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October 2005 - Posts

• Even worse job deformation

  While Wouter is trying to compile his email I'm pressing PageDown on my keyboard to turn the page of the book I'm reading and, while getting annoyed, press it repeatedly when the page doesn't flip. Books should have scrollbars! Did I win? Read More... Posted Monday, October 31, 2005 12:31 PM by Erno de Weerd | 1 Comments Filed under: Off topic

• New tutorial on WPF: Splitting code, layout and style

  See: the WPF tutorials Read More... Posted Monday, October 31, 2005 9:38 AM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding

• User interface designers get Microsoft Expression, what do developers get?

  Designing user interfaces for Windows Presentation Foundation will be done by the Microsoft Expression products (Acrylic, Sparkle and Quartz) but to make a cool Hello World in Visual Studio isn't that cool a job. Enter Cider: The Visual Studio Designer Read More... Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 12:39 PM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding, Design

• New pins

  The New Generation of Microsoft Certifications have been announced by Microsoft. I'll be taking one of the beta exams in November. I am really curious what these exams will look like. One of the things I really like is that they allow developers to get Read More... Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 12:28 PM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Training

• A new series on Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon)

  I have started a series on WPF and it starts with the obligatory 01 Hello World Read More... Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 12:07 PM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding

• Being senior and making a career out of it.

  Joel explains how his company is going to hire and train managers . A quote that I really like: " Now, there's nothing wrong with promoting a programmer to management, but management is a different job and a requires different skills from programming. Read More... Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:49 AM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• I think therefore I play

  This is so cool I guess it is only a glimpse of what we are in for the coming years of gaming but also in improving accessibility. Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:55 AM by Erno de Weerd | 2 Comments Filed under: Off topic

• C# beyond Linq

  You might have read something about Linq but this is even beyond that: YODA the Programming Language Read More... Posted Monday, October 24, 2005 9:18 AM by Erno de Weerd | 1 Comments Filed under: .NET, Off topic, Coding

• My name is Blond, James Blond

  A new era of blond jokes begins today: Daniel Craig takes on 007 mantle . Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 18, 2005 7:26 PM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: Off topic

• CLR 2.0 and garbage collection

  So, what’s new in the CLR 2.0 GC? Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:54 PM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding

• When it just doesn't look as cool as you expected…

  Registry settings to allow Anti-Aliasing in Avalon WPF 3D Applications Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:52 PM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding

• Some info on Office 12 development with VSTO 3

  A tiny preview but very informative : VSTO “v3”-an early look at our direction Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:48 PM by Erno de Weerd | 3 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding