Scott Hanselman
Back to Basics - Do namespace using directives affect Assembly Loading? -Jeff Atwood had a great post a while back called "Strong Opinions, Weakly Held." It's good to feel strongly about something, but important to be open to changing your opinion if you're faced with new evidence. Last week a reader pointed me to this post at the Microsoft StyleCop blog that shows more »
The Weekly Source Code 30 - VB.NET with XML Literals as a View Engine for ASP.NET MVC -I was literally in the middle of writing the post when I saw a message from Andrew Davey about how he had implemented the same idea! Of course, his is way better, so I got to code via subtraction. That means subtracting out the crap I had written in a few minutes and dig into his code. There are no unique ideas, right? ;) Either way, it's fun when the same idea is being thought about simultaneously. more »
Jamie Harrop
The ‘Best Comment Awards’ -Photo by Mor (bcnbits)
Today is the end of the work week and I’m having a day of reflection.
I’ve spent the day looking at photos from my past. Mainly photos from the trip to Switzerland I organised for my Scouts in 2006. It was really nice to look back on those photos and see so many [...] more »
20 Ways To Get More Blog Comments -“Sometimes, it’s like talking to a brick wall!” - Photo by Thomas Hawk
submit_url = 'http://www.jamieharrop.com/2008/04/11/20-ways-to-get-more-blog-comments/';We all like to see comments on our blogs. They make us feel good. They let us know people are listening. They show us people are interested in what we have to say and they develop discussion in what can often [...] more »
Greg Hartnett
Launching BOTW Local -I don’t often post about work stuff here, and almost never do I write about stuff in order to promote, but..
We officially brought BOTW Local to beta today, and I’m pretty psyched about it. We have spent the better portion of two years going crazy and screwing up other deadlines to get this out. [...] more »
Guess Who’s Not Smoking? -Yeah. Me. And I’m feeling really pissy about it. Hopefully next week is better.
*Update* - A couple of weeks in and I’m feeling pretty groovy. I definitely feel markedly better than at the time of the original posting. more »
Doug Haslam
Utterzcast: Nice guys don’t finish last -Just back from a Disney World vacation, and one thought I had was: a business policy of being nice is a winner. This is a particularly contentious idea in my profession, public relations, in which many people think being obnoxious (which too many misinterpret as aggressiveness) is the way to go.
The Disney way? Being [...] more »
PMC Photo Montage -While I try to find time to mess with my video footage, here is a photo montage that Animoto.com put together for me.
Mobile post sent by DougH using Utterz. Replies. more »
Thomas Hawk
You and All Your Misperceptions - more »
David Noelte Interviews Me -Photographers I like - Part 3 - Thomas Hawk at Marvins WorldDavid Noelte emailed me the other day asking for an interview and sent over some questions by email which I answered for his interview here.Rock on brother! more »
Karen Hegmann
What Is It About The Working World That Makes Us Lose Our Sense Of Wonder? -Whatever happened to our sense of childhood wonder? Why is it that, as soon as we get entrenched in the working world, we lose all sense of play? A week ago or so, I watched the movie "Mr. Magorium's Wonder... more »
Hollywood Blockbusters: Marketing The Story Behind The Story -There's no doubt about it that today's release of The Dark Knight is sure to be a summertime blockbuster. The movie contains elements essential to all good stories...the presence of a superhero (Batman) who pulls off the impossible in the... more »
Russell Heimlich
Mojitos And A Movie -It started storming here at Bethany Beach. Lighting would light up the sky like it was day time and the rain was coming down hard. At first I thought the thunder was fireworks over the nearby beach. Since we didn’t have any firework plans Kristina and I and our friend Katie made Mojitos and [...] more »
Old Signs And Weird Sculptures -Kristina and I stopped into a store on Central Avenue in Bethany that sold vintage signs and other weird stuff. The sculpture of the monkey holding it’s nose is a toilet paper holder and costs $120.
(via Russell Heimlich's Blog)
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Darren Herman
Everyday -Lefsetz said this extremely well. Everyone should read the full posting.
Jump in the mud, mud
Get your hands filthy, love
Give it up, love
Everyday
Get up from that couch! Go out into the bright sunshine. Dial your crush and ask her for a date. It may be messy, but maybe not. Don’t be [...] more »
Olympics & Election Technology Impact -Technology has disrupted many industries over the course of time which in most cases has brought positive long-term change. Within 24 hours of each other, I read a post by Mark Cuban entitled, My Olympics 2016 Business and Technology Predictions and Auren Hoffman’s Technology is the Deciding Factor in Election Campaigns.
