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I’ve had data days like that...
26 September 08 03:22 PM

Brian Walker has a good pair of articles on Thou Shalt Nots™: I had the chance to examine three business databases in five weeks and I'm still staggered by what I found. These are SQL Server databases serving as critical business foundations for companies Read More...

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Can you tell a great architect from a bad one?
11 July 08 11:24 AM

Since I'm going to be sitting as a panel member on an MCA review board soon, I'd like to think I can, but apparently some researchers are having trouble... Highly capable designers have an incentive to choose somewhat more difficult designs to better Read More...

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Gender neutral code? Srsly?
30 June 08 04:18 PM

Admittedly being from Mars, my reaction to the this little piece is predictable... I won't bore you with my witty repartee (yes, that's a redundant phrase) involving Emma, my code and a kitchen. (Yes, I'm pretty much overdue for sensitivity training, Read More...

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Cool (Free, Open) Tools: SQL RSS
23 June 08 01:15 PM

Even if nobody has asked you for an RSS feed of data in one or more of your databases, it won't be long before they do! When they do, you can grab this configurable, easy to use data-driven RSS feed widget. A couple ideas for using this application: Business Read More...

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XNA to the n-th power trumps Gears of War 2 trailer?
21 February 08 03:19 PM

I've been a closet XNA fan for a while. I've been lurking and watching to see how they plan solve some really hard user-generated content problems... “The time has come for the games industry to open its doors to all game creators, enabling anyone Read More...

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Are you fungible? Or are you a funge?
07 February 08 03:53 PM

A flamewar that I've been having with Steve (over @ SQLServerCentral.com ) got me thinking about developer fungibility again. It was something that I struggled with when managing teams of developers in previous lives. (Thankfully, I don't manage anybody Read More...

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