Victoria Code Camp retrospective
[modified] Almost forgot. Here are the slides if you want to see them.
We're back from Victoria, where I did another version of my "A quick look at SubSonic" talk (it was a shorter version of the talk I gave in Winnipeg). What did I learn?
People don't stay all day at a Code Camp. During the kickoff, there looked to be around 100 people in attendance. There were all of 8 or so people in my talk (and a big 'Thank you!' to all of you), and the other two speakers (I would have gladly been in...
Lies, damed lies and (glorious) stats
Via The Frontal Cortex, I see that Amazon now has a few tidbits of information about some books, so I had to take a look to see the last two I worked on (not entirely my work/words, but mostly for amusement).
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What has been occupying my time
It's been about a nice round 17 months (give or take) since I left Microsoft. Since then, Microsoft shipped some software, people have argued, and the world continues its revolution, rotation and other movements.
I know all of you were wondering, "What's Kent up to?", so here is some of what I've been up to since I left.
I do a daily newsletter for Code Project, the Insider. It's a daily email of news on the industry, developer stuff and more. Oh, and sorry, no RSS feed.
I helped Bill Evjen (aka Writing Monster II) create a couple more books.
I did four...