July 18, 2003
.net
HTML Writer for .NET
Here. Lutz Roeder (of Reflector fame) has started a workspace around WYSIWYG HTML editing in .NET.
July 18, 2003
RSS2.0 Copyright Transferred to Harvard Law School
Here. Dave Winer has transferred the copyright to RSS 2.0 to Harvard Law School as well as opened it up for more public feedback. This is good because RSS 2.0 is gaining in popularity but has come under fire lately for being controlled by Dave alone. Thanks, Dave.
July 18, 2003
Time To Sell Your Soul to the Devil?
Here. In spite of the mention of my site in this article, I consider it more of a "rent" then a "sell". : )
July 18, 2003
Higher Primates Can Program
Here. First companies move jobs overseas and now this…
July 17, 2003
spout
My First Visit to MS Studios
I
went with Erica Wiechers (.NET Show heart throb) to visit MS Studios today.
Ostensively we were there to preview the Applied XML Developer Conference
videos, some of which Erica will be turned into MSDN TV episodes. However, as
long as we were there, Bob Snyder gave us the nickel tour.
The front entry
was even more secure than the normal MS buildings, being encased in wire fencing
and not yielding to my badge (we had to be let in from the inside). Once in, it
was a big building with lots of open space and fun decorations. I got to see
several blueprints of famous imaginary places, e.g. the spaceship from Lost in
Space, the Addams Family house and the island from Gilligan’s Island. I got to
see the two green rooms where “talent” gets ready in the full locker rooms, then
relaxes on the coach ’til it’s their turn (although neither room is green). I
got to see all of the studios, including standing on one of BillG’s markers,
seeing the set where he interviewed with Larry King and the other set where he
recorded his antitrust testimony. I also got to see the set for the .NET Show,
which looks like the inside of half of a giant bowl, so that they can blend in
custom backgrounds, both physical and logical. I go to see all kinds of cool a/v
routing and mixing equipment, putting my one little PC attached to my home
theater system seem so pathetic in comparison. I even got to see some live
footage of Steve Ballmer that they were filming that day (man, he gets excited
when he speaks : ).
In general, I’ve been getting to see and do a lot of
cool stuff here at MS. Recommended.
July 15, 2003
MS Trusted Most to Provide Security Systems
Here. "One of the most surprising results of the 2003 InfoWorld Security Survey is that more respondents trust Microsoft to deliver companywide enterprise OS security than they do any other vendor."
Nice to know folks trust us about *something*. : )
July 15, 2003
Alan Cooper’s Has A Dream
Here. The one where Alan proposes an important distinction between s/w architect and s/w engineer and convinces me that a s/w paradise exists (if only in his mind).
July 15, 2003
Interop Declarations for Windows.h
Here. "This post includes C# definitions of many common Win32APIs and their related data structures. It does not include all Win32 APIs and it is missing all #define constants. It was created by a rather complex semi-automatic process. If I get enough requests I will release the source for the process used to create this file."
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