Software Development News and Articles

Beginning Android Development Part 1 (SDK, ADT and AVD)
I've recently decided to begin my adventures in Android development after years and years of doodling down ideas that I thought would make ...
Creating An XML Document in ASP.NET
Published on: 8/14/2014 - 6 min read
Creating An XML Document in ASP.NET
There are various different approaches to XML document creation in .NET. There is no right or wrong way really, it just depends on the situ...
Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods Review
Published on: 8/9/2014 - 4 min read
Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods Review
After 17 long years Akira Toriyama graces us once again with a brand new original DBZ feature film. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods pits our ...
How To Write A Good Technical Resume For a Programmer
I've read tons of articles and how to's on how to write the "perfect resume". And I've followed many of those standards and rules throughou...
How To Watermark Images In C#
Published on: 7/27/2014 - 4 min read
How To Watermark Images In C#
As a developer, I hate using 3rd party software to accomplish things that would take a few minutes or hours of work. For example, watermark...
Loot Crate July 2014 Unboxing - Villains
Published on: 7/22/2014 - 3 min read
Loot Crate July 2014 Unboxing - Villains
I could get used to this. This months LootCrate just hit my mailbox and the theme this time around is "Villains". And I'd say the pack wa...
Implementing DLL's For Your ASP.NET Site
Published on: 7/20/2014 - 3 min read
Implementing DLL's For Your ASP.NET Site
Code re-use is at the heart of any good developer and it is a very welcomed ally when the time arrives. The last thing you want to do when ...
1 Week With The LG G Watch
Published on: 7/18/2014 - 6 min read
1 Week With The LG G Watch
A whole 7 days have passed and this puppy hasn't left my hand yet, except to shower, even though it is water resistant. And one thing is fo...
Adding Controls Programmatically In ASP.NET
Published on: 7/17/2014 - 3 min read
Adding Controls Programmatically In ASP.NET
The beauty of working on .NET web forms is that every control that you see on the screen is an object of some kind, inheriting from the bas...
The Project Graveyard: Where Software Goes To Die
Published on: 7/15/2014 - 5 min read
The Project Graveyard: Where Software Goes To Die
Every developer I know has one thing in common. It's not a great thing, but it goes with the territory. I came to accept it and learn what...
LG G Watch Unboxing And Review
Published on: 7/9/2014 - 7 min read
LG G Watch Unboxing And Review
Smartwatches like the Pebble and Samsungs Gear series have been out for a bit now. Pebble has been running it's own proprietary OS, which...
Anime Expo 2014 Highlights
Published on: 7/7/2014 - 5 min read
Anime Expo 2014 Highlights
This marks my second time attending Anime Expo. Different goal in mind this year compared to last year. Last year the intended goal was t...
Important Web Developer Skills To Learn
Published on: 6/27/2014 - 5 min read
Important Web Developer Skills To Learn
In my 6 years writing software professionally and countless others non-professionally I've come across many of the same scenarios many a ti...
June 2014 LootCrate Unboxing
Published on: 6/22/2014 - 3 min read
June 2014 LootCrate Unboxing
This months theme is TRANSFORM. So of course Transformers toys just had to be in the mix and I for one was very excited to open mine up as...
Console Wars is an entertaining and very thorough look at one of the greatest gaming rivalries of all time. Every console generation we see...
How To Dynamically Add Meta Data To Your ASP.NET Pages
Meta descriptions and keywords help search engines figure out what your web pages are about. And while it is highly contended as to whether...
The Best Parts of E3 This Year
Published on: 6/12/2014 - 4 min read
The Best Parts of E3 This Year
Maybe it's just me, but E3 left me a tad bit disappointed this year. There were a few highlights of course, but just nothing with a large W...
My Tomodachi Life Got Out Of Hand
Published on: 6/8/2014 - 4 min read
My Tomodachi Life Got Out Of Hand
Tomodachi Life just came out for the Nintendo 3DS and my curiosity took the best of me and I picked it up on release day. Very quirky ga...
Top 5 reasons to not become a software developer
Recently I wrote about why you should become a software developer and all the benefits that come with it. It's a great career and an awesom...
Why I'm Going Back To Old Skool Video Games
Published on: 5/31/2014 - 9 min read
Why I'm Going Back To Old Skool Video Games
.bord { border: solid 2px #cd3700; } The first console I ever played as a kid was the Atari "something or other", and it was not fun.....