Monthly Archives: January 2009

MNGroups

I’ve started a new online group: MNGroups. This group is a culmination of many different groups throughout the Minnesota area. The reason for the group is simple: Collaboration. Here in the Twin Cities we have many different groups that help solve a vast array of different problems but unfortunately we don’t have a group that…

Introducing Twin Cities Pragmatic Beer

I’ve decided to start a pragmatic beer group/gathering. What is Pragmatic Beer? Pragmatic Beer is social event in which various technologists gather to "talk shop" and drink beer (or your drink of choice). A pragmatic beer event is similar to a "Geek Dinner" where a group of individuals gather once a month at a predetermined…

My ReSharper Templates

Recently when working with some co-workers I was flying through some menus and whipping out some code at a breakneck speed and a couple asked how I was doing it so quickly. Simple – Resharper’s live templates. I’m surprised I haven’t posted these before, but for whatever reason here they are. The NUnit templates are…

PowerShell TFS WorkSpace Initialization Script

I needed a way to set up developer machines quick for access to a new Team Foundation Server rollout awhile back. Normally to set up a workspace on each dev’s machine I’d have to do the following: A. Teach everyone how to set up workspaces B. Show them how to get latest C. Hope they…

New Dime Cast up

I’ve got another Dime Cast up here. The theme of this Dime Cast is Learning how to consume a WCF Service.   View the Dime Cast here.