Comments for Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation http://www.simonsegal.net/blog A practitioner's introspective on technology Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on A sense of Entitlement?…stop your whining! by Simon Segal http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/08/22/a-sense-of-entitlementstop-your-whining/#comment-26447 Simon Segal Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:44:18 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/08/22/a-sense-of-entitlementstop-your-whining/#comment-26447 <a href="#comment-26445" rel="nofollow">@Michael </a> Yes there is plenty of scope for people to 'sit' on a technology or skill for a very long time and eek out a long career on the back of that. Those that fit the MO that I have come across over time, often do not actively pay much interest in advances (or regressions) in the technologies that sprout up over time. @Michael Yes there is plenty of scope for people to ’sit’ on a technology or skill for a very long time and eek out a long career on the back of that. Those that fit the MO that I have come across over time, often do not actively pay much interest in advances (or regressions) in the technologies that sprout up over time.

]]> Comment on A sense of Entitlement?…stop your whining! by Michael http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/08/22/a-sense-of-entitlementstop-your-whining/#comment-26446 Michael Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:11:09 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/08/22/a-sense-of-entitlementstop-your-whining/#comment-26446 I meant Mike Gunderloy not Mark. I meant Mike Gunderloy not Mark.

]]> Comment on A sense of Entitlement?…stop your whining! by Michael http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/08/22/a-sense-of-entitlementstop-your-whining/#comment-26445 Michael Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:03:17 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/08/22/a-sense-of-entitlementstop-your-whining/#comment-26445 I also found remarkable that http://forums.silverlight.net/t/230502.aspx/1?Windows+8+apps+going+html5+wtf and part 2 of that resulted in more than 20 million views each. As for constant learning, I guess, it is more about life choices and what motivates people. Perhaps, for a consultant, who should offer the latest and greatest trends for the new applications it does apply. From other hand I've seen people who made very good living staying with the same technology for two decades ( e.g. Foxpro for MS/DOS and its Linux port ) and still keep their jobs. One may find such a career boring, but it is a personal choice, isn't it ? Or other extreme case ( more in your post spirit ) very prolific writer and developer Mark Gunderloy who had made his living from Microsoft technologies suddenly decided that Microsoft is evil and used it as a opportunity to move to Ruby on Rails. After all, if abandoning of XAML does happen, it won't necessarily result in something better ( maybe software field is old enough and it is time to have some regress in it). I also found remarkable that
http://forums.silverlight.net/t/230502.aspx/1?Windows+8+apps+going+html5+wtf
and part 2 of that resulted in more than 20 million views each. As for constant learning, I guess, it is more about life choices and what motivates people. Perhaps, for a consultant, who should offer the latest and greatest trends for the new applications it does apply. From other hand I’ve seen people who made very good living staying with the same technology for two decades ( e.g. Foxpro for MS/DOS and its Linux port ) and still keep their jobs. One may find such a career boring, but it is a personal choice, isn’t it ? Or other extreme case ( more in your post spirit ) very prolific writer and developer Mark Gunderloy who had made his living from Microsoft technologies suddenly decided that Microsoft is evil and used it as a opportunity to move to Ruby on Rails.
After all, if abandoning of XAML does happen, it won’t necessarily result in something better ( maybe software field is old enough and it is time to have some regress in it).

]]> Comment on NServiceBus 3 Day Course comes to Melbourne Australia by Simon Segal http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/09/19/nservicebus-3-day-course-comes-to-melbourne-australia/#comment-26444 Simon Segal Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:43:56 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/09/19/nservicebus-3-day-course-comes-to-melbourne-australia/#comment-26444 <a href="#comment-26441" rel="nofollow">@Michael Chandler </a> Great hope to see you there! @Michael Chandler
Great hope to see you there!

]]> Comment on NServiceBus 3 Day Course comes to Melbourne Australia by Michael Chandler http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/09/19/nservicebus-3-day-course-comes-to-melbourne-australia/#comment-26441 Michael Chandler Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:32:52 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2011/09/19/nservicebus-3-day-course-comes-to-melbourne-australia/#comment-26441 Awesome. Hopefully I can get some PD to go to this :-) Awesome. Hopefully I can get some PD to go to this :-)

]]> Comment on Configuring, Testing and Probing NServiceBus with IronPython by Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » Hacking on the NServiceBus Generic Host with IronPython–TBC. http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/07/06/configuring-testing-and-probing-nservicebus-with-ironpython/#comment-26366 Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » Hacking on the NServiceBus Generic Host with IronPython–TBC. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:14:58 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/07/06/configuring-testing-and-probing-nservicebus-with-ironpython/#comment-26366 [...] while back I posted on how it was possible to self host an NServiceBus endpoint in a custom built IronPython / [...] [...] while back I posted on how it was possible to self host an NServiceBus endpoint in a custom built IronPython / [...]

