shawn's blog

I just received a copy of “ Seeing Data – Designing User Interfaces for Database Systems Using .NET ” from the kind folks at Addison-Wesley. The simple explanation – it’s a book about how to create nice UI’s for database-driven Windows apps. Longer explanations Read More...

Because of my role in MSDN, I have a LOT of books in my office. I also have a LOT of folks on my team who like to borrow my books. I'm looking for a application to help me manage this process - displaying what I have, displaying who has it, etc. I'd prefer Read More...

Wow. I picked up “ The Golden Ratio ” when I went shopping for Quicksilver the other day, and actually started reading it before Quicksilver. No regrets so far. It's not so much a math dissertation as it is a study of the impact on society Read More...