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  • Hello GitHub!

    Hello GitHub!

    Dec 11
    07

    Hubot stache me. Well the poll results are in and you guys were very close! I was taken aback at the intensity of the interest in where I would end up. Seriously, I’m honored. But then I thought about it for a moment and figured, there must be a betting pool on this. These folks don’t care that much. Today is my first day as a GitHub employee! In other words, I am now a GitHubber, a Hubbernaut, a GitHubberati. Ok, I made that last one up. If you haven’t heard of GitHub, it’s a site that ...

  • Techniques for real-time client-server communication on the web (SignalR to the rescue)

    Techniques for real-time client-server communication on the web (SignalR to the rescue)

    Nov 11
    29

    When building web applications, you often face the fact that HTTP, the foundation of the web, is a request/response protocol. A client issues a request, a server handles this request and sends back a response. All the time, with no relation between the first request and subsequent requests. Also, since its request-based, there is no way to send messages from the server to the client without having the client create a request first. Today users expect that in their projects, sorry, experience...

  • Four Years At Microsoft

    Four Years At Microsoft

    Oct 11
    15

    Today, October 15 2011, marks four years of being a Microsoft employee for me. As such, it’s time for a little introspection, but in many ways, Tim Heuer already introspected for me. Much of what he writes echoes my own experience, thus leaving me with less to write about. It’s the Microsoft way, or the highway. Which is conveniently located near Microsoft Way. - Photo by Todd Bishop, CC BY 2.0 Looking back in my archives, I realized I haven’t written a whole lot about what it’s like to...

  • Hanselminutes Podcast 267 - Before The Show: Off the Cuff Conversation with Jeff Atwood (EXPLICIT)

    Hanselminutes Podcast 267 - Before The Show: Off the Cuff Conversation with Jeff Atwood (EXPLICIT)

    May 11
    31

    Sometimes the most interesting conversations happen before or after the show. Often they happen with Jeff Atwood. I (Scott) called Jeff to get some audio for our other show http://thisdeveloperslife.com and was recording as soon as Jeff and I started chatting. Here's our unedited random personal phone call that I thought might be fun To be clear: This was a personal conversation before we recorded an episode of This Developer's Life. I thought it'd be interesting to share. I did beep out th...

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