November 2006 - Posts

MyLifeBits vs. Mental Snapshots
Yesterday's snowfall in Redmond was interesting for me. During my drive home, it was pretty dark, icy and cold. As I came up Old Redmond Road, I saw an object coming towards me, moving somewhat erratically, that looked too small to be a car. It wasn't Read More...
Posted 28 November 06 11:50 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
Test-Driven Guidance
When I last met with Rob Caron to walk him through Guidance Explorer , one of the concepts that peaked his interest was test-cases for content. He suggested I blog it, since it's not common practice and could benefit others. I agreed. If you're an author Read More...
Posted 21 November 06 09:45 by J.D. Meier | 8 Comments   
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238 New Items in Guidance Explorer
Today we published 238 new guidance items in Guidance Explorer . If you use the offline client, it should automatically synchronize to our online store. We're in the process of performing a guidance sweep. The approach to the sweep is twofold: 1. Make Read More...
Posted 20 November 06 08:52 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1
I've had to hunt down Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1 a few times, so now I'm posting it. It was an R&D project to help automate the search and discovery of potential coding practices and configuration settings that do not adhere to the ASP.Net Read More...
Posted 20 November 06 12:09 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
Security Toolbar for VS.NET 2005
I missed blogging this at time of release. The Security Toolbar for VS.NET 2005 was a short R&D project to connect developers to security guidance on MSDN from within VS.NET. The toolbar has direct links to our indexes for Security Engineering , threat Read More...
Posted 08 November 06 11:16 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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