What happens when  you hire the biggest name brand consulting firm to develop your mission critical software?  Chances are, you end up paying ‘name brand’ fees – and getting software that doesn’t work as expected.
A recent $57 million project that … Continue reading →

What makes a good leader?
Is there a test – just one single test – that can pick out ‘good’ leaders from the novices?
There are more books on leadership than one can throw a stone at. There is nothing that … Continue reading →

While Austinites were enjoying sunny skies this weekend, I had my head stuck in a cloud. More specifically, Microsoft Azure Cloud.
Saturday morning, as I am easing into my weekend, I get a call from a startup in Seattle. They have … Continue reading →

Introduction
(From Microsoft’s Azure Documentation) -  Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run on IIS.
Session Management
Prior to cloud computing, there were only 3 … Continue reading →

Some of the more popular tools out there include LoadRunner and Fiddler. Both of these have a bit of a learning curve. When you want to run a stress test, you just want to run a stress test – not … Continue reading →

Some qualities of Flash Mob performers
A Flash Mob consists of a group of dancers who come together (seemingly impromptu) and start performing. What do these people share (in addition to an obvious love for dance)? They have all overcome the … Continue reading →

While this post compares the WinForms datagridview with a 3rd party (syncfusion) Grid Control for windows, the same comparison also applies to grids in the ASP.NET world.  
 
Business Data and Grids
Business data tends to organize itself into rows and … Continue reading →

  The DataGridView is used everywhere – both in ASP.net apps as well as WinForms apps. A quick google search will reveal the scale of users affected by the slow refresh rate on the DataGridView control.  How the data is … Continue reading →

While this post compares the WinForms datagridview with a 3rd party (syncfusion) Grid Control for windows, the same comparison also applies to grids in the ASP.NET world.  
 
Business Data and Grids
Business data tends to organize itself into rows and … Continue reading →

 
The Issue : Visual Studio throws the following compile time error on a project that includes UI controls (either WinForms or ASP.NET controls).

The item was specified more than once in the resources parameter. Duplicate items are not supported by … Continue reading →