It is good to see friends and people you respect bring something new to the developer community. Josh Holmes and Steve Loethen have done just that by creating a new Channel 9 show called "Code To Live".  The show is different from other Channel 9 shows since it doesn't showcase Microsoft employees talking about Microsoft technologies.  The show's focus is on finding and showcasing developers who, well, code to live.  Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun.  To quote the show: Coding isn’t just a paycheck, it’s who we are! Tour the US with your hosts Steve Loethen and Josh Holmes as they interview...

One of the new features in Visual Studio 2008 provides the ability to easily sync data from the server to the client and the client to the server using Sync Services for ADO.Net.  For developers supporting Winform and Smart Clients this is a much welcomed feature.   Developers will be able to take advantage of Sync Services in a variety of ways including a local store for off line data as well as caching data locally for speed. When you deal with syncing of data as a developer the first thing that pops into mind is conflict resolution.  For those getting started with Sync Services we'll look at how to...

A few months ago I wrote about my rekindled love for fishing.  In a few days I will be going on the ultimate fishing trip to Michigan where the great Salmon Hunt of 2007 will take place.  I know you've seen the Discovery Channel where they show the salmon running up the rivers and how big they are.  Well that's where I'll be fishing next week except we'll be in a boat on Lake Huron since it is illegal to catch the salmon in the river.  However, while they are in the lake before going up the river, they are fair...

If you have a blog as do I, one of the things you enjoy looking at is your PingBacks or TrackBacks.  PingBacks and TrackBacks were created as a nice way for bloggers to who know when other community members linked back to their articles.  Essentially they work like this.  Let's say I write an article on my blog.  Another blogger reads it and links to it in one of their blog articles.  When a viewer on their blog clicks on my article link, a comment gets added to my blog article linking back to their site.  This is called a TrackBack....

One of the key, very key things I had been wanting Google Reader to add was the ability to search.  Today I was looking up something and without even thinking about typed in a keyword into a search field located at the top of Google Reader and pressed the search key. Wait a minute, that wasn't there earlier!  Sure enough I then searched for "google reader search" and found this.  Quite funny, almost took me back there for a second.  Anyway, thank you Google Reader devs for adding such a much needed feature.  Now that you have that done please don't...