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Posted on 2004-03-152008-02-01

Woe be it for the Hobbyist Programmer

I just came across a blog entry that disturbed me entitled Should the hobbyist programmer matter to Microsoft? by Rory Blyth of Neopolean.com. It was not so much the blog entry by Rory that really disturbed me, but the tone of the comments he received (over 100 at the time.) As I started writing this …

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Posted on 2004-03-122008-06-15

Annoying bug in Microsoft Access

I use MS Access from time to time, and for what it is, it is a pretty nice tool. However, there are a few things I’d really like to see added (subject of a future blog) and there are a few bugs that I run across from time to time that really frustrate. For example, …

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Posted on 2004-03-122019-02-19

More Support for the Scripter?

Now that I wrote my VBScript.NET post, I’m finding others have also been addressing the issue. Maybe one more voice helps? An open letter to Microsoft by Danny Boyd Why do hobbyists matter? by Paul Vick Save the Hobbyist Programmer by Kathleen Dollard Actually, I previously read Kathleen’s article and it influenced my essay but when …

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Posted on 2004-03-122019-02-19

Responding to Eric Lippert’s Blog Entry

Thanks Eric for acknowledging my post. Eric, sorry about misusing Mort and Matt. I didn’t see the comments of Peter Torr and your responses until after I wrote my long rambling post (yes I agree, it was long and rambling, intentionally.) Actually, I feel my comments apply both to Matt and Mort. Mort still has …

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Posted on 2004-03-112019-02-18

A Modest Proposal: VBScript.NET, aka “Helping Mort use .NET”

As I alluded to in my recent essay on Transitionality, this is the essay which proved one of the main catalysts for me to start blogging. But first a bit about the alternate title. So Who is Mort, you ask? I referenced him w/o explaining in my prior essay, though I linked to his “creator” …

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Posted on 2004-03-102004-04-08

Twelve Tips for Running a Beta Test

This is for all my vendors who don’t know how to run a beta program (for that matter, I don’t either): Joel on Software has a cool list of Twelve Tips for Running a Beta Test

Posted on 2004-03-102019-02-19

Developer Tools Need Transitionality

This essay is really a prelude and prerequisite for my next planned essay, the essay which was one of the several catalysts to start me blogging in the first place. What are Tools? Let me start by defining some terms: “Tools” and “Transitionality.” By “Tools” I don’t necessarily mean just 3rd party components like grids …

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