Keeping the current meme alive, I posted my development toolkit.

 

http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/my-dev-kit/

 

How do John Denver, a user group, and User Interfaces go together? Read my blog post at http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/the-importance-of-a-good-user-interface/ to find out.

Head to my blog to learn more about the proper formatting for SQL Server Compact Edition, good for both LINQ to SQL DataContext and SqlCeEngine that’s part of System.Data.SqlServerCE.

 

http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/sql-server-compact-edition-connection-strings/

 

I’ll be presenting SQL Server Compact Edition Tuesday night. See my blog post at http://shrinkster.com/113m for full details.

Blogged a new book review at my site, http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/arcane-review-expert-sql-server-2005-integration-services/ . Enjoy!

 

Just blogged about a powerful debugging reminder I had today while listening to Deep Fried Bytes.

 

http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/deep-fried-debugging/

 

Our MOSS 2007 server migration hosed the 60 something Sharepoint sites
used in our BI app. We couldn't figure out a way to auto fix, so I'm
having to manually pull them all up one by one and repair. True I could
be at the store with my wife, fighting the crowds and carrying stuff,
but somehow having her drop me off here seems much less painless.

Good UI design is very important to me. It's how users get their first
impressions of your app, and thus how your app is perceived.
For good UI design training, I think Mark Miller is a genius in the
field. See his appearences on http://www.dotnetrocks.com or
http://www.dnrtv.com .