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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Houston Alt.NET Geek Dinner #3
This Thursday the 3rd monthly Houston Alt.NET Geek Dinner will be held at Star Pizza beginning at 6pm. If you are interested in continuous improvement in your development or for your development team, come to the dinner. You’ll meet others … Continue reading
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Data & Application Design
Let me get right to the point of my argument. I believe that applications should be developed around the data they view and modify rather than the other way around. The more I read about new development strategies, processes, and methods the more I see people saying this is a bad idea. People seem to have this idea that data should be stored in a more OO way, which would make development easier. Here’s why I think they are wrong. Continue reading
Houston TechFest 2008
If you live in the Houston area and are a developer (especially if you develop on Microsoft technology) you will want to check out Houston TechFest 2008. This even will be held on September 13th, 2008 (a Saturday) and registration … Continue reading
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Tagged houston techfest, programming, techfest
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Star Wars: Clone Wars Review
Just got out from seeing the latest Star Wars feature, Clone Wars. Before we dive in let me inform you that I have read all 9 volumes of Dark Horse’s Clone Wars graphic novels multiple times. I was excited to … Continue reading
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No, inheritance is not the way to achieve code reuse! | Little Tutorials (tags: toread programming development oop design) Drakx » Blog Archive » How to backup your Nintendo DS games (tags: nintendods homebrew backup guide) Minimalist Fitness: How to … Continue reading
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