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Hidden Costs (Matt Gertz)

October 6, 2009 Oct 6, 2009 10/6/09
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
(Note: there was a grievous error in this post based on a bad assumption on my art regarding VB.  Not feeling the need to hide my ignorance :-), I have instead made a number of edits in this post to bring it back to some semblance of reality.)One thing that gets me annoyed with myself is realizing that the product or service I’ve ...

We Need to Talk (Matt Gertz)

June 25, 2009 Jun 25, 2009 06/25/09
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
By now, many of you will have downloaded the recent beta that we posted to the net, and (hopefully) are getting excited about the features that we’ve been developing.  Recently, Beth Massi interviewed me about some of the work that I’ve been doing as a part of that effort.  I always enjoy interviews, and Beth is great at ...

How We Do It: Building the Visual Studio Product Line (Beth Massi, Matt Gertz)

May 22, 2009 May 22, 2009 05/22/09
Beth Massi
Ever wonder how we build Visual Studio and the .NET Framework? I mean literally. You know, the build process that spits out a product at the other end?  Well I sure did and it's not just hitting F5 people ;-). In this interview I sit down with Matt Gertz, frequent VB blogger and also the guy in charge of the builds in Developer Division (...

Phoning Home, revisited (Matt Gertz)

May 21, 2009 May 21, 2009 05/21/09
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
In my post “M. G. Phone Home,” I discussed how to write a simple phone application for Windows Mobile, using Visual Basic, which accesses the Bluetooth service.  What I didn’t discuss was how to deploy it to the phone via CAB.  Since I purchased a new phone yesterday (a Samsung Saga, running Windows Mobile 6.1), and...

How Do We Learn to Be Good Programmers? (Matt Gertz)

May 5, 2009 May 5, 2009 05/5/09
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
I’ve always enjoyed writing.  Putting pen to paper (or, these days, fingers to keyboard) is something that brings a lot of joy into my life, even more than music or any other hobby that I have.  I’ve been writing stories since earlier than I can remember, have faithfully kept a daily diary for many years, and have ...

Keep the Customer Satisfied (Matt Gertz)

April 13, 2009 Apr 13, 2009 04/13/09
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
As I’ve written elsewhere, the toughest critics for any work you do can always be found in your own family.  Pleased at the immense work that I’d done in scanning in and tagging all of my photos and media (as noted in this post), and with my ego sufficiently boosted by writing a screensaver in VB that would display not only ...