June 2012 - Posts
If you know me you know I am a fanatic about application performance and that I am a big fan of Steve Souders and the practice of web performance optimization (WPO). In the past I have recommended both High Performance Web Sites and Even Faster Web Sites
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Saturday I posted the first part of 2 about things I learned from TechEd's Speaker Idol competition . Today I want to finish up with tips to help you with your presentations. Speaker Idol is a way to find great speakers for TechEd. If you think about
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This year I was lucky enough to hang out at Tech Ed in Orlando this week . I have not made Tech Ed since it was in Orlando 4 years ago, so it was great to get back to it again. One thing I really enjoy is participating in Speaker Idol, a talent contest
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Last week Microsoft released version 2 of one of my favorite web development tools, WebMatrix. You can download the latest Web Matrix version (2) right now and get started. The latest version of WebMatrix has added many new features that put it on par
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One of the HTML5 features I have been exploring lately is HTML5 offline applications . This is a very powerful feature that allows us to still use web applications even when no network is available. I call it airplane mode, because when I fly I don't
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Mecurial (Hg) has become a weapon of choice over the past 6 months to manage my source. I have a few dozen active projects between my solo work and my team at Tellago. Of course anytime you work with a team you have to merge code all the time. But I have
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Yesterday I installed Visual Studio 2012 RC on my laptop where I had the 2012 Beta already installed. Like many of the Microsoft products where you install an update to a Beta the previous version does not necessarily get cleaned off. After waiting several
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