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.NET (63)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2012-12-01
Using FSI to execute F# code from a .NET app
7
5
2011-09-12
New release of Microsoft Solver Foundation
3
5
2011-07-24
Create optimization programs dynamically with C# and the Microsoft Solver Foundation
7
5
2011-03-13
OpenXML: reading the cells of a workbook
7
4.3
2011-02-20
Binding a ListObject to a .NET List
2
5
2011-02-13
In order to learn BDD, As a TDD fan, I want to try StoryQ
3
None
2010-06-13
Supercharge Excel functions with ExcelDNA and .Net parallelism
5
5
2010-06-07
Mutant Excel and .Net with ExcelDNA
6
5
2010-06-04
Speaking about Mocks in Pleasanton this Wednesday
2
None
2010-05-26
Excel 2007 VSTO Add-In tutorial: code sample
2
5
2010-05-20
.less is more
0
None
2010-05-16
yield, trees and recursion
0
None
2010-04-23
The Joy of Pex
3
5
2010-04-16
WPF, Silverlight Toolkit supports stacked series
1
5
2010-04-01
Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: table of contents
13
5
2010-03-08
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: display open worksheets in a TreeView
17
5
2010-03-02
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: adding a WPF control
13
5
2010-02-16
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: Custom Task Pane
15
4.7
2010-02-12
Create a Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: getting started
10
4.6
2010-01-31
Introducing NorCal Weekly .Net
2
None
2010-01-27
Mocking multiple calls, ignoring arguments
0
None
2010-01-23
On the road from C# to F# (2)
4
1
2009-12-12
Read Excel VBA macros and functions through C#
29
5
2009-10-20
Read the contents of a worksheet with C#
23
4.2
2009-10-15
The Art of Unit Testing
4
None
2009-10-12
VSTO add-in with multiple assemblies
3
None
2009-10-06
I survived another SVCC iteration
0
None
2009-09-18
Bugs hiding in plain sight
0
None
2009-09-07
One month to Silicon Valley Code Camp!
1
None
2009-08-20
Create an Excel Line – Column combination chart in C#, revisited
4
3
2009-08-09
W00t! Win 7 includes .NET 3.5 SP1
0
None
2009-08-03
Create Excel Line - Column Chart from C#
8
None
2009-08-01
Prototype your app with Sketchflow
3
None
2009-07-24
No Tolerance for NUnit Data-Driven tests?
2
None
2009-06-24
San Francisco .NET user group
0
None
2009-06-08
Dude, where is my log?
0
None
2009-05-27
#warning: the power of in-your-face
1
None
2009-05-17
Data driven tests with NUnit 2.5
5
4.5
2009-05-10
Testing for exceptions with NUnit 2.5
6
4.8
2009-04-16
Don’t reinvent the wheel
0
None
2009-04-09
Your best friend, "record macro"?
0
5
2009-04-06
Manipulating Excel embedded charts
3
5
2009-03-30
“Blue Lobster” version 0.1.0
1
1
2009-03-26
Give me 5 Lbs of VSTO
0
5
2009-03-15
The curious case of the non-random Random()
0
None
2009-03-05
Proper etiquette for var
2
None
2009-02-22
Selecting an item in a list with WPF and M-V-VM
4
5
2009-02-03
Full house at Karl Shifflett's education day
1
None
2009-01-13
Best-of the PDC comes to San Francisco
0
None
2009-01-10
Education Day: Creating WPF Line of Business Applications (M-V-VM) Using C# and VB.NET
0
None
2009-01-05
A case of identity
0
None
2008-12-11
Excel extensions with VSTO power tools
1
3.7
2008-11-17
VSTO vs. VBA performance comparison
2
None
2008-11-16
Adding a sub-menu in an Excel add-in
3
5
2008-11-13
VSTO session: code sample
0
5
2008-11-11
TDD session: code and slides
0
None
2008-10-26
Installing a VSTO add-in on a .NET 2.0 machine
1
None
2008-10-18
Silicon Valley Code Camp 2008 is coming up!
