Earlier this week I got our build server versioning our builds using the standard x.x.x.x nomenclature where the first two sets are major and minor versions, which are manually set and updated when appropriate, the third number is the build number as…
I was reading Dennis Forbes’ post Interesting Facts About Domain Names (via Seth Godin ) when I came upon the following excerpt: Stepping up to four letter sequences, choosing among the 456,976 combinations, yields a vastly greater…
I read The Build Master: Microsoft’s Software Configuration Management Best Practices (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology) by Vincent Maraia this evening. It provides a nice glimpse into Microsoft’s build process for their NT operating systems…
Recently I’ve discovered there are two kinds of technical books: Big honkin’ tech books that I start reading with the best of intentions, get two chapters into and wind up as part of the psuedo-furniture pile of books beside my chair for long periods…
No, I’m not going to discuss buying your next home (well, maybe a little bit), but instead I want to write a bit about selecting a spot for your home office. While your home office space is not technically a tool, it might be considered the best (or…
Once again - mostly just useful notes to myself, but hey - It’s my blog - I can post what I want: 1 . Essential tools for Geographically dispersed dev teams - article #1 - choosing the right spot for your home office. 2 . Essential tools for…
I just got home from the Dayton .NET Developer’s Group March meeting. Jim Holmes gave a great presentation on Open Source Test Tools including NUnit, MBUnit, Fitnesse, Rhino.Mock, ZaneBug and Watir. It was a great presentation and if you get a…
Reading of telligenti  Ken Robertson’s  planned series of posts about working remotely reminded me that I had planned of putting together a list of essential tools for remote development teams. Actually, the list was planned to be a small…
Last weekend I read two books, one had to do with developing using web standards and another was Professional Development with Web APIs : Google, eBay, Amazon.com, MapPoint, FedEx (Denise M. Gosnell, WROX). I was prepared for the API book to be a…
I previously posted my notes from the Dayton-Cincinnati Code Camp that took place in January. In it I wrote the following as part of my notes about Brian Sherwin’s session on SQL Server Reporting Services: Debug Local run Individual report…
