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Know when to walk away, know when to run

June 26, 2008 5:43pm PDT

As a software developer, there are certain projects you want to avoid. For me, that is usually the project where the end-users design the entire application -- you know the type I am talking about.

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In a world of Goliaths, who's got a stone?

November 13, 2007 12:15pm PST

It seems like it is that time of year again... the days are getting longer, the weather is getting a bit warmer and the top-tier software vendors are on a buying spree. Will you get lost in the...

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The Fud is Flying! (Again)

May 29, 2007 11:54pm PDT

It seems like that the latest marketing technique for software vendors is to sling a little FUD and see if it sticks. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt make for some attention-grabbing headlines and are...

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Code Camp Oz 2007

January 15, 2007 9:56am PST

It's that time of year again, with Code Camp Oz (http://www.codecampoz.com/) just around the corner 31 March - 1 April, 2007. Code Camp Oz is annual community event for software developers held at...

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Internet Exploder

December 14, 2006 1:07pm PST

Most developers knew this day would come-- a new version of Internet Explorer comes around and suddenly, the web application you have spent months crafting falls into a heap. No wonder people call...

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The Developer Manifesto

November 3, 2006 7:18am PST

I ran across a "Developer Manifesto" while trolling through a vendor Web site and thought I would share it with you.

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Try… Catch… Win!

October 13, 2006 12:51pm PDT

As a .NET developer, there are a few “best practices” that you should always consider. And one of the biggest is that every application you write should include error trapping to trap critical and...

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If only every project ended this way...

October 5, 2006 5:36pm PDT

Today the birds are singing, the sun is shining and I am just putting the wraps on a .NET application I have been working on for the past 4 months.

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The FUD is flying!

September 7, 2006 3:08pm PDT

For years, the IT community has accused Microsoft of spreading “FUD” (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) about their competitor’s solutions. But it looks like that the FUD has been flying back the other...

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Build or Buy, Do or Die

September 6, 2006 5:18pm PDT

In my job as a developer, I get to talk to all sorts of people. And one of the conversations I seem to have a lot lately is "build vs buy", especially when it comes to custom applications. When...

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The Downside of RAD

August 7, 2006 11:12am PDT

Rapid Application Development is all the hype lately, with claims of being able to churn out functional applications in under two weeks. One popular technique is to lock end-users and developers...

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Worth getting out of bed for!

July 31, 2006 12:40pm PDT

There some mornings I don’t want to get out of bed...

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Data dumps are the dumps

July 24, 2006 12:12pm PDT

I have recently spend a considerable amount of time on a project replacing an old mainframe system with a new web-based application.

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DB2 Viper Gets A Gong

July 14, 2006 8:51am PDT

New DB2 tools enhance the developer experience.

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Database pros get tools in the know

June 1, 2006 8:30am PDT

Microsoft has just released the eagerly anticipated Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (TEDB) which allows developers to build database applications in a team environment.

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Express Yourself!

May 26, 2006 8:18am PDT

Microsoft has released a community technology preview of the new Expression Web Designer, their new flagship Web development tool and competitor to Adobe’s Dreamweaver.

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Gone in a Flash

May 16, 2006 9:32am PDT

With Adobe’s recent announcement about bringing Flash to the desktop (Flash to jump beyond the browser) they have taken some of the thunder from Microsoft’s own plans for rich-client...

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Service Pack or Market Attack?

April 27, 2006 1:29pm PDT

I will give it to Microsoft. When they want to capture a particular market, they go hard or not at all. And with SQL Server 2005, they have their sights set firmly on the Business Intelligence...