Richness in Language
I’m sitting here watching the Argentine and Mexican U20 teams play in the Quarter Finals of the U20 World Cup and I’m noticing the language of the announcer more than I normally would during a sportin
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.NET 3.5 Extension Methods Screencast
I’ve spent some time working with and presenting on extension methods. In this screencast I create three different extensions. One to check if a string is null or empty, a second to releas
Never say You'd rather overtime during the summer than in November to a Canadian Development Team
We’ve all heard the tales of projects that enter the throws of despair as they near their “conclusion”. I’m sure we all shudder at the thought of this, shake our heads and say “I hope I’m n
Follow up on Anonymous Constructors in .NET 3.5
During my presentation at Edmug on some of the new language features in .NET 3.5, I had some great questions and scenarios thrown at me. As a follow up to those questions I’ve recorded a second
Simple Properties and Anonymous Constructors in .NET 3.5
I just got back from doing a short presentation at Edmug on some of the new features in .NET 3.5. While I was preparing for this presentation, I decided that I should start doing some scree
What I'm doing to become a better programmer
I’ve been tormented and ridiculed by someone from Winnipeg (I know, really embarrassing), a guy from the US, and some whacko for an alternate hair reality. All have posted on the things that the
YWCA Tribute to Women of Distinction -- Inroads 2007
I received an email at work the other day saying that one of Edmug‘s members had just been awarded a prestigious distinction. It seems that the nomination of this person had passed me, and most
Where do you find problems during refactoring?
I’m in the midst of reading Oren’s latest post about Working Software Over Comprehensive Documentation. While I generally agree with Oren (and I realize he’s a big enough man that I don’t want t
Edmug's June Presentations
Yes, you read that right. Edmug is going to have two shorter presentations on the 28th of June. Top Opgenorth is going to present an introduction to embedded databases and db4o. I’m
Guiding principles for running your project
Patrick Cauldwell wrote a brilliant post recently about the guiding principles for running your software development projects. It runs the gamut from how to know when a piece of code is ready to