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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 | 02 Mar 2010 17:25

Setting A Tab Title in TerminalSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....I have been spending a lot more time in terminal recently. I routinely find myself having more tabs open than I can keep track of.  I then end up forgetting what's open and end up opening even more tabs which just make the problem worse. I..."
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Simpable | 17 Feb 2010 06:39

Singing With SinatraSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....I attended a couple Ruby sessions at CodeMash this year which really piqued my interest level in Ruby. For many people (especially web developers) when you hear about Ruby they think Ruby on Rails. While Rails is an impressive framework, there are..."
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Simpable | 10 Feb 2010 06:59

One Less StepSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....Every step a user must take provides a chance for failure and frustration. Compare these two shipping confirmation emails from 1-800-Flowers and Zappos. 1-800-Flowers Zappos   1-800-Flowers actually says, “2 easy steps”. However, what they..."
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Simpable | 09 Feb 2010 06:38

NHProf vs. SQL ProfilerSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....NHProf is a profiling tool for NHibernate. NHibernate Profiler is a real-time visual debugger allowing a development team to gain valuable insight and perspective into their usage of NHibernate. What really jumped out at me after using it for..."
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Simpable | 03 Feb 2010 09:33

A Tough InterviewSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....I have had a couple tough interviews… For the record, he is referring to to a gun. Follow me on Twitter Posted to Life Similar Posts LINQ in Action Pandora One – Simple Done Right Good Bye Doug..."
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Simpable | 01 Feb 2010 07:31

MongoDB and C# DynamicsSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....I am a big fan of MongoDB. There is a good C# driver called, MongoDB-CSharp. Unfortunately, because of the strongly typed nature of C#, the default implementation requires you to work with your data as a dictionary. This has an unfortunate side..."
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Simpable | 29 Jan 2010 06:35

Passionate Programmer - ReviewSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....Chad Fowler’s, "Passionate Programmer"[1] is a definite must read for any developer who gives a damn about his or her career. I had heard about Passionate Programmer before but didn't it give it much thought until after hearing Joe O'Brien mention..."
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Simpable | 19 Jan 2010 10:20

CodeMash 2010Subscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....I had the opportunity this year to attend CodeMash 2010. For those of you unfamiliar with CodeMash: "CodeMash is all about jumping into new domains. Getting out of your comfort zone. Learning new things from new people." CodeMash 2010 was..."
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Simpable | 04 Jan 2010 15:38

Branding Gone WildSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....I am not a marketing/branding expert, but I am pretty sure this is not a very good idea. Permalink | Leave a comment  »..."
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Simpable | 30 Dec 2009 11:47

The ObligationSubscribe to this feed

Scott Watermasysk writes "....In Seth Godin’s Tribes, one particular section really struck a cord with me and I have been thinking about it just about every day for a couple of weeks now. Not too far from us, a few blocks away, there are kids without enough to eat and without..."
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Scott Watermasysk

Telligent Systems

Monroe Township, NJ, USA

Twittering Mavens

Scott Watermasysk (scottw)

Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Now with MongoDB swag. #nosqllive about an hour ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) I am trying to manage my side project a bit better. I am finally getting to actually use AgileZen. about 12 hours ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) RT @fallenrogue: Photo: mnmal: http://tumblr.com/x4b79dgld about 12 hours ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) RT @jnunemaker: Just released MongoMapper 0.7.1: rails 2 & 3, ruby19, callbacks on embedded docs, ruby driver 0.19.1, etc. about 12 hours ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Heading up to Boston for #nosqllive today (event is tomorrow). about 14 hours ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @stevehebert the haml site has really good docs. There is also a good peepcode episode if you want a quick jumpstart. 1 day ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) quickly starting to really dig haml. 1 day ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Tweetie 2.0 make MacHeist a much better deal. http://www.macheist.com/#tweetie 1 day ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) RT @jasona: First day as Director of Fraud at Match.com - it's been crazy. I forgot what it was like drinking from the fire hose. 2 days ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Protip: Do not put over 300 documents on your Kindle 2. Performance is horrible. 2 days ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @arcware they are CSS migrations. Duh! If it works for SQL it will magically work for CSS. :) 2 days ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @hkarthik That looks like a great event. I would be all over it if I could get there without flying. 2 days ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @john_lam any chance ironruby can use gems with C extentsions? 3 days ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @atheken what about MS .Net MongoDB Enterprise Bridge Team Suite System Center or MEBTSSC for short. 4 days ago from Echofon


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) NJ transit has the most awful views of NJ. For the good of the state they should be required to black out the windows. 4 days ago from Echofon


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) Power of the iPhone. #tweetie wasn't working so I just grabbed another app...from the train. :) 4 days ago from Echofon


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @jasona ruby driver. I didn't want/need any validation. Just wanted to test mapreduce against a bunch of data. 4 days ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) @BillRob I didn't time it. It was just a single thread. 4 days ago from Tweetie


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Scott Watermasysk (scottw) crazy. I inserted 200,000 records into a mongodb and the CPU never went above 2% (usually was 0 to 1). 4 days ago from Tweetie