My friend Giscard posted about code reuse and I couldn't agree more. Interesting thing to notice is that developers thrash a lot more when they are working on one-off tasks than regular projects. Developers tend to believe that they would minimize the...

My name is Young Joo, Program Manager of Visual Studio Pro Data (VS Pro Data) team within Visual Basic Product Unit. It's been about three months since I started. My team is responsible for data related features within Visual Studio. We have many exciting...

One of mistakes people often make when starting out Agile Development is not learning basics. It sounds so obvious. But people miss it very often. Many people who are interested in Agile Development or any kind of Software Developmet Life Cycle (SDLC...

It's been two months since I joined Microsoft and I already went through a re-org. Yes, it felt really weird. I am now a part of Visual Basic Product Unit. My new team is called Visual Studio Pro Data. Even though the team is under Visual Basic Product...

I heard htat it went up to 70 degress today in New York. I talked to my friend @ San Francisco and he told me that it was raining under sun. And below is what just happened here @ Redmond. I ran out to take some pictures when I heard big noise from outside...

Developer Division @ Microsoft is responsible for Visual Studio and it's the division I belong to. Following two Channel 9 videos will give you some peek at the development processes used by the division. These processes are new to the division. Trying...

Haven't spent ton of time with this yet but seems very interesting. Tool translates KPL code into .Net. Kid's Programming Language Site Channel 9 Video

I wrote about how frustrurated I was with people who abuse the word agile . It's a big problem right now. A lot more people are learning about Agile Development and unless people understand what the real values are, it is possible that this whole Agile...

Lately, Korean musicians, actors and actresses are enjoying their popularity over in Asia. Seeing Japanese teens crying while a Korean singer is rapping with amazing moves is just amazing. A lot of them are more famous in other Asian countries like Japan...

I am not a huge fan of Web 2.0 hype. However, I have to agree with points that Marc Hedlund made about Web 2.0 Development . Although he's describing how Web 2.0 start-ups are developing Web 2.0 apps, these points should still be considered by other traditional...

You gotta try this out. Bird's eye images are so old now... Channel 9 Video Tech Preview

I have noticed that more and more people in software business are abusing the word agile . As a person with deep passion around Agile Development , whenever I hear a word agile from someone, my head turns immediately. But I often realize that the word...