Software frameworks and components exist to make the lives of software developers easier and more pleasant. They remove the need to do dull repetitive tasks and allow you deliver business value faster resulting in you being a happier person. However,
Øredev 2012
Last week, my partner in crime Erwin and I went to Malmö, Sweden to visit the yearly Øredev conference. One word: magnificent! Øredev is not your average developer conference where you learn about new technology. The topics are much broader,
Developers are afraid to choose a different presentation technology
Paul Stovell wrote a very interesting post about choosing when to use HTML, Silverlight or WPF. In the comments, I noticed something that keeps coming back: WPF/Silverlight devs bashing HTML/Javascript as inferior and vice versa. I’ve heard these discussions a
Random observations from Øredev 2009
Last week, my Taiga partner in crime Erwin and I went on a road trip to Malmö Sweden to visit the Øredev 2009 conference. All I can say is that it was the best conference I ever attended. Fantastic sessions,
Are we out of touch?
Last week at the Øredev 2009 conference in Malmö, there was a closing panel with various big names in software development. At one time during the discussion, Scott Hanselman brought up the issue that we (as in the people who