August 2008 Archives
By Justin Gattuso
Posted on Aug 26, 2008
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Recently we rolled out our Silverlight File Uploader Demo out on our Sandbox. We also submitted it to the Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Gallery over at the official Microsoft Silverlight site. Within about a week it was reviewed and accepted and published out to the site, since that time we've received a few comments on the control, specifically asking for us to explain how it works.
Continue reading "File Uploader Demo 'Under the Hood'" »
By Donovan Myers
Posted on Aug 23, 2008
Last week I had the displeasure of applying for a new credit card and it's accompanying 0% balance transfer offer on the Internet. Now, I can't say that the whole process was horrible - and don't worry, everything worked out in the end - but one single thing could have made the process a lot more enjoyable:
Confirmations!
Read on to hear about my experience.
Continue reading "Online Banking No No: Um, what's going on here? " »
By Donovan Myers
Posted on Aug 23, 2008
Here is a screenshot of my actual email client (Mail for Mac OS X) at the size I run it on a daily basis. A legitimate email from CitiMortgage is displayed in the window. For my 3 deal-killers, I will be referencing this image throughout.

1. It all starts with the subject
Our inboxes are becoming increasingly more difficult to manage. Even if we have the best spam blocking in the world, we're still getting more and more legitimate emails every day. Credit card statements, payment due notifications, Amazon.com order confirmations, shipment notifications, and Facebook updates just to name a few. Pruning your inbox in this day-and-age could take hours.
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By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 11, 2008
Inspired by Jeff Atwood's "Invest In A Quality Programming Chair" blog post, I set out last week to purchase a new chair. I chose to buy a Herman Miller Mirra chair based on Jeff's and several other people's reviews. Since I couldn't find a local dealer, I opted to buy online. What I didn't know is that finding a reputable would prove quite a challenge, but it would demonstrate perfectly one of the most important tips I've been giving our e-commerce clients for years.
Continue reading "Negative Reviews Worse Than No Reviews in E-commerce World" »
By Justin Gattuso
Posted on Aug 1, 2008
Serialization is the process of converting objects to a stream of information that can then be saved to disk, sent over the network, committed to a database or otherwise stored in a state where it can later be loaded and recreated.
Continue reading ".NET Serialization - What is it and how to decide which method to use?" »