Assuming a Different Persona
In the book The Inmates Are Running the Asylum (aff), author Alan Cooper put the idea of personas into the mainstream. The basic concept is creating fictional people that are typical users. This is...
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Word Automation Within A Windows Service
Just because Microsoft says that you shouldn’t do something rarely stops developers from trying. My task was to try to write a Windows Service replacement for a legacy application that saved a Word Document...
Cool Code For Testing Windows Services
Windows Services are great. They allow you to write code that will run even when a user is not logged in. They can perform functions in the background, and they’re very useful. Writing them,...
Installing Windows 7 RTM on Dell XPS M1530
Windows 7 is amazing. If you haven’t had a chance to read up on it or try one of the betas, Windows 7’s interface and look is something to behold. I’ve been trying out...
