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32 Great Podcasts from my Podroll

July 10th, 2009 4 Comments

Inspired by this post from Bill Wagner’s blog, here’s a quick look at what’s on my Podroll these days.  I’ve listed each show below with its affiliated network or originating broadcaster in parentheses.  Please have a look through the list and post any other great shows in the comments.  I’d also love to know what [...]

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Windows 7 RTM in July??

July 4th, 2009 No Comments

Tonight the tubes of the Interwebs are all atwitter with rumours that Microsoft may reach the release-to-manufacturer (RTM) milestone for Windows 7 in July. The date being bandied about is July 13th which coincides with a Microsoft event in New Orleans. This is stunning news particularly when thinking back to the release of Windows Vista [...]

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Mac vs. PC :: Will my next computer be a Mac?

May 18th, 2009 4 Comments

It’s been about two and a half years since I made the switch from being a dedicated Windows user to buying my first Mac. I have really enjoyed my MacBook and wanted to take a few moments to discuss some of the differences and similarities I’ve found with the Mac ownership experience, compared to my [...]

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AnkhSVN and Visual Studio 2008

May 13th, 2009 1 Comment

Source control is one of those things that developers get really polarized about.  Most agree that having source control on projects is a necessity, but that’s typically were the similarities end.  Some folks are of the mind that every line of code, however insignificant, should be under source control.  This provides records of what was [...]

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ASP.NET MVC Tutorials

April 4th, 2009 No Comments

A couple of weeks ago at Mix ’09 the ASP.NET MVC team announced the RTW (release-to-web) version of the MVC framework. I’ve been looking at the framework and playing with pieces of it for a few months now, but due to school & work commitments haven’t really had a chance to give it a good [...]

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