Monthly Archives: May 2007

Sorry to be off-line for so long.  I haven’t taken the family on vacation for several years so we decided to just take one.  Took the boys (3 & 5) down to Disney World in FL.   The 10 hour drive … Continue reading →

The Code Project has a good ‘starter’ example to get you started working with SilverLight.   Check it out!  Short read and will get you oriented to the basics. 

Whether ’tis nobler in the CPU to suffer the memory consumption and poor performance of outrageous XMLDOMs, Or to take arms against a sea of XML shredding, and by examining them, remove them. OK, that’s not quite how that goes, … Continue reading →

Holy cow!  How long have we been waiting for this one!  Finally better integration between our development worlds.  We can thank the "Data Dude" for his perseverance and dedication to get this one to this point.  Check it out! BTW, … Continue reading →

Krzysztof has a great blog about Silverlight and his experiences with it.  Well worth your time!

"Ladies and Gentlemen!  In this corner we have Architecture, heavy weight champion!  Look at his size and strength!  Massive! His swing may be a little slow, but he rarely misses his target.  And in the other corner we have Performance.  Don’t let … Continue reading →

Most of you who have been reading this blog knows that I’m obsessed with the advancement of technology and it’s application.  So naturally, I’m completely over the top about Silverlight.  And Microsoft is in complete agreement and is generating documentation … Continue reading →

Recently there has been some discussion among some of my peers about the software design process.  Particularly in and around Agile and if/where Architecture fits in.  One argument is that with Agile, the Architecture is dictated by the Stories as … Continue reading →