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Going to SD West 2008 – a planning worksheet

1March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal, Software development

I have the good fortune to be able to attend SD West this year. I’ve heard people at work rave about this conference right inÂ my backyard, and was lucky to get approval to go this year. Unfortunately I’ve been so swamped with work (really exciting new stuff, too) that I haven’t been able to prepare

WPF ControlTemplate Trigger tip

5January2008GeekTieGuySoftware development, WPF

I didn’t fully realize how ControlTemplate Triggers work (or don’t) until I solved a problem with a UserControl today, with the help of this post on the MSDN forums. A Triggers’ EnterActions or ExitActions don’t seem to get fired when a UserControl is constructed. If you want, say, an animation in your control to start

The software free-conomy

19December2007GeekTieGuyOpinion, Software development

After looking through the comments to Jeff Atwood’s recent post on software product keys, I noticed that quite a few went down the rabbit-hole of free versus paid software. People suggesting that if you don’t like paying for software, typing in license keys, managing them and other hassles, you can always go to using free

Introducing CardSharkV

25November2007GeekTieGuy2 CommentsSoftware, Software development, Vista, WPF

Check out this program I’ve developed, called CardSharkV. It’s a digital picture storage card/camera “downloader” with a twist. It’s a bit of an experiment, and I’m looking for some real-world “beta” testers. My plan is to try my hand at charging for the program. But to see if word will spread, I’m planning to give

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Going to SD West 2008 – a planning worksheet

WPF ControlTemplate Trigger tip

The software free-conomy

Introducing CardSharkV