Category Archives: Computers and Internet

The Goal: On my current project, we need to disable the UI while performing long-running operations such as the loading and saving of data.  We started off using some dirt-simple code that would wrap the long-running process in a try/finally … Continue reading →

I found an interesting bug this morning, and figured I’d better write about it so that maybe I’ll remember to avoid it in the future.  We have a Linq query that involves a couple Joins.  The main table we’re interested … Continue reading →

Today I needed to retrieve a Type by name, but from a foreign assembly.  Without going into the gory details, it’s related to instantiating Windows Workflow Foundation’s RuleSetDialog after a rule has been loaded in from a database. I could … Continue reading →

Wow… exciting topic, eh?  It is actually somewhat interesting, though. Background:I’m working on a project where we’ve had to split validation away from the business entities for a couple reasons.  First of all, business entities live at a lower level … Continue reading →

I just finished with Neal Ford’s keynote, and am waiting for Jeff Blankenburg to start his talk in lieu of Jesse Liberty on Silverlight.  I have to say I disagree with Neal about his choice of metaphors for software engineering.  … Continue reading →

Only a week to go until CodeMash 2008.  My kids are pretty excited because they’ll get to spend two days in a water park.  I get to spend two days in classes, and maybe a few hours in the evening … Continue reading →

As promised, here are another couple photos of me with my CodeMash shirt in interesting places.  In this case Times Square, NY.     Geeks across America!

Technorati Tags: Work,Code Some people are screaming “Stone the heretic” already, but as a developer who has spent a lot of time in both the VB and C# worlds, I have to say that VB wins out in some areas … Continue reading →

Technorati Tags: Work,CodeMash Overall, an excellent conference.  I’m hoping the reputation carries over to next year, and it will be even larger.  Some of the sessions were rather basic if you are already familiar with the subject matter, but that … Continue reading →

Technorati Tags: Work,Code For years I’ve heard UI niceties referred to as "Chrome".  "Chrome" implies that something isn’t essential to how the product functions, but is just there to improve the "look and feel".  Recently I worked with a guy … Continue reading →