Here. "Chive Software have released Autonomy.NET - a continuous integration service for .NET. The tool was inspired by the excellent CruiseControl for Java and has been released under a BSD-style licence. "The current system has the following features: "o Is capable of handling multiple projects "o Polls CVS, initiates builds and emails results "o Is fully configurable via an XML file"

Here. "Real software engineering has so little to do with actual technology, it's kinda sad. I'm lucky. I only have to do the technology part. My question is, how do people with full-time jobs find the time to learn the technology?"

Here. Robert X. Cringely: "If Microsoft is successful, Palladium will give Bill Gates a piece of every transaction of any type while at the same time marginalizing the work of any competitor who doesn't choose to be Palladium-compliant. So much for Linux and Open Source, but it goes even further than that. So much for Apple and the Macintosh." From what I know of the technologists at MS, I believe that Palladium will actually be a good thing. Watch-dogs like Cringely will help to make sure that it is.

Here. "Sun Microsystems Inc. said Thursday it will join rivals Microsoft Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. in developing a technical standard to make sure Web services transactions are secure." As great as this announcement is, I have my doubts as to whether it will last. Sun and MS don't seem to like to play together.

Here. "The suite is complete solution for toolbars and menus creation. Some features of the product: -Menus and toolbars. -Docking and floating. -Run-time customization. -Skins engine. -SDI and MDI support."

I had lunch with a couple of colleagues on the lecture circuit today and after they asked me what I was working on (Genghis, the Web Services DevCon in October, ref-counting for Rotor, a few books, some consulting, etc), they asked where I found the time. Here’s how:

1. I work with a *ton* of very talented folks. The following are just the ones I’m remembering off the top of my head that I’ve been working with lately: Chris Tavares, Brad Wilson, Shawn Van Ness, Jon Flanders, Don Box, Tim Ewald, all the Web Services DevCon speakers and staff, all the Genghis contributors, Tim Tabor, Michael Weinhardt, Microsoft, Dharma Shukla, Brian Harry, Chris Andersen, Mark Boulter, and, of course, all of my former DevelopMentor brethren.
    
2. But most importantly, I don’t attend meetings or request vacations or approve vacations or attend meetings or receive reviews or give reviews or attend meetings (did I already say that?) or do any of the other things that employees have to do. Skipping these activities easily doubles or triples my productivity. Of course, I had to give up the steady paycheck to make it happen and it’s not the life for everyone, but it works for me just fine. : )

Real software engineering has so little to do with actual technology, it’s kinda sad. I’m lucky. I only have to do the technology part. My question is, how do people with full-time jobs find the time to learn the technology?

Here. "Techniques used to create a GDI+-based design surface for the user to create and position various graphic elements within a Windows Forms control in Microsoft .NET. Includes downloadable sample code."

Here. The current set of potential sessions and speakers for the Web Services DevCon East, October 10-11 in Boston is up. If you'd like to present, please send a title and abstract ASAP to csells@sellsbrothers.com.