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Today, the Visual Studio team announced the release of Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 RC. Our team added a few useful features and did some bug fixing in this update to improve the web development experience. With so many features stuffed into this RC of a CTP, you'll say, "OMG"
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Researchers have developed Morse code for transmitting data via pulses of light sent to an operating scanner. If all-in-one printers are outlawed, only outlaws will own all-in-one printers
But really, this seems so contrived, it would only be done for the demo (or a bad spy movie).
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Kent Sharkey wrote: But really, this seems so contrived, it would only be done for the demo (or a bad spy movie).
This isn't specifically why all the airgapped systems where I work are kept behind locked doors in windowless rooms; but yeah it's not something I think we need to worry about. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The Big G's executive chairman has responded to recent controversy over privacy and taxation. Not the 'correct' side, but the right side. He hates the left hand pages.
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Didn’t catch the entire keynote Apple just gave at its October 2014 event? Not to worry: here’s a quick recap of everything you may have missed. Shiny-shiny. Thin. And pixels. Lots of pixels.
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Any time I ask software developers what they do to become better at their craft, I get a mix of responses — from taking on side projects to scanning Hacker News, to following podcasts, to taking online courses and tutorials. And often it’s a mix of those things, all of which mostly happens off the clock. Something to slide under the door of the executive reading room
Yes, it's another self-serving editorial.
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Indeed, there's no doubt the man is flogging his own brand here.
Overall, I question what I consider the meta-assumption underlying the whole schmear: that employers are interested in, have a stake in, their programmers staying up-to-date, or being early adopters. Au contraire, I think employers most often have a conservative view of early adoption of the latest technologies based on the usual chaos-and-mess in the first stages of the new technologies/frameworks/stacks evolution.
There are also some glib assertions/assumptions I question, like:
"Most company-driven education solutions are easy to implement and affordable. And if they do come at a cost, they should certainly be compensated through increased productivity or employee happiness."
Hoo-rah for naked idealism.
« There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. » Salvador Dali
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While what you say is true with regard to cutting edge technologies, companies do adopt "new" technologies two or three years after it's been introduced and often want employees to just do it without any training having been supplied. With the right developers, that's not a problem. However, much pain and frustration can be avoided and a better result obtained with the employer supplying the requisite (third-party) training and helping developers to keep up-to-date. But, very often it's up to employees to push for such training.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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“Our UserVoice site (both vote counts and comments) will be an important source of input into our feature prioritization going forward and will be regularly monitored,” said Jonathan Sampson, Program Manager of the Internet Explorer team. Oh, this could be good. Who's bringing the popcorn?
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Microsoft says it needs to wield this kind of extreme power to keep the internet safe. "Just what do you think you're doin' with that tin star, boy?"
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I'm making a new one outa Chrome. You gotta problem with that, 'pardner'?!
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Tech industry job gains lag overall national increase. So now you know when to go to get a job
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Microsoft has named its new enterprise tech conference Ignite. This conference will absorb the Management Summit, the Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Project, and TechEd conferences into a single event in Chicago. The event will be held on May 4th after //Build and before the World Partner Conference. Maybe that will start something
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft has named its new enterprise tech conference Ignite.
One way ornother, it's sure to burn brightly.
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The usual mantra we hear regarding any software methodology is that it improves usability and quality, reduces development and testing time, and brings the product to market faster and with fewer bugs. These are lofty goals, but I have yet to see a methodology deliver the Grail of software development. Because you care
The author looks succinctly familiar for some reason.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: The author looks succinctly familiar for some reason.
However, this is not a sanctioned article by myself nor, I imagine SyncFusion, which puts out the Succinctly series. I will be contacting SyncFusion next.
Marc
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Ooops. Should I pull from tomorrow's newsletter?
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Should I pull from tomorrow's newsletter?
Yes please.
Furthermore, when I have the Tuts website open, Firefox does all sorts of annoying vertical up/down shaking stuff. That is a BAD site to go visit. I'd suggest removing the entire post.
Marc.
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Done. Sorry about that.
TTFN - Kent
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Yeah, but you never told us how we could get a nearly new Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid SUV from working at home, so I don't see what value you provided here 
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What "8-but assembly language" is?
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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That's how I'd respond if someone wanted me to write assembly: but-but-but-but-but-but-but-but?
TTFN - Kent
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4 programmers in a meeting talking tech talk?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: but I have yet to see a methodology deliver the Grail of software development
That might be because for decades we already know that we don't have a single method that works - and that high quality requires different methods to be applied.
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