A friend insists that we'll only know the recession is over when software vendors no longer start every whitepaper with the phrase "In these tough economic times ..." It may be as reliable an indicator as any. Meanwhile, in these tough economic...

I wanted to first introduce myself to the community as an upcoming contributor for the BIEB (Because Its Everyone's Business) blog. My name is Lynn Langit and I have been a Developer Evanglist in Southern Califonia for about 3 years. Prior I ran my...

My father was an engineer and spent many weekends in the garage nursing his various old cars. Frankly, I was little help, but there was one job I loved: lifting the big old monsters onto the axle-stands with the hydraulic jack. At 10 years old, I felt...

Nineteenth century London was famous, or perhaps notorious, for the jokey catchphrases heard in its streets. They sprang from who-knows-where and spread around the city, amongst urchins and gentry alike, in a matter of hours. Charles MacKay, in his...

Hello, I've always found introductions, especially virutalductions, awkward. But since it's good for you to know who's sitting at the keyboard I'll give it a shot. My name is Dan Jones, I'm a principal group program manager on the SQL Server...