5 Aug
2005

Deserializer from Microsoft

Ever get irritated when trying to decorate a class to achieve your serialization goals?  Try this shiny new gizmo from the Borg. Sample Code Generator The Sample Code Generator (XSDObjectGen) tool takes an XSD schema as input and generates sample code showing how to mark up C# and VB.Net classes so that when serialized with the […]

Read More
4 Aug
2005

The Clutch

The Catalyst We are in an intense recruiting round here and are looking for genuine cream-of-the-crop developers and QA people.  We have had surprisingly good luck with finding some genuinely passionate and talented people out there. During one interview, though, I asked the question of a developer, “What is the thing that enjoy most in […]

Read More
2 Aug
2005

I Won a T-Shirt

Jared Richardson, one of the authors of Ship It! recently offered up a T-shirt for quotable lines about the book.  I have recently had an exchange with him because of my review of the book and in the end, I got a t-shirt for a comment that I made on the Ship It! mailing list.  […]

Read More
2 Aug
2005

Web Hosting

Where so you get your web hosting? I have been sucking off of the bandwidth of my employer (approved) by using one of my old home machines to serve up this blog and a few other sites.  They let me tap into the DMZ for free and that has been great, but I am tired […]

Read More