Mijn Tirades en Tieren

Rigidity in Data Design
Rigidity in Data Design
9 augustus 2008

To many developers this may seem odd. I talk with many staunch ALT.NET guys, and the DDD philosophy seems to be that data is a top-down or at worse, bottom up design problem. The issue here is that there is an assumption that just simply not true that data design is part of most software development projects. The reality based on my experience as well as the experience of talking with developers in the community is that many projects (though its hard to exactly quantify what percentage) begin with existing data. This is especially true in the enterprise where data exists in many forms from new databases, legacy servers (e.g. mainframes) or even flat files and XML. It is the rare project that is new code against all new data.

Book Review: LINQ in Action
Book Review: LINQ in Action
8 augustus 2008

Url: http://www.amazon.com/LINQ-Action-Fabrice-Margu...

Olympics Without Silverlight?
Olympics Without Silverlight?
8 augustus 2008

UPDATE: Silverlight is now required to view the video...it no longer allows a downgraded experience.

Silverlight 2 and the Olympics
Silverlight 2 and the Olympics
7 augustus 2008

Url: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/

The Silverlight Tour Now Available in Spanish!
The Silverlight Tour Now Available in Spanish!
4 augustus 2008

Url: http://www.devworx.com.mx

Implementing IUpdatable (Part 3)
Implementing IUpdatable (Part 3)
3 augustus 2008

UPDATE: I know the title is wrong and it should be IUpdateable but I didn't want to break any links for any RSS feeds that already had it.

New DeepZoom Composer Build
New DeepZoom Composer Build
3 augustus 2008

Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/archive/2008/0...

One More Week to Boston
One More Week to Boston
1 augustus 2008

Url: http://www.silverlight-tour.com

RockScroll FTW
RockScroll FTW
31 juli 2008

Url: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IntroducingRockSc...

Implementing IExpandProvider for NHibernate.LINQ
Implementing IExpandProvider for NHibernate.LINQ
30 juli 2008

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nhcontrib/

Book Review: The Productive Programmer - Neal Ford
Book Review: The Productive Programmer - Neal Ford
25 juli 2008

Url: http://www.amazon.com/Productive-Programmer-Nea...

Silverlight Tour: Boston - August 11th-13th
Silverlight Tour: Boston - August 11th-13th
22 juli 2008

Url: http://www.silverlight-tour.com

Speaking at the Atlanta .NET Users Group
Speaking at the Atlanta .NET Users Group
22 juli 2008

Url: http://www.atlantadotnet.org

NHibernate.LINQ with ADO.NET Data Services
NHibernate.LINQ with ADO.NET Data Services
21 juli 2008

Silverlight 2   NHibernate.LINQ == Sweet
Silverlight 2 NHibernate.LINQ == Sweet
20 juli 2008

Url: http://www.silverlightdata.com/simple/nhibernat...

Animating Brushes with ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames
Animating Brushes with ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames
18 juli 2008

Url: http://wilderminds.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/StateBrushes.zip

Silverlight 2 Hotfix just hit Windows Update
Silverlight 2 Hotfix just hit Windows Update
16 juli 2008

Short and sweet...if you are having Silvelright 2 Beta 2 issues with Firefox and media streaming, make sure you check Windows Update for a new fix.  I think the OSX guys can just visit a Silverlight page to get it (using the auto-update stuff).

Experimenting with Adobe AiR
Experimenting with Adobe AiR
12 juli 2008

I was under a false impression. I've been using Twhirl for my Twitter client needs as it was the most feature complete client i could find. Twhirl requires the Adobe AiR runtime to work. I thought that AiR was a wrapper around Flex to allow desktop installation of Flex. What I didn't understand was that AiR is a runtime to allow Flex, Flash and HTML/AJAX apps to be hosted as a windowed desktop application. Interesting...so AiR isn't necessarily about Flex, but for all three platforms.

Geek Dinner in Chicago - July 14th, 2008
Geek Dinner in Chicago - July 14th, 2008
8 juli 2008

Url: http://www.geekdinners.com/DinnerInstance.aspx?...

Wildermuth.com By Example - Part 1
Wildermuth.com By Example - Part 1
7 juli 2008

In response to some requests that I have received, I decided to write a several part blog on some of the techniques I used in developing Wildermuth.com. In this first example, I am going to discuss the use of LINQ and data in my site. 

Announcing the Silverlight Tour in French
Announcing the Silverlight Tour in French
6 juli 2008

Url: http://www.silverlight-tour.com

Tim Heuer's Solution to Amazon S3   Silverlight
Tim Heuer's Solution to Amazon S3 Silverlight
5 juli 2008

Url: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/07/05/acc...

Implementing IUpdatable (Part 2)
Implementing IUpdatable (Part 2)
3 juli 2008

If you haven't read Part 1 yet, you can read it here.

Silverlight.js Fix for Firefox 3   Silverlight 1.0 Woes
Silverlight.js Fix for Firefox 3 Silverlight 1.0 Woes
3 juli 2008

Url: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/07/02/upd...