The .NET Sweatshop (v2)
"My life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can." - George Bernard Shaw
Open Letter To CEOs
My name is Sandy and I am an MBA. There, I said it. I constantly refer to it and joke about it...
Author: SandyK Date: 06/29/2004
TDD Me ASAP
Scott Densmore warned me not to blog about this, but I just couldn't resist. Apparently, there is a...
Author: SandyK Date: 06/17/2004
Block Testing
One of the most common questions people ask me about the application blocks is whether they should...
Author: SandyK Date: 06/11/2004
Bullet the Blue Blog
OK, I couldn't come up with a better title for a random entry. Hopefully, U2 fans appreciate it! As...
Author: SandyK Date: 06/06/2004
Yet Another TechEd posting from a Microsoftie
Yeah, I know everyone is blogging about TechEd right now, but I feel I need to get my comments in...
Author: SandyK Date: 05/30/2004
The p&p DJ
I think it was Bill Gates who once said that we always overestimate where technology will take us in...
Author: SandyK Date: 05/21/2004
The Shadow-facts of life
OK, I like to pick on myself as the marketing guy that lost his technical skills in b-school. But,...
Author: SandyK Date: 05/17/2004
We've Reached The Summit!
Tomorrow is finally the day. We're running the first patterns & practices Summit. I'm really...
Author: SandyK Date: 05/10/2004
UIP Take II + My Webcast
My last post got a lot of interesting comments from a lot of people, both as feedback and mails...
Author: SandyK Date: 04/21/2004
Am I a Bill or a Kwame? I hope both...
I admit it--I watch “The Apprentice“. For those of you outside the US that don't know,...
Author: SandyK Date: 04/16/2004
Yes, I have a blog!!!
So, my role at for patterns & practices spans a lot of disciplines. I am the marketing guy that...
Author: SandyK Date: 04/12/2004
Thank you India
I'm back. Having been my first trip to India in 22 years, I found it to be a remarkable experience,...
Author: SandyK Date: 04/05/2004
Time to boil the ocean!
A colleague of mine told me a great allegory today. The shortened version is that a bunch of sailors...
Author: SandyK Date: 03/09/2004
New block -- the cure for "intermittent connectivity"
Here comes another one. We just released the first The Offline Application Block, which is intended...
Author: SandyK Date: 03/03/2004
American Idol meets the App Blocks
So, a lot of blogging has been spinning up regarding the application blocks and the community...
Author: SandyK Date: 03/02/2004
My new home!
OK, so I've spent the last 8 months blogging over on blogspot. Given I'm a Microsoft employeee, a...
Author: SandyK Date: 02/26/2004