Author Archives: kenan

Redmine plugin for windows authentication

Posted on May 2, 2010 by kenan

Redmine.org is an open source project management application. It is simple to setup and works great. It supports LDAP authentication out of the box. We recently setup Redmine for a project to run behind IIS using fastcgi and wanted to … Continue reading →

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iPad apps

Posted on April 2, 2010 by kenan

Prepared for tomorrow by downloading some iPad applications before the device has even been released.  Apple = Hype machine.  iPad will win for the same reasons the iPhone did.  For anyone not paying attention, it is the applications.

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CloudCamp DC 2010

Posted on March 25, 2010 by kenan

Last Tuesday, I attended CloudCamp in DC.  I’ve been meaning to go to an event like this for sometime and I was finally able to make it.  In particular my main takeaway from this event was how much better an … Continue reading →

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Foursquare on Windows Mobile

Posted on December 22, 2009 by kenan

Foursquare does not have a windows mobile version of their application, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to try and build an app. Things that are working fairly well: Foursquare API access. JSON.NET is used to parse … Continue reading →

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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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