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 …
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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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 …
A little background is in order…
As my second post I guess I’ll tell potential readers a little about myself and my company. I live in Atlanta, Georgia USA where I have lived most of my life. From 1981 to 1988 I attended Georgia Tech to get a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and an "honorary" degree in Computer Science. I gave …