NFJS in RTP this weekend

Two acronyms in one title! How much wilder can it get? I’ll be attending the No Fluff, Just Stuff conference in RTP this coming weekend (June 9th, 10th, and 11th). I attended my first NFJS last year and it was a truly memorable experience. I’m seriously looking forward to attending … Continue reading

Excerpts from NFJS Anthology

No Fluff, Just Stuff (NFJS for short) is a symposium / conference / geekfest that began touring a few years ago. This year, an NFJS Anthology containing articles from many of the top speakers is being published by the Prag Prog guys. A couple of sample articles have been published … Continue reading

The Dreyfus Model

I’ve been reviewing an old PowerPoint slide deck I have from Andy Hunt’s “Refactoring Your Wetware” talk. One of the slides covers the Dreyfus Model of Skill Aquisition, something that Andy and Dave Thomas also discuss in their “Herding Racehorses, Racing Sheep” talk (which you can see when the No … Continue reading

dnrTV features Venkat on .NET Generics

dnrTV’s March 9th episode featured Venkat Subramaniam giving an interactive demonstration of .NET Generics. The entire video tutorial is about an hour long. I thought it was quite useful. It’s fantastic being able to watch an expert in this area as he writes code and explains what he’s doing while … Continue reading

Restarting Windows services in C#

It’s dead simple to restart a Windows service in C#. I’m a little shocked at how easy it is actually, given some of the other things I’ve found to be so ugly about the language. public void RestartService(string name) { ServiceController service = new ServiceController(name); service.Stop(); Thread.Sleep(2500); service.Start(); Thread.Sleep(2500); } … Continue reading

My Job Went to India

“You might not know it, but you’ve already lost your job.” Thus begins the back cover of Chad Fowler’s new book, My Job Went to India (And All I Got Was This Lousy Book). Hey, it caught my attention too! I recently finished tearing through Chad’s 185-page book and have … Continue reading