The Next Revolution In Computing - Multi-touch Sensing(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

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While most people have been exposed to the idea of multi-touch sensing displays via the Apple iPhone, an innovator named Jeff Han may have been the originator of the technology. Han is not only a pioneer in this technology, but he's also come a very long way in demonstrating the vast possibilities. read more...

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Should Technical Interviews Feel Like Quiz Shows?(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

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As someone who is often very active in the interviewing process for new candidates I usually try to shy away from technically grilling the candidate to the point that they feel well done. There's a lot that technically rigorous quizzing won't reveal about the potential candidate. read more...

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6 Great Ways To Rid Yourself of Good Developers(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

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Are you sick of intelligent developers who understand the business, show initiative and promote positive and efficient practices? Do those snarky programmer analysts constantly demonstrate their ability to take abstract requirements and turn them into detailed designs? Don't let developers turn your projects into a success! Here are 6 great ways to make sure they run away and never look back. read more...

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Horror Stories For Programmers - Beware The Bogus Experts(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

submitted by alexexmachina(1020) 5 years, 2 months ago

The bogus expert is generally an expert in trivia. They know syntax, but have no idea how to use it appropriately. They're always closed-minded individuals who will refuse any idea unless it's their own or they can make it appear to be their own. The most important thing to a bogus expert is their illusion of superiority. They don't care about consequences and so you can normally identify one after the fact by the mess they leave. read more...

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Nvigorate Framework - Writing Dynamic Code With Reflector : Part I(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

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The Nvigorate Framework is meant to be a foundational class library as well as enable rapid application/prototype development. Let's take a look at one way to leverage the Reflector class to create dynamic functionality. read more...

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What's On Your Coding Playlist?(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

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Remember the scene from Swordfish where Hugh Jackman's blasting music and chugging alcohol as he manipulates 3d cubes on his 6 LCD cluster display? Well, at least the music part of it was accurate. When I'm in full-throttle code-mode, I have to have music playing. Here are some of my favorites, what are yours? read more...

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SaaS's Last Hurdle - Thoughts On The Day Gmail Went Down(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

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SaaS for ERP/ERM style applications has a lot going against it in today's current climate, but don't think that means SaaS isn't becoming a significant part of our daily life. Skeptical? Then perhaps you don't use any of the applications in Google's arsenal. read more...

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Introducing The Nvigorate Framework Project(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

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As I mentioned in my recent post BSD Is How I Spell Free, I've decided to take pre-existing code that I own the rights to and use it to kick-start an open source foundational class library project called Nvigorate. The Nvigorate framework will target both the .Net and Mono framework 2.0 runtimes and will be licensed under a BSD style license. read more...

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BSD Is How I Spell Free(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

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In the world of open source most project fall under GPL or BSD. I discuss what I feel are the negative aspects of the GPL license and why I think BSD embodies the true spirit of open source. I also use this entry to announce that I'm starting a new framework for .Net and Mono; Nvigorate, which will be licensed under BSD. read more...

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Cleaning Up Handle Leaks With Process Explorer(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

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Have you ever seen the following error message in Windows, "Cannot [do x]. The process cannot access the [file/directory] because it is being used by another process." Well, don't just reboot your PC and curse Bill Gates, the folks at Microsoft have a free tool that will help you take care of the problem. This article is a short write-up on how to use Process Explorer to clean up handle leaks. read more...

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Getting Mono and MySQL to Play Nice(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

submitted by alexexmachina(1020) 5 years, 3 months ago

While messing about with Mono and MySQL on Fedora Core 6, I came across a particularly aggravating bug.The current .Net/Mono driver provided for MySQL has an odd flaw in the way the code is written. If you've tried the driver using .Net, you would never know it's there, but if you're using it under Mono then you've definitely come across it. read more...

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SVN + Visual Studio Pluggin + HostingPlayground == Keeping your source(blogs.ittoolbox.com)

submitted by alexexmachina(1020) 5 years, 4 months ago

If you're like me, and you do a lot of little/not-so-little projects on the side, you've started noticing that you're getting quite the source library started. And if you're like me, you also occasionally have the nightmare about your hard drive crashing before you get that chance to back your source up to a CD/DVD or whatever else you keep backups on. read more...

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