13 Jan
2006

Google’s Top 10

I am a little late to the game to consider this a breaking report, but last month Google recently shared their top 10 rules for managing knowledge workers. While a progressive company will strive to do these things, actually accomplishing each one is an individual dissertation. Every item on the list requires effort to be […]

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12 Jan
2006

Properties of a Good CTO

Working at the unique company that I do, I was recently asked what I wanted to see in the talent search for a new CTO. So what were some of the things on my list? In no particular order, a CTO candidate should : Clearly articulate the impact that XML has had on data sharing […]

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12 Jan
2006

Proper Business Speech and Writing

I have recently taken a particular interest in giving myself the English and Speech Communications 101 coursees that I should have paid attention to in Jr. College. It all started when I was given a slip of advice after a presentation that I was making on Agile. On the board I had written the words […]

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2 Jan
2006

The State of RPG Software

I have admittedly embraced the nerdom of being Dungeon Master for my 2 oldest boys. We received a D&D Basic Set for Christmas and have played the heck out of it. I have already visited the local game store once to augment our purchase. The first thing that occurred to me as I sat and […]

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30 Dec
2005

VS 2005 DataSet Annoyance

So MS wants us to use DataSets, DataTables and TableAdapters in the new ADO.Net 2.0. I am very game for this, in fact I am all for it because it is pretty darn close to Data Access Layer(DAL) auto generation. I pursued a solid solution for generating a DAL all through the long, lonely years […]

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28 Dec
2005

Still the Dungeon Master

After an approximately 22 year hiatus, I have returned as the world’s greatest Dungeon Master! How do you best fill 2 rainy days after Christmas with a house full of children? By introducing them to D&D, that’s how! Of course, none of them are able to take a character to level 3, but by God, […]

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