Dan Fernandez's Blog

Edit #1 - Based on feedback, fixed grammatical errors... I recently ran across an article written by Richard Grimes in Dr. Dobbs Journal titled Mr. Grimes farewell . I wanted to respond to some of Richard's assertions and points in the article. You should...

It's interesting to jump back and forth between both programming models as lately I've been working on a decent size SQL 2K database (4M+ rows). Personally, I'm a Query Analyzer guy and I do all my SQL work there. I'm used to having IntelliSense in VS...

My article on VSLive! is now up on the web with my " Top 10 Visual C# 2005 IDE Enhancements ". The toughest part was making the call on whether to include Visual Studio Team System features or not. I decided against adding them as they deserve their own...

<PersonalRant> There was a lot of good sessions and fighting for too few spots TechEd this year. It was brutal, and I mean brutal . There were hundreds of recommendations, fewer total session spots then last year, a new security track, VSTS sessions...

I'm late to report this, but I think it sucks that it happened and it's bad for the sport. Seattle Thunderbirds are still playing though....

If you're just catching up, ZDNet Australia published this article quoting James Gosling the creator of the Java language where he says Microsoft's decision to support C and C++ in the common language runtime in .NET is one of the "biggest and most offensive...

The list of TechEd sessions for 2005 is now up ! If you register now, you get a $300 discount Choosing sessions was *absolutely* brutal . That being said, there's still a lot of content that C# developers would be interested in. Here are my picks for...

If you're a Java developer and you're interested in moving to .NET, Brian Keller points out some of the newly available training options and how to sign up for the free training . updated with correct grammar per comments

I have no time, not even for hockey. I've missed two games because of work and have yet to have a free weekend to heat mold my Mission Helium He950 skates . These things are so damn light and fast, they ought to compensate for my complete lack of dedication...

Jay Roxe is looking for Visual Studio .NET 2003 applications to test against Visual Studio 2005. Read more about it on Jay's Blog .