Its been about a year since Visual Studio Hacks came out, and I finally recovered enough to start on another book. I can’t get into the details yet, but the book is with O’Reilly again and this time around I am writing with a co-author: my good friend Jim Holmes. I am hoping that having two authors will reduce the amount of work and stress...

We are looking for a good .NET CF developer in the Cincinnati area (or willing to commute for this project). If you are interested or know someone who would be please have them email me. (javery ~AT ~ infozerk.com) -James

We are looking for a good .NET CF developer in the Cincinnati area (or willing to commute for this project). If you are interested or know someone who would be please have them email me. (javery ~AT ~ infozerk.com) -James

“Many deadlines are totally and completely artificial, and I was tired of that bullshit.” -Phil Haack rails against the artificial deadlines that most companies come up with for software projects I think part of the problem is that without some sort of deadline most software developers will waste way too much time on one of the following...

“Many deadlines are totally and completely artificial, and I was tired of that bullshit.” -Phil Haack rails against the artificial deadlines that most companies come up with for software projects I think part of the problem is that without some sort of deadline most software developers will waste way too much time on one of the following...

Check it out. www.ie7.com -James

Check it out. www.ie7.com -James

Ross Rubin over on engadget makes some great analogies between Microsoft and Apple. -James

Ross Rubin over on engadget makes some great analogies between Microsoft and Apple. -James

One of my big disappointments in the ASP.NET community is the lack of good, free, open source server controls. I know we all use controls like masked text boxes and date picker controls.. so why aren’t there more community efforts out there? Bringing in a commercial add-in is often not only a PITA in most companies, but since most of the...

One of my big disappointments in the ASP.NET community is the lack of good, free, open source server controls. I know we all use controls like masked text boxes and date picker controls.. so why aren’t there more community efforts out there? Bringing in a commercial add-in is often not only a PITA in most companies, but since most of the...

I blogged awhile back about trying to figure out a new way to rip my CDs, something that was a little more permanent… I finally found the right solution, and some great software in the process. First I found EAC (Exact Audio Copy) from one of the comments on that earlier post, this is some great software. It’s free and it does a verified...

I blogged awhile back about trying to figure out a new way to rip my CDs, something that was a little more permanent… I finally found the right solution, and some great software in the process. First I found EAC (Exact Audio Copy) from one of the comments on that earlier post, this is some great software. It’s free and it does a verified...

A while back I blogged about the various blog engines I was considering switching to, and I finally chose one that wasn’t on the original list. I was actually pretty set on moving to Typo, it has some cool features and its in Ruby which I have been getting into. The problem is, Typo is setup for one database per blog which is a little...

A while back I blogged about the various blog engines I was considering switching to, and I finally chose one that wasn’t on the original list. I was actually pretty set on moving to Typo, it has some cool features and its in Ruby which I have been getting into. The problem is, Typo is setup for one database per blog which is a little...