6 Dec
2012

Easily set Visual Studio keyboard bindings with the Nuget Package Manager Console

After a fresh install of Visual Studio, I often re-configure some options and setup keyboard bindings. This tends to be a bit of a pain as each and every time I have to remember what setting is in what U.I. configuration pane and how do I find/configure that again? I also will often forget about […]

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8 Nov
2012

What’s on your software bucket list?

One of my favourite drinking topics with fellow geeks right now is a software bucket list.   What are the things that you would love to write before the end of your career.  No limits.  Write a list and compare with others.  This makes a great interview question too.  Forget ‘learning android’ or JavaScript.  What are […]

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19 Oct
2012

A Thought on Starting and Growing Your Practice

There are many known models for growth. Apprentice/Journey/Master Su/Ha/Ri All essentially say this: Imitate to understand Experiment deliberately to find improvement Someday, maybe, perhaps (based on many variables) : Change the game Kent Beck said it like this, about XP. Do everything as written. After having done that, experiment with variations in the rules. Eventually, […]

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25 Sep
2012

The Pyramid of Programmer Badassery

Listen to this episode of the Herding Code podcast to get the seeds of this conversation. Or scroll to the bottom and worship Cori Drew.   @coridrew7h : @ElegantCoder <3 your "Hierarchy of Programmer Badassery" in @herdingcode150: People, Practices & Dev Tools @ElegantCoder7h : @coridrew @herdingcode 🙂 ha! it’s a real word. Somewhere. @coridrew5h : […]

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