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$$SWYNK$$ Usability Today, to finish up the week, I decided to take a topic that is as hard to nail down as Jello; usability. I am not a usability expert. But I do know when something doesn’t work. I’d like to pick on Facebook today because it is often held up as an example of modern usability. Frankly, I find […]

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Cross Apply Table Functions

SelecTViews With Stephen Wynkoop Dell enters the Cloud Provider Space, Nokia breached with SQL Injection Attack, interview with Monotouch developer Michael Bluestein about Development with Monotouch as a technology to use your C# skills on iPhone, iPad and Android platforms. Watch the Show $$SWYNK$$ Cross Apply Table Functions I have really enjoyed the use of TSQL functions in SQL Server. […]

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Advanced AOP Techniques

(Eric Vogel) In my previous article Clear Cross-Cutting Concerns with Aspect Oriented Programming in .NET, I covered the basics of Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP). Since then I’ve received some feedback asking for ways to utilize AOP for more advanced tasks such as security and threading, and will

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Polish the EPUB

(Colin Beckingham) In EPUB documents, you cannot detect some problems with normal validation methods. As long as the document validates as well-formed XML and follows the EPUB standard, it can appear to be correct but might not read correctly in an e-Reader.