My latest SD Times column argues that it's time to retire Mort, Elvis, and Einstein.

Microsoft today announced a new version of VS "for database professionals." It seems that the emphasis is on maintaining database integrity while evolving the data model: a worthy first goal. Perhaps as significant as the release itself is the way in which the SKU has been developed: the team was …

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Daniel Crenna, one of the finalists in the "Made in Express" contest, felt I went too far in dismissing …

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On [On Intelligence]{style="FONT-STYLE: italic"} Sunday, May 28, 2006

9:11 AM On the suggestion of John Lam, I bought Jeff Hawkins' book On Intelligence and pretty much read it through in one sitting. That was possible because it's a very accessible book and also because, to a large …

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For me, the VS2005 "Extensibility Project"|"Visual Studio Add-In" wizard doesn't produce the expected result -- the add-in doesn't register itself with VS. I've tried this on two machines and it fails on both. Registering an add-in is done via an XML file with a .AddIn extension that (documentation indicates) should …

When you start the beta versions of Outlook or OneNote, you get a dialog box that says "Blah blah blah functionality requires Microsoft Desktop Search. Download now?" That seems dangerously close to using the Office monopoly to "tie" Microsoft's offering in personal search. Not only that, you don't even have …