This week I began reading the “Pragmatic Programmer” by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas.  I’ve only made it through the first chapter and already I can tell this book is going to impact my view of the business of programming tremendously.  My favor ...[Read More]

One big concern my wife and I had leading up to our move to New York was how we would adjust to life without a vehicle.   Mass transit in Baltimore is worthless so we were both highly dependent on our cars to get us around.  But the thought of pay ...[Read More]

In our new apartment my wife and I have a spectacular view of the Empire State Building.  We noticed over Labor Day weekend that the lighting atop the building was changed to red, white, and blue.  This was quite obviously a patriotic act for th ...[Read More]

I gave a presentation on the .NET 3.0 Rules Engine at the last software architecture group meeting.  I stumbled upon the technology when a project I recently worked on called for the use of a rules engine.  A fellow developer suggested I look in ...[Read More]