4 Nov
2005

Candidate Coding Project

I am looking for a good coding project to ask developer candidates to complete.  I have tried a few scenarios in the past with mixed results and would like to actually find something a little more interesting and usable. How To Use The Test Resume sort Phone screen with the candidate (15-20 minutes) Email the […]

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24 Oct
2005

New Car

I have sold Sherm, 1969 Bronco, on ebay.  I have put my 79 Ford 350 in the shop and it will soon be sold.  I am in the market for a new car. This is currently the one in the lead.  1968 Eddie Van Halen tribute car.  Rock on!

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22 Oct
2005

Microsoft Gadgets

Microsoft gadgets are basically little programs intended to be accessible from your desktop or the web or wherever.  These things have been available before in the Microsoft environment and forever in the Macs.   The first time we saw this idea with Microsoft was with an “Active Desktop” somewhere around Windows 98.  I guess you can’t […]

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21 Oct
2005

It Ain’t Easy Getting Agile

This Agile stuff is not for the faint of heart.  Being Agile is about so much more than not writing specs that (guess what, folks) you can’t do it on your own.  In order to be able to work effectively Agile in your company, you must bring the company with you.  Who needs to come […]

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21 Oct
2005

NHibernate 1.0

It shipped.  The .Net port of the venerable Hibernate Java ORM mapping library.  What is the point of this thing?  Work with business objects and use them in SQL. You know that thing that we all write time and time again for every application we have ever written?  Don’t do it anymore. http://wiki.nhibernate.org/

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