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In response to my post Why runat="server" for ASP.NET?, Talbott Crowell of Microsoft National Services tried to post the following comment: I understand your point, but the importance of [runat="server"] is more for consistancy and extensibility. If the developer has to mark some tags some ways (ie an [<asp:] prefix) and in other cases using …

About the “Most Useful Add-in/Macro for Visual Studio .Net” Contest

Roy Osherove at ISerializable is holding a contest for the "Most Useful Add-in/Macro for Visual Studio .Net" Contest."  Submissions accepted through May 31st, and there are tons of cool prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place plus a Bonus finisher. One of the best(!) prizes is an XDN Professional Membership from Xtras.Net. :-) Be sure …

My USA Map

I just visited Peter Provost’s blog and saw his map (his was about the 5th I’d seen) so I finally succumbed: create your own personalized map of the USA or write about it on the open travel guide

Developer Bias

Every developer has a set of bias that drives their development.  A developer’s bias determines how they write code and what they consider is good vs. bad code. I believe there are few if any "well rounded" developers that provide equal weighting on all areas; that’s why having a team of developers with different bias …