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When to code to interfaces? In my opinion only when you have to “INTERFACE” with a 3rd party component, or some external piece you might have to interact with. Writing an interface for every concrete class seems way to redundant. It is probably easier to convert a concrete class to an interface when you need [...]

"A boy asked his mother how come she cuts off the edges of a pot roast when putting it into the pot. Mother told him that that’s how her mother taught her to do. So, boy went to his grandmother and he got the same answer. Then he went to his grand-grandmother and ask her [...]

One thing I have learned over the years in IT and Development is this: Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. What does this mean? It means that sometimes software and programs and hardware will let you do thing/configure things in such a way that is possible in the software, but that [...]

The xkcd comic today says it all, which actually got me thinking about writing this post   Funny, yes. I think sometimes everything just needs to be reset back to zero. I remember back in the day, trying to beat Metroid on the NES and having to leave the NES on for days without shutting [...]

Ever since I started programming, I have always had some crazy idea on the side that I would be working on, some project, some program I could write. A few have seen the light of day (Fat Finger Media Center, Pocketblogger, amongst others..). I was thinking tonight, and it dawned on me. Doing development projects [...]

Today, Joel asked me what to do to get source control going at his new job since they don’t have any. He mentioned I have never blogged on SVN or TortoiseSVN at all, so , here goes :) Currently I am using Team Foundation Server (TFS) – which is nice, integrates with VS2005, etc. But [...]

A reader sent me an email this weekend: I wonder if I could as your advice as a BI / Data warehousing specialist.I have been studying Analysis Services recently having read a couple of books Which step me through the process of building the cubes etc but as I don’t come From a DB background [...]

Unprotected Wi-Fi: The bastion of coffee shops, airports everywhere. Browsing on these hot spots is basically like having unprotected sex with the Internet. My new solution: Just kidding. Anyways, if you do browse on an unprotected hotspot, it is very easy for anyone to see all your web traffic, your passwords, your email, basically everything [...]

Now, I am from Minnesota originally. I drove over that bridge 3 days before it collapsed. It sucks, its a bad thing for the state, for the people involved, and for everyone who passed or is injured. It is a very sad situation that no one should have to go through. What does the bridge [...]

Usually, in a company, there is a “development” department and a “IT” department, and usually the departments don’t really work together. Development is focused on delivering business value through coding applications for end users or B2B clients. IT is busy making sure the corporate network is humming along, and that other internal issues related to [...]