Author: Vince Curletta

I'm a freelance Sports Photographer, and retired Software Engineer. I love sports photography and I also do quite a bit of film photography (35mm, 120 and 4x5).

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaSep 29, 201111:31 am

Tablets and other such devices (Part 3)

Ok – so yesterday Amazon announced their new tablet, the Fire. I heard all day long how this was Amazon’s iPad killer, or this was the best competition for the iPad yet, yadda, yadda, yadda… […]

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaAug 31, 20115:14 pm

Tablets and other such devices (part 2)

So, I bought a couple HP Touchpads when they went on sale – and if HP continues to offer the $99 price, I may buy another. Why would I? Well, let me clarify what I […]

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaAug 31, 20114:37 pm

Tablets and other such devices

Ok, so I’m a traditional programmer, with 30 years of application development experience, in a whole new world of tablets, smart phones, html5, flash, silverlight, ajax, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. In other words, I’m an old […]

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaMar 30, 201111:49 pm

DevConnections Final Thoughts

Ok, what I’m taking away from this conference is all about architecture. Am I building reusable code that can be easily modified/maintained without regard for the presentation layer? Can I easily use currently deployed services […]

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaMar 30, 20115:04 pm

DevConnections Update

One of my favorite sessions was titled, “Technical Debt”. It was particularly interesting to me because I’m directly involved in decisions about building vs. buying technology. It’s been my experience that any good IT manager […]

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaMar 30, 20112:28 am

DevConnections Update

So far this week has been good. Full of new info on Visual Studio, SQL Server and other products. I will try to post updates tomorrow on some of what I’ve learned here.

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaMar 27, 20112:38 am

DevConnections Conference

Tomorrow is the start of DevConnections. I’m looking forward to some time away, and some time to take a step back and think about the bigger picture. My daily routine tends to not allow thinking […]

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaDec 12, 20102:31 pm

Windows Phone 7

Ok, so I bought one of the new Windows Phones for my wife. Well, fortunately it’s all new to her, so learning one is the same as learning any other… First, let me tell you […]

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaOct 8, 20102:47 am

Windows Live Family Safety

Ok… Windows Live Family Safety is another piece of the Windows Live Essentials package that really works well – and makes things easier for me. What does Family Safety do? Well, for one thing, if […]