Having recently moved to Sweden but with business/friends/family in Denmark, I have experienced first-hand a phenomenon that has increasingly been discussed in various forms over the recent years: Walled Gardens. According to Wikipedia, a walled garden refers to: … a closed or exclusive set of information services provided for users. This is in contrast to… Continue reading Walled Gardens of countries
Author: David
Resumes are bullshit
Today, I was asked by a consultancy agency to provide a resume (or Curriculum Vitae or CV) with “some more meat on it” than one I had sent earlier which was very basic and with simple bullet points. I have always felt that resumes are bullshit and I have always wanted to blog about it… Continue reading Resumes are bullshit
Strange Linq-to-SQL performance when using Count
Yesterday, I was writing a Linq-to-SQL query and noticed a quite remarkable difference in performance between two very similar queries (seconds versus minutes of running time). I thought it would be worth sharing. Basically, I have a bunch of orders that are represented by two SQL tables, called Basket and BasketItem. If an order e.g.… Continue reading Strange Linq-to-SQL performance when using Count
Sorting an ASP.NET GridView with a custom data source
The other day, I had to present some data in an ASP.NET GridView control and I had to allow sorting of some of the columns. This is easy if the data source is based on e.g. an SQL data source but not particularly easy when using a custom data source. In my case, I had… Continue reading Sorting an ASP.NET GridView with a custom data source
Why I stopped drinking and started sleeping
In July this year, just as I was starting up metacircle, I made a decision to stop drinking alcohol. Since then, I have become increasingly happy with this decision. What does this have to do with software and the IT industry? As it turns out, quite a lot — at least for me. First, I’m… Continue reading Why I stopped drinking and started sleeping