September 2005 - Posts

You know you're living on the edge when...

…you hear a presenter say “In the past…er…I mean in the version that’s about to ship” Read More...

Blogging from the MVP Summit

One of the cool things about being an MVP is that I get invited to the annual MVP Summit. One of the bad things about being at the summit is that it is covered by an NDA agreement. Which means I don’t get the blog about anything that I’m seeing Read More...

Atlas for VS 2005 Release Candidate

It looks like the version of Atlas that is capable of running with the VS 2005 release candidate is being...er...released. The link, from what I can see, is here or here . If it doesn't work, keep trying. The page has been alternating between available Read More...

What Inferred Types in C# 3.0 are Not!

I had the opportunity earlier this week to listen on a MSDN chat covering the enhancements to C# that were unveiled at PDC. Listen being an imprecise term given that it was a chat, you understand. I had two main takeaways from the chat. First, there was Read More...

Great Customer Services Sells

One of the things that really turns my head when it comes to software is great customer service. I have been using a product called ClearContext for about six months now. It is a tool that allows you to prioritize the email that arrive in your Outlook Read More...

Getting the schema for an XML column in SQL Server 2005

There is no question that the XML column data type in SQL Server 2005 opens up a large number of interesting possibilities. Some that I’ve even been lucky enough to work on myself. In this particular instance, I needed to find out the schema against Read More...