Alex Lowe's .NET Blog
Taking feedback to the next level....
My blog moved to https://callmealex.com/cs.
Date: 02/23/2005
Tim created a fantasy football league for all of us .NETers. Anybody can join and it should be a...
Date: 09/07/2004
Roy brings up a great point that was raised in his comments - local Microsoft offices have a new...
Date: 07/10/2004
Here are a few things I've learned about the Class Designer and ASP.NET Projects: The Class Designer...
Date: 06/15/2004
Ok, so the heading is a little misleading and I'll explain in detail why later in the post. A few...
Date: 06/11/2004
Technically, there are now two models for MSF - formal and agile. Oh, and one cannot forget Visual...
Date: 05/24/2004
Robert Scoble believes that MSDN Magazine is like the PDC (in terms of content) but a cursory glance...
Date: 05/03/2004
It looks like the Business Objects folks want in on the blog action and they've setup a blog and a...
Date: 03/22/2004
Ok, so I've now seen a bunch of posts on the subject of "why developers don't build scalable...
Date: 02/24/2004
Are you using the Microsoft JVM? If you should know that (the quote below is from here).........
Date: 02/23/2004
I would like to know if developers are more likely to watch a webcast or attend a local event...
Date: 02/23/2004
Is MSDN Flash useful to you? Do you subscribe? If you do, what do you like/dislike about the...
Date: 02/23/2004
James Avery has written my thoughts on Sam's post better than I could in this post. Enterprise...
Date: 02/15/2004
I've seen a few posts in the blogosphere regarding the DevDays events that have occurred throughout...
Date: 02/15/2004
I found this three part series: Part 1: The Case for Naked Objects: Getting Back to the...
Date: 02/14/2004
I noticed today that the following sites were running ASP.NET: PaneraBread.com - I love soup in a...
Date: 02/11/2004
Gavin wants everyone to know that Russ Fustino will be at the Tampa Bay .NET User Group meeting...
Date: 02/11/2004
Maxim Karpov has a neat blog started over here. He blogs about .NET Patterns and much more....
Date: 02/09/2004
I will be presenting at the DevDays event in Detroit, MI (March 3rd), Columbus, OH (March 17th), and...
Date: 02/09/2004
Dictionary.com defines “evangelist” this way (there are three other definitions but they...
Date: 02/07/2004
Disclaimer: I don't work on the team that runs the Regional Director program but I do have a...
Date: 02/07/2004
Well, let's start by getting out of acronym land: Microsoft MVP = Microsoft Most Valuable...
Date: 02/07/2004
I think that some MVPs and a very small percentage of Microsoft employees misrepresent these groups...
Date: 02/06/2004
If you are nearby (I suppose you are invited even if you live a long ways away too) then I'm...
Date: 11/17/2003
This article is a great read on the upcoming security changes in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the...
Date: 11/12/2003
If you are, you need to attend the Cleveland .NET SIG meeting tomorrow night! Dave White and I will...
Date: 11/10/2003
MSDN Webcast: Applying Microsoft Application Blocks to Increase Developer Productivity and Reduce...
Date: 10/23/2003
Study: Windows cheaper than Linux A Microsoft-commissioned study has found that companies could save...
Date: 09/09/2003
“Shipments of servers loaded with the Windows operating system grew more than shipments of any...
Date: 09/02/2003
Noticed something I thought was neat in the Time Tracker Starter Kit white paper - a little snippet...
Date: 08/29/2003
If you only want certain validators to fire on a large ASP.NET page (for example) then you can set...
Date: 08/26/2003
A couple of the more general gotchas come to mind: ASP and ASP.NET cannot share session state which...
Date: 08/25/2003
Chris Flaat has two posts that folks who do VS.NET development should really read. The first post...
Date: 08/25/2003
If you are, then David Chalmers is someone you should send feedback on Microsoft products and how...
Date: 08/25/2003
Tim Sneath has some great ADO.NET Tips. Here are a few of my own: Always close database connections....
Date: 08/25/2003
Tyson Dowd writes a very funny piece about self-objectification (the article discusses the idea of...
Date: 08/25/2003
and they have some interesting things to say about the J2EE 1.4 spec and Java development in...
Date: 08/22/2003
Someone on a list I'm a member of (at AspAdvice.com) recently asked if there are NUnit alternatives...
Date: 08/16/2003
If you have used Eclipse then I'd love for you to post some comments to tell us all what you like so...
Date: 08/07/2003
ASP.NET, SQL Server Session State, and SQL Server Service Pack 3 are a recipe for problems. Just a...
Date: 08/07/2003
And it's not Microsoft or SCO this time........ I've long said the Java Community Process was not as...
Date: 08/07/2003
Some interesting numbers regarding JSP usage on the Internet. Hint: it's up 94% since last July...
Date: 08/07/2003
Apache Software Foundation is starting it's own open source implementation of J2EE - IBM, BEA, et al...
Date: 08/07/2003
Date: 08/07/2003
If you are considering the migration from Cold Fusion to ASP.NET or you are curious as to some of...
Date: 07/27/2003
If you've ever found yourself wondering whether you should use the DataGrid, DataList, or Repeater...
Date: 07/27/2003
Here are some "must haves" if you intend to convert JSP, etc. applications to their .NET equivalent:...
Date: 07/27/2003