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Handling Circular References ASP.NET MVC Json Serialization

I love the Entity Framework CodeFirst stuff, combined with scaffolding, it makes development go so fast. Fast that is until you drop an API into the mix and want that to serve Json. Here’s my EF Model. Lots of lovely … Continue reading

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Jumping in the Deep-End…

A week or so ago, just as Apple momentarily eclipsed Exxon in value, I finally took the plunge and got a Mac. I may be off the back in joining the Cult, but I’m making up for it by jumping … Continue reading

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Mobile Custom View Engine Code

Today I gave a talk at the  Microsoft Special Interest Group about using ASP.NET MVC to serve device specific views. In that talk I used a CustomViewEngine class (code is here) This code was modified from this post by Scott … Continue reading

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Esri UC BackChannel: Mobile Agenda & More!

The Esri User Conference is a little less than a month away, and we’ve cooked up another BackChannel web site / mobile web app for everyone to enjoy. To be clear, this is just a site that we built for … Continue reading

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ASP.NET MVC3 Google Analytics Html Helper

While we do a lot of different types of projects, almost all of them boil down to creating a web site or app. And almost everyone wants to know usage information about the site/app, and almost everyone uses Google Analytics. … Continue reading

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Fostering Creativity: Internal Incubators?

In order to stay relevant, every organization needs to figure out how to foster creativity. If you’re as rich as Google, you can afford to “just try a lot of stuff and see what sticks”. But the vast majority of … Continue reading

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Scott Hanselman at Esri Dev Meetup in Portland this Thursday!

So, although I’m generally opposed to the grey weariness of the North West at this time of year, this is one event for which I wish I was a local. One of my personal nerd-heroes, Scott Hanselman, will be giving … Continue reading

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GeoGlobalDomination Gets a Home

That’s right – GeoGlobalDomination now has a home… or at least a place where people can post upcoming geofestivities for all to see (and possibly attend!).   Ok, the site is really more of an experiment with a variety of … Continue reading

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Rails IDE on Windows

I got a few questions regarding the IDE (integrated development environment) that I’m using for Rails on Windows. While I did download Aptana Studio 3, I felt that to get a solid handle on Ruby and Rails, I should work … Continue reading

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Why Rails?

Recently I’ve been waxing about Rails on Twitter, which prompted this question… Curious… why rails? I was looking at it earlier and it just seems like another scripting language for the web. Whassup? What am I missing? Since it would … Continue reading

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