Microsoft has created a new web site called Project Glidepath. As I understand it, the goal of the site is to help small software companies to get up to speed on the flurry of new technologies coming from Microsoft such as Windows Vista and WPF.
From the web site’s home page:
“The release of Windows Vista will create a new wave of demand for applications that MicroISVs supply. We at Microsoft know how many new features and APIs we have added to Windows Vista as well as we understand how challenging it is to start and keep a MicroISV business running. Project Glidepath is designed to provide the knowledge you, as a MicroISV, need to be successful by providing step-by-step instructions for everything from how to get started with Windows Presentation Foundation to how to write and publish a press release.”
Bob Walsh, author of the book Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality is involved in this project, which says to me it is worth some time to check out what is being offered at Project Glidepath if you are running a small software company.
I biggest compliant, and possibly our only compliant, since moving to the Boston area is driving in the Boston area. I some times think the area has the worse drivers in the Nation, but it’s not the fault of the drivers. Poor signage…actually the lack of street signs in many places…construction, construction, construction, poor markings on the roads, and more have probably contributed to creating bad drivers. Just the other day I saw two slow speed accidents. Yes, cars travelling at about walking speed collided. I didn’t see this happen once, but twice within a 30 minutes time period.
It’s no surprise to me that the Boston area doesn’t even have a safety ranking in the AllState best driver report for 2006. Okay, to be fair AllState does not issue car insurance here which is why the Boston area is not on the report. But still.
So what’s the point of this blog entry? Simple. I cracked up this morning when I read Erik Sink’s entry on Notes from TechEd in Boston. Further proof that driving in the Boston area is a real pain.
I have been doing more QuickBase work lately. I really like QuickBase but the HTTP API can be a bit hairy. Intuit provides various language specific SDKs for the QuickBase API but Delphi is not included. So I’m writing my own. [I’ll post the code to the White Peak Software site as soon as it is done.]
Nick Hodges of TeamB fame, and a huge voice for the Delphi community, has joined the DevCo team as the new Delphi Product Manager. Congratulations Nick! I can’t think of a better person for the role.
Ever wish you could contribute to the Visual Studio and .NET Framework documentation? Now you can through the MSDN Wiki. The Wiki is already growing with a number of community contributed edits.
I received an email today from eSellerate saying that they are now part of the Digital River team. I’m not sure how I feel about this news. I have been using eSellerate for a year now and I’m a very happy eSellerate customer. Their services are great, and I haven’t even tapped into everything they offer yet.
My concern with today’s announcement is that I decided last year not to go with Digitial River or any of its other companies as the e-commerce provider for White Peak Software. I don’t remember the details of why I didn’t chose them, but I do remember thinking eSellerate was the better choice for my company. Had this acquisition happened a year ago would I have still chosen eSellerate? I don’t know.
The announcement from eSellerate did say, “Be assured that we plan to provide the same personal level of service you have come to expect from all of us here at eSellerate. Your eSellerate technical support, sales, development, and management teams will continue supporting you from our Lincoln, Nebraska headquarters.” This is good to know, but only time will tell if the acquisition is a good thing for eSellerate and their customers.
Nothing exciting to say here. Just adding the link Technorati Profile so I can complete my Technorati setup.
Speaking of, those readers still using http://www.thecave.com/rss.xml will notice you are now redirected to http://www.thecave.com/rss.aspx. Use of rss.xml was stopped back in November.
Is Network Solutions down again for a third time this year? It appears so. Their web site is unreachable and the domain names I have stored in Network Solution’s DNS do not resolve. I know my servers are up because I can reach them by IP address.
I’ve been happy with Network Solutions over the years, and I haven’t minded paying the premium price for their service. But if this trend continues then I may have no choice but to move my domain names to another registrar.
Update: After what appeared to be approximately a 30-minute outage, Network Solutions and its services are back online.
Another Update: Well, DNS is at least back. Access to the www.networksolutions.com web site still appears to be a problem. At least this confirms to me that the outage I saw a little while ago is related to problems at Network Solutions.
Update: www.networksolutions.com is back online as well.
Sounds like the new Hot Fix 5 for BSD 2006 is a good one for those looking to improve IDE performance.
Update: I installed hot fix 5, and now switching between design mode and code is lighting fast! Thanks DevCo.
Wow, a write up about a family member in a Memphis paper that doesn’t involve guns or the police. Nice work, Jay.