Category: Technology
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Drive
A friend recently recommended a book to me called “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us” by Daniel Pink. I’m glad I read it. There was much about the book that resonated with me. While I believe that Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs explains the underlying principles for much of what is presented in the…
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Super-sonic Software Development
What happens when you can develop software faster than you can describe what you want it to do? I think the best analogy is a sonic boom or moving faster than the speed of sound. Agile Development Practices I’m a big believer in agile software development practices. For that matter, not restricted to software… agile…
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Configuring SMTP Mail for WordPress
Headline: I put in all the e-mail information for my WordPress site, but I’m not getting the notifications for new users or comments. You need to configure the SMTP and the best way is to install a plugin to do that. I chose Configure SMTP. Sometime back I moved my blog and recently I see…
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But I Only Want One File!
Technorati Tags: ILMerge,.NET Use ILMerge to combine a single exe and multiple dlls into a single new exe. You can also combine many dlls into a single dll. Look for ILMerge from Microsoft Research on the web. You’ll need to download their tool to do this. One .EXE This was originally driven by a personal…
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TDD Saves Time When You Need It Most
In the life of a project when is time most precious? The first day? Or the last day? Writing unit tests makes sense, but are you disciplined enough to write them? I understood the value of writing unit tests and had used them on numerous projects. I knew you should write them but I had…
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A Strategic Case for Unit Testing
There is a certain level of velocity and quality that you will never reach without effective unit testing. I’ve had an unusual number of queries about unit testing during the past few days. As a result I thought I would put a more complete description together. Definition I’m not going to spend a great deal…
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Did I Ever Mention I Like TDD?
I’m working to change an older application to one that uses the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) pattern. I’m trying to change it one piece at a time, and what a hassle it’s become. I’ve come to the conclusion that a complete re-write is in order. And when I re-write I’ll be using TDD (Test Driven Development). Singe…
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Changing the Logon Image on my Dell M4500
Headline: I’ve done this once before, and had a hard time finding it again… Since I may need to do this again, I’m putting instructions in a place that I can find them. This is just a copy of EmDe’s instructions from this Wave Embassy suite login image post with screen captures added in. Before:…