I just finished blogging about my mini-vacation weekend riding motorcycles in the north Georgia mountains with my father, but I decided to split it in to because this was logically seperate. After we left Suches, Georgia on Sunday around 1pm, we traveled south to Dahlonega, Georgia to meet Kathleen Dollard who had scheduled to have …
Getting into the Zone
I don’t blog too much about my personal life but this weekend was too great to stay silent. My dad is an avid motorcyclist. At 65, he still rides one of his several motorcycles whenever it’s not raining. Though he has a newer one, his favorite is his 1989 Honda NT650 Hawk, a V-twin. Growing …
Pricing, and the Economics of Value Creation
I’m not an Economist; during my high school and college, economics was for me in the category of “couldn’t be more boring.” But time has passed and both events of the world and my life have increasingly interested me in economics, especially as they relate to making business decisions. And I’ve read a lot about …
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Just Say NO to Extending the “My” Classes in VB 2005, Redux
Last month I wrote a really long blog about the “My” Classes in VB 2005 with two hypothetical scenarios regarding the future of .NET and development because of the introduction of the “My” classes. I had a lot of fun writing it, but afterward realized it was far too long to get across my key …
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How does one define a “Quality .NET Developer?”
I was having a brainstorming session the other day with a member of my staff and the following question came up “How does one define a ‘Quality .NET Developer‘?” After discussion we realized it was a lot like one of the US Supreme Court Justice’s definition of pornography; when asked he stammered and said “Well, …
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