Visual Studio Project files and coupling
The way that we’re told to use Visual Studio is that we create a solution file and add into it one or more project files. Each project file then gets filled with different development artifacts. Whe
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Rotating text using Graphics.DrawString
Recently I needed to create a custom WinForms label-like control that allowed for the text to be displayed in a rotated fashion. Our needs were only for four rotation locations; 0 degrees (the defaul
PrairieDevCon 2010 wrapup
Friday past brought the end to the first incarnation of the PrairieDevCon in Regina. The conference had a great buzz of people, interest, conversations and learning about it. It really was a blast to
Where do you start building skills from?
In the past I’ve had to take development teams and build their skills. It was part of what I was hired to do. “Build an app, and at the same time make our developers better.” I’m back at it again a
Winnipeg Code Camp and DevTeach Toronto
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks speaking at Winnipeg Code Camp, the Winnipeg .NET User Group and DevTeach Toronto. All the events were a blast to do. To those who attended, thanks for the great q
NotAtPDC and ICE Edmonton session material
Thanks to those who attended the session that I did on “A (Failed?) Project From the Perspective of a Team Lead”. As you know from being there, the slide deck by itself is not all that useful. Inste
Failure: Establishing Flow
Like my past posts in this series, we’re going to talk about failures and I’ve had this problem at a number of places that I’ve been employed or contracted. I just can’t maintain flow. Developers al
Failure: Napkins and a completed product are not good enough
Continuing on my journey through failures and the lessons that I’ve learned, we’re going to make a stop at a project that I did when I worked at a very small (but successful) development shop. I start
Failure: Interviewing for a position
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes – Oscar Wilde Continuing on my series of posts themed around failure, we’re here to look at an interview that I once did. It resulted in me taki
Failure: An introspective series on those I’ve created and endured
I recently posted about Hiring Internally and it turned out to be about the failure in leadership that I had on a project. I’m fine with that. For those of you that don’t know, I fail. I do so spec