Usually I am on the interviewer side of the table when looking at prospective job applicants. But recently I had the opportunity to sit on the other side of the table. Here are some things I learned. A Good Candidate Interviews the Company A good candidate interviews you just as much as you interview them.… Read More »
This is a super basic demonstration of the new Dynamics physics engine integrated into UIKit for iOS as done with Xamarin. To complete this demo you will need to install Xamarin.iOS here: http://xamarin.com (you can download the indie version for free). To start I created a new single view iPhone project. To keep it simple all… Read More »
So recently at work I’ve gotten tasked with making a kids/educational game for the iPad. At the time of the project inception I hadn’t had the mobile training that I received up to this point. So, being a good web developer and JavaScript aficionado I chose a JS/HTML approach. The Framework Rather than re-invent the wheel… Read More »
Have you ever had to sit down and explain to management the hows/whys starting from the very very basics of how a technology works? To the point you just want to scream? It can be a frustrating, time-consuming, seemingly non-productive experience which can be compounded even more the bigger the knowledge gap (or “management gap”… Read More »
Recently did a presentation for the Application Development Virtual Chapter for the Professional Association of SQL Server. Sorry for the tardiness of this but here is a copy of the slide deck as well as the links to the source code on Github. Slides: Object Relational Mapping from A to Z NHibernate Demo Source Entity Framework… Read More »
If you’re not familiar Grunt (gruntjs.com) is a “task-based command line build tool for JavaScript” along the lines of Ant or Maven for those of you from the Java world. One big reason I love this tool is no Java is required. This is already a huge plus for me since I don’t like to… Read More »
I was browsing around last weekend and ran into a post on a fairly big tech site about how the databases you’re probably using right now “aren’t the best”. Then it went on to explain how great and cutting edge NoSQL databases are. Another veiled “NoSQL vs. RDBMS” argument really. Now I kind of got… Read More »
A couple weekends ago another Colorado Give Camp was brought to a close, this time in the picturesque town of Colorado Springs. If you haven’t ever participated in a Give Camp the basic premise is a bunch of developers, project managers, and designers show up, are assigned to a non-profit charity, then spend the entire… Read More »
Just yesterday I finished uploading my slides from my first ever talk at a SQL Saturday. Of course being a “rebel” I am my topic was actually about NoSQL. However, I believe it was still SQL-relevant in drawing comparisons and talking about when you might use it to compliment your RDBMS’s Road Trip I was… Read More »
This past January I took the plunge and bought myself an e-reader. The idea was to have my books, both technical and for fun, always at hand. Now I have small children, a house, a car, etc etc and don’t make the “big money”. So the outlay of $150 for myself was kind of a… Read More »
