Jack of all trades; Master of one.
I just got back from the Visual Studio Connections conference in Orlando, Florida for a few days. I went down for a few meetings, and had a really great time. I meet Robert Green who on Monday night previewed a free set of soon to be released components called the VBPowerPack. Robert and I talked about …
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I noticed Richard S. Tallent, II referenced a do-it-yourself steadcam project by Johnny Chung Lee of Carnegie Melon University, which was ironic for me as I went looking at digital camcorders today. At first I thought Johnny was making a joke, but after reading the page it looks real (great video clips shown using it.) Maybe …
Rocky Lhotka has some sobering things to say about the hype surrounding Service Oriented Architectures, or SOA. He says SOA is about crossing trust boundaries but thinks (consultants will counsel) people to use it within apps and replace their tiers with SOA concepts. This he says will cause huge problems: SOA is going to cost …
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Another item for my favorite’s list is Robert Scoble’s Corporate Weblog Manifesto.
At this point, because of my posts here, here, here, here, and here, and the fact my company is a reseller of components at VBxtras and Xtras.Net, you probably think me to be a shill for the component industry. Unfortunately, I’m far too idealistic for that to be true. :-) I think ComponentOne was …
I have been reading Robert McLaws and commenting about his posts for a few days. I was generally commenting about his ComponentOne post and about how from his many posts and his company website how he appears to be a champion for lower prices components. And in many ways I am in agreement with him. …
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When I started VBxtras in 1994, it was partly because I felt component software was too expensive and I wanted to do something about it. Why? If I couldn’t afford to use it as an independent developer, it was too expensive. I sense Robert McLaws has similar views to the ones I had in 94 …
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I’m back from VSLive in San Francisco. It was a really good show for us.(unfortunately I was in the exhibit hall or in meetings the entire time so didn’t get to see any sessions…) Since I literally just got back a few hours ago, I’m a bit fried from the trip, so I don’t have …
I’ve been programming for over 20 years now, and from the day I started programming I came across of language wars. Hell, I was even involved in many over my years. That is, during the foolish days of my youth… (like I never get caught in them today!) But lately I’ve noticed them and they …
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Mike Sax mentions my blog today on his blog. However, Mike talks about Component Resellers and, by asking: “How component and tools resellers can re-invent themselves to provide value for developers?” he implies component resellers don’t currently offer value to developers, kind of like the old trick question: “So have you quit beating your wife?” …