Returning to Development from Management

I was interviewed today by Rob Conery for an upcoming episode of This Developer’s Life on this topic.  It was the first time in several years I was interviewed for a podcast, so my mind went a little blank at times.  I’m sure Rob will do a cool editing job to make it appear I [...]

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Fairfield / Westchester Code Camp 4 (2010) Recap

I’m waaaay overdue for this posting.  But I would be remiss to pass up the opportunity to thank everyone, from speakers, to organizers, to sponsors and attendees, for making this year’s code camp, on November 6th, the biggest and most successful yet. I’m not going to drone on about the details.  Suffice to say, a [...]

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Web Reference vs. Service Reference

I’m learning that one of the biggest hurdles to getting back into the day-to-day development game is that a minor wrong turn can send you down a misguided path for a couple of days. If you’re not coding daily, your development intuition muscle doesn’t respond like it used to. I ran into this issue the [...]

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Re-Education Action Plan – Learning Process

In my last post, I continued my saga about the re-education of a software developer by introducing the technologies I’m looking to (re)introduce myself to.  In this post, I’ll talk a bit about how I learn.  Everyone learns differently, so “your mileage may vary.” I’m a visual learner.  That is, for an introduction on a [...]

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Re-Education Action Plan – The Lessons

In my last post, I wrote about my next life phase, which is mainly a return to my former self – software developer.  In order to get back in sync, I need to develop an action plan.  Thankfully, I’ve kept a very close eye on the stack I’m most familiar with (the Microsoft development tools), [...]

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The Re-Education of a Software Developer

I’m in the process of re-directing my career back to hands-on development. This is the start of not only one of the most exciting phases I’ve ever embarked upon, but it’s also one of the most gut-wrenching and sometimes paralyzing. I’ve been in software development professionally for over a quarter century, at least a third [...]

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Fairfield / Westchester Code Camp 4 – Call For Speakers!

The call for speakers for the 4th Annual Fairfield / Westchester Code Camp (Saturday, November 6, 2010) is now open until Friday, October 8.  We’d love for you to submit your sessions, whether you’re looking to speak for the first time, or you’re an old pro.  Remember, this is an event by the community, for [...]

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Windows Phone 7 – The Phone for (or Against) ADD Sufferers?

Many of us have been waiting (a long, long time) for Microsoft to finally release a real entry into the “magical” smart phone race, and we’re almost there.  But I have some concerns.  I may be crazy, but follow me on this… The Windows Phone 7 may be just what our increasingly ADD / ADHD [...]

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Reliability

As we both woke that early Saturday morning, we already knew exactly where we needed to be in an hour. It was the same every weekend morning when the Mets were at home. This morning, we did it begrudgingly, but we knew it had to be done. We washed, dressed, ate, grabbed our tickets, and [...]

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Code Camp NYC 4 (2010) Recap

Wow. What a day. It’s taken me almost two weeks to write about it. I’ve now been involved in five code camps, and these are the highlights of my year. I’m so grateful that I was asked to be a key contributor in organizing the NYC event. And I’m doubly grateful that my wife, Lorri, [...]

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NYC Code Camp 4

Ready for another code camp?  Well, we can never have too much free learning (what we in the tech field call “fun”), so reserve Saturday, March 6, 2010 to attend the 4th (somewhat) annual NYC Code Camp, from 8:00 AM until 6:30 PM! It will take place at the Manhattan Microsoft office on 6th Avenue, [...]

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