> I think there's almost a belligerence - people are frustrated with their manufactured environment. We tend to assume the problem is with us, and not with the products we're trying to use. In other words, when our tools are broken, we feel broken. And when…
> "The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music." ― Peter De Vries [http://res.cloudinary.com/dwjudge/image/upload/v1408313272/tuba-fingering-chart_lfr7yf.jpg] I'm always surprised at how well my dad remembers lyrics from 50+ years ago, but then…
[http://res.cloudinary.com/dwjudge/image/upload/v1408313275/ppt1_kj9exw.jpg]I have a terrible condition where my eyes glaze over as soon as I'm in an audience in a dark room with a projector turned on. We've all been subjected to boring presentations; whether in…
> “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”— Simon Sinek TED Talks are a great way to learn about…
> “An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You would never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience." - Mitch Hedberg One of my first introductions to stand-up comedy wasStand-Up Spotlight on VH-1. It was hosted by…
Here's my list of my top extensions for Visual Studio: 1. NuGet Package Manager [http://nuget.org/]- Easily install and update third-party libraries in Visual Studio. It currently has almost 8,000 packages. These include popular tools like jQuery, Json.NET, and NUnit. 2. .NET Memory Profiler…
> I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. - Walt Witman [http://res.cloudinary.com/dwjudge/image/upload/v1408313300/386975_412382188809846_773042142_n_j9020x.jpg] Much to my wife's chagrin, I watch just about any sport that's on…
I read Jeff Atwood [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/]'s book Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code [http://amzn.com/B008HUMTO0] this past weekend and one of the sections deals with the importance of UI. The most notable quote for this portion of the book to me is: >…
Displaying two sets of data on a graph can be confusing to the viewer. Depending on the situation, it might be better to have two graphs linked together to help clarify. Here's an example of two graphs on one chart: [http://res.cloudinary.com/dwjudge/image/upload/v1408313314/…
> "Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical"Yogi Berra Any athlete will tell you that all the skill in the world won't make up for a weak mind. It's the same way in officiating. You might be the best…