Visual Studio 11 First Impressions

Tuesday, 06 March 2012
  • By
  • Jeff Ammons

This is definitely Microsoft's Year Of Living Dangerously.

I've rarely seen a company take so many bold chances at once.

Windows 8 is quite the departure from the past. I'll blog about that one separately.

This post is about Visual Studio 11.

As soon as you fire it up BAM!

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Review - Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 29, Edited By Mark Frauenfelder; O'Reilly Media / Make

Friday, 02 March 2012
  • By
  • Jeff Ammons

Summary

If you aren't familiar with Make Magazine, you are in for a treat. That is if you like building things. If not, then move along, there's nothing to see here.

My Take On It

I have to admit I've been a fan of the concept of Make Magazine from the beginning. O'Reilly have been a big part of the open source movement for a long time, and the obvious extension of making open source software is making physical objects and sharing the "how to".

The focus of this issue is DIY Superhuman, and as such includes projects to augment your senses and capabilities. No really. Sounds like a comic book, but there are some plausible and slick projects in here.

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