C# Tea Time

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9/25/2024

Random ramblings on C#, life at Microsoft, and other technology facets I find interesting.

Keeping master history clean

On a previous team we moved from using our own internal source control provider to Git. Having never...

Date: 10/11/2015

Environment Agnostic Tests

What is an environment agnostic test? This is a test which will execute successfully no matter how...

Date: 04/27/2008

DevDiv Source Control

A question that I was recently asked on a trip was what source control system we use and what it...

Date: 04/12/2008

Disposing Your Finalizers

.csharpkeyword { color: #0000ff; } .csharptype { color: #2b91af; } Yesterday I was bitten by a bug...

Date: 04/09/2008

Orcas Beta 2 Automation Planning

I am in the process of finalizing the C# automation matrix for Beta 2. One of the scenarios that I...

Date: 04/17/2007

Port 25

I was just walking through the hall here at MS an notice a poster with a penguin on it. The first...

Date: 01/31/2007

C# Orcas Bug Bash

Today at work I participated in my first bug bash after being at Microsoft for a little over 18...

Date: 01/25/2007

My First Review

Well it's that time of year at Microsoft and all employees were supposed to have the annual review...

Date: 09/15/2006

Soon To Be Recruiting

Today I booked my recruiting trip to Michigan Tech and the University of Chicago. It was actually...

Date: 09/09/2006

C# Language Service QA Exposed

We recently had a “pep” talk on the Visual C# QA team to talk about what our mission is and what...

Date: 04/25/2006

Windows Hockey Jersey Pictures

Sorry this took a little longer then expected, but here is a picture of the Windows Hockey jersey's....

Date: 01/31/2006

Off Recruiting!

Well I am off on my first recruiting trip while at Microsoft. Ever since I joined the company I’ve...

Date: 01/30/2006

Windows Hockey Jersey Questions

The Windows hockey jersey will be the dark Vancouver Canucks jersey manufactured by Kobe Sportswear....

Date: 01/23/2006

Hockey Challenge 2006

Mark your calendars and grab your skates! Join us March 11th and 12th at Key for the 2006 Hockey...

Date: 01/22/2006

CHAT: C# IDE, November 17th @ 1:00 PM PST

"Expansions, enhanced intellisense, type colorization, refactoring, improved code navigation,...

Date: 11/16/2005

Detroit VS2005 Launch a Success!

I just returned from the Visual Studio 2005 Launch in Detroit, MI and I must say that it was an...

Date: 11/09/2005

MQ... did I hear service pack?

The answer in short is that MQ is not about servicing Whidbey. The MQ milestone is about changing...

Date: 11/07/2005

Whidbey is over... What are you doing now?

Recently I have been asked by many family and friends what I am doing at work now that we have...

Date: 11/04/2005

2006 Imagine Cup is LIVE!

Check out the 2006 Imagine Cup! If you are a student register, compete and make a difference.

Date: 11/02/2005

UPDATE: C# IDE Chat Room Changed

We are currently experiencing issues with the MSDN Chat Room. If you are trying to connect to the C#...

Date: 10/06/2005

CHAT: The C# IDE