February 2009 - Posts

Keys for Skilled Happiness
I wrote a post, Keys for Skilled Happiness , on Sources of Insight .  Some people are born with a better disposition, while others have to work at it.  You don't have to work harder, you have to work smarter.  Luckily, we have a great body Read More...
Posted 19 February 09 06:18 by J.D. Meier | 6 Comments   
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New Release: Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight v2.0 (PRISM)
Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight v2.0 (PRISM) is now available. What is PRISM The Composite Client Application Guidance is designed to help you more easily build modular Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight client Read More...
Posted 18 February 09 03:58 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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Application Architecture Videos
As part of our patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 project , we created sets of videos to help get you up to speed fast.  We have a train the trainer video, step-by-step How To videos, Explained videos, and some videos About Read More...
Posted 13 February 09 04:24 by J.D. Meier | 6 Comments   
New Release: patterns & practices WCF Security Guide
Today we released our patterns & practices Improving Web Service security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF on MSDN.  Using end-to-end application scenarios, this guide shows you how to design and implement authentication and authorization Read More...
Posted 11 February 09 04:47 by J.D. Meier | 9 Comments   
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My Projects on MSDN
This post is a simple way to browse the bulk of my patterns & practices work on MSDN and CodePlex.   After I walk customers through things, the next question is usually, "OK, so where do we find this?"  This is the link I'll Read More...
Posted 10 February 09 07:51 by J.D. Meier | 5 Comments   
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Architectural Styles
I wrote a post on Architectural Styles on Shaping Software .  I tried to distill what I've learned on presenting architectural styles to various folks.  Architectural styles are basically sets of principles that shape an application.  By Read More...
Posted 10 February 09 04:23 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Jay Heinrichs on Influence
I'm honored to have a guest post at Sources of Insight from Jay Heinrichs on The 10 Best Ways to Persuade .  Jay is the author of best seller Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion Read More...
Posted 09 February 09 04:29 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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People I've Worked with On Past Projects
One lesson I've learned time and again is that it's about the people.  You can be on a lousy project with great people and still have a great time.  The reverse is not always true.  Of course, the ideal world is a great project with great Read More...
Posted 09 February 09 07:00 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Writing Books on Time and on Budget
One of the questions I get asked is how did we execute our patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 project , on time and on budget ?  It was a six month project, during which we .... Created a language and model for application Read More...
Posted 06 February 09 07:47 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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The Bootstrapper's Bible
I shared my notes from The Bootstrapper's Bible on Sources of Insight .  The Bootstrapper's Bible, by Seth Godin is full of insights and actions for improving your effectiveness in starting businesses.  Seth includes a rich set of rules and Read More...
Posted 03 February 09 06:28 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Questions and Answers on The Top 10 Leadership Lessons
Jim Kouzes, author of The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition , wrote a guest post for me at Sources of Insight on The Top 10 Leadership Lessons .  Jim's post generated a lot of feedback and some great questions.   As a follow up to some Read More...
Posted 02 February 09 04:36 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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