Aug 21, 2012 — On motivation, a quote... — From “How will you measure your life?”: The theory of motivation suggests you need to ask yourself a different set of questions than most of us are used to asking. Is this work meaningful to me? Is this job going... Read more

Jul 19, 2012 — Migrating from Silverlight to WPF, a case study — A case study on porting an application that uses Caliburn.Micro and Telerik’s visual components from Silverlight to WPF I wrote that nobody should fear an eventual migration from Silverlight to WPF. But I wanted as well to work on a... Read more

Jul 18, 2012 — Fearing about Silverlight's future? Don't... — Just accept the facts, prepare & migrate to WPF when ready. When you have something worrying you, the best way to tackle it is to cut it straight and act on it. That’s the way to get it out of... Read more

Jul 2, 2012 — Packed for vacation... — It’s that happy time again, a (well deserved I think) vacation. Beach, sea, great food & drinks and, of course, lot’s of time to spend with family. This year, along the phones, iPad & notebook I’ve took a Nook Simple... Read more

Jun 10, 2012 — New & shiny Windows Azure: publishing a website using Git — After taking the tour of Windows Azure, the first thing I wanted to try is the Web Site hosting in Azure. As Microsoft is offering a free trial for 90 days and a free extension to 12 months after the... Read more

Jun 8, 2012 — New & shiny Windows Azure: taking the Tour — How there is a lot of buzz in last few days about revamped Windows Azure, I cannot resist anymore and I’m giving it a try. I’ve read few blog posts about new features, Metro style UI & improved tooling. But... Read more

May 30, 2012 — Greatest feature of TortoiseHg and GitHub for Windows is still missing it — GitHub for Windows was released recently and it’s a huge advancement in usability of Git SCM in Windows. Until not so far existent tooling has been giving you the command line integration and hopefully some (crappy) basic UI . Git... Read more

Dec 19, 2011 — Hitting the limits... — When you continuously seek out the limit, you’ll realize that it’s often much higher than you expected. Yes, you can make that screen even simpler than the bare-boned version you’re looking at. Yes, you can trust your employees much more... Read more

Dec 19, 2011 — So, are you going to release?.. — A good story (not the main for that article): … the keynote speaker shared a story about a failed project. He joined the project a couple of years into the development, and the team had yet to release anything to... Read more

Dec 13, 2011 — Using WP7's Secondary Tiles with Caliburn.Micro — There’s good guide on how to manage WP7’s Secondary tiles on MSDN. So, how are you doing it with Caliburn.Micro? Take same way, it just works! However, there’s a small touch of Caliburn.Micro goodness you can add to your code... Read more