We’re happy to announce that PixelCut’s PaintCode now comes with C# support! PaintCode is a Mac desktop app that lets you literally draw your code: you create shapes, edit the stroke, fill, and gradient, and manipulate the resulting image as much as you’d like.
Test Driven AssemblyI tend to be a skeptical person. When I encounter a new idea, I often start on the offense. I try to force the new idea to stand up to scrutiny. My introduction to test-driven development was no different. I was most skeptical of the idea that TDD would result in better design choices.
Crypto breakthrough shows Flame was designed by world-class scientistsThe Flame espionage malware that infected computers in Iran achieved mathematic breakthroughs that could only have been accomplished by world-class cryptographers, two of the world's foremost cryptography experts said.
Windows Azure - No KiddingLast year when ScottGu moved over to the Azure group and brought the ASP.NET and IIS teams with him, I'll be frank, I wasn't a fan. I didn't really appreciate Azure or its first iteration.
A New Milestone For Openness On Windows AzureI was very excited when I saw the first demos of Windows 8. After years of settling for mediocre incremental improvements in its core products, Microsoft finally was ready to make bold changes to Windows, something I thought it had to do to stay relevant in computing.
Windows Live Photo Gallery—Poor Performance PeculiaritiesI use Windows Live Photo Gallery (WLPG) because it has powerful features for tagging my photos and sorting through them. I depend on its functionality. But I have long been annoyed by its inconsistent performance, and today I investigated.
Preparing a technical talkWe software engineers love giving talks. Fortunately, the abundance of technical conferences shows that we like listening too. A lot of talks on these conferences are given by software engineers who love sharing knowledge, rather than professional speakers.
A DESIGN WITH ALL-CAPSWhen I conceived of this post, it was going to be about how damn awesome Octopress is. And it certainly is awesome; it powers this blog, and makes writing it a joy, whereas trying to use Wordpress, Blogger, or even newer alternatives like Tumblr or Posterous was downright painful.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.