Getting Real is a new book from the guys over at 37signals and with chapters like "Scale Later" and "Meetings Are Toxic" I am going to have to order it. (The Pragmatic Programmers should talk them into doing a print edition) -James

Peter Wright tagged me, so here goes: Four Jobs I’ve had… Grocery Bagger Cook at a Catfish Restaurant Night Stocker Programmer Four movies I can watch over and over… Mallrats Office Space Super Troopers Tommy Boy Four TV shows I love to watch… Family Guy The Office The Daily Show My Name is Earl Four places I’ve...

Peter Wright tagged me, so here goes: Four Jobs I’ve had… Grocery Bagger Cook at a Catfish Restaurant Night Stocker Programmer Four movies I can watch over and over… Mallrats Office Space Super Troopers Tommy Boy Four TV shows I love to watch… Family Guy The Office The Daily Show My Name is Earl Four places I’ve...

Dave launched the Visual Studio 2005 Add-in for CodeKeep and it rocks, he snuck in some awesome enhancements with the new version… including drag n’ drop support from the now dockable snippet windows. This inspired me to finally get around to putting together my first screencast for the VisualStudioHacks.com site in which I cover...

Dave launched the Visual Studio 2005 Add-in for CodeKeep and it rocks, he snuck in some awesome enhancements with the new version… including drag n’ drop support from the now dockable snippet windows. This inspired me to finally get around to putting together my first screencast for the VisualStudioHacks.com site in which I cover...

Wow, Bink finds a link to the marketing video for Origami. From what I can tell from the video Origami will be a mobile device that has WirelessPen Input (Looks like digitizer, not touch)Plays MP3sPlays Games (no idea what format)Has HDD storageStores PhotosHas Bluetooth? (or was that marketing magic?)Interface with Media Center It looks to be...

Wow, Bink finds a link to the marketing video for Origami. From what I can tell from the video Origami will be a mobile device that has WirelessPen Input (Looks like digitizer, not touch)Plays MP3sPlays Games (no idea what format)Has HDD storageStores PhotosHas Bluetooth? (or was that marketing magic?)Interface with Media Center It looks to be...

Engadget might have a scoop on their hands here. The key will be what OS it runs and what formats it can play. -James

Engadget might have a scoop on their hands here. The key will be what OS it runs and what formats it can play. -James

One of my recent goals has been to try to transform VisualStudioHacks.com from a book-specific site into a more general community site. I want to keep it focused on just Visual Studio, but I am going to slowly add new features as I get time to implement them. I am pleased to annouce that I have added forums to the site, I hope that this will...

One of my recent goals has been to try to transform VisualStudioHacks.com from a book-specific site into a more general community site. I want to keep it focused on just Visual Studio, but I am going to slowly add new features as I get time to implement them. I am pleased to annouce that I have added forums to the site, I hope that this will...

These photos are incredible, I definitly need to check-out this plugin.

These photos are incredible, I definitly need to check-out this plugin.

Dave got a huge upgrade for CodeKeep out the door this weekend. I have been waiting for this release for a number of reasons, the top reason is the new RSS feeds. The new feeds show the entire snippet, which is killer when I spend more and more time in my aggregator these days. I am also excited about the new browse snippets features, and...

Dave got a huge upgrade for CodeKeep out the door this weekend. I have been waiting for this release for a number of reasons, the top reason is the new RSS feeds. The new feeds show the entire snippet, which is killer when I spend more and more time in my aggregator these days. I am also excited about the new browse snippets features, and...