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  • TDD: A Pragmatic Approach

    I spoke at the Orlando .NET User Group (ONETUG) earlier this month on TDD: A Pragmatic Approach. I shared my approach to TDD and how to get started. The talk…

  • Intro to Dependency Injection

    I recently gave a talk at the St Pete .NET Meetup entitled “Intro to Dependency Injection”. While watching the latest ASP.NET Community Standup by Scott Hanselman, he stressed the importance…

  • St Pete .NET Meetup

    I’m extremely excited to announce the formation of the St Pete .NET Meetup. We are a group of individuals looking to discuss programming techniques and improving our skills. Meetings are…

  • The Big Move

    Well, I finally did it. My wife and I had been discussing a move to Florida for a while. She has family in the area and we both have friends…

  • Hybrid Angular SPAs: Avoid the ‘One Tool to Rule Them All’ Approach

    Many professional developers tend to use particular stacks. Whether it is the Java, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), or .NET technologies, there is plenty with which to work. The trick…

  • SQL Server Select Query Best Practices

    When writing SQL queries it’s important to keep a few things in mind. You want to organize your statement so that it’s readable and easily understood by those that might…

  • Why SEO is Like Underwear

    The following is a guest post from good friend and SEO expert, Amberly Stitzel. She was kind enough to share some interesting thoughts on Search Engine Optimization. When performing optimization…

  • I Want Quality Traffic

    Why the latest social internet trends aren’t necessarily the greatest thing since sliced bread. Each week seems to bring the release of the next big thing.  The next social network…

  • Fun With the JVM

    Companies like Microsoft have been the target of a lot of criticism lately. This is not completely without merit. Microsoft is guilty of a few dirty deeds. Among the relevant…

  • Mac Font Musings

    Working in an industry that relies heavily on design, I understand the importance of fonts. There is a long standing practice in the publishing field that to remove any potential…