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Thank You, Billy Hollis

May 9, 2007

This morning’s keynote entitled “Jurassic Code” by Billy Hollis was a breath of fresh air. The topic of his speech was about simplicity of software design. In making his point, he spoke strongly against Microsoft and the Visual Studio Team. He urged the audience to adopt his manifesto. People don’t want features, they want simplicity. [...]

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VSLive! in Orlando

May 8, 2007

I’m excited and yet depressed about being at the VSLive! conference in Orlando, FL. I like going to conferences. I enjoy the experience of the hotels, the routines and the knowledge sharing. But it’s also very depressing and frustrating because it revolves around Microsoft.

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Bye Bye, Windows

October 2, 2006

When I bought my Macbook Pro back in April, the prospect of consolidating my computer-based lives into one machine was finally a reality. Using Apple’s Boot Camp software, I could create a dual-boot scenario where I can run both Mac OS X and Windows in their native forms without virtualization or emulation.

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