Archive for July, 2009
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Yesterday I had lunch with two colleagues. As we chowed down on pulled pork and spiced apples, we talked about what makes something "enterprisey" and the scenarios in which going with the "right option" isn't always the best option. It was a good lunch.
It seems like in every conversation about ...
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Not too long ago, I was working with Microsoft Excel and had to write some macros. I finished up my work in Excel but left it open, and several hours later, I came back to my computer and the Visual Basic code editor was still open, minimized along with Excel.
Seeing ...
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
There's a term that comes from online games known as grinding. This term is used to describe a repetitive activity intended to accomplish some goal. For example, you might find yourself repeatedly killing a certain type of creature in the hopes that it'll give you a particular piece of loot. ...
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