Steve Smith
Steve Smith is a Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, ASPInsider, and frequent conference speaker. His blog covers a variety of .NET topics with a frequent focus on software development techniques and application performance tips.
Steven Smith | 19 Nov 2008 05:19
Steve Smith writes "....Well, OK, it’s not *just* typing, but fundamentally, typing has a lot to do with it. In fact, it wouldn’t be too great a stretch of the imagination for someone watching a room full of programmers to mistake them for a room full of writers,..."
Read more » Programming is Just Typing
Steven Smith | 18 Nov 2008 19:05
Steve Smith writes "....Today we’re launching SilverlightFeeds.com, an aggregate site moderated by community volunteers which pulls in useful Silverlight content from many talented bloggers. The site provides a nice one-stop shopping location for very high..."
Read more » Silverlight Resources
Steven Smith | 15 Nov 2008 03:41
Steve Smith writes "....In a classic case of ensuring the barn door is closed after the animals have all left, I bought an HP MediaSmart EX470 Home Server last week for home backup purposes, and it arrived today. I decided to take a few pictures and generally..."
Read more » Installing Windows Home Server
Steven Smith | 14 Nov 2008 18:42
Steve Smith writes "....I have a client who lists as one of the key challenges with implementing agile practices with their teams as managing to define user stories that are valuable but not too big. This is actually a very common challenge, and one that we run into..."
Read more » Stories Too Big – Vertical Slices
Steven Smith | 14 Nov 2008 17:25
Steve Smith writes "....Actually they were announced a couple of days ago, but I’ve been a bit too busy to blog. Eventually these will make it up on the CodeMash web site, but for now they are only listed on the events’ mailing list. I’ve included the complete..."
Read more » CodeMash 2009 Sessions Announced
Steven Smith | 10 Nov 2008 19:51
Steve Smith writes "....VB MVP Serge Baranovsky created VBFeeds.com a few years ago, and shortly afterward he helped me create CSharpFeeds.com using a fork of the source code. I’ve had some interns working on that code off and on and we launched a new and improved..."
Read more » Announcing AzureFeeds
Steven Smith | 10 Nov 2008 19:36
Steve Smith writes "....We have a machine in the office that we use for source control, and it’s set up in DNS with a fully qualified name that points to the office’s external IP address. Of course, if you try and use that fully qualified name while you’re in the..."
Read more » Updating Hosts In and Out of Office
Steven Smith | 07 Nov 2008 18:16
Steve Smith writes "....When we last saw our hero, he had fallen victim to an evil plot to disable his computer’s ability to boot up. After great efforts at recovery, eventually he was forced to concede defeat to Vista and reinstall everything from scratch. ..."
Read more » Laptop Rebuild – Essential Apps
Steven Smith | 05 Nov 2008 14:48
Steve Smith writes "....Ran into this gem yesterday. My intelide.sys file was corrupted and prevented Windows Vista from booting on my laptop. I found this forum and several others referencing the problem, which appears to be the result of running Vista Cleanup..."
Read more » Vista Cleanup May Corrupt OS And Prevent Boot
Steven Smith | 03 Nov 2008 20:42
Steve Smith writes "....I've been posting feedback from my talks on my blog as a means of transparency as well as a way to get more feedback and hopefully improve my talks and topics. You can see some past posts here for instance. At any rate, a month or so ago..."
Read more » DevReach 2008 Speaker Feedback
