Monthly Archives: October 2009

Life Inc. call to action

Posted on October 20, 2009 by kenan

I recently completed the book, “Life Inc. How the world became a corporation and how to take it back,” by Douglas Rushkoff. The book tells the compelling history of how corporations have defined and controlled the world since their inception.  … Continue reading →

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5 Great Microsoft .NET Developer Blogs

Posted on October 19, 2009 by kenan

Scott Hanselman http://www.hanselman.com/ Dan Wahlin http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/ The Morning Brew http://blog.cwa.me.uk/ Jon Galloway http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/ Scott Gu http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/ I’m sure I missed a bunch.  What do you recommend?

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Climate Change solved by you

Posted on October 15, 2009 by kenan

Today is Blog Action Day. You might be hoping for someone to invent a great new technology that will stop climate change.  Unfortunately, in reality it is really up to you to solve it.  Take a look at 10 Solutions for Climate … Continue reading →

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Company Lightning Talks

Posted on October 15, 2009 by kenan

I’m always searching for ways learn more.  I know a lot of smart people working on interesting projects, however it is often difficult to keep up with what others are working on.  This past June I organized lightning talk presentations … Continue reading →

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Update your computer BIOS

Posted on October 14, 2009 by kenan

Friendly reminder to update your BIOS and device drivers every once in a while.  Sadly enough it is not sufficient to only ensure all operating system, anti-virus, and browser updates are up to date. My Dell Latitude D630 recently started … Continue reading →

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Security Tools for .NET Development

Posted on October 13, 2009 by kenan

Security is a programmer’s responsibility.  Your project manager or client is not going to ask for security, but it is a basic implied requirement for any software project.  A good place to start is to look at the top ten … Continue reading →

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Continuous Integration with Hudson

Posted on October 9, 2009 by kenan

Recently I came across Hudson, an open source Continuous Integration server.   I often hear about cruise control, however it always seemed like it would be difficult to get setup. A Continuous Integration server can help you automate tasks in … Continue reading →

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Effective Meetings 101

Posted on October 8, 2009 by kenan

One thing that really bothers me is long in-effective meetings.  Here are a few basic meeting tips. Always have and distribute the objectives of the meeting beforehand.   (Hint: if you don’t have an objective, then you don’t need a … Continue reading →

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