Doug Reilly's WeblogEmbedded Reporting of the Information Age...Tech Ed BOF: Geeks with Cancer, and Other Serious Diseases- March 31, 2006 If you read my recent article on surviving cancer as a Software Developer and think the topic deserves attention at Tech Ed, vote here for the Geeks with Cancer and Other Serious Diseases Birds of a Feather for Tech Ed 2006 in Boston.http://weblogs.asp.net/dreilly/archive/2006/03/31/441604.aspx Book Review Fixing Access Annoyances- March 24, 2006 Fixing Access Annoyancesby Phil Mitchell and Evan CallahanISBN 0-596-00852-x Admit it. Even if you are a hard core SQL Server person, now and again, you find yourself dealing with Microsoft Access. It can be a maddening experience, as Access can do so much, but can be so difficult to handle from time to time. This is a book that I wondered about getting. I have been working (and been annoyed by) Microsoft Access since the beta for Access 2, and thought I knew pretty much all I.http://weblogs.asp.net/dreilly/archive/2006/03/24/440999.aspx Posting to Forums Here Are Some Questions to Ask Yourself- March 22, 2006 I just had an article posted on Simple-Talk.com about posting to forums. Here it is. This is part of a continuing series on career development, and how to keep up in a fast moving software development world.http://weblogs.asp.net/dreilly/archive/2006/03/22/440835.aspx Tom Moreau - Database Geek of the Week!- March 13, 2006 Tom Moreau is an interesting guy. Who else in the software business do you know who has an advanced degree in Experimental Space Science Doug: I notice you have a doctorate. Could I ask what your degree is in Tom: Officially, it's Experimental Space Science, but before you make any cracks about me being a "rocket scientist", I should tell you that my PhD supervisor wouldn't let me base my thesis on rockets, since they have a high probability of failure (although I did analyze some rocket.http://weblogs.asp.net/dreilly/archive/2006/03/13/440148.aspx I am Coming Out!- March 6, 2006 No, I am not gay - not that there is anything wrong with that. I am Coming Out as a Cancer Survivor. My new article, Coming Out as a Cancer Survivor: A Guide for Software Developers is now available. I have an unfortunate amount of experience on this particular topic. If you, or a coworker is dealing with cancer, please take a look at this article. It is one of those articles that I am very proud to have written, and hope it will help those who come after me.http://weblogs.asp.net/dreilly/archive/2006/03/06/439670.aspx |