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Applying Conway’s Law

youve been HAACKED, May 13, 2013
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In some recent talks I make a reference to Conways Law named after Melvin Conway (not to be confused with British Mathematician John Horton Conway famous for Conways Game of Life nor to be confused wi...

Registry keys to administer Office 365 in your Organization

Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com, May 4, 2013
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SharePoint Training: more information If a user in your organization attem...

How to Avoid Software Projects Failing

Simple Talk, May 2, 2013
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Although it is necessary to deliver a software project on budget, to schedule, to the right quality, it isn't, by itself, sufficient to ensure success. It has to be be what all the participants expect...

An Example for Self-Hosting Nancy in an Application

Roland Weigelt, May 1, 2013
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In my recent blog post I wrote about the technical aspects of using the Nancy framework, in this post Id like explain the what did I want to achieve a bit more. Maybe it inspires other people to think...

Windows Azure: Improvements to Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, Cloud Services and a new Ruby SDK

ScottGus Blog, April 26, 2013
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This morning we released some great enhancements to Windows Azure. These new capabilities include: Virtual Networks: New Point-to-Site Connectivity (very cool!), Software VPN Device and Dynamic DN...

Installing Sublime Text 2 on Linux Mint/Ubuntu (for Linux Newcomers)

The Code Project Latest Articles, April 24, 2013
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TL:DR For a newcomer to Linux, likely starting out with Ubuntu or Linux Mint, installing applications that are not part of the Software Manager or Synaptic Package Manager catalog for the chosen dist...

FARO Technologies Standardizes Worldwide Brand on Sitefinity CMS by Telerik

Sitefinity Blogs, April 23, 2013
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Telerik today announced that FARO Technologies (NASDAQ: FARO) a leading manufacturer of 3D measurement equipment and software, has chosen Sitefinity CMS for complex multi-language, multi-region B2B we...

New Windows 8 Devices Highlighted

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, April 19, 2013
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Microsoft but pointed to software and hardware changes to come during Thursday's financials report....

Quickly and easily save properties of your UI controls with Teleriks Persistence Framework in WPF

the telerik blogs, April 19, 2013
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Many applications require a way to store the users state so that it can be restored when the application is restarted.  For example,  you might want to preserve the users font choice or book...

Are Software Development and IT Careers Are Doomed in North America?

WebLog of Ken Cox [MVP], April 14, 2013
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In the Internet age, a developer can work from anywhere. I do off-site consulting work from my lakefront home in Canadas near North. However, as Canadians have learned this week, North American progr...

WebAPI Tip #4: Does This Framework Do SOA?

K. Scott Allen, March 26, 2013
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This post is a commentary on the statement: "We are sticking with WCF because we want a service oriented architecture." SOA is a three letter acronym that created a fervor from the server closet to ...

DongleGate: A Legal Perspective and some social commentary

Brendan Tompkins, March 22, 2013
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Those of you that know me, know that Im both a software developer and a lawyer. Ive not commented on the #DongleGate issue except to say that this issue has privacy, first amendment and civil litigat...

Group Policy Software Deployment: Extraction to Installation

Simple Talk, March 13, 2013
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When you have a large number of PCs in the Domain on which to deploy software, based on the role of the user within the organisation, and you haven't a large budget, then Group Policy Software Insta...

Entity Framework at Boston Code Camp #19

Julia Lerman Blog - Dont Be Iffy..., March 11, 2013
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I had the pleasure of going to Cambridge this weekend along with a car load of Vermonters (myself, Rachel Reese, Dennis Doire and Kyle Mitofksy) to participate in Boston Code Camp at Microsofts NERD C...

A Coder Interview With Ted Neward

The Code Project Latest Articles, March 6, 2013
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Welcome to our continuing series of CodeProject interviews in which we talk to developers about their backgrounds, projects, interests and pet peeves. In this installment we talk to Ted Neward, "The ...

PresentationAid - A Presentation helper tool for the Kinect

MSDN: Coding4Fun, March 5, 2013
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I came across this project and thought it perfect for the Gallery. I mean, sure we've highlight Kinect Presentation like projects in the past, but none recently and that fact this is open source is ju...

