A Developer Blog

About this Blog

I'm a professional developer - in both senses of the word professional.

The first, and trivial, meaning of professional is that I get paid to do it, putting me in the small percentage of the workforce who get paid to do something they love to do.

Secondly, and more importantly, I'm a professional in the sense of being very deliberate about what I practice and how to do it better. This involves a certain amount of introspection, and a lot of study.

As I go through this, I often find that I have an opinion - and this is my forum to share those opinions.

This blog will also include announcements about changes to the web site - new articles, tips, code, and so on.

Recent Entries

Rare C#

Saturday, 12th May 2007

To me, the areas that languages have in common are much less interesting than the unique bits.

The Cargo Cults are Coming

Wednesday, 17th January 2007

It is as I feared - people are throwing away years of experience with conventional user interfaces to emulate the latest release of Microsoft Office and screwing up their products as they do so.

What are you measuring?

Sunday, 24th September 2006

There is a common saying amongst management types - If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. I think this is complete and utter hogwash, because many of the most important things can't be objectively measured. This doesn't stop them from trying, though.

Cheatsheets

Wednesday, 20th September 2006

This is cool - a colection of more than 30 different developer cheat sheets.

Safe coding and IDisposable

Sunday, 2nd July 2006

I'm really fussy about writing safe code, and I'm a sucker for neat tricks as well - so this deceptively simple idea from Ayende.com is doubly attractive.

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A Developer Blog
About this Blog I'm a professional developer - in both senses of the word professional. The first, and trivial, meaning of professional is that I get paid to do it, putting me in the small percentage of the workforce who get paid to do something they love to do. Secondly, and more importantly, I'm a professional in the sense of being very deliberate about what I practice and how to do it better. This involves a certain amount of introspection, and a lot of study. As I go through this, I often find that I have an opinion - and this is my forum to share those opinions. This blog will also include announcements about changes to the web site - new articles, tips, code, and so on.	Recent Entries Rare C# Saturday, 12th May 2007 To me, the areas that languages have in common are much less interesting than the unique bits. Read more The Cargo Cults are Coming Wednesday, 17th January 2007 It is as I feared - people are throwing away years of experience with conventional user interfaces to emulate the latest release of Microsoft Office and screwing up their products as they do so. Read more What are you measuring? Sunday, 24th September 2006 There is a common saying amongst management types - If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. I think this is complete and utter hogwash, because many of the most important things can't be objectively measured. This doesn't stop them from trying, though. Read more Cheatsheets Wednesday, 20th September 2006 This is cool - a colection of more than 30 different developer cheat sheets. Read more Safe coding and IDisposable Sunday, 2nd July 2006 I'm really fussy about writing safe code, and I'm a sucker for neat tricks as well - so this deceptively simple idea from Ayende.com is doubly attractive. Read more	Recent Entries May 2007 Rare C# January 2007 The Cargo Cults are Coming Archive September 2006 July 2006 June 2006 March 2006 February 2006 December 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 May 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003