Tag: Life

Jun 5, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Scott Ambler (see below) mentioned a new methodology that I hadn't heard before - “Lean Programming”. Here are the basic principles: 1. Eliminate Waste 2. Amplify Learning …

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Visual FoxPro 9.0 Beta released!

Jun 5, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Microsoft released VFP 9.0 Beta yesterday. If you are interested, I would recommend first reading the overview, themes, and feature summary and then downloading the VFP 9.0 Beta.

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Greetings from DevEssentials

Jun 5, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

This years conference looks to be really good. This is the 3rd year, and there are many Fox, .NET, and SQL folks here at the Westin Crown Plaza in Kansas City, MO. Here are some other bloggers at the …

Life SQL Server

Microsoft Solution for Internet Business 2.5

Jun 3, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

It's been on the download site for just over a month, and I haven't blogged about it yet. This is a must have collection of components, documentation, and PAG for anyone trying to wire together …

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Heard a good quote at Tech-Ed

Jun 3, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Took me a few days to find the notepad it was written on, as it was at the bottom of my stack of bringhomeables ... “A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.” …

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Computer Forensics play a big part in a local case

Jun 2, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Here in Boise, we've been watching the case of a Saudi Arabian graduate student, Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, accused of using his Internet expertise to rally support for terrorism. The case went to …

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Are you a prostitute or are you a consultant?

Jun 1, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Not sure where this list came from, but a few of them hit close to home: You work very odd hours. You are paid a lot of money to keep your client happy. You are paid well but your pimp gets most of …

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Don't be "Not most specific"

Jun 1, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

While teaching C# the other day, it occurred to me that in C#, you can create differing method signatures by playing with the parameter types as well as modifiers (ref or out). This works in C#, …

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FrameworkInsider.com

Jun 1, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Keep your eye on this site. Ken Spencer, a fellow Regional Director, and Richard Weeks - my friends from North Carolina are setting up the site to give us the inside skinny on the .NET Framework. …

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