0
None
2008-09-04
Converting Excel date format to System.DateTime
5
5
2008-08-28
VSTO Add-In installation woes
13
4
2008-08-11
Build a NET 3.5 Application in One Day!
1
None
2008-07-02
Excel VSTO add-in menu manager
10
4.5
2008-06-24
Implicit
0
4
.Net Community (7)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2013-05-21
F# Coding Dojo in SF last week
0
None
2012-04-21
“For Those About to Mock” presentation material
2
None
2011-09-25
Coming up soon: Silicon Valley CodeCamp 2011
0
None
2010-10-13
Silicon Valley Code Camp presentation material
0
None
2010-06-04
Speaking about Mocks in Pleasanton this Wednesday
2
None
2010-01-31
Introducing NorCal Weekly .Net
2
None
2010-01-09
Mocks at the North Bay .Net User Group
1
None
Akin (4)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2009-12-12
Read Excel VBA macros and functions through C#
29
5
2009-10-03
Akin 0.5.0 released
3
None
2009-09-29
Movement is relative
2
None
2009-08-09
W00t! Win 7 includes .NET 3.5 SP1
0
None
Algorithms (23)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2012-09-30
Logistic Regression
3
None
2012-08-22
Visualization of Decision Tree classifier with MS AGL
1
5
2012-08-18
Naïve Bayes Classification
2
5
2012-08-05
Decision Tree classification
5
4.2
2012-08-01
Nearest Neighbor Classification, Part 2
2
None
2012-07-29
Nearest Neighbor Classification, part 1
2
5
2012-06-27
Unconstrained continuous optimization with Bumblebee
1
5
2012-04-01
Bipartite matching with Bumblebee
0
2
2012-01-06
Fair split into 3 groups using Bumblebee
2
None
2011-12-26
Bumblebee 2.0: Traveling Santa
1
2
2011-09-05
Parallelizing the BeeHive
2
None
2011-08-21
12-pack, take three: recursion
0
None
2011-08-14
12-pack, take two: Microsoft Solver Foundation
3
None
2011-08-06
12-pack, take one: a Sieve-like approach
1
None
2011-08-04
The 12-pack problem: combination of integers
2
None
2011-07-16
First steps with the Microsoft Solver Foundation
7
5
2011-05-22
The Bee Colony in action
3
1
2011-05-15
Waggle dances and Promotions
0
None
2011-05-08
Getting the bees to Work
1
None
2011-04-28
Length of a closed path
1
None
2011-04-24
Simulated Bee Colony in F#
3
None
2010-04-09
Funky strategy pattern
3
None
2010-01-16
Longest Common Subsequence in F#
4
5
BlogEngine.NET (8)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2010-04-27
Apologies and thanks
5
2.7
2010-03-21
BlogEngine.Net 1.6.0 upgrade
19
4.5
2010-01-03
Maintenance interruptions
0
None
2009-07-31
Upgraded BlogEngine
4
None
2009-04-04
Moderate unapproved comments with Commentor
2
4
2008-12-02
Using Windows Live Writer
1
None
2008-11-25
Upgraded to BlogEngine.Net 1.4.5
0
None
2008-06-27
Social bookmarking extension
6
4
Bumblebee (7)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2012-07-23
Throttling F# Events using the Reactive Extensions
1
3.5
2012-06-27
Unconstrained continuous optimization with Bumblebee
1
5
2012-06-06
Bumblebee 0.3 is now on CodePlex (and NuGet)
0
None
2012-04-01
Bipartite matching with Bumblebee
0
2
2012-01-30
Fight mutation with recursion
0
2
2012-01-06
Fair split into 3 groups using Bumblebee
2
None
2011-12-26
Bumblebee 2.0: Traveling Santa
1
2
C# (37)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2013-03-03
On F# code readability
6
4.1
2013-01-26
Testing and mocking your C# code with F#
2
5
2012-12-01
Using FSI to execute F# code from a .NET app
7
5
2012-01-14
Create an Excel chart in C# without worksheet data
2
5
2011-12-26
Bumblebee 2.0: Traveling Santa
1
2
