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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:23 AM

The Decision Points of Visual Studio Team System

Decision Points: the perfect term to describe a lot of what organizations do in Team System implementation planning. I was speaking with a potential client today about their plans on a move into the Visual Studio Team System space. It was the standard
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Friday, May 25, 2007 10:22 PM

Supporter of Microsoft with Affirmation and Criticism

I'm a supporter of Microsoft in many ways. I support a number of Microsoft activities with my affirmation when I think things are a job well done and with my criticism when I think it is well deserved. Not that my affirmation or criticism carries any
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Friday, May 25, 2007 12:11 PM

Not at all technically related

I found this article entitled "Canadians Don't Have Entitlement to Legal Services, Court Says " on bloomberg.com to be especially interesting. Don't ask me why. It's just filled with oxymorons, it seems. I think I'll look for a moire full article. Back
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Monday, May 21, 2007 11:44 AM

Dubblebock TFS - if you like Tortoise

Make sure you give Dubblebock TFS a try if you want some Windows explorer interface for TFS VC quickly at your disposal. I have been playing with it and have great things to say- which I will say later. But give it a whirl. Ben has done a great job!
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Monday, May 21, 2007 10:43 AM

Standing alone

I just had to share. My youngest son has decided recently that he'd like to start thinking more seriously about walking. Letting go and a few small baby steps and it constituted a major milestone for him. In the picture below you see this huge silly grin
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Monday, May 21, 2007 9:44 AM

My favorite quote from last week

This is a statement made by a not-to-be-indentified peer when discussing the final two weeks before handoff of a project (s)he has been working on: "...and somehow they're gonna get 2 months work out of us before we're done. Like the end of the toothpaste
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Monday, May 21, 2007 7:53 AM

How to Sell a SharePoint Gig according to Dogbert and Steve.

My much more pop culture in touch co-worker (or is he a cow-orker) Steve St. Jean sent me a link to a recent Dilbert cartoon. He titled the email something like "How to Sell a SharePoint Gig". If you ever deal with SharePoint you will appreciate the truth
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:49 AM

IE 7 (64 bit) on Vista x64 Doesn't Always Behave with MOSS - It Seems

I have run into specific instances over the last two days in which the 64 bit Internet Explorer 7.0 running under 64 bit Vista does not play well with MOSS 2007. I have not yet checked the security settings to see if they differ by default on IE 7 x64
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Monday, May 14, 2007 9:21 AM

DMCA, AVG and Office 2007

Just an interesting side note. If you search on google for Office 2007 and AVG (as in anti-virus software from grisoft). You will get the following notice at the bottom of the page In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 2:38 PM

Orcas Beta 1 and WSS 3.0 with TFS V1 SP1 and LOTRO

I am finally getting around to installing and trying out Orcas Beta 1 and running some tests with WSS 3.0 connected to TFS SP1. Meanwhile trying to find the time to start LOTRO among about a dozen other technical things. All while trying to still be involved
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:39 AM

Are You Impressed With Cluttered Screens or Do You Need Lots of Windows to Be Productive?

I consult a fair amount with Microsoft Team Foundation Server, though not nearly as much as I would desire. DAMN YOU, MOSS . As part of that I try to keep up with what similar products do and don't do and how they do it, especially in the area of application
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:02 AM

Things to Have Before Starting a TFS Install

Here is a great post from Neno Loje on what to have prepared before starting a TFS install. Very succinct and a easy to read. An example from the list: In large organizations: Request »TFSService« and »TFSReports« Don't forget to request the two domain
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 7:36 AM

I'm suing you for not reading my blog

That's right taking a play right out of Media Rights Technology playbook I hearby send you a blog-o-cease-and-desist order. You are not reading my blog and therefore are obviously violating some sort of copyright law. How dare you. Geez. How ridiculous
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Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:09 AM

Can they throw any more JUNK on the webpage

File under the category of ' USELESS WEB' The screenshot below must be the prototypical example of one of the most useless and poorly designed web pages I have seen in a long time. I think they had someone throw every piece of junk onto the page they
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Monday, May 07, 2007 3:35 PM

Agile resources

A little behind in posting this but... http://bradapp.blogspot.com/2007/01/lean-software-development-resources.html I don't feel like saying any more.
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Monday, May 07, 2007 11:07 AM

Need a full time career in Indianapolis, IN USA?

Just received some info from a peer on a full time position in Indianapolis, IN USA. The info is sparse but if you have an interest drop me a line and I'll pass it on. No third parties only direct hires. Here is the info: C#, WPF, WCF, SQL Server, new
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Monday, May 07, 2007 8:43 AM

Here we go again- Live Mail, Hotmail, .NET, .NET Server 2003, .NET 3.0, WinFx

Remember some years back when .NET was in its infancy and lots of Java vs .NET debates raged across the Internet. Remember how Microsoft got crazy about labeling everything ".NET" including what is now Windows Server 2003. It was for a while Windows .NET
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Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:50 PM

You know what they say- When in Indianapolis...

... go to the Team System SIG. Some info here and link from there to more info (I think).
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Sunday, May 06, 2007 8:06 AM

Second Life, Statistics, Statistics and Damn Statistics

I found this post on Second Life (SL) user numbers interesting. My response, with typos corrected and a bit of editing for clarity: Let's think about it. The higher numbers are targeted to us as users to entice us to participate thus increasing the number.
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Sunday, May 06, 2007 7:39 AM

Joost needed (needs) a bit more juice

You should definitely look at the Joost Blog. The last few entries tell you a lot. With the creation of unlimited invites from existing customers the likely exponential growth has caused problems in handling capacity. I haven't done any viewing in Joost
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Sunday, May 06, 2007 7:09 AM

Negative Thinking and MTTF

I recently ran into an opinion piece by Dr. Atul Gawande titled " The power of negative thinking ". You can find a copy of the piece at the New York Times. It made me reflect again on negative thinking and its role in software development. *Note you will
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Saturday, May 05, 2007 8:26 AM

Call to Arms on Web 2.0

I'm one of those that dislikes the entire phrase Web 2.0 and all it represents. At least my interpretation of what Web 2.0 represents. I received the following reminder from the Boston .NET Users Group . The May meeting of the Boston .NET User Group will
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:31 PM

Why Oh Why Can I Not Search RSS Content in IE7

I don't know of any mechanism to search my RSS feeds within IE 7. Does anyone know how? It bothers me to no end. My solution is to export and bring it into Onfolio (I had Onfolio before Microsoft purchased). I wish Microsoft would have just used Onfolio
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:26 AM

Awesome Post About Warehouse Data in TFS

There is a must read article by Jimmy Li (a developer on the Team System group). It's all about the data warehouse in TFS and is a rockin' post. Technorati tags: TFS , Team Foundation Server
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:28 AM

Another TeamSysPUG announcement

TeamSysPUG is currently under DNN it hit me a while back- why? I'd rather do it on top of WSS 3.0. Thus the TeamSysPUG group will be moving to WSS 3.0 sometime soon.
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:24 AM

Inside the Emerald City and How This Applies to SDLC

This is really a note to self for a full post on exactly what the title says. It will address some parallels I found in a non-technical books author style and requirements in SDLC. Fun should be had by all.
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007 5:42 AM

I Agree With Steve a.k.a How Many Clicks to Get to the Center of Visual FoxPro

A co-worker and friend Steve St. Jean remarked yesterday in a blog post about how much he loves Wikipedia. I have to agree. I find myself using it more and more. I use it not only to look things up such as the boiling point of NaOH but also to find out
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