In terms of the vibe that radiates from this blog, I try to maintain a healthy mix of optimism and cynicism. “How to” and explanatory posts tend to be optimistic in nature, offering you a “hey, we can all do this” appeal. On the flip side, some of my most popular posts tend to be…
This year, I got a Christmas present that came out of left field for me: the Amazon Echo. Up until getting it, I was aware of its existence as “that Amazon Siri thing that lets you order stuff from Amazon by voice.” Once I started reading about it a bit, some actual use cases replaced…
Editorial note: I originally wrote this post for the Infragistics blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. They also have a lot more .NET-oriented content in general and some really nice tools if you want to go check out their site. The most common term I’ve heard to describe the zoned-in…
I spend a lot of time in hotels, so it’s pretty unremarkable that I would spend the first week of 2016 on the 6th floor of some Marriott. I unpacked and put my things in their usual places. I make coffee in the room’s coffee-maker the same way each morning. And I hit the hotel…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the Infragistics blog. You can find the original here, at their site. There’s a lot of good stuff over there, so go give it a look. The other night, I was remembering what might have been my most impressive performance in the interview process. What makes this…
