Facebook Hashtags are finally here. It seems as though the accidental hashtag as we know it, that has it's roots in Twitter, has become a popular statement. It is hard to believe that it has taken so long for Facebook to include them (#JustSaying #ThatIsAll). But did you know that hashtags…
Data Backup strategies vary, but one thing is for certain. How ever you do it, be sure to do it. Shawn Keene wrote a great article on his blog about his hard drive crash and how he recovered from it. Do you backup your data on a regular basis? What…
iOS7 is surely on the mind of all Apple fans. The OS is truly incredible, beautiful and absolutely functional to an incredible degree. I have included some links below for your viewing pleasure. If you watched the KeyNote, you will agree that there are many things to be excited about. As…
Welcome to a new week. I hope that you had a better weekend than mine. I was busy bringing my laptop back to life due to a slight case of (assumed) rootkit infection. Nevertheless, I managed to put together The Daily Six Pack on one of the 5 PC's in…
VS Anywhere is a third-party tool for Visual Studio. It helps to increase the collaboration between team members and especially developers. VS Anywhere will also allow knowledge transfer where Developers can setup and join a real-time learning session on-demand. Do you think that great programmers are born, not made? What do…
Windows 8.1 Preview will be with us on June 26th. Some of the new features are included in the lock screen, Start screen, All Apps, desktop, Search, SkyDrive, Snap and Photos experiences. Something tells me that Windows 8.1 will be a real doozy! For those that didn't like Windows 8, why…
At TechEd, Brian Harry announced Visual Studio 2013 and Team Foundation Server 2013. He also announced many of the Application Lifecycle Management features that they will include. Also remember that a preview of Visual Studio 2013 and Team Foundation Server 2013 will be available at the Build conference later this…
Programming Skills are essential to every programmer out there. But there is something that no school or institution can teach you. To become better at what you do with regards to programming, you first need to learn how to become a better person. The reason for this is that you…
Evolving Technology is all around us. I can still remember buying my first PC. It was a 286 with a 20 MB hard drive including a floppy drive and a stiffy drive. What made it even more insane was the fact that it had a VGA card. I was the…
DotNet Framework 4.5 was released on August 15th, 2012. It included many new features and is only supported on Windows Vista or later. Microsoft started developing the .NET Framework in the late 1990s. It was originally under the name NGWS or Next Generation Windows Services. By late 2000 the first…