Is Microsoft becoming cool again?
Before you ask “was it ever cool”, let me explain. Remember that song “Groove is in the Heart”? My wife …
Author Archives: Michael Mayle
A Peek into my Magic Bag: Using an Extension for Date/Time String Merge
A quick post about probably the most used piece of code I have in my toolbox. First, the problem: I …
A Peek into my Magic Bag: A Reusable Data Filter Object
Most of the projects I work with are very data-intensive. I often need ways to present data filters to users …
Netiquette 101 – How Do You Prefer to Converse?
How you convey the urgency of your communications with a coworker has a lot to do with the medium on …
How do Indexes Work in SQL Server?
Have you ever had an unindexed SQL table and inserted a bunch of rows to it? Say, from the Import …
Speed vs. Utility: Difficult Choices for your Data Reporting Application
Data reporting seems on the surface to be very simple. Three-tiered application, with a data layer (SQL Server, for example), …
Be a Programming Polyglot
Funny, people ask me what I do pretty often as a part of small talk, and then it becomes difficult. …
Data File Reading and Writing made easy!
Need a consistent an easy way to read from or write to any (reasonably) type of data file? Excel, tab-delimited …
Target, and the Concept of Security…
Target Corporate 1000 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 CC: Target T-2188 3401 N Miami Ave. Miami, FL 33127-3500 CC: Target …
A Manifesto: The Open Enterprise Project
Project Mission: To demystify, decentralize, and declassify the entire concept of Enterprise-Level CRM (Customer Relations Management), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), …
