15 Nov
2005

VSTSRocks.net Again

I posted a couple of days ago about The Visual Studio Team System site VSTSRocks.net and while I almost appreciated what the site has to offer, I had not yet seen this page.  This tutorials section alone is worth the free price of admission. So far, My favorite videos are of the check-in and merge […]

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15 Nov
2005

Software, the Organism

Software is a lot like a human body.  Our software and our bodies grow and evolve, demonstrating many of the same needs and functions.  Just like modern medical facilities and treatments,  modern software development infrastructures and tools exist today to help us to ensure the wellness of our software.  We know that you shouldn’t just see your doctor for injuries and you shouldn’t just test […]

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15 Nov
2005

Developer Driven Quality

Definition by Dave:  Developer Driven Quality is a system of software development in which the software developer assures near zero defect quality of a product. Holding Developers Accountable The traditional model of throwing software “over the wall” to QA pushes responsibility for software quality to a group least empowered to affect it.  Testers can merely report what they find, they cannot […]

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14 Nov
2005

VSTSRock.net

No, that is not an opinion, merely a web site.  http://vstsrocks.net is a web site dedicated to the evangelism of the up-and-coming Visual Studio Team System assault.  If you want to know anything about this software, see this site.  There are a ton of great videos demonstrating functionality and forums, etc. to help guide your decisions. […]

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13 Nov
2005

Windows Blogging Tools

I am completely sold on the function of blogging via a Windows client.  I am in the process of searching for the perfect tool and have tried several so far.  My requirements are pretty simple. Must be able to talk to dasBlog.  This is easy as DasBlog supports the standard blogger interfaces. Nice WYSIWYG editing.  […]

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11 Nov
2005

New Application Block

Microsoft has released an updated Enterprise Library Application Block (November CTP) especially for .Net 2.0.  The final release is due in December.  Go nuts, guys. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/EntLib2.asp

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9 Nov
2005

More Jack Higgins + Something Better

I have recently polished off some more jack Higgins books. Night of the Fox Sheba Something else, I forget. Guess what?  The Nazis are still bad guys and the Allies are still the good guys.  I’ll cut to the chase.  Good guys win. ***** The Memory of Running : A Novel by Ron McLarty This is one of the better […]

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7 Nov
2005

Jarhead

I saw the movie Jarhead this weekend and my wife had enough foresight to get a sitter for the kids and go with me.  Being a veteran of the first Gulf conflict, I should have anticipated the effect of this movie on me, but didn’t.  She did.  So when we walked out and I asked, […]

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