Hands up if you've read every page of a patterns & practices guide such as Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability or Security Guidelines for Applications and you have confidence that you could find the appropriate guidance for a given...

Not too long ago I read an intriguing short story by the Argentinean author Jorge Luis Borges called The Library of Babel (at least that’s the title of the English translation). The story tells of a honeycomb-shaped library filled with books that each...

Just a quick note to let you know that the May Community Preview of the Web Service Software Factory is now available to download from http://practices.gotdotnet.com/svcfactory . Highlights of this release include (with apologies to Jason for stealing...

The long-awaited hands-on labs for Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0 are now available . The downloadable package contains 6 different labs, one for each block, and each is avalable in both C# and Visual Basic versions. The labs are self-paced...

Last night I went out to dinner at the Metropolitan Grill. Several people I know have named the Metropolitan as the best restaurant in Seattle, and several others have named very similar restaurants as their personal favorites. And I must say that the...