Nonnenberg's Notes

The Tooth . This is the fourth time this particular tooth has been damaged. Next time I think I need something a bit more serious than the standard bonding. How did it happen, you ask? Probably the most boring way possible: I was eating lunch with...

David J. Agans' Debugging was just reviewed over on Slashdot . The book has nine debugging “rules“: Understand the system Make it fail Quit thinking and look Divide and conquer Change one thing at a time Keep an audit...

The other PM on the Visual Studio Debugger has started blogging! Habib is bloggin' it up here . Check out his sweet license plate. :0) I should get 'DEBUGR'...

Recently I was asked: “Where can I find the API documentation on MSDN for plugins for enhancing the debugger?” Good question. There are quite a few ways to extend Visual Studio, so it can be a bit overwhelming. I can think of four levels...

[ Update : a more recent how-to has been posted] Alright folks. This is the post you've been waiting for. If you have the PDC build of Whidbey at your disposal and you find the debugging experience to be a bit lacking, the following is just for you...

More and more I find that my musical tastes aren't average. From Chopin to Godsmack, my musical tastes vary more than anyone I know. I also spend a significant amount of time trying to find new music. I absolutely love the “download lots, try it...

Every day I work with Jim Griesmer to improve the Visual Studio Debugger's usability. He's made a request for feedback to help us do our jobs. Throw your top likes, dislikes and requests onto his comment list: Wanted: Debugger User Interface Feedback

Last week the C# QA and PM teams participated in what we call an Appweek. We split into groups of 4-6, one PM per team, and worked together on a small-scale app of our choice. Of course, small-scale is very relative term. :0) Our team chose to do a network...

To quote one of my friends: "Holy crap! It’s starting! Horde as many as you can!" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2664373.stm