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January 2006 - Posts

Living in a giant’s world
What do you do when your “small” ergonomic chair is actually taller than your original chair? Sigh. Well, at least with the armrests off, I can finally lower my desk to the proper height. And to think I was a soccer goalkeeper in high school. At least Read More...
Team System is looking for Testers to do usability studies on their Testing Tools
Rob asked me to get the word out that the Team System people are looking for some testers to conduct usability studies. You can find more info on Rob’s blog and on Steve’s blog . Read More...
The top 10 most visited tips
Today’s post marks the 100th Tip on the Tip of the Week! To celebrate the occasion, let’s recap our top 10 most visited* tips. #10 - How to bind Keyboard Shortcuts to commands #9 - How to do column selection #8 - What C# books to read #7 - How to optimize Read More...
Job openings on our Developer Solutions Team
Are you passionate about your community and your customers? Do you want to take Visual Studio to the next level in Community? Do you love PowerToys? We have two PM positions open on our team that do just this. From Josh’s blog : I’ve got two PM openings Read More...
Disable Add-ins on Start-Up by holding the Left-Shift key down
If you ever want to disable add-ins from starting on launch, you can hold down the Left-Shift key while VS is loading. If you find yourself running into random crashes, you might want to try disabling add-ins (either by this Left-Shift method or going Read More...
VS Macro to Build a Web.SiteMap file from your project system file layout
Today’s tip comes from Scott Allen’s blog . Scott has provided a VS 2005 macro that will dynamically build a web.sitemap file based on the files in your project . For any questions related to ASP.NET, please check out the ASP.NET forums ! Got an ASP.NET Read More...
Officially a Black Belt
Black is an awesome color to wear! Here are some pictures from tonight’s ceremony. Read More...
The beginning of the end for Waveland, MS
There’s been a lot of discussions about merging the two cities. Funny, I always thought Waveland would make it because it had the Walmart (which has been opened when nothing else was). The ball has been in Waveland’s court, until now. Coincidentally, Read More...
Awesome Before / After shots of Waveland, MS and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by The Sun Herald
The Sun Herald has these really cool flash animations showing before and after Katrina photos. I’ve been asked to provide some pre-Katrina photos, but alas, one never thinks to take a picture of the things you’ve seen every single day for 20 years. http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/special_packages/renewal/before_after/ Read More...
Embracing my Program Management side
After 4.5 years on the VS Environment / VS Core team, I’ve finally decided to make the switch into Program Management. Don’t get me wrong, I love testing. It’s still the ultimate “you broke it and I’m telling.” But, I can't resist the temptation of the Read More...
Visual Studio 2005 Automation Samples are now available!
You can find the VS 2005 Automation Samples at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=79C7E038-8768-4E1E-87AE-5BBBE3886DE8&displaylang=en If you have any questions regarding the samples, you can ask them at the Extensibility Forum. Read More...
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