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Mobile app’s first steps – so far so good!

Annie — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:28:43 +0000

Some analytics on Shape Matcher, a recently released iOS game for children.

Tools I used to create a simple iOS game

Annie — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:04:10 +0000

Essential software and frameworks to help you write your first iOS game.

500km in one year

Annie — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:59:20 +0000

One year ago today I started keeping track of my running. I had just joined a new gym and Jason and I had made a pact to really give the gym a go this time. Little did I know what this would lead to… During this last year I participated in a 5km run with [...]

What to see and do in Amsterdam

Annie — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:09:03 +0000

Since moving to Amsterdam about 10 months ago, we’ve had just about as many visitors. For a multitude of reasons, Amsterdam is incredibly popular with tourists. Every weekend the population of this small city swells ridiculously. In 2010 alone, 5.3 million tourists visited Amsterdam. That’s a lot of people in a very small area! Anyway, [...]

Will the real programmer please stand up?

Annie — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:43:49 +0000

Over the last year or two, I’ve been reading articles that describe this strange world where software developers are Gods. They are paid so much money that it’s ridiculous. They get flown across the US and invited to parties with naked girls in spa pools and all the booze in the world. Image sourced from [...]

Macro Photography – Take 1

Annie — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:59:36 +0000

For Christmas, my awesome partner Jason got me a Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 lens for my Nikon D90. I really enjoy taking close up photos of insects and flowers and although the kit lens I already had does a pretty good job at it, a macro lens can do much better. [...]

SQL Server Performance Tuning

Annie — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:49:42 +0000

Things in the “software development” world have changed a fair bit over the last 10 years. In the past, developers used to have to think carefully about the SQL they wrote, making sure that they used well optimized stored procedures on well designed databases with the right indexes on the right columns because let’s face [...]

How asynchronous is SmtpClient.SendAsync?

Annie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:50:41 +0000

In a previous role, I was tasked with writing a newsletter email sender. How hard can this be, I thought to myself, and set off to complete my mission. Initial Thoughts We were probably going to be sending tens of thousands of emails at a time so although I figured I’d need to use some [...]

ASP.NET Response.Redirect

Annie — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:17:12 +0000

In ASP.NET web applications, the Response.Redirect(string url) method is often used to control the flow of an application (both user browsing and logic) by redirecting the client to a different URL. For example, on a page that requires an authentication user, it is quite standard to first check if the user is logged in and [...]

Localization and skinning in ASP.NET MVC 3 web applications

Annie — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:03:06 +0000

Working in Europe has introduced me to the world of localization and skinning web applications. Not only do we have to support several different locales for the same web application, but in some cases, depending on the host url, the site should be skinned completely differently. A common reason for needing to do this is [...]