Jason Mauss' Blog Cabin
Because someone's got to do the dirty work
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The names have changed
I recently read here about the name changes given to Indigo and Avalon. From now on...
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Preparing for Indigo
I was actually intrigued so much by this essay after I read it that I forgot I wanted to link to it. Craig McMurtry has posted a very well written essay on preparing for Indigo where he not only addresses the technology considerations but also discusses the dynamics of teams developing and preparing for the Indigo platform.
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W00t! I got accepted to Project Fazr!
As Ryan announced on his blog, I've joined up with Project Fazr. I'm really excited about the potential this has. I can't wait to share more information with you as things develop. (And as I'm allowed to talk about it, of course) I'd encourage anyone that likes the idea to talk with Ryan about joining us.
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In the year two thousaaaaand
If you watch Late Night with Conan O'Brien with any regularity - you probably already understand the title of this post. If not, basically this is my attempt at clairvoyance with regard to the software industry
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Well said...I'm very impressed.
I'm usually just satisfied with reading good blog posts and don't necessarily care about linking to them. But since I thought, "this is probably the best post he's ever written" after reading this by Scott, I feel compelled to link to it. Wow, dood. I couldn't have said it better myself.
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Database Design Article on Developer.com and back from vacation
While I was all over the east coast for vacation it looks like my article on database design for breadcrumb link data got posted on Developer.com. I did all of the graphics for the article, which I hope add to the content in terms of making it understandable.
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First draft of Charting Component Guide completed
Last night I finished up the first draft of the How-To-Select Guide for .NET Charting Components. Wow, that was a lot of work. I knew that there were a lot of charting vendors out there but didn't realize how much work it would take to compile a profile and review the products of each one. What's really scary is that for this edition of the Guide, we probably only included one-half to one-third of all the vendors out there. Some we included are open source and I was actually surprised at the quality of them. Others like Dundas, Telerik, Nevron, ComponentOne, Infragistics, etc. just blew me away with the breadth of charts they could create. Truly amazing.
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CodeHeads
I haven't even finished watching Billy Hollis' GrokTalk but I've gotta link to it. Not only does it provide a good dose of comic relief but it drives homes an important point. There are a number of interesting videos there actually. I just watched Jon Goodyear's talk on Master Pages, too.
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foO got jacked
Honestly, I found it pretty funny when I first read about it. But, I'd probably be pretty upset too if someone jacked a lot of hard work I had done and called it their own.
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DevCampus - status update
I figure there might actually be 1 or 2 readers of my blog that care how I'm coming on my website project 'DevCampus'. It's also good for me to write about my progress so I can evaluate where I'm at in my mind. Since the only time I really have to work on it is weeknights after work and weekends I was having to take a lot of time usually spent doing other things and work on the website instead. I soon realized that totally neglecting certain things couldn't continue so I've had to moderate my time spent on it. I've made really good progress on the admin tools and the behind-the-scenes stuff that only DevCampus authors/admins/helpers will ever see but still, stuff that had to be built. I've also been brainstorming as I go and have come up with some really cool ideas for the site. I'll discuss them more when the site is closer to being ready. Since I've taken on writing a couple of How-To-Select Guides for Xtras that's taken up a fair amount of "after hours" time, too. It doesn't help that this past weekend was spent driving down to SoCal and back for a wedding (but I gladly did so...I wanted to be there). Since about half of July will be taken up with vacation and other work it looks like I'll resume DevCampus work around mid-July. I'm hoping to launch the site before the end of the year though so, I've really gotta bust my hump. Once the first "beta" version of the site is ready - I'll invite (by invitation only) people to test drive it for me so if you'd be interested in doing something like that, ping me.