Foo Theory

Jason Bock had a similar title to this post awhile back … and I found a forehead-slapper today when reviewing some code in a app I’m working on during my free time. I seriously said “What the <ExplativeGoesHere>”. Here’s the code:   There is...

I will be presenting at the 5th Twin Cities Code Camp on October 11th. My session is entitled … Smooth Operator: Using the Workflow Rules Engine Within WCF Ever changing business logic requires rule systems that are flexible to business demands. The majority...

The Twin Cities Give Camp site has been updated. If you would like to volunteer, you can sign up on the volunteer page and if you or your company would like to sponsor the event, you can sign up on the sponsors page . If you have any questions, please...

I was on my favorite travel pricing site today and I was looking up how much flights were from MPLS to Des Moines. Now I'd probably never-ever fly to Des Moines because I believe its only about 3.5 hours away via car. But with gas prices these days...

I’ve presented at code camps and given presentations to technical audiences and institutes and I will continue to do so. I have a passion for giving back to the community that has helped me become the what I am today. I’ve decided that I want to give...

DiscountASP just won. Argh! I wrote a long blog post (because I dont have access to Live Writer on this PC) and then clicked Publish and it logged me out. Dont understand what I'm talking about? Read on .. Unfortunately, what DiscountASP.NET does...

Photo Courtesy of: rosendahl My first initial answer is … it depends. (Isn’t that the case for everything?) :) Today I had conversation with a colleague and we were discussing how application developers don’t plan ahead. This eventually brought up the...

Having a blog has its benefits, but sometimes people want to access your site via a mobile device and, well…. lets face it, rendering your site across many different mobile platforms, looks, well…. LIKE CRAP. Hell, half the time its unreadable. How to...

I took the ASP.NET 3.5 Exam (in beta form) on June 5th at Tech-Ed 2008 and today I received notification that …. I PASSED! Woohoo! What does this mean? Well, it means that I’m now an MCTS in ASP.NET 2.0 and an MCTS for ASP.NET 3.5 .

So, are you going? If so, you better sign up quick! Space is going fast! What is an alt.net open space? First lets define what an open space actually is… How Open Spaces Works Whoever shows up is the right group. Whatever happens is the only thing that...

Better late than never…. :) Our team coordinator, Bil Simser , announced this same thing on his blog a couple of weeks ago.  Tree Surgeon is a .NET Development Tree Generator. Basically, we added … Support for Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008 Ability...

This week Microsoft announced that their Virtual Earth product versions 3, 4 & 5 will be retired. As part of our planned deprecation schedule for older versions of Virtual Earth, we will be permanently retiring Virtual Earth version 3, version 4,...

Orlando, FL June 2008 Introduction This year was my first visit to TechEd. This about sums it up: I was indoors 99% of the time. I got little sleep. I drank lots of Mountain Dew. I met lots of great people. I saw lots of cool stuff and I can’t wait till...

Every now and then I have people who want to know what books I recommend in regards to IT and Software. My list tends to change over time, so I plan on keeping this up to date. I'll be posting this link on the home page, so feel free to check back...

American political journalism, not only by association, is not held in the highest regard these days.  NBC's Tim Russert, in contrast, and his enthusiasm for the "truth" is a throw-back and considered among the best of modern American...