February 1, 2005
Tomorrow is exam
day. . .
For the first time in about a million years, I'm going to be sitting in a
classroom and taking a test. As part of my group within Microsoft, we're
encouraged to get certifications in, what else, Microsoft technologies. When
I've seen resumes with these certifications I've often felt they were not very
meaningful but I can now see that they complement, but can't replace, practical
experience.
I've been a Windows C# developer for three and half years now and I learned
quite a few things by studying for the test. These were things that I had never
encountered in the development of the approximately 300,000 lines of code I've
written since 2001.
The exam is as 8:30 am, listen to tomorrow's show to see how I did!
They Just Don't
Get It. . . (yet)
This just in from Dewayne Hendricks (at
http://weblog.warpspeed.com)
Mike Ricther says: "Those using BitTorrent or the other schemes understand the
corporations; they don't care about them, but they get it. The corporations
appear not to understand their customers". He goes on to say, "If there is a
problem here at all, it is one the owner of rights can solve easily, as those
owning rights to successful films have. It is to provide value added."
I couldn't agree more. You listen, I hope, to the Manic Minute because it gives
you something you want. Other content producers are going to have to figure
this out or die.
Podcast of the
day. . .
The Digital Strips Podcast
http://digitalstrips.blogspot.com/
A review of web comic strips by web comic aficionados.
A bit of audio quality issues (get some popper stopper guys!) but the content
is sick (in the good meaning of the word)
Manic Minute Recommendation: Bam, Zap, Pow! - Bring it on
And that's your Manic Minute for February 1st, 2005
6:23:01 AM 
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