Both Cuban and Hoffman [...] more »
Adam Hertz
Synchronicity via Twitter -Here's yet another reason to love Twitter... So I'm in a bunch of wine clubs. And, when they ship wine, they require an adult signature on delivery. And, half the time, no one's home. So I've always had the wine... more »
Thank you, Mr. Vaksman -I've been shopping at the Safeway near my office a lot lately. I'd hardly consider myself a loyal customer, but it's so darned convenient. As any Safeway regular knows, they offer discounts to "members" who carry their Club Card. And,... more »
Chris Heuer
Living in the Era of Conversation -Over the past few months, I have had several opportunities while speaking, to experientially teach people the power of conversation to create understanding between people that goes beyond our choice of words. In each case, someone in the audience (or in a meeting) misconstrued what I was saying because my word choice did not [...] more »
My Interview with Clay Shirky -During Web 2.0 Expo I was fortunate to snag a few minutes with Clay Shirky, the author of “Here Comes Everybody” at the Blogtropl.us Blogger Lounge hosted by The Conversation Group. One of the main issues I wanted to discuss with him was in this world where everyone participates, how do we get [...] more »
Leigh Himel
Fear Is A Losing Game -You simply cannot buy the lesso more »
Testing Disqus Integration -Couldn't add Disqus until my rating was above 1. Now to see if it works.....Ok appears as if comments aren't showing up at all for new posts (no really, click on the link that says comments and watch comments magically disappear)Have sent a note to support at Disqus. I'm sure they'll help me fix it.Blogger. Nothing is ever simple.:) more »
Neville Hobson
Getting into the hearts of Vista users -I haven’t seen it yet, but ZDNet’s Ed Bott has - the above teaser image on Microsoft’s home page that, when you click on it, takes you to a section on the website called Windows Vista: Look how far we’ve come.
I’ve been using Vista in one edition or another since April 2007 and did [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Getting into the hearts of Vista users", url: "http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/07/22/getting-into-the-hearts-of-vista-us more »
The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #364: July 21, 2008 -Content summary: Next FIR Live on July 26; new FIR Interview posted; Wordcamp UK 2008 wrap-up; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on China’s effort to create a favourable impression during the Olympic Games; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: social media monitoring strategies, 10 Downing Street website to relaunch on WordPress, Deloitte [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #364: July 21, 2008" more »
Robert Hoekman Jr
Contest: Trading answers for posts -Got a little blogging contest for you. Here are the rules.
Write a blog post that links to the Amazon pages for Designing the Moment or Designing the Obvious.
Send me the link to your blog post.
If you win, I’ll do a free, 1-hour Q&A session, by phone, for you and 5 of your closest friends, where [...] more »
Designers and doctors -Designers have something in common with doctors.
Even when a person fits the profile for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and has identical symptoms as everyone who’s ever had it, the doctor tells the patient he needs a full round of blood work and two different nerve tests.
Why? Because insurance companies want scientific verification that something needs to [...] more »
Randy Holloway
Software strong in the downturn -NY Times: “[D]espite an uncertain economy, worldwide information technology spending is on track to reach $3.4 trillion in 2008 — an 8 percent increase over 2007, according to the research firm Gartner. Of all spending categories, software and services are set to show the healthiest growth — with projected increases of around 10 percent each.”
This [...] more »
Microsoft Research release Collabio for Facebook -TechCrunch: “A team of Microsoft Researchers have released a Facebook application designed to explore metadata and the logic related to tagging. The app, called Collabio (a combination of collaboration and biography) is a basic game that asks users to tag each other with descriptive keywords.”
Here’s more from MSR and the location of the app on [...] more »
Shel Holtz
Don’t leave this voice mail -There will always be people who do this, won’t there? more »
FIR Interview - Peter Shankman of Help A Reporter Out -FIR Interview - Peter Shankman of Help A Reporter Out more »
Thomas Howe
Ribbit Aquired by British Telecom -TechCrunch reports today that BT has acquired Ribbit for $55 million to build GrandCentral competitor. The article states that the company has denied the rumors, but wouldn’t comment on wether or not the merger discussions were occuring or not. Given that Ribbit recently raised $13 million dollars, it’s interesting that they exited so early, [...] more »
ActiveDirectory and Ruby -Now for something completely different… Since this is a week where I’m only coding (yes!), I thought it would be nice to go over some of the snippets of code that I thought other voice mashup guys would want to have around. Here’s one: ActiveDirectory and Ruby.
The short story is Microsoft rules the Enterprise, and [...] more »
Rob Hyndman
Bafflegabble from Rogers on iPhone pricing -Tris posts a disappointingly empty response from Rogers on the growing controversy over iPhone plan pricing. This one’s a gem: “The iPhone bundles were created to provide the best value to our customers. With respect to Rogers iPhone 3G pricing, we believe that the customer that wants this device wants to fully appreciate all [...] more »
More Rogers iPhone Pricing News - Sneaky Details in the Fine Print -Jevon posts on the iPhone’s ridiculous break fee: “Well, we’ve all been complaining that Rogers’ pricing hasn’t changed much with their new iPhone plans, but now I have proof that they have changed. Instead of a smaller fee like 200$ to break up, Rogers now locks you in for 220$ a MONTH, or $1100, [...] more »
