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Reflections on Executive Briefing: Natural User Interface and Social Media

Once again, we brought together a small group to discuss two more upcoming topics for the software industry. This time it was Natural User Interfaces and Social Media. The most interesting observation is that there is a bigger gap between the future-oriented...

Posted 25 June 2009 11:56 AM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Me, local interest, Software Engineering

Reflections on our Software Development Jam

Yesterday, we hosted a Software Development Jam at Automation Alley in Troy, MI (North suburbs of Detroit, MI for those readers not in the Michigan area). We billed the event as a way for developers to learn something about those software techniques that...

Posted 16 June 2009 03:28 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: SRT Solutions, Me, local interest, Software Engineering

MSDN Developer Conference -- Detroit: January 22

There is still time to register for the MSDN Developer Conference in Detroit, this coming Thursday. If you missed PDC, this is a chance to get a look at the major content announcements from that conference.  You’ll get sessions on the Azure Services...

Posted 19 January 2009 06:03 PM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Me, C#, upcoming attractions, C# General

Posted: Code and Slides from CodeMash

I’ve just uploaded my code and slides from both talks at CodeMash. I was somehow lucky enough to have two talks at CodeMash: Extending and modeling the type system using Extension Methods. Slides CodeSamples Understanding Query Comprehensions Slides CodeSamples...

Posted 12 January 2009 11:04 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Me, C#, C# General

The Technology Industry in 2009 (One man’s opinion)

It’s time to consider what 2009 will bring for the technology industry. It’s more than just an idle exercise: In order to stay relevant, I need to make some reasonable predictions about what I should be learning as new technology becomes available. So...

Posted 04 January 2009 11:05 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Me, Software Engineering

Is Inshoring a relevant strategy for Michigan’s Software Industry?

Dianne Marsh and I have been sharing time writing a monthly column for the Ann Arbor Business Review magazine.  This last month, I wrote about the trend for ‘inshoring’: Outsourcing software development from either coast to the midwest regions. Read...

Posted 16 December 2008 09:52 PM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Me, articles, local interest

Interview with .NET Zone live (includes sample from More Effective C#)

More Effective C# was one of the better selling books at PDC, which triggered Alan Ashcraft to sit down and chat with me about C#, writing, helping customers, and being a general nerdy person. The full interview is here: http://dotnet.dzone.com/articles...

Posted 12 December 2008 03:57 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Effective C#, Me, C# General

Charlie Calvert and I on Deep Fried Bytes

Deep Fried Bytes #19 went live on Friday. Charlie Calvert and I got cornered by Keith and Woody while at PDC for a quick chat about C# futures, our book, and other cool stuff was announced at PDC. We had a brief discussion on C# 4.0, other language innovations...

Posted 16 November 2008 08:10 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Me, C#, .NET General

Starting a Company? We (and Microsoft BizSpark) can help

Yesterday Microsoft formally launched BizSpark, a new program that is designed to help increase the chances of success for startups in the software business. The timing couldn’t be better for the Michigan business community. We’ve come to realize that...

Posted 06 November 2008 12:30 PM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: SRT Solutions, Me, upcoming attractions

A question on the Kindle

Dear readers, I noticed that More Effective C# is available on a Kindle edition . I don’t have a kindle, and I’m curious what people think of the experience with a programming book in a Kindle edition.  (Historically, the knock against the kindle...

Posted 06 November 2008 11:05 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Me, books

Another item from More Effective C# Posted on InformIT

Today, the fine folks at InformIT posted another item from More Effective C# for you to learn more about the style and the content from the book: Item 29: Enhance Constructed Generic Types with Extension Methods If you have questions about the content...

Posted 28 October 2008 02:06 AM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Effective C#, LINQ, Me, C#, C# General

Getting ready for PDC

Well, today is being spent getting everything ready for traveling to Los Angeles for the PDC conference. Like most people without a blue badge, I’m going as an attendee to learn as much as I can about the future of our industry and the platforms I use...

Posted 24 October 2008 02:37 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Effective C#, Me, C#, upcoming attractions

Yet another Book Post: The C# Programming Language 3rd Edition (Annotated)

I was recently notified that the 3rd edition of the C# Programming Language is out. This version has is new in several ways. Obviously, it includes a description of all the new C# 3.0 language features. In addition, a number of people were invited to...

Posted 23 October 2008 11:52 AM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Me, C#, books, C# General, BookReviews

Excerpts of “More Effective C#” posted on InformIT

Three different items from More Effective C# have been posted publicly on the InformIT site: Item 36:  Understand how Query Expressions Map to Method Calls . Linq is built on two concepts: A query language and a translation from that query language...

Posted 22 October 2008 08:58 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Effective C#, Me, C#, .NET General, C# General

More Effective C# available now

Today is the official release date for More Effective C# . Writing a book may seem to be a solitary activity, but nothing could be further from the truth. I have been lucky enough to work with fantastic editors, technical editors, and community members...

Posted 17 October 2008 05:00 PM by wwagner | 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Effective C#, LINQ, Me, C#, books, C# General