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Comment on Learning how to develop for SharePoint by Drew

Drew — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:01:16 +0000

A related page, that looks useful: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff598601(Office.14).aspx

Comment on NIT Bracket by Drew

Drew — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:24:00 +0000

FYI I’m going to keep this post sticky-ed until Bama is no longer in the NIT tourney (either from winning it all, or getting knocked out).

Comment on Book quote from Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# by drew

drew — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:54:47 +0000

and which of those do you think costs more?

Comment on Antoine Pettway, at the buzzer by @atcrawford

@atcrawford — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:16:22 +0000

easily the best Alabama basketball game I’ve ever been at

Comment on 24 hour free-for-all at Tekpub by Drew

Drew — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:09:22 +0000

I’ve purchased the NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC 2 series from Tekpub already. It’s a great way to get introduced to a topic. Pair these videos up with a good reference book on the particular topic and you should be good to go.

Comment on Inside a cloud by Drew

Drew — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:35:09 +0000

I’ve always enjoyed this picture.

Comment on A storm is a’brewin’ by drew

drew — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:02:02 +0000

So it’s been a long time since September, but my sentiment is still the same… also, I did that marathon, so there!

Comment on How to play snake in gmail by Maddog

Maddog — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:53:25 +0000

I got 340. I really did. i dont know how to take a picture from my computer.

Comment on 2009 resolutions – a year in review by Drew

Drew — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:51:34 +0000

If anything I would have to say it made me go bigger. I think this is confirmed by goals that I failed to complete (the reading goals especially). Still, I don’t think that the goals were unattainable. I just lost sight of the prize in July and didn’t finish strong.

I would say putting these goals out in the public eye made me rethink the nature of the goals. In year’s prior to 2009 I had gone with general goals (read more, sleep more, weigh less). These kinds of goals just don’t inspire action quite like “read 12 books” or “run a half-marathon”. I think the specificity of these goals is the best side-effect of going public with the resolutions.

Comment on 2009 resolutions – a year in review by Roadbud

Roadbud — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:55:37 +0000

Amazed at the publicness of this, but then again you lined up pretty well against your goals. Did listing this out inspire you to go bigger this year or make sure each goal is reachable?

Comment on 2010 resolutions – physical by 2010 resolutions – complete list | @Crawford

2010 resolutions – complete list | @Crawford — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:05:49 +0000

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Comment on 2010 resolutions – professional by Drew

Drew — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:44:09 +0000

I appreciate the advice. I’ll look into it, though I must admit that my current mindset is that it wouldn’t hurt to go ahead and pursue the 3.5 certification. Of course, it sounds like 4.0 is right around the corner and I’ve got enough to keep me occupied for a couple of months at least.

At the end of the day, I just need to make sure my focus on getting certs is to IMprove my ability, and not to prove it.

Regarding PowerShell, nothing wrong with making it a 2010 goal as well! Maybe I can give updates sharing what material I find useful in the learning process.

Thanks for the comment!

Comment on 2010 resolutions – professional by Martin Evans

Martin Evans — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:53:55 +0000

Hi Drew, I really don’t want to start a certification flaming thread here but you might want to hang back and see when the .net 4.0 examinations/syllabuses are published as they’re going to be a little different from the 3.5/2008 Certs.
Good list though. PowerShell was on my list this year but I never got round to looking at it!

Comment on Written using wordpress iphone app by Drew

Drew — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:32:27 +0000

Thanks for the input, Robert! I’ve tried out Bump and it is fantastic. A very cool and free app. Also, I like the Kindle for iPhone app. It’s very easy to read.. you just have to be prepared to turn alot of pages.

Civilization Revolution looks awesome, and for only $4.99 it is very tempting.

I just found out about Word Ace this morning and it is fantastic. It’s also a free download right now, so I would highly suggest it. It’s a cross between Scrabble and Texas Hold’em.

Comment on Written using wordpress iphone app by Robert Burke

Robert Burke — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:07:17 +0000

I prefer TweetDeck much more than Twitterfon.
I’ll probably have to invest in the Push app for the google accounts.

Nightstand(free) is the awesomest clock app
Bump(free): if you and another person have an iPhone and have the app running and bump your hands together that are holding your iPhones, it will automatically transmit your contact data between the iPhones.

Civiliziation Revolution(paid), Dropship(free) and Galcon(paid) are highly recommended games.

Amazon.com(free) and Kindle for iPhone(free) apps.

Those are definitely my favorite apps I have.