Presentation Zen
I picked up Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds earlier this year, and finally managed to finish it. It comes highly recommended by many excellent presenters, and there are quite a number of positive reviews of it on …
Blog Posts
MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.
Abstract to Privileges rather than to Roles in ASP.NET Applications
It's very common to check whether the current requesting user is in a particular role in order to determine whether they are authorized to do or see something within an ASP.NET application. This approach can break down …
Get the Batch Files Path in a Batch File
I needed to refer to the current path of the batch file within the batch file itself. Here's how.
Alternatives to the Singleton Design Pattern
The Singleton Design Pattern is one of the simplest and most widely known design patterns in use in software development. However, despite its simplicity, it is very easy to get wrong and the consequences of its use even …
9 Ways Contract Lawyers are Like Software Developers
Lawyers. We love to hate them. But they've been writing code since
Software Craftsmanship 2011 Calendar
The folks at NimblePros have put together a pretty sweet [2011
Zen and the Art of Software Craftsmanship
Not long ago, I (finally) read [Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Verify a List of URLs in C# Asynchronously
Recently I wanted to test a bunch of URLs to see whether they were
On Software Quality at Cleveland.NET SIG
Last night I led a discussion on software quality at the Cleveland area.NET SIG. Thanks to everyone who came and especially to those of you who shared your thoughts and opinions.