]]> Comment on NServiceBus - Linq To SQL Saga Persister Part 2.0 by Mark Miller http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/12/08/nservicebus-linq-to-sql-saga-persister-part-20/#comment-26113 Mark Miller Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:13:22 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/12/07/nservicebus-linq-to-sql-saga-persister-part-20/#comment-26113 The rar file is corrupt. Could you post a new copy or send it to me? The rar file is corrupt. Could you post a new copy or send it to me?

]]> Comment on NServiceBus - Linq To SQL Saga Persister Part 2.0 by Mark Miller http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/12/08/nservicebus-linq-to-sql-saga-persister-part-20/#comment-26112 Mark Miller Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:12:17 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/12/07/nservicebus-linq-to-sql-saga-persister-part-20/#comment-26112 I've tried downloading your source code, but the rar file is corrupt. Could you post a new copy or one to me? I’ve tried downloading your source code, but the rar file is corrupt. Could you post a new copy or one to me?

]]> Comment on Addressing the pain of Entity Frameworks ObjectQuery<T>.Include() by Entity Framework 4 POCO, Repository and Specification Pattern « Huy Nguyen's Blog http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/12/15/addressing-the-pain-of-entity-frameworks-objectquerytinclude/#comment-25745 Entity Framework 4 POCO, Repository and Specification Pattern « Huy Nguyen's Blog Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:47:00 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/12/15/addressing-the-pain-of-entity-frameworks-objectquerytinclude/#comment-25745 [...] Addressing the pain of Entity Frameworks ObjectQuery<T>.Include() [...] [...] Addressing the pain of Entity Frameworks ObjectQuery<T>.Include() [...]

]]> Comment on MongoDB Training in Australia with 10Gen – be counted! by Pawel Pabich's blog http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/05/19/mongodb-training-in-australia-with-10gen-be-counted/#comment-25682 Pawel Pabich's blog Wed, 19 May 2010 11:19:23 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/05/19/mongodb-training-in-australia-with-10gen-be-counted/#comment-25682 <strong>Possible NoSQL(MongoDB) training in Australia...</strong> Possible NoSQL(MongoDB) training in Australia... Possible NoSQL(MongoDB) training in Australia…

Possible NoSQL(MongoDB) training in Australia…

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]]> Comment on LINQ To SQL - Going POCO and more…..! by Twitter Trackbacks for Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » LINQ To SQL - Going POCO and more…..! [simonsegal.net] on Topsy.com http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2008/09/16/linq-to-sql-going-poco-and-more/#comment-25669 Twitter Trackbacks for Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » LINQ To SQL - Going POCO and more…..! [simonsegal.net] on Topsy.com Thu, 06 May 2010 13:14:29 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2008/09/16/linq-to-sql-going-poco-and-more/#comment-25669 [...] Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » LINQ To SQL - Going POCO and more…..! www.simonsegal.net/blog/2008/09/16/linq-to-sql-going-poco-and-more – view page – cached Simon Segal's Blog discusses Software Architecture using Microsoft .NET Framework. Simon focuses on Service Orientation and Domain Driven Design. Tweets about this link Topsy.Data.Twitter.User['so_white'] = {"location":"","photo":"http://s.twimg.com/a/1273086425/images/default_profile_2_normal.png","name":"so_white","url":"http://twitter.com/so_white","nick":"so_white","description":"","influence":""}; so_white: “http://tinyurl.com/2dx939c Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » LINQ To SQL - Going POCO and more…..! (WWW.SIMONSEGAL.NET) ” 1 day ago view tweet retweet Filter tweets [...] [...] Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » LINQ To SQL - Going POCO and more…..! http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2008/09/16/linq-to-sql-going-poco-and-more – view page – cached Simon Segal’s Blog discusses Software Architecture using Microsoft .NET Framework. Simon focuses on Service Orientation and Domain Driven Design. Tweets about this link Topsy.Data.Twitter.User['so_white'] = {”location”:”",”photo”:”http://s.twimg.com/a/1273086425/images/default_profile_2_normal.png”,”name”:”so_white”,”url”:”http://twitter.com/so_white”,”nick”:”so_white”,”description”:”",”influence”:”"}; so_white: “http://tinyurl.com/2dx939c Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » LINQ To SQL - Going POCO and more…..! (WWW.SIMONSEGAL.NET) ” 1 day ago view tweet retweet Filter tweets [...]