Encrypting File System in Windows

Radical Development, March 4, 2013
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Did you know that you can encrypt and decrypt files and folders within Windows without the need of any third party software? Encrypting File System (EFS) is a feature within New Technology File System...

Test Better

youve been HAACKED, March 4, 2013
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Developers take pride in speaking their mind and not shying away from touchy subjects. Yet there is one subject makes many developers uncomfortable. Testing. Im not talking about drug testing, unit ...

Software Craftsmanship Digital Image Pack Available

the telerik blogs, February 26, 2013
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Now you can get a selection of software craftsmanship images used in Telerik/NimblePros wall calendars between 2011 and 2013 in digital format. Suitable for use in your powerpoint presentations, blog...

Kegerator + Kegduino + KegMonitor = KegManager!

MSDN: Coding4Fun, February 15, 2013
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I was looking for something different for today's Hardware Friday post and I think I found it. It's a little dated, and I'm not sure how finished it is, and there's no hardware schematic, but none-the...

The Zend 2013 Kickoff in Las Vegas

MS-Joe, February 11, 2013
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My second week at Zend was spent in Las Vegas at the Zend annual kickoff. In my career I’ve had the great fortune to work for and with many pioneers in thesoftwaredevelopment world. Many years ago I h...

Ruling Code Quality Regression

Brendan Tompkins, February 7, 2013
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A prominent characteristic of the software industry is that products are constantly evolving. All modern development methodologies prone that a product should evolve through small iterations. Internal...

Two Day Leadership Workshop–London April 11-12

ISerializable, February 6, 2013
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I would love to see you at my upcoming two day workshop in London. Place is limited to 20 participants. The workshop is for architects, team leaders, and managers of software people. The point? Lear...

MyMessageBox for Phone and Store apps

The Moth, February 5, 2013
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I am sharing a class I use for both my Windows Phone 8 and Windows Store app projects. Background and my requirements For my Windows Phone 7 projects two years ago I wrote an improved custom MessageB...

Senchas Architects Perfect Storm, Easy To Use and Incorporates Hand Written Code Gracefully

peterkellner.net, February 4, 2013
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IntroductionWednesday night this week, our local meetup (happening at Senchas headquarters in Redwood City) is featuring the Sencha Architect engineers who are here from all over the world for a get t...

Microsoft Surface Hard Drive Size Is Not An Issue

Jason N. Gaylords Blog, January 30, 2013
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Yesterday, there have been numerous reports discussing the hard drive size of the Microsoft Surface Pro. Ill be getting mine when they come out and will be getting the 128 GB size. Most of the world r...

Re: Youre not your code

Frans Boumas blog, January 25, 2013
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This post is a reply to Scott Hanselmans post: "Youre not your code" There are no two programmers in the world who like each others code, there's always criticism: "I would have done t...

Fitbit Me

youve been HAACKED, January 23, 2013
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Back in March of last year, Stephen Wolfram wrote a blog post, The Personal Analytics of My Life. Its a fascinating look at the data hes accumulated over years about his own personal activities and ha...

Build Metrics with Distributed Teams and Large Organizations

The Code Project Latest Articles, January 9, 2013
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The first and most important metric is having a Working build, in terms of continuous integration, that means: compiling software and passing unit tests. It is pretty simple but with distributed teams...

Software Craftsmanship 2013 Calendars by Country in 2012

the telerik blogs, January 8, 2013
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See how the Telerik Software Craftsmanship 2013 wall calendar sales break down by country....

Connect to Ubuntu from Windows via RDP

The Code Project Latest Articles, January 5, 2013
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In my office, we have an Ubuntu box which is installed OWASP tools (Ill get back with what is OWASP later. For now check https://www.owasp.org). My laptop installed Windows 7 and I wanted to remotely ...

So what is Spokes anyway?

The Code Project Latest Articles, January 2, 2013
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Spokes is a runtime engine and software stack to facilitate interaction with and management of Plantronics devices including headsets, handsets and speakerphones....

You Don’t Need A Thick Skin

youve been HAACKED, December 17, 2012
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I have a confession to make. I sometimes avoid your feedback on the Twitters. Its nothing personal. I have a saved search for stuff I work on because I want to know what folks have to say. I want to ...

