I have been extremely negligent with blogging lately. Partially because I am learning to manage a very full plate, and also because I haven't really been inspired by anything. I'm working on a technical post, but until then I figured I'd throw a quick "What UP?" out here. So, come things. Well...

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In October of this year Yahoo host Open Hack Day in NYC. It was a cool event, they had great speakers (including a keynote from Clay Shirky); they also provided space, resources, and food to those who wanted to compete in an overnight coding competition. They had workshops, and cool exhibits (like the...

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First off, I hope you are having an awesome holiday season. I was enjoying mine this past Sunday and talking to my cousin Duane Roelands , who is also a .NET developer, about programmers. I said (and I think this is stolen from somewhere, just not sure where), "There is no such thing as famous programmers...

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Despite my protests I was invited to speak at this past weekend's Girl Geek dinner. I can't tell you guys how great it was to be around a room full of nerd girls. I take back that we shouldn't have support groups, kind of. I still think we could use more time spent focused on accomplishing things. I...

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I have been wanting to write a blog about this for a while and my first post on Devlicious is the perfect place. Firstly I have to thank Jess Chadwick for his help with this when I first started out with the Bundl.it project. Working with ASP.NET MVC has been wonderous, but when I was first starting...

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I want to preface this post by saying thank you for everyone that contributes to the movement of trying to get women into software. I respect each of you and appreciate that something that is important to me is important to you as well. There is something that has been weighing on my heart for a long...

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My first Troll Cat: Suitcase Shots: Rover Shots:...

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I just want to preface this post by telling you that I am writing it from the eliptical machine. I had this brilliant idea earlier this evening and it may be the best one I ever had save http://bundl.it. Things on this end are buzzing aw usual. I am getting ready for PDC next week. Very excited to meet...

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I wanted to expound on something very important that I kind of glazed over in the last post, View Models. View Models are something that is very pivotal to MVC and were one of the hardest things for me to understand. I feel like it's important to go over them in depth so you can understand them as well...

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So, Philly CC went great. I started to make a video about it here: however, You Tube ate my video three times. You can watch part of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ej8L1RxDJU That was a greeeeat minute. I will get back to the video later this week and make it for reals now? I just wanted to...

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