The Design-Time Developer

Who are you?

I haven't received a lot of comments or feedback to my blog in the past couple months, so I'm curious to know who my regular blog readers are.  I find blogging is a lot like webcasting - on the surface, it seems like a one-way stream of data, but there are always means of turning the tool into a 2-way dialogue.  Comment to this post and tell me something about yourself.

  • What do you do?
  • What makes you tick?
  • What excites you?
  • Where do you live?
  • What's one interesting thing about you that not many people know?

I'm eager to find out who is coming to my blog - that way, I can better understand what you like and why I blog.

Published Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:04 AM by jacobcy

Comments

 

TAG said:

Homo sapiens at Earth ! Are you ?
November 9, 2005 9:23 AM
 

jacobcy said:

To answer your question, I would say "most of the time". By the way, thanks for the feedback - I am glad to know that there is at least one Earth-bound homo sapiens reading my blog.
November 9, 2005 4:38 PM
 

David Betz said:

Senior Software Architect using WinFX and Web-Standards (esp. Firefox) Technologies

Excites? Modern seamless technology: WiMax, GMail, Firefox, WCF, WPF, C# 2.0, Smart Phones, Vista, Wireless Optical Battery-Less Mice, etc...

Kansas

Little known: I'm a WinFX technologies trainer who has yet to become an MVP :)
November 9, 2005 5:02 PM
 

Jay said:

Just leaving the client/server side of things and getting into the browser based clients.

Microsoft skills are
VB6
MSSQL 2000

See you in Madison for the best of launch!
November 9, 2005 5:08 PM
 

jacobcy said:

David, I have to ask about one of the items on your list - "wireless optical battery-less mice" - is that a for-real thing or just a fantasy right now? It's the battery-less combined with wireless that has me baffled.

Jay, glad you'll be joining us for the BoL event in Madison. Definitely stop by and say hello! I saw that you are currently working in VB6 - I just happened across a free book on MSDN that might interest you if you're looking to "upgrade" your skills - Upgrading VB6 to VB .NET (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/staythepath/additionalresources/upgradingvb6/). Let me know what you think.
November 9, 2005 9:46 PM
 

rlbogue said:

I'm reading your blog ... maybe a day or two behind real time but if we can delay TV with a DVR perhaps we can delay blog reading...

BTW - I see a huge number of hits to my blog and about 1 tenth of one percent of people comment on the blog.
November 10, 2005 6:34 AM
 

Jim Argeropoulos said:

>What do you do?
Senior Software Engineer working on an ASP Guided Adhoc reporting system.

>What makes you tick?
I like doing code right. Good designs, well factored, yada yada

>What excites you?
Design, coding, C++ templates, probably generics will too, good tools.
Outside of work, cycling and baking bread.

>Where do you live?
Wisconsin Rapids, WI

November 10, 2005 9:30 AM
 

Steve Serres said:

>What do you do? Stay-at-home-dad - trying to keep up to date.
>What makes you tick? Good old fashioned HTML coded manually.
>What excites you? asp.net
>Where do you live? Chicago far north suburbs
>What's one interesting thing about you that not many people know? I'm a pack rat.
November 10, 2005 6:07 PM
 

jacobcy said:

Jim, I don't know if this will solve your project task or just frustrate you, but have you checked out Cizer - they make a browser-based reporting tool that sits on top of SQL Reporting Services (http://www.cizer.com/portalcsvs/DesktopDefault.aspx). If you are building something that works independently of SQL Reporting Services, more power to you... I'd love to see the finished product.

Steve, when you say "pack rat", what do you mean? I have trouble getting rid of items with sentimental value, but my grandfather (may he rest in peace) was the king - he had stacks of plastic berry pints and boxes of plastic produce bags and twist ties because he never knew when he (or someone else) might need one (or a dozen). What's the most interesting item or collection you have?
November 10, 2005 11:39 PM
 

Mike N. said:

Q: What do you do?
A: I am a Senior Developer for a major shoe retailer.
What makes you tick?
.NET
Q: What excites you?
A: Currently, serialization. I think there are many problems that can be solved with this in a windows forms world in which I live.
Q: Where do you live?
A: Indianapolis
Q: What's one interesting thing about you that not many people know?
A: I like MCL Cafeteria and I am not retired :)
November 13, 2005 8:25 PM
 

Enrico A. said:

* .NET Developer/Streaming Media Techie
* Solving problems
* Basketball
* Chicago suburb
* (It's too late at night to think about this one)
November 16, 2005 1:45 AM
 

Adam Emery said:

Q: What do you do?
A: I own a Milwaukee Web Development Firm
Q: What makes you tick?
A: Programming Dynamic Flash Apps
Q: What excites you?
A: Working Dynamic Flash Apps
Q: Where do you live?
A: Racine
Q: What's one interesting thing about you that not many people know?
A: I actually do have a personal life.
November 28, 2005 3:04 PM
 

Jeramey Jannene said:

Student at MSOE in downtown Milwaukee. I'm excited by ASP.NET 2.0 and the Web 2.0 movement.
November 28, 2005 6:12 PM
 

MNava said:

What do you do?
.NET application system programmer

What makes you tick?
Developing Standards

What excites you?
First stage development testing.

Where do you live?
Alaska

What's one interesting thing about you that not many people know?
Not sure.

... There is a wireless optical mouse... Instead of the mouse being wired, the mouse pad is. Resulting in a super light mouse, but you still have the wire.
December 1, 2005 1:47 PM
 

WReed said:

Q: What do you do?
A: I am a Programmer/Analyst for a major online PBM.
What makes you tick?
.NET & SQL 2005
Q: What excites you?
A: Creating online content as my hobby.
Q: Where do you live?
A: Northern New Jersey
Q: What's one interesting thing about you that not many people know?
A: I am a hockey nut.
December 5, 2005 1:02 PM
 

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