2011-12-18
Bumblebee: a C# example
3
None
2011-12-04
Seams, Mocks, and Functions
0
5
2011-08-21
12-pack, take three: recursion
0
None
2011-08-14
12-pack, take two: Microsoft Solver Foundation
3
None
2011-08-06
12-pack, take one: a Sieve-like approach
1
None
2011-08-02
Wrapping long-running Excel operations with IDisposable
2
5
2011-07-24
Create optimization programs dynamically with C# and the Microsoft Solver Foundation
7
5
2011-07-16
First steps with the Microsoft Solver Foundation
7
5
2011-06-26
FizzBuzz, the hard way
1
None
2011-02-20
Binding a ListObject to a .NET List
2
5
2011-01-23
Add an Excel In-Cell DropDown in C#
9
5
2010-12-26
More dynamic list sorting
1
5
2010-12-12
Dipping my feet into ASP.NET MVC
3
None
2010-11-28
Workbook and Worksheet activate and deactivate
2
3
2010-11-22
Extension method surprise
2
4
2010-11-06
Mocking Excel
4
None
2010-10-31
Select how to sort a list dynamically
4
5
2010-10-17
Write data to an Excel worksheet with C#, fast
27
4.8
2010-09-27
“Auto-complete” quick-search WPF ListBox
6
5
2010-09-19
Strategy or Func
0
None
2010-09-07
PowerPoint VSTO translation add-in
2
4.7
2010-09-02
Translating a PowerPoint slide with Google translate
2
5
2010-08-21
Exploring the PowerPoint TextRange object
3
5
2010-08-13
Friday the 13th FizzBuzz
0
None
2010-08-08
Finding Text in a PowerPoint slide with C#
5
5
2010-07-05
On the road from C# to F#: more stocks
5
5
2010-06-21
On the road from C# to F#: reading Stock Quotes
8
5
2010-04-14
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: go to cell
2
None
2010-04-09
Funky strategy pattern
3
None
2010-02-22
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: the Ribbon
16
5
2010-02-16
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: Custom Task Pane
15
4.7
2010-01-23
On the road from C# to F# (2)
4
1
Decision analysis (8)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2009-12-08
Priceless
0
5
2009-06-28
The Drunkard’s Walk
0
None
2009-06-14
Sway
0
None
2008-12-07
Collectively deciding between alternatives
0
5
2008-07-21
Decision trouble
0
None
2008-06-21
A code of conduct for business ethics
3
4
2008-06-02
The culture of decision trees
0
None
2008-04-02
Are you more Chimp or Bonobo?
1
None
Design and Patterns (24)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2012-02-19
VSTO: solution organization
0
None
2012-01-30
Fight mutation with recursion
0
2
2011-12-11
Bumblebee 0.1 is on CodePlex
1
5
2011-12-04
Seams, Mocks, and Functions
0
5
2011-11-13
Assert First
0
None
2011-09-05
Parallelizing the BeeHive
2
None
2010-10-31
Select how to sort a list dynamically
4
5
2010-10-27
Opinionated design
1
None
2010-09-19
Strategy or Func
0
None
2010-05-16
yield, trees and recursion
0
None
2010-04-09
Funky strategy pattern
3
None
2010-01-23
On the road from C# to F# (2)
4
1
2009-12-01
Sometimes, TDD doesn’t flow
0
None
2009-10-15
The Art of Unit Testing
4
None
2009-10-10
Duct tape post-mortem
1
5
2009-10-06
I survived another SVCC iteration
0
None
2009-09-29
Movement is relative
2
None
2009-09-07
One month to Silicon Valley Code Camp!
1
None
2009-07-07
Regularity, cohesion, balance
0
None
2009-06-30
Illustrative Programming
0
None
2009-05-17
Data driven tests with NUnit 2.5
5
4.5
2009-02-22
Selecting an item in a list with WPF and M-V-VM
4
5
2009-02-08
Joel doesn't like SOLID
0
None
2008-07-02
Excel VSTO add-in menu manager
10
4.5
Economics (6)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2010-07-24
Should I keep my car?