]]> Comment on Doing .NET Days March 6th Fully Booked. by Simon Segal http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/02/18/doing-net-days-march-6th-fully-booked/#comment-25655 Simon Segal Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:29:21 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/02/17/doing-net-days-march-6th-fully-booked/#comment-25655 Hi Michael Mark and I have been frantic with a short term delivery which is taking up every second right now. The other problem we face at the moment is them venue, it's extremely painful exercise to book that room at PT Cook (lot's of council red tape - filling in papers and visiting two locations one to get keys and another to pay). I am looking for an alternative location. Will let you all know as soon as possible. Regards, Simon Hi Michael

Mark and I have been frantic with a short term delivery which is taking up every second right now. The other problem we face at the moment is them venue, it’s extremely painful exercise to book that room at PT Cook (lot’s of council red tape - filling in papers and visiting two locations one to get keys and another to pay). I am looking for an alternative location.

Will let you all know as soon as possible.

Regards,

Simon

]]> Comment on Doing .NET Days March 6th Fully Booked. by Michael Chandler http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/02/18/doing-net-days-march-6th-fully-booked/#comment-25650 Michael Chandler Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:46:53 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/02/17/doing-net-days-march-6th-fully-booked/#comment-25650 How's everything going? Any thoughts on when the next one will be? I'm looking forward to it...:) Doing .NET is complementing the other events such as DevEvening, DDD, CodeCamp, RemixAU very well! How’s everything going? Any thoughts on when the next one will be? I’m looking forward to it…:)

Doing .NET is complementing the other events such as DevEvening, DDD, CodeCamp, RemixAU very well!

]]> Comment on Entity Framework Repository, Specifications and Fetching Strategies. by Are you Eager? Or are you Lazy? Or are you both on a case to case basis…?? | Ideas and Coffee at 3.47 AM http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/01/13/entity-framework-repository-specifications-and-fetching-strategies/#comment-25561 Are you Eager? Or are you Lazy? Or are you both on a case to case basis…?? | Ideas and Coffee at 3.47 AM Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:41:36 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/01/13/entity-framework-repository-specifications-and-fetching-strategies/#comment-25561 [...] http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/01/13/entity-framework-repository-specifications-and-fetching-st...). The purpose of the repository pattern is "A system with a complex domain model often [...] [...] http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2009/01/13/entity-framework-repository-specifications-and-fetching-st...). The purpose of the repository pattern is "A system with a complex domain model often [...]

]]> Comment on Helping Entity Framework v4.0 play it’s <ROLE> – Part 4.0 by Simon Segal http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/03/15/helping-entity-framework-v40-play-its-role-part-40/#comment-25545 Simon Segal Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:17:11 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/03/15/helping-entity-framework-v40-play-its-role-part-40/#comment-25545 Steve Nice to hear. Would love to hear feedback on your experiences using it. Steve

Nice to hear. Would love to hear feedback on your experiences using it.

]]> Comment on Helping Entity Framework v4.0 play it’s <ROLE> – Part 4.0 by Steve http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/03/15/helping-entity-framework-v40-play-its-role-part-40/#comment-25543 Steve Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:24:08 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/03/15/helping-entity-framework-v40-play-its-role-part-40/#comment-25543 Good stuff, thanks Simon I look forward working with this on release of EF. Good stuff, thanks Simon

I look forward working with this on release of EF.

]]> Comment on Helping Entity Framework v4.0 play it’s <ROLE> – Part 1.0 by Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » Entity Framework 4.0 and Fetching Strategies http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/01/04/helping-entity-framework-v40-play-its-role-part-10/#comment-25538 Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » Entity Framework 4.0 and Fetching Strategies Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:58:11 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/01/04/helping-entity-framework-v40-play-its-role-part-10/#comment-25538 [...] Helping the Entity Framework Play it’s <Role> Part 1.0 [...] [...] Helping the Entity Framework Play it’s <Role> Part 1.0 [...]

]]> Comment on Helping Entity Framework v4.0 play it’s <ROLE> - Part 2.0 by Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » NFetchSpec Code – Entity Framework Repository, Fetching Strategies, Specifications, Code Only, Mapping, POCO and Making Roles Explicit. http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/02/17/helping-entity-framework-v40-play-its-role-part-20/#comment-25537 Living in the Tech Avalanche Generation » NFetchSpec Code – Entity Framework Repository, Fetching Strategies, Specifications, Code Only, Mapping, POCO and Making Roles Explicit. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:57:11 +0000 http://www.simonsegal.net/blog/2010/02/17/helping-entity-framework-v40-play-its-role-part-20/#comment-25537 [...] it will likely get some reworking. In the meantime if you want to understand the ideas in parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Helping the Entity Framework Play it’s <ROLE> the you can feel free to pull [...] [...] it will likely get some reworking. In the meantime if you want to understand the ideas in parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Helping the Entity Framework Play it’s <ROLE> the you can feel free to pull [...]

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