The Benefits of Regular Deployment

Simple Talk, December 13, 2012
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When developing software, it makes sense to 'fail early, fail often'; to become aware of mistakes quickly and to learn from them. This means being able to deliver software as early in development as p...

3D Repo Runs MongoDB

The MongoDB NoSQL Database Blog, December 12, 2012
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If you’re an architectural or engineering firm, you’ve undoubtedly confronted the difficulty of managing and collaborating on 3D assets like CAD drawings. The act of sharing massive files ...

How to complement TDD with static analysis

The Code Project Latest Articles, December 12, 2012
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TDD is one of the most popular software development techniques. I like this technology in general, and we employ it to some extent. The main thing is not to run to extremes when using it....

3D Game Math Primer 3: What Are Vectors Anyway?

The Code Project Latest Articles, December 10, 2012
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Well what are vectors anyway? The topic of vectors crop up in geometry, physics, engineering disciplines, mechanics, etc. How they are used, as well as their definitions at times,vary from context to ...

One Year At GitHub

youve been HAACKED, December 7, 2012
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As of today, Ive been a GitHub employee for one year and I gotta tell you Please forgive me a brief moment to gush, but I really love this company. I work with a lot of great people. Crazy people f...

Agile Testing Days 2012 My First Conference!

Simple Talk, December 4, 2012
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I’d like to give you a bit of background first… so please bear with me! In 1996, whilst studying for my final year of my degree, I applied for a job as a C++ Developer at a small software house inHert...

Grab McAfee Antivirus Plus 2013 For Less Than $2.00

Radical Development, December 3, 2012
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Right now you can grab a copy of McAfee AntiVirus 2013 for $11.99 and with the rebate of $10.00 he final cost is $1.99, not bad at all if you are in the need of antivirus software. Product Features Wi...

Im internalising a really complex situation...

Nigel Parkers Outside Line, November 29, 2012
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I have just had one of those eureka moments sitting by the pool in Fiji relaxing in the sun, so I thought I better jot it down while it was still fresh. I am a big fan of Seth Godin especially (We are...

That's a great v1.0 shot... Greenshot v1.0 is out!

MSDN: Coding4Fun, November 28, 2012
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We highlighted this project a year and a half ago, That's a great shot... Greenshot, and it's been chugging away, moving slowly and steadily to a v1.0 release. And now...Greenshot 1.0 is finally avail...

Rocking the Windows 8 Sensors on the Intel IvyBridge Ultrabook

JohnPapa.net, November 28, 2012
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The combination of good sensors and simplicity of tapping into the Windows 8 sensor APIs are really going to open the doors to some great apps. In this final review I’ll touch on the core sensor...

Storage-viz: Storage Visualizers and Commands for MongoDB

The MongoDB NoSQL Database Blog, November 20, 2012
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Storage-viz is a suite of web-based visualizers and new experimental database commands that may help you understand how MongoDB utilizes storage and organizes btrees. Storage-viz is now available in t...

Notifications and Settings in Telerik Control Panel

the telerik blogs, November 16, 2012
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The Telerik Control Panel introduced a new and efficient way to install and update Telerik products. The Q3 2012 release makes it easier than ever to keep your Telerik products up-to-date with notific...

How I Record Screencasts

The Moth, November 8, 2012
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I get this asked a lot so here is my brain dump on the topic. What A screencast is just a demo that you present to yourself while recording the screen. As such, my advice for clearing your screen fo...

Creating A Great Windows 8 Tile With XAML RadControls for Windows 8

the telerik blogs, November 6, 2012
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Our new RadControls for Windows 8 offers a number of controls to make your application look and perform better.  One of the key features is the new set of HubTiles.  These are easy to work w...

Windows Server 2012 Essentials Download Available

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, November 2, 2012
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials software can be downloaded, but you won't find it on hardware for a few more months....

RadAutoCompleteBoxAn Annotated Demo

the telerik blogs, November 2, 2012
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In our Q3 Webinar, I demonstrated the RadAutoCompleteBox, part of the RadControls for Silverlight and WPF.  In this blog post, I will walk through that demo in detail.  The demo itself is e...

Deliberate Practice

Simple Talk, October 26, 2012
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It’s easy to assume, as software engineers, that there is little need to “practice” writing code. After all, we write code all day long! Just by writing a little each day, we’re constantly learning an...