MySoftwareStartup

Exactly two months ago Microsoft sent me an email introducing it's new branding called " Microsoft Advertising " (note that the page is presently erroring out). Personally I think the new branding is a step forward, as I never cared for...

If you're an avid twitterer (or twit for short), you'll be very familiar with it's downtime issues. Well as I see it, there are 3 major problems Twitter has. Downtime, Spammers, and a lack of viable income. So how do I think it can solve it's...

Having recently been through a somewhat distasteful divorce (all but being called an abusive and negligent father), I came to recognize the need to establish custody records while I have my son. The need arises because I need proof of both my own and...

Surprisingly enough, Chris Love wins the Microsoft Certification Exam Voucher. I calculated the winner by counting the total number of entries first. http://GeeksWithBlogs.net/rwalker comments first, then http://www.MySoftwareStartup.com comments next...

Over the past year, Microsoft has broadly touted their partnership with NBC and the video feeds they will provide for the Olympics. So on July 4th, I sat back and while watching their TV broadcast and went over to their website http://www.nbcolympics...

You might want to skip this first paragraph if you are just looking for the RegEx Tools portion. I still find it amazing how the web can create an online social inner-networking that bobs and weaves an amazing web of connections (confused? me too). Here's...

I've recently come into several Certification Exam Vouchers and have decided to host a giveaway. Just post a comment to the blog, and I'll randomly select a winner. All entries must be in by June 30th, 2008. You can also post a comment to my cross...

The following is a response to the forum question posted here . I had the opportunity to meet Scott while at the Little Rock .Net User Group, and we talked briefly about my thoughts on how to take advantage of the programs available to software startups...

A big heartfelt thank you and congratulations to two of the developer community builders in the Northwest Arkansas area, Jay Smith and Michael Paladino with special mention to Zach Young. As a Microsoft MVP, one of our benefits this year, is the ability...

It was this time last year at TechEd that Cory Smith introduced me to the Visual Basic product team. He first introduced me to Ed Hickey, who is the VB MVP Lead at Microsoft. The funny story about Ed is, less than a week after Ed awarded me the MVP status...

I suppose I was naive in thinking that once I received my Microsoft MVP award, I could breathe a bit. But we've had sooo much Developer Community activity, I haven't had a chance to breathe, much less blog. I still haven't had an opportunity...

I've been working with config files for quite some time. I was recently reminded that I needed to finish my original article and share my final findings on my personal best practices for working with config files. One of the coolest and most useful...

For those that want your website to render correctly on IE8, the recent newsletter gave a great example for enforcing IE7 compatibility via a Meta tag. (You can see the new IE logo above) Per Site Basis: Site owners and administrators can include the...

Sadly I had meant to post this back in February. 20 Tips Every Business Should Know Their #1 tip is serving a niche market. While not a requirement for starting a business, you need to separate yourselves from your competition. Whether it be in price...

While I love Microsoft's developer products, adCenter (Microsoft's search advertising / pay per click) makes me want to hide in shame. See the email I received below. I completely understand the desire of AdCenter to educate the masses, but do...