16
4.5
2009-12-08
Priceless
0
5
2009-06-14
Sway
0
None
2008-12-13
Diversification and correlation
0
None
2008-10-19
Free trade
0
4
2008-10-12
Prediction markets manipulation
0
None
Excel (66)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2013-02-06
Plot functions from F# to Excel
2
5
2013-01-20
Still obsessing on FSI and Excel
7
None
2012-12-01
Using FSI to execute F# code from a .NET app
7
5
2012-01-14
Create an Excel chart in C# without worksheet data
2
5
2011-11-27
Excel Developer Conference in London, Jan 2012
0
None
2011-11-06
Scripting Excel tests with F#
0
None
2011-08-02
Wrapping long-running Excel operations with IDisposable
2
5
2011-03-13
OpenXML: reading the cells of a workbook
7
4.3
2011-02-20
Binding a ListObject to a .NET List
2
5
2011-01-23
Add an Excel In-Cell DropDown in C#
9
5
2011-01-16
Docking WPF controls in the VSTO Task Pane
21
2.7
2010-11-28
Workbook and Worksheet activate and deactivate
2
3
2010-11-22
Extension method surprise
2
4
2010-11-14
Weird Excel behavior with Filter and Hidden column
2
None
2010-11-06
Mocking Excel
4
None
2010-10-17
Write data to an Excel worksheet with C#, fast
27
4.8
2010-07-15
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: basic msi setup
30
5
2010-07-13
Mario
5
None
2010-06-28
Generate all outcomes of a binary tree with Excel
3
None
2010-06-13
Supercharge Excel functions with ExcelDNA and .Net parallelism
5
5
2010-06-07
Mutant Excel and .Net with ExcelDNA
6
5
2010-05-26
Excel 2007 VSTO Add-In tutorial: code sample
2
5
2010-05-06
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: display differences
2
5
2010-04-26
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: read worksheets
2
5
2010-04-14
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: go to cell
2
None
2010-04-01
Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: table of contents
13
5
2010-03-27
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: wrapping up part 1
11
5
2010-03-17
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: Excel events
21
4.7
2010-03-11
How do you catch that a Worksheet has been deleted?
7
5
2010-03-08
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: display open worksheets in a TreeView
17
5
2010-03-02
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: adding a WPF control
13
5
2010-02-22
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: the Ribbon
16
5
2010-02-16
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: Custom Task Pane
15
4.7
2010-02-12
Create a Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: getting started
10
4.6
2010-02-06
Recalculate cells before reading from a worksheet
2
None
2010-02-03
Warning: ambiguous method call in VSTO
1
None
2009-12-12
Read Excel VBA macros and functions through C#
29
5
2009-10-29
Excel ScatterPlot with labels, colors and markers
26
4.9
2009-10-20
Read the contents of a worksheet with C#
23
4.2
2009-10-12
VSTO add-in with multiple assemblies
3
None
2009-10-03
Akin 0.5.0 released
3
None
2009-09-03
More What-If analysis with Excel Data Table
8
5
2009-08-28
Find an optimal solution with Excel Data Table
9
5
2009-08-20
Create an Excel Line – Column combination chart in C#, revisited
4
3
2009-08-17
Darling, I shrunk the workbook
0
None
2009-08-03
Create Excel Line - Column Chart from C#
8
None
2009-07-29
Excel Goal Seek: Caution
9
4.7
2009-06-30
Illustrative Programming
0
None
2009-04-09
Your best friend, "record macro"?
0
5
2009-04-06
Manipulating Excel embedded charts
3
5
2009-03-30
“Blue Lobster” version 0.1.0
1
1
2009-03-26
Give me 5 Lbs of VSTO
0
5
2009-01-06
The Last Cell in an Excel Worksheet
3
4
2008-12-11
Excel extensions with VSTO power tools
1
3.7
2008-12-04
Shortest path with the Excel solver
2
4.5
2008-11-17
VSTO vs. VBA performance comparison
2
None
2008-11-16
Adding a sub-menu in an Excel add-in
3
5
2008-11-13
VSTO session: code sample
0
5
2008-10-26
Installing a VSTO add-in on a .NET 2.0 machine
1
None
2008-10-18
Silicon Valley Code Camp 2008 is coming up!
