The Daily Six Pack: October 1, 2013

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Marina Shifrin Quit Woman quits her Internet job in the most Internet way possible, Audra Schroeder Other Exclusive video: Steve Ballmer’s intense, tearful goodbye to Microsoft, Nilay Patel Visual Studio Tips and Tricks – Checking…

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The Daily Six Pack: September 30, 2013

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: One Billion Facebook Faces The Faces Of Facebook, Natalia Rojas Other Custom Resolution of Assembly References in .NET, Abhinaba Basu Microsoft’s first Windows 8.1 ad highlights the return of the Start button, Emil Protalinski SQL…

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Ten Minutes With… Michael Crump

Michael Crump

The great thing about meeting new people is that you invariably take away a little bit of who they are. I have been following Michael’s blog for a while now and it was really great to catch up with him.

I had the privilege of asking him a few questions about himself, Telerik, XAML and IT in general. What I took away was that Michael is an extremely humble man, given all that he is involved with. Check out the Q&A below, and learn more about Michael Crump.

Bio

Michael Crump is a Microsoft MVP, Pluralsight and MSDN author as well as an international speaker. He works at Telerik as a developer evangelist with a focus on the XAML control suite. You can reach him on Twitter at mbcrump or keep up with his blog by visiting michaelcrump.net. (more…)

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The Daily Six Pack: September 27, 2013

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Crypto Obfuscator Evaluation Crypto Obfuscator Evaluation, Anthony Trudeau Other Finally: Bill Gates admits Control-Alt-Delete was a mistake, Taylor Soper Why is My Visual Studio Slow To Start?, Philip Japikse Visual Studio Tip: Use Ctrl_I for…

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The Daily Six Pack: September 25, 2013

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Icenium Porting an Icenium Project to Visual Studio, J. Tower Other Forcing a Garbage Collection, Sean Sexton Five Great .NET Framework 4.5 Features, Shivprasad koirala Porting existing .NET apps to iOS, Nish Time Period Library for…

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Ten Minutes With…Kunal Chowdhury

Kunal Chowdhury

Speaking to different people over the past couple of weeks, I have noticed a golden thread running through the lives of each of these individuals. That golden thread is a passion for what they do.

If you have been following along the past couple of Friday’s, you will know that I have been highlighting some truly remarkable individuals on my blog. Today’s interview is no different. I was fortunate enough to chat to Kunal Chowdhury about what makes him tick.

Bio

Kunal Chowdhury is a Microsoft MVP (Silverlight), a Telerik MVP, Speaker in various Microsoft events, Author, passionate Blogger and a Software Engineer by profession. He is also a Nokia Developer Champion for his contribution towards Windows Phone and Nokia Lumia.

Blog: www.kunal-chowdhury.com

Twitter: @kunal2383 (more…)

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The Daily Six Pack: September 20, 2013

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Kunal Chowdhury Blog Licenses Giveaway 5th Anniversary of kunal-chowdhury.com - Huge Licenses to Giveaway, Kunal Chowdhury Other Windows 8.1 Pricing Revealed, Paul Thurrott Preview Selected Items in Visual Studio, Abhijit Jana IntelliTrace using Visual Studio…

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