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This blog is about my experiences "starting" out as a developer.
Binding a ToolTip in XAML
So, I'm ramping up on XAML. In the smart client version of CMS, we'll allow the users to modify the...
Date: 11/06/2006
Back to the land of the living
Well, it's been a few months. I haven't forgotten you guys! Just been busy. Here's a recap:...
Date: 11/02/2006
Microsoft Gamefest 2006
I made my way over to Gamefest was this week, a conference geared to game industry professionals...
Date: 08/17/2006
Developing a game for the Motorola Q
Just before I went on vacation, I picked up the Motorola Q, which runs Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone....
Date: 07/24/2006
Vacation
Wow, it's been a month. Sorry for not posting recently, I was on vacation in Oregon for part of the...
Date: 07/21/2006
MAKE: Magazine lecture
Today I went over to the conference center and watched a presentation put on by Dale Dougherty,...
Date: 06/16/2006
XBox 360 System Update Beta
Yet another perk to working at Microsoft. :) I can't go into details, but I can say that I was...
Date: 05/30/2006
Performance Engineering, Training, and Town Halls
Last week I attended a two-day course on performance engineering. It was really high-level, and...
Date: 05/18/2006
Windows SDK now has a blog
I forgot to mention it last month, but the group I'm in now has a blog: the Microsoft Windows SDK...
Date: 05/10/2006
Xbox Roundtable
Last week I was also invited to an Xbox roundtable, in which we got to ask the really tough...
Date: 04/18/2006
Dev Div Halo Tournament Champions
We won! It was a Swiss-style championship, 12 teams facing off with another team with a similar...
Date: 04/13/2006
Flights of Stairs
Well, I had some personal problems to take care of late last week, and the PM told me to go home,...
Date: 03/28/2006
Quick Update
Wow, it pains me to see this blog languishing. We're in crunch mode this week to release the first...
Date: 03/03/2006
Impromptu presentation
Hmmm, looks like a post disappeared earlier this month. Sorry! This week I've worked on the search...
Date: 02/15/2006
Editable numbered lists in HTML
One of the requirements of the submission application is to accept a list of steps that the user...
Date: 02/12/2006
A week of fun stuff.
I should be posting once a week at a minimum. Looks like I was away a bit longer than that, but I've...
Date: 01/31/2006
Webpage Tooltips
Today was fairly productive. I spent most of it bringing the data entry form up-to-speed with the...
Date: 01/16/2006
Server/Client Javascripting, and Windows SDK Shipped (Party Time)
One of my most productive days yet! The file input window is finished, properly storing valid files...
Date: 01/13/2006
Changing Requirements, Photos, and Chats
Well, I came in expecting to work on the file-transfer code. Maaaybe tomorrow. First, I receeved an...
Date: 01/12/2006
Window Offices, 30-inch monitors, and Triops
I thought about not posting today, as I didn't come across any major problems in coding. I'll be...
Date: 01/11/2006
Working on the script, and some thoughts
I decided to put the OpenFileNames wrapper on the back burner, and get actual progress done today. I...
Date: 01/10/2006
C#, MFC, ATL, and Scripting
Wow. I didn't realize how hard it would be to create a wrapper for OpenFileNames. I know it would...
Date: 01/09/2006
Retrieving multiple files
When the users... commented... that the old portal required them to enter in one... file... at......
Date: 01/06/2006
Specification Reviews, Kitchens, and Comments (are finally enabled)
Today I got ready for my first specification (spec) review. There are two types of specs that I've...
Date: 01/04/2006
Mid-Year Career Discussions & Transition Reports
Today I mostly spent reading up on my manager's commitments, watching Career Model training (a set...
Date: 01/03/2006
Mentoring, Meetings, and Merrymaking
More work on the project. I finally figured out how to get the master page for the website working...
Date: 12/15/2005
A week has passed
Well, its been a week since I wrote my introduction (and a few hours since I posted it). Below is a...
Date: 12/13/2005
Intro
Hello. My name is Tom Mathews, and I've just begun as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) at...
Date: 12/13/2005