Steve Jobs – Anecdotes Of A Genius, A Life Well Lived

Steve Jobs Genius

Steve Jobs was an innovator, that is for sure. I guess that he could also have been a difficult boss sometimes. The Silicon Valley urban legend of an elevator ride with Steve Jobs.... 'nuff said. The direction Steve Jobs took Apple in, undoubtedly played a huge role in the success of

Apple admits iPhone X display module issues

iPhone X Display Issues - I have an iPhone X. It is a fantastic device. Unfortunately it has come to light that it might exhibit touch issues stemming from a possible component failure on the display module. In short, Apple is saying that there is something on the display module

The Daily Six Pack: October 24, 2016

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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . Yep, it's been a while. I've been focusing on a few other projects of mine. But now, The Daily Six Pack is back. So go grab a cup of coffee, sit back and check out some of the links below. I'm sure

Hey Siri, give us a hint – September Apple Event

Hey Siri

Hey Siri For those of you who are excited for the Apple event today, here is a little gem. If you ask Siri "Hey Siri, give us a hint", Siri will respond with various funny replies. Here is my favorite reply: It seems like Apple has some exciting goodies in store for us

Apple Watch – The Not So Essential List Of Apps

Apple Watch

Apple Watch - Well it has happened. I gave in and bought myself an Apple Watch. I initially got one for my wife for her birthday, but I couldn't resist in getting one for myself too. You might be thinking why would I be writing about it here? To tell

The Daily Six Pack: June 9, 2015

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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Apple Music Introducing Apple Music — All The Ways You Love Music. All in One Place Other How to write your very first Unit Test in Visual Studio using MSTest Framework easily?, Abhijit Jana Creating and Debugging C# Console Apps with Visual Studio Code on

The Daily Six Pack: October 6, 2014

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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Fluent-Style Syntax Using Fluent-Style Syntax when Chaining Iterators, Sean Sexton Other Lies, Damn Lies and Version Numbers, Burke Holland Flipboard: a great example of “Why Windows”, Steve “Guggs” Guggenheimer Git- Integration With Visual Studio 2013, James Quick How to Catch Errors While Inserting Values in

The Daily Six Pack: February 7, 2014

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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Visual Studio Extension Visual Studio Extensions - from Add-in to VSPackage, Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter Other Learning SSIS – Where Do I Start? – Notes from the Field #014, Pinal Dave January Optional Updates for Windows 8.1, Shawn Keene VS/TFS 2013.2 (Update 2) CTP

The Daily Six Pack: January 27, 2014

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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T.Dirk Strauss....Feature link: Apple Celebrates Thirty YearsApple put up celebratory posters with names of every Apple employee, past and present, Yoni HeislerOtherCompiling C# Code at Runtime, Lumír Lů KojeckýThe one thing you should know to get more productive in Visual Studio- Keyboard Mapping,

The Daily Six Pack: January 17, 2014

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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: TryParse TryParse Indicates Whether a Parse Operation Will Succeed, Sean Sexton Other I Sold a Chrome Extension but it was a bad decision, Amit Agarwal Microsoft extends updates for Windows XP security products until July 14, 2015, Emil Protalinski Episode 87 of Visual Studio Toolbox,