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 […]

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaOct 6, 201011:51 pm

Live Essentials 2011 is Released!

I am very excited to see that Live Essentials is out of beta and I just updated my laptop. It looks very good so far, although I haven’t tried everything yet. The Live Synch (Live […]

Computers and Internet by Vince CurlettaJun 30, 20103:41 am

Live Photo Gallery Second Wave Thoughts

I’ve been playing with live photo gallery more tonight, and I am very pleased at some of the face recognition search features. The one I especially like is when I click on one of the […]