When I’m working on writing up some new blog posts, I usually have a “TODO” text file that I keep on my desktop (hi-tech, I know). This process has been working quite well for long enough, but since we started using AgileZen at work I’ve begun putting my own tasks and stories into my own [...]
Archive for November, 2009
22 Nov
People Shouldn’t Multi-task
I would consider the title of this post a true statement. Yes, people can multi-task, but they probably lower the quality of those tasks being performed (think driving while texting).
The other day, however, I was a multi-tasking maniac! Normally I like to work on something relatively undisturbed, but this day I was hopping between tasks [...]
21 Nov
One Reason I’ve Improved as a Developer
I’m pretty sure that there is a direct correlation between the time I started really growing as a developer and the time I stopped subscribing to television. Since then I’ve been able to spend a lot more time on projects, coding and reading. I remember when working on projects before that time. I always seemed [...]
18 Nov
Easy Blogging Again
For the last several months, I’ve been blogging without Windows Live Writer. This hasn’t been terrible, but now that I have it again I’m realizing just how much I like it. I can type something up for this site and continue the thought on another blog to which I contribute.
I think this will ramp up [...]
10 Nov
Speaking at CVineta
Tonight (Nov 10th, 2009) I’ll be speaking at the Cedar Falls .Net User Group on jQuery. This is an introduction to jQuery and how to get started using it. The aim is to get web developers the visibility of what it is and how to start using it.
If you’re in the Cedar Falls and Waterloo [...]
9 Nov
Improvement is Recursive
The more and more I improve myself, whether it’s in development or management or other, the more I realize I need to improve myself and my craft.
I have done some speaking gigs around the state this year and I’ve had to answer some questions to which I didn’t know the answer. Now I feel obligated [...]
8 Nov
Iowa Code Camp IV – A Love Story
The 4th Iowa Code Camp is now over and my heart is broken. I wish we could do these every weekend, I had an amazing time! Also, like most code camps and conferences, it was another good opportunity to put some faces on Twitter handles and meet new people.
I had a really good turnout for [...]
6 Nov
Quick and Easy Ajax
I needed a couple URLs that were active and returned some content for creating some demo code in jQuery. I thought about modifying an existing ASP.NET MVC application to allow it to create the JSON I wanted to send to my jQuery code.
Just as I was about to open up Visual Studio, I realized that [...]
5 Nov
Blame it on Iowa Code Camp
So much for my post per day huh? I blame Iowa Code Camp.
I’m presenting “How to do Virtually Anything with jQuery” at Iowa Code Camp in West Des Moines on November 7th. I’ve been cramming to get as many changes into my presentation as I can before I take off tomorrow morning. I’m thinking I’ll [...]
2 Nov
Two Tracks at CRineta
For the first time since I’ve been attending, and maybe since CRineta existed, we had two meetings tonight. The first was Tim Barcz presenting on Building and Testing Loosely Coupled Applications with Rhino Mocks and Keith Dahlby with an Introduction to .Net and Q & A.
I attended the Introduction to .Net, not because I needed [...]
