I was talking with someone last night about how simple websites are the ones that catch on. Google.com is the best example--their homepage has always been unbelievably simple, and that has been key to them becoming the search leader. I was trying to remember the site that I saw awhile...
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A sad loss in the family
Last Monday, my wife took the boys down to Tennessee in hopes of visiting her aunt Debbie. Debbie had been ill for quite awhile, after having been diagnosed with sclerodema. Kelly had a ton going on leading up to her trip, including having a playgroup at the house with a...
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Excel's Search() function
It's always the little things. You think, "ah yeah, that'll do what I need, no problem." Then you try it and get an unexpected result. Forty-five minutes later, you're beating your head against the desk wondering why in the hell you even work on computers. Last night, I had a...
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Terminals - Simply Awesome
For several months now, I've been using Terminals for my remote desktop needs. This is an amazingly great time saver. I have to remote desktop into several machines each day, many times multiple machines at once. This tool has probably saved me a few hours since I started using it....
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Response to Criticism of my Extended MVP Pattern
As I posted, I received some criticism about my extended MVP pattern over on ScottGu's blog. I wanted to submit my response here, and I'll link to this post in a comment on ScottGu's blog. I will venture to guess that the vast majority of the folks that read ScottGu's...
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