http://www.xml-blog.com/ ADD: the mental equivalent of pre-emptive multitasking en-us 2004-11-17T16:01:40-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000289.html TargetProcess is a nice lightweight (and free) agile project management tool running on ASP.NET 1.1 / SQL 2000. We're running our current project (building a content plugin framework) with this tool. With the exception of our IDE (VS.NET 2003) and defect tracking system (FogBugz) all of our tools for building,... software Christian 2004-11-17T16:01:40-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000288.html Hotmail finally made good on its promise to upgrade my Inbox to 250 MB. Better late than never! I've been using Gmail pretty extensively for the past few months, but I'm just not willing to let Hotmail go. Gmail's interface is better, but my passport integrates with Messenger and MSDN.... web Christian 2004-11-11T09:06:29-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000287.html I just joined the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) as a student member for the astonishingly low price of $42.00. The ACM portal contains all the ACM publications in online (PDF) format as well as over 395 online books and 450 online courses. If only all my investments were this... work Christian 2004-11-01T11:06:20-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000286.html Which OS are You?... fun Christian 2004-10-28T13:55:19-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000285.html This week I had to write some JavaScript and I've gotten so used to TDD that I ached for a unit testing framework. Google search revealed JsUnit, which seems pretty slick (haven't tried it), but also required a shitload of subclassing etc. I wanted something simple - different design goals... software Christian 2004-10-27T18:06:34-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000284.html I really wish I could have been at the XML DevCon. Thankfully, lots of bloggers are summarizing some of the goings on at this year's conference. Among the funniest of these is Rory Blyth who is so freaking funny that reading his posts literally leaves me crying from the laughter.... xml Christian 2004-10-25T10:22:25-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000283.html Scoble linked to the Channel 9 tour of the Visual Studio "Customer Wall." I had forgotten that I sent Chad my pic and an email stating how I use Visual Studio nearly every day until I saw my face on the wall (toward the left). Nice to see Microsoft takes... fun Christian 2004-10-15T17:02:00-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000282.html Despite the ranting in my last post, I did actually install Apache, Subversion, PHP, Cygwin, and WebSVN (damn, that's a lot of software). The one thing that I didn't like was that Enscript didn't have a highlighter for C#. Having Googled and found nothing, I decided to bite the bullet... software Christian 2004-10-12T15:50:48-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000281.html I hate stupid software. The Subversion installation program kindly offers to install the Apache modules needed to use Subversion through Apache. Sure, thanks, go right ahead! Uhhh, did we forget to mention we're going to stop the service, un-install it, re-configure it, and start it again? Sure. Wait. What happened... software Christian 2004-10-08T12:13:20-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000280.html Having been spared nature's wrath, I am very thankful. A large number of my fellow Floridians, however, have not been as fortunate. Please, if you can spare even a few dollars, do your part to help the victims of Charlie, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. Be a hero today.... personal Christian 2004-09-28T10:38:46-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000279.html You've got to love when it's this easy to extend an application. Kudos again to the folks at FogCreek for their kick-ass bug tracking software. Yesterday, I created per-bug feeds of bug events so I could monitor the progress of a particular hot item. Today I was able to whip... software Christian 2004-09-17T15:31:16-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000278.html I spent some time today tinkering with FogBugz. I love the subscription feature, but I really hate email so I decided to add an Atom feed for each individual bug. So, now I'm able to subscribe to particular bugs individually. The next step, of course, is to produce a feed... software Christian 2004-09-16T19:05:31-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000277.html Via Christian Weyer, Mindreef has released SOAP Scope 4.0! 3.0 is an awesome tool, so I'm anxious to get the upgrade. For anyone working with web services intensely, I recommend this product wholeheartedly. It is absolutely essential. I'm also hoping to see if they've managed to trim the working set... software Christian 2004-09-16T09:40:17-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000276.html I wonder how good this is in light of the "tricks" you see in movies liuke spraying a lift film of hairspray or exposing it to superglue fumes and then pressing down with a piece of paper...... software Christian 2004-09-16T09:21:52-05:00 http://www.xml-blog.com/archives/000275.html Tim Ewald and company are doing a wonderful job of overhauling the MSDN website. One benefit we can see right away is in accessing the documentation for the BCL. The news broke over at Junfeng Zhang's blog. See the comments for all the details, but suffice it to say that... web Christian 2004-09-15T09:06:44-05:00