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Scott Watermasysk

Simpable is the personal blog of Scott Watermasysk. The blog covers a variety of software and technology topics with a focus on simplicity. Scott has worked on a variety of large scale ASP.Net applications over the years and uses Simpable as his main venue to share what he has learned and discuss those lessons with the community.


Simpable | 14 Nov 2008 12:37

Live Search API "Silk Road"Subscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....Yesterday, Microsoft announced the release of Live Search services "Silk Road". Silk Road is Live Search's new set of search APIs (version 2.0 beta) and services for developers. With Silk Road, you can build applications without restrictions..."
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Simpable | 13 Nov 2008 15:42

Apology-Based ComputingSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....I was watching Max Feingold's PDC talk, Designing Your Application to Scale and one particular quote really stuck out to me. "At global scale, getting the truth is really really expensive". What he is referring to by "truth" is knowing exact..."
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Simpable | 12 Nov 2008 18:49

Video Cameras For SaleSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....I am looking to sell to video cameras to make room for the new Flip Mino HD. If you are interested in either, ping me at scottwater@gmail.com. Flip Mino I love this camera. It is super easy to use, fits into your pocket, and works on PC/Mac with no..."
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Simpable | 11 Nov 2008 13:15

FeedBurner – Not Dead Yet?Subscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....Maybe FeedBurner isn’t dead after all. I received the following email this morning: We’re contacting you to let you know that we’ll be migrating your FeedBurner account [removed] to your Google Account [removed] on 11/13/2008 . Please..."
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Simpable | 07 Nov 2008 14:21

The New WhiteSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....Ahh, so many title choices, all of them would have haunted me in Google for many years. Anyway, I recently realized that four of my recent gadget purchases had one thing in common, they were all white. iPhone – I went with the white model based..."
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Simpable | 07 Nov 2008 12:50

Papercut – Easy Email TestingSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....Email is an incredibly important aspect of many applications. While most programming languages make it trivially easy to send email, debugging/testing is often a tedious and boring task…until now. Ken Robertson (of the Telligent product team) has..."
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Simpable | 07 Nov 2008 02:42

SEO in Blogs is OverratedSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....I have spent way too much time in my life discussing SEO in blogs. For blogs like Engadget, SEO is a big deal. However, for the other 99.99% of people you are way better served creating great content and interacting with the visitors you already..."
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Simpable | 06 Nov 2008 18:56

Follow the ChefsSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....With all the news about a crappy economy, I found the video below by Jason Fried of 37Signals very interesting. In particular, at the 20:06 marker he quoted Kathy Sierra, When it comes to marketing, you can either outspend or out teach your..."
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Simpable | 06 Nov 2008 13:24

Yahoo! Search BOSS C# ImplementationSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....  I saw some mentions about Yahoo’s Boss a couple weeks ago, but I didn’t have time until recently to try it out for myself. BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!'s open search web services platform. The goal of BOSS is simple:..."
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Simpable | 05 Nov 2008 21:27

BizSparkSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....Photo By: scholewiak Microsoft's new BizSpark project is an effort to spur startups and entrepreneurs to use Microsoft technology when launching new companies. Microsoft is giving away software, services and support to startups earning..."
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This Maven's Blog

Scott Watermasysk

Telligent Systems

Monroe Township, NJ, USA

Twittering Mavens

Scott Watermasysk (scottw)

Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @digory Disappointed in current apps or the Dev model? I had a chance to learn and try the Dev process today and I am very impressed. about an hour ago from Tweetsville


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) 35 for the high in NJ tomorrow is rough for November. I think I prefer the Seattle rain and gloom. about an hour ago from Tweetsville


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @sswienton Welcome to the social. about 1 hours ago from Tweetsville


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @robconery I picked up GOW2 today as well. Now I just need to renew by xbox live membership and I can have my ass handed to me. about 4 hours ago from Tweetsville


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @LLiu Even if just 1% use the search wiki, they will have killer mass. about 4 hours ago from Tweetsville


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Finally "got" live mesh web apps today. Impressed is an understatement. about 4 hours ago from Tweetsville


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Last mac and jacks for a month or two. Funny feling I will be back in Seattle/Redmond very soon. about 4 hours ago from Tweetsville


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Maybe they should start by selling the jets: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/19/autos.ceo.jets/index.html about 14 hours ago from web


Scott Watermasysk (scottw)

Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @bernieadams I use postini only at work. about 14 hours ago from web


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @evolvingWe I wonder if the songs are tied to your Zune. I would pay $15/month for all I could listen locally and then put 10 on my iPhone. about 14 hours ago from web


Scott Watermasysk (scottw)

Scott Watermasysk (scottw) 2 of 6 spam messages in Postini weren't spam. Tons of spam missed, why do I bother. 1 day ago from web


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Thanks to iPhone GPS I found Yarrow bay. Waiting on mr. & mrs.@evolvingwe. 1 day ago from Tweetsville


Scott Watermasysk (scottw)

Scott Watermasysk (scottw) On PTO next week. Planning on building something "big" in the cloud for the family. 1 day ago from web


Scott Watermasysk (scottw)

Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @digory We do now have a dedicated wiki in Community Server. 2 days ago from web


Scott Watermasysk (scottw)

Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @digory support wiki features in Graffiti is still on the roadmap, but probably not until late 2009 at the earliest. 2 days ago from web


Scott Watermasysk (scottw)

Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @haacked there are few things that demo as well as the iPhone. 2 days ago from web


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Anyone know how to hide the album button using Slide.Show? I want to load albums on separate pages instead of putting them in a single page. 2 days ago from web


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Vertigo's Slide.Show is great...but the name is horrible. Impossible to google info on it (I learned this the hard way with .Text) 2 days ago from web


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) College basketball FTW. The west coast is great for TV sports fans. Everything is on so early. 2 days ago from web


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Had a great day in the MS learning center. Lots of kool-aid to be drank, but I was plenty thirsty before I got here. 2 days ago from web