (the people who make Xceed Zip and a bunch of other
components) is now sponsoring the project. I also did...