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October 2006 - Posts

Cruisin' Right Along

posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:59 AM by mitchell
I've been playing with CruiseControl.NET for the last couple of days. Let me just say that it's very cool. Once you get around the learning curve of how to set up a project, it's ridiculously easy to use. So far, I've only used an MSBuild task. Next step Read More
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The Left's Great White Hope

posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:37 AM by mitchell
John Kerry is seriously in need of some perspective...he just called every veteran of Iraq lazy and stupid. I guess I really shouldn't be surprised. Still, it's a bit disheartening. Read More
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Tartan Army: It's Good to Be a Scot

posted Monday, October 30, 2006 12:20 PM by mitchell
From YouTube.... Read More
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Steyn Lays it on the Line

posted Monday, October 30, 2006 8:06 AM by mitchell
Mark Steyn's column says it all. Here's the money quote: "It's not a question of whether you're 'for' or 'against' a war. Once you're in it, the choice is to win it or lose it. His concluding paragraph is right on point, and I highly recommend reading Read More
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VDH: Book Review

posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 4:23 PM by mitchell
Victor Davis Hanson reviews Robert Spencer’s The Truth about Muhammad, Founder of the World’s Most Intolerant Religion. The review is as revealing and insightful as the book is sure to be. There's none other like VDH to tell it like it is: The anxiety Read More
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Windows Live Writer (Beta)

posted Friday, October 27, 2006 11:44 AM by mitchell
This is my first post to this blog with Windows Live Writer (which is currently in beta). I figured that since I used Google Docs a week or so ago, I'd give this a try. It occurred to me that it would be convenient to have an offline application Read More
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Quotes: James Madison

posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:51 AM by mitchell
"Whatever may be the judgement pronounced on the competencyof the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be thedestiny of the edifice prepared by them, I feel it a duty toexpress my profound and solemn conviction ... that there neverwas an assembly Read More
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Quotes: James Garfield

posted Monday, October 23, 2006 12:25 PM by mitchell
“The people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people Read More
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Team Foundation Server Name Change Workaround

posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:21 AM by mitchell
Ryan's posted a workaround if you happen to have a name change occur for one of your team members. One of the nice "features" about TFS is that it stores information both locally and on the server in that workspace concept that Ryan mentions. Unfortunately, Read More
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Microsoft Requirements Tool Requirements

posted Friday, October 20, 2006 2:34 PM by mitchell
Note, if you want to play with the Requirements Tool project (mentioned below), you need to have both the Enterprise Library and the Composite UI Block installed. (And, I had to handle a lot of reference errors manually.) Read More
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Service Factory Training - Day 3, Add...

posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:51 PM by mitchell
Service Factory Training - Day 3, Addendum 1 Requirements Gathering and Management (patterns & practices Incubation Project) John Socha-Leialoha Vision lightweight tool does not impose specific process accommodates multiple stakeholder viewpoints Read More
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Service Factory Notes - Day 3

posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:20 PM by mitchell
Service Factory Notes - Day 3 Patterns & Practices Testing and Agile Process Larry Brader (lbrader@microsoft.com) P&P Approach to Testing Testing strategy from the start - testing should start with the architecture Master Test Plan & Release Read More
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Service Factory Training: Day 2 Commentary

posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:51 AM by mitchell
I think, for Day 2 notes commentary, I'm just going to talk about the versioning stuff that Don spoke about. Basically, what he's really talking about is what I'm calling Permissive and Restrictive Versioning. There are some changes, assuming that your Read More
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Service Factory Notes - Day 2

posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:20 PM by mitchell
WCF: Developing Secure Distributed Applications Hongmei Ge (http://blogs.msdn.com/hongmeig/default.aspx) Hongmei's Top Ten List on why to choose WCF 10. Easy to switch between different transports 9. Good extensibility 8. Great IT Pro Tools for Diagnosis Read More
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Server Side Joins the Party

posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:04 PM by mitchell
Talking about the PnP summit last week, they mention the Service Factory... Read More
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Published Day 1 Notes using Writely

posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 12:02 PM by mitchell
I've used Google Doc's publishing model. Here's the link to the Google version of the notes doc. Also note that, because it's published, you can now view an RSS feed of the revisions. Read More
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Service Factory Training: Day 1 Commentary

posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:49 AM by mitchell
I'm not going to spend a lot of time commenting on the WCF and WF talks we had yesterday. Mostly because I've heard them all before at various venues. We did start to go on a deep dive on the Guidance Package for the Service Factory last night before Read More
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Writely Posting

posted Monday, October 16, 2006 8:12 PM by mitchell
Notice the notes below, written in Writely and posted via the Publishing tool. Read More
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Service Factory Notes - Day 1

posted Monday, October 16, 2006 6:02 PM by mitchell
Service Factory Overview Don Smith - Product Manager for Service Factory (http://tinyurl.com/y3gguu) (note - URL requires passport) maturity level of SOA paramount in adoption of Service Factory zapthink - SO Market research (http://www.zapthink.com) Read More
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Spritely Writely

posted Monday, October 16, 2006 4:25 PM by mitchell
So, I've been taking my notes on the Web Service Factory training using Writely, which is Google's online document editor. So far, I love it. Not only is it responsive and fairly fully featured, but I can export my document in a number of formats, publish Read More
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Free Training for .NET 3.0

posted Monday, October 16, 2006 3:57 PM by mitchell
Check this out: Until the consumer launch of Vista, Microsoft Learning (MSL) is offering a set of eLearning clinics for WF, WCF and WPF.  Each of these is about 2 hours long and offers presentations, samples, and guided tours of code creation Read More
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Pilgrim's Progress: Patience is a Virtue

posted Monday, October 16, 2006 9:01 AM by mitchell
Well, we're almost ready to start. A little bit of a cluster getting in because they take their security semi-seriously here. (It was, actually, easy to breach the physical security into the lobby, but that was about as far as you could get.) More to Read More
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Pilgrim's Progress: Trials and Tribulations

posted Monday, October 16, 2006 8:53 AM by mitchell
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water...sorry, I couldn't resist, Jaws (dang that movie scared me when I was a kid) was showing last night when I finally hit the sack. The sentiment remains, however. I found out why no one seems Read More
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Pilgrimage to Software Mecca (Redmond)

posted Monday, October 16, 2006 1:06 AM by mitchell
Well, I'm heading off to the Mecca of software development, Redmond, WA, otherwise known as the headquarters of Microsoft. I'm going there to learn about Software Factories in general, web service factories specifically, and Guidance Packages. The training Read More
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4th Infantry Division Bronze Statue

posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:44 PM by mitchell
You know, I had forgotten about this statue completely:  I was over there just after they finished creating it. Currently, a viral email is making the rounds with this image embedded in it claiming that the media won't show it or Read More
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Quotes: The Gipper

posted Monday, October 09, 2006 11:42 AM by mitchell
“The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget... in the final analysis... that it is our military, industrial and economic strength that offers the best guarantee Read More
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Quotes: Thomas Paine

posted Monday, October 09, 2006 10:58 AM by mitchell
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” —Thomas Paine Read More
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Aaron Skonnard on Techniques for Contract-First Development

posted Friday, October 06, 2006 8:39 AM by mitchell
It's from June 2005, but that's OK, I was...umm...busy....then. Anyway, Aaron Skonnard has an excellent guide, I think, to Contract First development for web services on the Service Station. Read More
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Quotes: John Adams (on the 4th of July)

posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:22 AM by mitchell
"It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemnActs of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized withPomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, guns, Bells, Bonfiresand Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other Read More
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Action Pack: Relieve Your Data Access Woes?

posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 8:15 AM by mitchell
Jeff sent me this link to the Action Pack demo (it's a Flash movie). Looks pretty swift (<grin>) to me. I wonder if they're using Typed DataSets under the covers? Read More
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