Don’t surprise the user

You are probably getting ready to hear about some error dialog or weird setting in an application but not this time – it was a photocopier!  I was copying some printouts for a meeting and discovered midway through the job that the paper tray had fancy paper in it that I shouldn’t be using.  Not [...]

Cleaning the BlackBerry 8820 track ball

I love my 8820 … I have had it for about a year and it replaced my 8700 which I also loved.  I was a little skeptical when I first got the 8820 because the beloved thumb wheel was gone and replaced by a track ball in the middle of the phone.  But it didn’t [...]

Speaking on Refactoring at RockNUG in March

I will be presenting on Refactoring in C# at the Rockville .NET User Group (RockNUG) on March 12th 2008 at 6:30pm.
Refactoring in C# – Bad code to better code What could be more fun on a Wednesday evening than critiquing some bad code and making it better? [...]

Bad password requirements

This morning I signed up with a major credit card company website.  Much to my surprise I was greeted with this requirement while choosing a password:
Your Password should contain 6 to 8 characters . at least one letter and one number (not case sensitive), contain no spaces or special characters (e.g. &, >, *, $, [...]

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