In the first installment of this series, I detailed a list of key metrics used to determine when a product is ready to ship. Today, I'm going to talk about how I interpret these metrics. Avoid out of context metrics The first thing to remember when looking...

I realized, this morning, that this weblog has been active for over three years and still has an empty About page... That's a bit too long, so today, I have rectified the omission. Click here to learn a little more about who's been filling this site with...

While I am not (yet) much of an expert on databases, I was excited to see Steve Lasker post instructions on how to configure Visual Studio 2005 to use SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition . The following quote, from his post, is bound to make many developer...