The Dev Shack

My Favorite Android Apps – #5 Remote Desktop

In the coming days I will be counting down my top 5 favorite Android apps. I currently have a Verizon Motorola Droid and cannot sing the praises of this device enough. #5 – Remote Desktop I’ll start this little review by explaining how I discovered this app. My wife and I adopted a son in [...]

The Killer iRobot Is Here

Sometimes you come across some cool technology that you must share. This iRobot video is one of those. Definitely some cool technology involved here.

Geocode Addresses in T-SQL

Just wanted to pass along this article from SQLServerCentral on how you can use Google’s Geocode API within T-SQL. This is some very slick code. Geocode Addresses in T-SQL

Post #2: Use the .NET TweetSharp Library to Integrate with Twitter via OAuth

Today’s post is the second in a series explaining how to integrate TweetSharp into your .NET application using OAuth.  In our first post we covered the basics of registering a new application with Twitter.  This post will cover how you ask, then grant access from someone’s Twitter account to your new application using OAuth.

New Series: Use the .NET TweetSharp Library to Integrate with Twitter via OAuth

This is the first post on a new series I will be posting on integrating TweetSharp into your .NET applications.  It will also show you how to use OAuth, as all the examples will be connecting to Twitter via OAuth.

What Language Would You Recommend To a Beginner?

Someone asked me an interesting question earlier this week that got me thinking quite a bit.  Someone had a son that was interested in building web based applications and wanted to know what they should learn first.  The answer to this question could have many answers depending on who it was asked to.  Should they start [...]

Integrate reCAPTCHA Into Your ColdFusion Application

DataMgr Is Worth A Look

I have been hearing lots of good things about some of the CRUD options available for use in ColdFusion applications.  With a new side project coming up I decided to give DataMgr by Steve Bryant a try.  I can say right from the top that I was very impressed with this tool.  According to the [...]

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 2 Available

If you are a MSDN subscriber I just wanted to pass along a quick note that Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 are available for download.  I played around with Beta 1 a little bit and ran across some issues with Visual Studio.  Hopefully these have been addressed in Beta 2.

Tips for Interviews/Resumes

As some of you know, I accepted a new management position at work a few weeks ago.  Since then we have been receiving resumes and interviewing folks to take over my old position as a senior engineer.  Going through this process, many pet peeves I have are appearing.  This is just a quick list of [...]