Hi Steve,

   I travel a lot these days as well. I hope you have a safe and happy flight.

:{> Andy

Happy Independence Day to you too, Steve!

For me, it's application-specific. If I'm writing in Word, I use a white background. If I'm drafting in AutoCAD (which I rarely do anymore) I like a black background.

For...

As others have mentioned, I'll be lifting a mug to those who gave the last full measure in service to our country and thanking every veteran of military service I...

Happy Anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Jones!

:{> Andy

Put me down for 2.5 years.

It takes about 18 months to develop and thoroughly test new features. I want the developer teams at Microsoft to have a good year to...

Great editorial Steve!

My most popular blog post to date: Which "Flavor" DBA Are You? asks the same question. I came up with three "flavors".

You are a Systems, Operations, or...

Happy Birthday Kendall!

I don't know about the cult thing. I've been using Microsoft products to develop software since  - gosh, I don't know... before Windows. I was a VB guy...

I started doing Business Intelligence work before it was called "Business Intelligence" - back when years started with "1" and we had to carve our own ICs out of wood....

I agree with you Steve.

Mr. Jefferson's university has a fine code. It's a shame more students aren't exposed to something similar before arriving on its distinguished steps.

Integrity is not...

Omri Bahat is a perennial fixture at local and regional Code Camps in the Mid-Atlantic region. He helped us get started right in Richmond, and our events continue to grow!...

Thanks for sharing Steve! We're holding our third Richmond Code Camp Saturday - we need to see about getting you out here for our next event!

Well, I'm self-employed so I'm biased no matter what I say!

I subcontract almost exclusively for Solid Quality Learning and they're a smart...

"A smaller company may "love to have a programmer" on site. But they might not be too happy when that person moves on and didn't document the work well. Or,...

Good topic Steve.

This argument has been posed in many ways. Joel Spolsky and Eric Sink went a round on this topic a while back.

My two cents: I think the...