Show link: .NET Rocks! 1367: WiX Toolset with Rob Mensching Guest: Rob Mensching Show Notes WiX Toolset is used for building MSI packages and deploying them. (Note: This is different than Wix.com, which is a website builder.) The first version of WiX…
TL;DL – .NET Rocks! 1366 (Angular 2 Docs with Ward Bell)
I listen to .NET Rocks! to keep up with what’s going on with .NET development. The episodes are about 50 minutes each, and are very well done; however, there are occasions when I’d just like to know the highlights. If…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 42
Dates covered: October 17-23, 2016 (week 42 of 52) Communication We’ve stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers (via TED) Culture The myth of low-hanging fruit: Be careful when you use the word “easy” to describe other people’s jobs. (via Software Lead Weekly)…
Freakonomics Radio Episode: “In Praise of Maintenance”
In this post, I’d like to share some highlights (and some of my own comments) about an episode of Freakonomics Radio titled In Praise of Maintenance (published October 20, 2016). Personally I was delighted by the episode’s topic, given that several of the…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 41
Dates covered: October 10-16, 2016 (week 41 of 52) Career 7 Years of Blogging, and a Lifetime Later… (via The Software Mentor) Practical Frameworks for Beating Burnout (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication Education through automation: Slack Concierge (via Software Lead Weekly) Community .NET…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 40
Dates covered: October 3-9, 2016 (week 40 of 52) Career Reflections of an Old Programmer (via Alan Barber) Culture I Have 21 Radical Ideas (via The Software Mentor) 25 Tips for Diverse Hiring (via Software Lead Weekly) Team and Strategy (via Software Lead Weekly) Management A…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 39
Dates covered: September 26-October 2, 2016 (week 39 of 52) Culture Path to Craftsmanship: The Art of Being Wrong (via The Software Mentor) Hail the Heroes! (via Software Lead Weekly) Why HR Shouldn’t Own Inclusion (via Software Lead Weekly) The Egoless Programmer (via 8th…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 38
Dates covered: September 19-25, 2016 (week 38 of 52) Career 5 Reasons Architect and Developers Argue (via Erik Dietrich) Communication Create a Swim Lane Flowchart in Visio Three Things Your Children Can Teach You About Management (via Software Lead Weekly) What Great…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 37
Dates covered: September 12-18, 2016 (week 37 of 52) Career It’s Tough Being over 40 in Silicon Valley (via The Software Mentor) How not to bomb your offer negotiation (via The Software Mentor) Three Unconventional Interview Questions (via Software Lead Weekly) Flexible Working…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 36
Dates covered: September 5-11, 2016 (week 36 of 52) Career How to deal with Technology Burnout – Maybe it’s life’s cycles (via Scott Hanselman) .NET Rocks! 1346: Leading Your Career with John Sonmez (via .NET Rocks!) 4 Tips for Starting a New Dev…