Buzzwords

They say people can’t understand an abstract concept unless they have language to describe it. For example, because Tahitians don’t have a word for sadness they think of sadness as they would a physical illness. As we are immersed in a world of rapid change we need many new words to describe previously unidentified concepts. …

Can Microsoft’s Developer Division Compete Moving Forward?

I’ve been planning to blog about this for some time but just haven’t gotten to it. Well here goes… Contents Is Microsoft’s Approach Failing? After Ten Years; Too Little, Too Late? Providing Solutions Frequently Just Not a Priority Core “Real World” Problems Not Addressed Values “Sugar”-Free Over Productivity Focuses on Details, NOT the Big Picture …

Links and Discussion related (indirectly) to ISAPI Rewrite

I just found a blog post by Shirley E. Kaiser at her blog entitled Brainstorms & Raves containing an awesome collection of links and related discussion about Apache’s .htaccess. While admittedly I write mostly for an audience of developers that use Microsoft-technologies, many of the items discussed apply to Microsoft’s IIS if you use a 3rd party …