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Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Tools of the Trade

Many of my colleagues in the Ruby on Rails community have been posting a “tools of the trade” blog post, covering their hardware and software preferences. Now that I am nearly Microsoft-free, I figured I’d update my list.
Hardware

Apple Mac Pro 8-core Xeon, 10GB RAM, 320GB + 500GB 7200rpm SATA drives. This is my main box [...]

I’m a WS-I Advocate!

I am proud to be an Advocate of the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I). WS-I is an open industry consortium chartered to facilitate Web services interoperability and to accelerate Web services adoption in the marketplace. For more information: http://www.ws-i.org

What tools do you use?

I get this question a lot. The short answer, of course, is “it
depends”. That is, I’m a right-tool-for-the-right-job kinda guy. However, since
I make my living in the Microsoft ecosystem, I’m naturally biased. Generally
speaking, I use mostly open source tools, unless there is a compelling reason
to use a commercial one. Here’s my list (subject to frequent [...]

Now using BlogEngine.NET!

BlogEngine.NET is an open source .NET
blogging project that was born out of desire for a better blog
platform. A blog platform with less complexity, easy customization, and
one that takes advantage of the latest .NET features.

BlogEngine.NET was designed using the current .NET framework and focused on simplicity, ease of extendibility, and innovative features. With BlogEngine.NET, we [...]