The tried and true Microsoft tool for creating static diagrams and UML models has taken a major step toward becoming a first-class data visualization tool. Visio 2010 makes it even easier to create documents that are dynamically connected to data and allows for intricate, meaningful visualizations of that data. For a great example, check [...]
Ok, so it’s been three days since I picked up my new, magical device at the Apple store in Lehigh Valley, PA. I’ve taken it to my granddaughter’s birthday party and my family’s Easter gathering and shown it off like it was my new child. Here are my thoughts on the device.
It is gorgeous! [...]
Kudos to my good friend and colleague Joe Rubino! Like me, he’s an ex-Microsoftie and, also like me, he’s got a little more time to dig into Apple technology. With me, it’s my iPhone. Now don’t get me wrong. I am still a big Microsoft champion. They still create some of the best software [...]
Good article done as a slide show with screen shots and explanations of features in both. Well done. http://www.pcworld.com/article/170882/snow_leopard_versus_windows_7.html
The July CTP release of Windows Azure came out today. The biggest new feature is the ability to write services that have multiple worker roles and/or Web roles. While it may not seem like much at first, this will allow for more elegant designs that separate concerns and workloads for better manageability and scalability. [...]
LINQ is an excellent technology, but moving from T-SQL syntax to LINQ syntax is not an easy jump when you start getting into complex queries. Enter Linqer, a tool that converts SQL to LINQ. I tried it out recently and it worked like a charm on some pretty hairy SQL. When you put something [...]
Check out this great article on Wired about how Facebook is quietly changing the way people seek information on the web. What really amazes me about the story is how quickly entire business strategies must change in the Internet age. The lifetime of “killer apps” is getting shorter every day, and that’s a very [...]
Some of you may have been following my blog on the MSDN site. This is the new home of what was formerly known as Beaudreaux’s Bayou.
My Blog has moved to the following site. http://www.rotatingknives.com…(read more)
ARCast.TV – Improving User Experience in Digital Signage Solutions with Silverlight In this interview, Tim Meinhardt, Colin Ploscaru, and Juan Calcagno at TTSS discuss with Zhiming Xue why they became interested in adopting new technologies like Silverlight,…(read more)