I had a great time at today’s Raleigh MSDN Code Camp. There’s nothing better than geeking out with a bunch of guys and gals who are as passionate about this stuff as you are!
For anyone who couldn’t attend, here’s a a local copy of my presentation, User Friendly Exception Handling Strategies (3mb zip). This includes the PowerPoint presentation plus the three VS.NET 2003 demo solutions.
Most discussions show a bit of information next to each user:
What message does this send?
* The only number you can control printed next to your name is post count.
* Everyone who reads this will see your current post count.
* The more you post, the bigger that number next to
I’ve long believed that the design of your software has a profound impact on how users behave within your software. But there are two sides to this story:
* Encouraging the “right” things by making those things intentionally easy to do.
* Discouraging the “wrong” things by making those things intentionally
I’m getting pretty sick of being nagged to install your damn apps.
XKCD helpfully translates:
Yeah, there are smart app banners, which are marginally less annoying, but it’s amazing how quickly we went from “Cool! Phone apps that finally don’t suck!” to this sad, eye rolling, oh-
For the last year or so, I’ve been getting these two page energy assessment reports in the mail from Pacific Gas & Electric, our California utility company, comparing our household’s energy use to those of the houses around us.
Here’s the relevant excerpts from the latest report;
About 3 weeks ago, Leo Laporte and I recorded the first episode of what will be a new monthly show on the TWiT network. Naming things is hard, and we almost voted on the name, like we did for Stack Overflow, but we quickly landed on Off By One with
It's been one of those months, and by that, I mean one of the 663 months since I was born. This won't be a long post, because I only have two things to say. First, I'm really glad we re-ordered the GMI (Guaranteed
It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream:
1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now.
2. Within the next five years, also contribute public dedications of time or
