Mar
09
I picked up a copy of the Ski & Snowboard Guide to Whistler Blackcomb: Intermediate Edition the last time I was up at Roundhouse on Whistler. I highly recommend it. It is a far more useful guide to the runs and lifts on both mountains than the “artist impression” trail maps, which only name a …
Mar
06
Unlike most Visual Studio products, Test Professional does not use the familiar IDE. In addition, Test Professional requires Team Foundation Server to function. As a result, someone who installs the Test Professional trial bits may be in for a surprise when they try to use it – an unfamiliar UI that doesn’t do much of …
Mar
04
In July 2010, I took on a new role in Developer Marketing – online marketing manager for the Visual Studio and Express marketing websites. I previously worked on the Visual Studio marketing website and developer center back in 2006-2008 when both were hosted on MSDN. Occasionally, I’ll blog on here about significant changes I’m making …
Jan
29
A little over two years ago, I wrote about Sara Ford’s book, Microsoft Visual Studio Tips (Coming Soon: Microsoft Visual Studio Tips by Sara Ford). I just learned that she worked with a co-author, Zain Naboulsi, to update the book: Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Microsoft Visual Studio. Although I haven’t seen the manuscript …
Jan
18
Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers is for anyone who wants to engage a group in collaborative, creative thinking. Written by XPLANE founder and business design mastermind, Dave Gray, XPLANE consultant James Macanufo and Sunni Brown of Bright Spot Information Design, Gamestorming is a collection of 80 games to help teams break down …
Apr
16
Based on feedback and my own need for a theme that’ll work for a widescreen and a portrait-oriented monitor, I created another theme. This one is a bit larger to work with a wider variety of resolutions. It also includes 6 more backgrounds. I also changed the default picture position to Center. As before, I …
Apr
12
To put these all in one place, here are the links to the Visual Studio 2010 trial editions and .NET Framework 4 downloads on the Microsoft Download Center. .NET Framework 4 .NET Framework 4 – Web Install .NET Framework 4 – Redistributable .Net Framework 4 Client Profile – Web Install .Net Framework 4 Client Profile …
Apr
10
This is a simple Visual Studio theme I put together for Windows 7 on my laptop. Enjoy! Okay, I think this should be working now. I wasn’t able to host a .themepack file directly on this Web server, so it’s in a ZIP. Unfortunately, I’m unable to update the tinyurl.com link that I had originally …
Apr
10
Keybinding reference cards are now available for the following languages in Visual Studio 2010: Visual Basic Visual C++ Visual C# Visual F# You can download them from here: Visual Studio 2010 Keybinding Cards.
Aug
19
I’m so far behind on reading blogs that I no longer pretend to actively read them. That said, I was on Martin Woodward’s blog today to check out his new site design and came across this post he wrote a couple of months ago on software estimation (Why Software Estimation is Hard). Suduko is the …