Author: Ben Taylor

Editorials

An Ode to Testers

New Video Program Posted – Watch free now SelecTViews: A pet peeve – what is up with the silence about the massive cloud data breach??? Also on the show today – Michael Crump and some great applications for Silverlight. [Watch the Show] More Testing Stories Let’s finish out this week with an acknowledgement of praise to our worthy testers. Every […]

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A Tester’s War Story

.Net on the Android I have seen forum questions regarding the ability to code for smart phones in .Net. Up until now only the Windows Phone supported .Net applications. I have done some phone app programming for the Motorola phones using Eclipse and the Motorola SDKs. I remember the learning curve being a little steep because of the difference in […]

Editorials

A Tester’s War Story

.Net on the Android I have seen forum questions regarding the ability to code for smart phones in .Net. Up until now only the Windows Phone supported .Net applications. I have done some phone app programming for the Motorola phones using Eclipse and the Motorola SDKs. I remember the learning curve being a little steep because of the difference in […]

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A Decade of Agile

SelecTViews Artificial Intelligence….how close have we come and what does it take? Check out Watson! You may have seen him on Jeopardy! – Stephen Baker is on the show talking about what was learned with the project. Stephen Baker wrote the book (literally) on the Watson project and all that it entailed – do not miss this show… Watch the […]

Editorials

A Decade of Agile

SelecTViews Artificial Intelligence….how close have we come and what does it take? Check out Watson! You may have seen him on Jeopardy! – Stephen Baker is on the show talking about what was learned with the project. Stephen Baker wrote the book (literally) on the Watson project and all that it entailed – do not miss this show… Watch the […]

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MapReduce

MapReduce MapReduce is a buzzword that has been hard to miss for the last few years. The Google approach to scale has made the concept famous; a fact which they have even patented. This is one of the more interesting data storage techniques where a software development pattern and data persistence have in a sense merged into a single concept. […]

Editorials

MapReduce

MapReduce MapReduce is a buzzword that has been hard to miss for the last few years. The Google approach to scale has made the concept famous; a fact which they have even patented. This is one of the more interesting data storage techniques where a software development pattern and data persistence have in a sense merged into a single concept. […]

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More Outlawed Phrases

SelecTViews With Eric Johnson Catch this in-depth interview as Eric Johnson hosts an interview with Ben Miller. These MVPs share their experiences working with databases. Both experts are also presenters at the Spring 2011 DBTechCon, which will take place April 20-22 and is the largest virtual conference in the IT field. Watch the Show More Outlawed Phrases Sometimes you just […]

Editorials

More Outlawed Phrases

SelecTViews With Eric Johnson Catch this in-depth interview as Eric Johnson hosts an interview with Ben Miller. These MVPs share their experiences working with databases. Both experts are also presenters at the Spring 2011 DBTechCon, which will take place April 20-22 and is the largest virtual conference in the IT field. Watch the Show More Outlawed Phrases Sometimes you just […]

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Phrases that should be outlawed

Phrases that should be outlawed “It works on my machine” Well, if it works on your machine and nowhere else, then we’ll take your machine and use it to do the work. Otherwise, go and fix it. Too bad Bill Ingval can’t turn this into a sign. It would be like a dunce hat placed over the desk of the […]