Coding Geekette

There are many events that are coming up, and I catch random mentions of these on Twitter and from talking with some other people. This weekend, it’s Indy Code Camp. On May 10th, there’s the West Michigan Day of .NET. On May 17th, it’s Cleveland’s Day of .NET. At the beginning of June, there’s the [...]

For those of you who have my AIM screen name, now you can understand the numbers after my main handle. As you all know, today is 4/23. One year ago today, I joined this company as a full-time developer. I wasn’t going to be doing technical support, desktop support, database administration, or system administration. It [...]

If I could remember Brian H. Prince‘s name for it, that’d be in the title instead of “Central Ohio Day of .NET, as it sounded cooler On the Location Anyhow, this weekend I was at Central Ohio Day of .NET down in Wilmington. For those of you not familiar with Ohio, Wilmington is between the [...]

or maybe my Twitter stalkers friends are up to no good in perpetuating all those VBA rumors about me. So in case you haven’t heard, I’ve apparently been commissioned to write a book — VBA 2008. Thanks to Corey Haines for the link! Note: In case you haven’t figured it out, this is just a [...]

Although the event is just under a month away, Cleveland Day of .NET has already made a huge impact on me. Being on the planning committee has forced me to step out of my comfort zone and make moves that are typically difficult for me to make. Officially, I’m in charge of swag and other [...]

Sometimes, the problem with our application isn’t in our code; the environment it lives in has to be taken into consideration as well. With my projects pushing and exceeding my current skillset, I’m constantly learning new things. I’ve spent all morning reading error logs, as I’ve inadvertently caused sleepless nights for my system admins. Thanks [...]

After talking to someone earlier tonight about being a sponsor for our Cleveland Day of .NET, I realized that some of you may not understand just how excited I am about this and just why I’ve decided to try to help where I can with the planning. As quiet as I tend to be, when [...]

As I become more active in the community, I’m realizing that it’s time to get a new phone. Right now, I have a Samsung Sync, which has worked mostly well for as long as I’ve had it. But I’m making more contacts in the community and finding myself wishing I had more access to <insert [...]

Tomorrow’s my big day, one that I am looking forward to. The projects that I’ve taken on are finally going live. My big project is an internal application, and I’ve already put it to use and reaped the benefits from it. To know just what impact it will have on things here and to experience [...]