Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Internet | Posted on 09-10-2007
I’m not a link blogger and don’t plan on becoming one so don’t expect too many of these type of posts but JoelOnSoftware has a really good article about why he thinks Gmail is Lotus 123 and this new up and coming SDK is Windows. For those of us that like speculation, what ifs, and some history mixed in this is a must read for you. Check out the post here:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/18.html
BTW the up and coming SDK doesn’t exist, he’s just speculating but interesting thoughts nonetheless.
For those of you that purchased an iPhone and put the unlock software on it only to have your $600 iPhone bricked check out ArcaneCode’s entry about is Apple the new evil empire?
http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/apple-the-new-evil-empire/
Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Presentations, Speaking | Posted on 08-10-2007
Alabama Code Camp was in Birmingham, AL this weekend. Friday we kicked it off with a speakers dinner where we had some outstanding tex-mex food. And then after the event, the speakers and the code campers went out to Buffalo Wild Wings as seen in this pic.
It was good to see fellow MVPs, Todd Miranda, Jeff Barnes, Jim Wooley and a I met a new MVP which leaves in Tupelo, MS, Mickey Gousset. Finally I get to meet someone else from Mississippi! It was also good to see Doug Turnure, the DE for this area.
I spoke on three topics, Structure and Guidance for Organizing Solutions in Visual Studio, Custom Workflow Activities, and What’s new in Visual Studio 2008. Out of the three, the one that received the most praise was the structuring solutions in Visual Studio. It really is a fun topic to speak on and something that no one else is covering. What makes the topic so much fun is it truly helps people and answers a lot of the tough questions for everyone.
I have two of the three topics available for download on my presentations page. I will be posting the what’s new in Visual Studio 2008 there as well, but after DevLink next week.
View the pictures from the code camp here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keithelder/sets/72157602315320164/
See everyone next time!
Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in General | Posted on 05-10-2007
Today I am officially changing my MSN handle to simplify my life. I should have done this about 8 months ago but I kept putting it off. Today it is official.
The address previously used which was @dotnetpimps.net is no longer going to be valid. From hence forth it will be the following:
For those of you on my contact list, you’ll be getting new notifications shortly.
Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in .Net | Posted on 04-10-2007
Kind of a weird title but it makes sense if you know what I’m talking about. I was working through some final demos with Client Application Services for the code camp in Birmingham this weekend and found out that the enumeration within the <system.web.extensions> within the web.config file is misspelled. Here is what I’m talking about:
You can see when I typed out this property for the profile element I spelled it correctly, yet the Intellisense points to a different spelling. I wouldn’t have caught it but I got a compile error and noticed there was a warning as well. I looked at the warning and found the problem. I filed a bug for it. Feel free to vote on it here so this gets fixed:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=302725
Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Funny Stuff | Posted on 04-10-2007
At work we have a home grown system we use to track bugs, tasks, projects, etc. We have a lot of fun with it mainly because we can and because it is just a part of our culture. To celebrate my new MVP award this week, Jona came up with a different twist on what MVP actually stood for. Pretty funny given my track record of being on phone calls working from home and shooting an occasional varmit from my deck. It passes the time.
