Alex Lowe's .NET Blog
Taking feedback to the next level....
Blog moved....
My blog moved to https://callmealex.com/cs.
Date: 02/23/2005
Kick my butt on fantasy football.....
Tim created a fantasy football league for all of us .NETers. Anybody can join and it should be a...
Date: 09/07/2004
What's a local office to do.....
Roy brings up a great point that was raised in his comments - local Microsoft offices have a new...
Date: 07/10/2004
Visual Studio 2005 May CTP Class Designer Tricks/Tips.....
Here are a few things I've learned about the Class Designer and ASP.NET Projects: The Class Designer...
Date: 06/15/2004
High School kids build ASP.NET Websites using Linux and Microsoft WebMatrix.....
Ok, so the heading is a little misleading and I'll explain in detail why later in the post. A few...
Date: 06/11/2004
New version of Microsoft Solutions Framework (with Agile twist).....
Technically, there are now two models for MSF - formal and agile. Oh, and one cannot forget Visual...
Date: 05/24/2004
If you could make Microsoft do five things for developers.....
Robert Scoble believes that MSDN Magazine is like the PDC (in terms of content) but a cursory glance...
Date: 05/03/2004
Crystal Reports blog by the Crystal Reports developers......
It looks like the Business Objects folks want in on the blog action and they've setup a blog and a...
Date: 03/22/2004
Developers are not clueless.......
Ok, so I've now seen a bunch of posts on the subject of "why developers don't build scalable...
Date: 02/24/2004
Are you using the Microsoft JVM?
Are you using the Microsoft JVM? If you should know that (the quote below is from here).........
Date: 02/23/2004
To Webcast or to hold a local event?
I would like to know if developers are more likely to watch a webcast or attend a local event...
Date: 02/23/2004
Do you subscribe to MSDN Flash?
Is MSDN Flash useful to you? Do you subscribe? If you do, what do you like/dislike about the...
Date: 02/23/2004
James Avery on Sam Gentile on Distributed Computing
James Avery has written my thoughts on Sam's post better than I could in this post. Enterprise...
Date: 02/15/2004
Different part of the world means a different DevDays...apparently......
I've seen a few posts in the blogosphere regarding the DevDays events that have occurred throughout...
Date: 02/15/2004
Run NakedObjects on .NET......
I found this three part series: Part 1: The Case for Naked Objects: Getting Back to the...
Date: 02/14/2004
Always neat to see the public Internet sites using our technology....
I noticed today that the following sites were running ASP.NET: PaneraBread.com - I love soup in a...
Date: 02/11/2004
Russ Fustino (of Russ' Toolshed fame) is someone you want to see present....
Gavin wants everyone to know that Russ Fustino will be at the Tampa Bay .NET User Group meeting...
Date: 02/11/2004
IPattern blog looks cool.....
Maxim Karpov has a neat blog started over here. He blogs about .NET Patterns and much more....
Date: 02/09/2004
DevDays 2004...I'll be there.....
I will be presenting at the DevDays event in Detroit, MI (March 3rd), Columbus, OH (March 17th), and...
Date: 02/09/2004
What is an evangelist (Developer Evangelist in my case)?
Dictionary.com defines “evangelist” this way (there are three other definitions but they...
Date: 02/07/2004
What is a Microsoft Regional Director?
Disclaimer: I don't work on the team that runs the Regional Director program but I do have a...
Date: 02/07/2004
What is a Microsoft MVP?
Well, let's start by getting out of acronym land: Microsoft MVP = Microsoft Most Valuable...
Date: 02/07/2004
Microsoft and developer support......
I think that some MVPs and a very small percentage of Microsoft employees misrepresent these groups...
Date: 02/06/2004
Are you near South Bend, Indiana?
If you are nearby (I suppose you are invited even if you live a long ways away too) then I'm...
Date: 11/17/2003
Preview: "Windows XP Service Pack 2: A Developer's View"
This article is a great read on the upcoming security changes in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the...
Date: 11/12/2003
Are you near Cleveland, Ohio?
If you are, you need to attend the Cleveland .NET SIG meeting tomorrow night! Dave White and I will...
Date: 11/10/2003
Great webcast on the Application Blocks is coming......
MSDN Webcast: Applying Microsoft Application Blocks to Increase Developer Productivity and Reduce...
Date: 10/23/2003
A few interesting Windows vs Linux reads.....
Study: Windows cheaper than Linux A Microsoft-commissioned study has found that companies could save...
Date: 09/09/2003
Shipments of Windows servers rise, IDC says
“Shipments of servers loaded with the Windows operating system grew more than shipments of any...
Date: 09/02/2003
Easily setting the culture on each ASP.NET request.....
Noticed something I thought was neat in the Time Tracker Starter Kit white paper - a little snippet...
Date: 08/29/2003
I only want certain validators to fire on my ASP.NET page....
If you only want certain validators to fire on a large ASP.NET page (for example) then you can set...
Date: 08/26/2003
Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET gotchas.....
A couple of the more general gotchas come to mind: ASP and ASP.NET cannot share session state which...
Date: 08/25/2003
Projects, Solutions, and Command Line development oh my!
Chris Flaat has two posts that folks who do VS.NET development should really read. The first post...
Date: 08/25/2003
Are you a member of the IT staff at a University or school?
If you are, then David Chalmers is someone you should send feedback on Microsoft products and how...
Date: 08/25/2003
ADO.NET Tips....
Tim Sneath has some great ADO.NET Tips. Here are a few of my own: Always close database connections....
Date: 08/25/2003
Now this is funny (well, if you're a nerd)......
Tyson Dowd writes a very funny piece about self-objectification (the article discusses the idea of...
Date: 08/25/2003
J2EE developers speak out.....
and they have some interesting things to say about the J2EE 1.4 spec and Java development in...
Date: 08/22/2003
NUnit alternatives...?
Someone on a list I'm a member of (at AspAdvice.com) recently asked if there are NUnit alternatives...
Date: 08/16/2003
Have you used the Eclipse development tool?
If you have used Eclipse then I'd love for you to post some comments to tell us all what you like so...
Date: 08/07/2003
ASP.NET, SQL Server Session State, and SQL Server Service Pack 3.....
ASP.NET, SQL Server Session State, and SQL Server Service Pack 3 are a recipe for problems. Just a...
Date: 08/07/2003
Someone's not playing nice in the Open Source world....
And it's not Microsoft or SCO this time........ I've long said the Java Community Process was not as...
Date: 08/07/2003
More people are running Java Server Pages on Windows than Solaris....yikes
Some interesting numbers regarding JSP usage on the Internet. Hint: it's up 94% since last July...
Date: 08/07/2003
Look out J2EE AppServer world.....
Apache Software Foundation is starting it's own open source implementation of J2EE - IBM, BEA, et al...
Date: 08/07/2003
I'll be at the PDC.....
Date: 08/07/2003
Migrating from Cold Fusion to ASP.NET
If you are considering the migration from Cold Fusion to ASP.NET or you are curious as to some of...
Date: 07/27/2003
"Deciding When to Use the DataGrid, DataList or Repeater"
If you've ever found yourself wondering whether you should use the DataGrid, DataList, or Repeater...
Date: 07/27/2003
J2EE -> .NET tools
Here are some "must haves" if you intend to convert JSP, etc. applications to their .NET equivalent:...
Date: 07/27/2003