Thoughts on Web Development
I was recently accepted as an officer of the North Dallas .NET User group. I’ve been a member of the group for a few years now and have formed many great professional relationships through it so I’m very pleased to join the ranks of the officers! North Dallas .NET is going through a few organizational [...]
The title of this post is based on a quote that I heard from Chris Patterson, when he was doing a presentation on Event Driven Architecture at the Dallas TechFest a few months ago. To provide some background, Chris Patterson is one of the founders of MassTransit, an open source service bus implementation built on [...]
After a long time of letting my blog go dormant, I’ve decided that it’s time to start blogging again. Giving my blog a face lift and moving it to WordPress seemed like the most logical start. Others, like Keyvan Nayyeri, are also moving on from Graffiti so I felt inspired to finally make the switch. [...]
I learned a lot about software development while I worked at Telligent, and I thought it was fitting to list my top 5 while they were still fresh in mind. 1. Short, focused iterations are not optional. An iterative-based approach is a must in today’s competitive environment. Tight iterations allow you to nail down attainable [...]
Yesterday, February 13, 2009 was my last day at Telligent. As announced on the official company blog, there was a Reduction In Force at Telligent yesterday that saw myself and many of my colleagues let go en masse. It was a tough day for everyone, including those who survived the RIF, as many of those [...]
I’m breaking my long time blogging silence for a major announcement. My company, Telligent, has now received a round of funding from Intel Capital. This funding will help us to grow the company and it also values our company very highly, which is a great achievement for our leadership. When I joined Telligent last year, [...]
Earlier I blogged about how to sync my Outlook and Google calendar using Plaxo. This has worked very well for me but now Google has released their own tool to do the same thing. One of the interesting features that this tool allows is the ability to do 1-way synchronization. You can get more information [...]
Most consulting engagements usually end with a hand-off of the project’s deliverables to the client’s resources during the last few days of the consultant being in contact with the client. This is often referred to as the “knowledge transfer” and can involve walking the client through the finished code artifacts and any documentation around it. [...]
I recently had a chance to attend Headspring System’s Agile/Extreme Programming boot camp for Advanced .NET developers led by Jeffrey Palermo in Austin, TX. I had wanted to learn the proper techniques to approach agile development on the .NET platform from an expert and when I found out about this course, I eagerly signed up. [...]
I’ve been an avid user of Google Calendar since its inception. It’s been a great tool for personal organization and helps my wife and I to keep track of social engagements, personal events, vacations, and errands. We both have access to each other’s calendars and can assign events to each other with ease. Before I [...]
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