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27 Jun 2012   Updated: 27 Jun 2012   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 11   Popularity: 5.21
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Welcome to our continuing series of Code Project interviews in which we talk to developers about their backgrounds, projects, interests and pet peeves. Here we talk to Steve Smith, serial software-development entrepreneur and currently an Executive VP of the Services Team for Telerik.
Hardware review
30 Jan 2012   Updated: 30 Jan 2012   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.49
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Last week a received a new Asus UX31E Zenbook Ultrabook laptop computer, which I’ve been putting through the paces.
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13 May 2011   Updated: 13 May 2011   Rating: 4.83/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.91
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This article demonstrates how to get started with Microsoft Platform Ready
Ultrabook
12 Aug 2013   Updated: 12 Aug 2013   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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First Impressions of the Intel Haswell Ultrabook
5 Sep 2013   Updated: 5 Sep 2013   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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Intel Haswell Ultrabook Preview Unit Experience
21 Oct 2013   Updated: 21 Oct 2013   Rating: 4.86/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.32
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I’ve had a pre-release Intel Ultrabook with the new Haswell processor in it for about two months now, so it’s time for one last review of the device.
28 Feb 2012   Updated: 28 Feb 2012   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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Here are some more thoughts on the Asus Zen Ultrabook
29 Mar 2012   Updated: 29 Mar 2012   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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Now that I’ve had it a while, I thought I’d post one more time with how it’s continued to work for me.
19 Sep 2012   Updated: 19 Sep 2012   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.49
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I recently received a preview-hardware next generation Ivy Bridge Ultrabook from Intel, optimized for and pre-installed with Windows 8.
23 Oct 2012   Updated: 23 Oct 2012   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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The Ivy Bridge Ultrabook Continued.
6 Dec 2012   Updated: 6 Dec 2012   Rating: 4.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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In this last write-up, I wanted to go a little bit deeper into the sensors that come with the device.

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Chief Technology Officer Falafel Software
United States United States
Steve is Chief Technology Officer for Falafel Software as well as a Pluralsight trainer.

Steve is very active in the Microsoft developer community, and is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. He has been a regular conference speaker since 2001 and has written or contributed to several books on software development, including 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know. Steve co-founded and coordinates a software craftsmanship user group in northeast Ohio (HudsonSC.com).

Steve is passionate about software craftsmanship and architecture and design best practices. He enjoys helping fellow programmers achieve their own "ah-ha" moments through speaking, his blog (http://ardalis.com), videos, and other opportunities. Before joining The Code Project, Steve founded NimblePros, an agile consulting shop focused on software craftsmanship through their work, training, and tools designed to help developers deliver better software.

Steve lives in Kent, Ohio with his wife Michelle, daughter Ilyana, and son Nikita. He enjoys biking, swimming, karate, and all manner of games when he is not immersed in the latest developments in software.