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  • Ubiquitous and unambiguous ?

    My last musings on a observed misuse of ubiquitous language (UL) led to deeper comments than I had ever realized when writing the story down. To many a non native speaker ubiquitous is at first hearing a strange word, as far as I know it is not widely used outside the world of IT. The sounding reminds...

  • Ubiquitous language leaking in the wrong direction

    This is a little musing on something I observed in a supermarket the other day. Over here (in the Netherlands) more and more shop payments are handled online. The employee scans the shopping, the counter sums up the amount due and the customer sweeps a card to authorize a payment from her account to...

  • From Hyper-V back (?) to Virtual PC

    For over a year I have been using Server 2008, 64 bits, as OS for my laptop . The main reason for this platform was Hyper-V. Almost every other project I’ve been working on needs another virtual server. And each location I am working has a different network. With Hyper-V both switching servers...

  • Why choose between Ajax or MVC ? Together they KISS so sweet…

    Technology comes in waves. Over the years we have been drowned by several waves of web development technologies from MS. ASP, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Ajax and now there is ASP.MVC. A new wave does bring nice new things but also has the tendency to wash away the things brought by the one before. Also for the...

  • New year, new address

    Warning: this post has no technical content. But is a little explanation why I have cranked out so little of that lately. Due to not to happy circumstances I have moved. My new address is: Gekko Software Peter van Ooijen Viermat 7 9753 KW Haren Moving does provide lots and lots of fodder for rants. Some...

  • Switching virtual networks the easy way

    For my laptop I am using server 2008 as OS. The main reason is Hyper V, for every different project I can fire up one or more appropriate virtual servers. For the details on setting up such an environment see this post . On the advantages of using Server 2008 R2 see this post . Traveling around the laptop...

  • Something you can (not) do with your (old) MSDN disks

    Time to renew my MSDN subscription. I don’t know about you but I’m still very pleased with the MSDN program. In the old pre DVD days it used to be quite a problem what to do with the enormous piles of disks you received over and over again. Especially those things you never use. Anyone interested...

  • Map control confusion

    When it comes to including geographical information in your web-application you have to make two main decisions. The first one is which API you are going to use, the second one is who is going to provide the geographical data. These two are not always completely independent. A lot of websites use google...

  • ScottGu, DotNed, loads of new stuff and intellisense

    Last Friday Scott Guthrie started his promo tour for VS 2010 and .NET 4.00 in the Netherlands. Dutch user group DotNed had to honor to host his performance.   For us it was Friday late afternoon. For him it was somewhere early in the morning (watch the clock on his laptop). Nevertheless he did two...

  • Windows Workstation 2008 R2: An even better OS for a laptop

    Some time ago I repaved my laptop with Windows 2008, 64 bit. The main reason was Hyper V providing such a good support for virtual machines. I dedicated quite a post on all the details of setting up that system. The machine has served it’s purpose quite well being a very powerful mobile workstation with...

  • Giveaway: antique and nostalgic PC

    As said before, I am getting rid of my past . For year and years I’ve kept my first PC, as a kind of monument. But now it’s time to say goodbye to that too. As the machine is quite a milestone in the history of computing I guess (hope) there is somebody out there who can give her a place...

  • Predicting the future and getting rid of the past

    I spent the end of the summer holiday to tidy up my office. The amount of stuff I had collected over the years was so overwhelming that some serious action had to be taken. Here I would like to share some of my musings on the ancient stuff I have excavated. Predicting the future is hard but always a...

  • Domain driven reports: adding custom code

    In my last post I described how to create reports based on a domain model . Which led to many an interesting reaction. In this post I will explore some of my further explorations based on those comments as well on my personal requirements. In this post I will sketch a way to give reports a distinct place...
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  • Reporting against a domain model

    I have a love it /hate it relationship with reports. In many an application the reports are the main output. They are the prints which get filed or the invoices which have to ensure the ROI of the application. A good looking output rich with information does increase customer satisfaction. The downside...
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  • A small web design rant: beware of the RADical designer

    A web designer is responsible for the look of a web site. She designs how the information is displayed on the pages, what illustrations are used and how the parts look together. Working with Visual Studio the collaboration between developer and designer can be streamlined. What usually works quite well...
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