I’m starting to take this crazy idea of an “Indy Code Camp” and slowly bring it into reality. But I can’t do it alone. I’m not asking people to make a huge commitment (that’ll be me), but rather I’m looking for people who can help in very specific ways, each of which is hopefully not [...]

If you’re attending the Indy TechFest this year, you may have noticed that the schedule of sessions, as listed on the website, is hard to visualize (at best).

To help myself (and you) I copied the data into a spreadsheet that I can print off and bring with me. Just highlight the sessions you want to [...]

I was reflecting recently on what I thought made up a healthy decision making process. I’m not a psychologist or anything, I just sometimes like to sit and think about weird stuff. Here are 3 components that I think should be equally employed when making a decision–none of this is new, it’s all [...]

Well, it’s done.
I presented on Windows PowerShell last night at Indianapolis .NET Developers Association meeting. Considering it was my first-ever presentation to a group anywhere close to that size (technical or otherwise), I thought it went very well. Feedback was good, including some constructive criticism, which I wholeheartedly agreed with. Considering my [...]

I’m speaking on August 9th at the Indianapolis .NET Developer’s Association meeting on Windows PowerShell. If you’re in the neighborhood, come on by! The talk will be geared towards developers, not admins, but hopefully it will help us (devs) think more about them (admins) when we’re designing and implementing our applications. That, and there’s [...]

I’ve got what’s probably a crazy idea. I know that a few mid-westerners read this blog–and I mean a literal “few” (3). What if we put on an Indy Code Camp? I’m not talking about the marketing/PR “code camp” they tried to do recently (*scoff*) but an honest-to-goodness code camp.
I think it’s nuts. I [...]