The MSDN Roadshow returns to Augusta, ME and the Central Maine Commerce Center’s Florian Auditorium on Sept. 24, from 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. (That’s a later start than recent roadshows, because directly before it, there’s a TechNet event about Windows 7 and Remote Desktop.)
MSDN Roadshows are a chance for Microsoft evangelists — namely, Chris [...]
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MSDN Northeast Roadshow: Sept. 24 in Augusta, ME
Working With The Authorize.net Customer Information Manager (CIM), Part 1: Overview
I’m going to spend several posts discussing authorize.net’s Customer Information Manager, a Web service for storing and retrieving personally identifiable information about the people who place credit card orders on your Web site.
Today, I’m focusing solely on an overview of CIM: What it is, how it works, why it works that way, and approaches to [...]
Free Books, Just For The Asking
I’m clearing my bookshelves and have four books that I was planning to trash (since the local library doesn’t want them). Then I thought, what the heck, give ‘em away on the blog.
So, forthwith, I have the following four books available:
Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual (1998 Edition): This is a reference book used [...]
How I Code On This Blog: Elegance Vs. Transparency
My recent comment exchange with Scriptar has prodded me to post an explanation of how I code on this blog.
I view the code I post here as having two priorities: elegance and transparency, weighted slightly more toward elegance.
What I mean is that most importantly, the code I post should be as simple, compact and [...]