0
None
2008-09-04
Converting Excel date format to System.DateTime
5
5
2008-08-28
VSTO Add-In installation woes
13
4
2008-07-13
Harmonic average function
2
None
2008-07-02
Excel VSTO add-in menu manager
10
4.5
2008-06-08
S-shaped market adoption curve
35
4.7
2008-04-22
Excel, named ranges and INDIRECT()
1
5
F# (55)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2013-05-21
F# Coding Dojo in SF last week
0
None
2013-04-28
Recommendation Engine using Math.NET, SVD and F#
2
5
2013-04-14
Visualize WorldBank data with R and F# Type Providers
3
3
2013-03-25
Simplify data with SVD and Math.NET in F#
4
5
2013-03-16
Transform a picture in the style of Mondrian with F#
0
5
2013-03-03
On F# code readability
6
4.1
2013-02-10
K-Means clustering in F#
0
5
2013-02-06
Plot functions from F# to Excel
2
5
2013-01-26
Testing and mocking your C# code with F#
2
5
2013-01-20
Still obsessing on FSI and Excel
7
None
2012-12-29
AdaBoost in F#
1
5
2012-12-26
Support Vector Machine in F#: getting there
2
None
2012-12-01
Using FSI to execute F# code from a .NET app
7
5
2012-11-10
Kaggle/StackOverflow contest field notes, part 1
2
5
2012-10-31
How dense is the product of Sparse Matrices?
4
5
2012-09-30
Logistic Regression
3
None
2012-08-22
Visualization of Decision Tree classifier with MS AGL
1
5
2012-08-18
Naïve Bayes Classification
2
5
2012-08-05
Decision Tree classification
5
4.2
2012-08-01
Nearest Neighbor Classification, Part 2
2
None
2012-07-29
Nearest Neighbor Classification, part 1
2
5
2012-07-23
Throttling F# Events using the Reactive Extensions
1
3.5
2012-07-08
Simulating a simple Queue in F#
0
4
2012-06-27
Unconstrained continuous optimization with Bumblebee
1
5
2012-06-06
Bumblebee 0.3 is now on CodePlex (and NuGet)
0
None
2012-05-27
Simple Markov chains in F#
0
5
2012-05-20
Infinite Monkeys and their typewriters
7
5
2012-05-06
Optimizing some old F# code
0
None
2012-04-07
Convex Hull
2
5
2012-04-01
Bipartite matching with Bumblebee
0
2
2012-03-25
Sierpinski Madness and overloading operators
1
5
2012-03-16
Sierpinski triangle, WPF remix
1
5
2012-03-11
Sierpinski triangle
2
5
2012-01-30
Fight mutation with recursion
0
2
2012-01-06
Fair split into 3 groups using Bumblebee
2
None
2011-12-26
Bumblebee 2.0: Traveling Santa
1
2
2011-12-18
Bumblebee: a C# example
3
None
2011-12-11
Bumblebee 0.1 is on CodePlex
1
5
2011-12-04
Seams, Mocks, and Functions
0
5
2011-11-06
Scripting Excel tests with F#
0
None
2011-09-23
Fun with List comprehensions
0
None
2011-09-11
Explore & Visualize models with F# and FSharpChart
0
None
2011-09-05
Parallelizing the BeeHive
2
None
2011-05-22
The Bee Colony in action
3
1
2011-05-15
Waggle dances and Promotions
0
None
2011-05-08
Getting the bees to Work
1
None
2011-04-28
Length of a closed path
1
None
2011-04-24
Simulated Bee Colony in F#
3
None
2011-04-16
Simulating a Markov Chain with F# Sequences
2
None
2011-04-10
Simple simulation with F# Sequences
1
None
2010-07-05
On the road from C# to F#: more stocks
5
5
2010-06-21
On the road from C# to F#: reading Stock Quotes
8
5
2010-01-23
On the road from C# to F# (2)
4
1
2010-01-16
Longest Common Subsequence in F#
4
5
2009-12-24
On the road from C# to F#
1
5
Machine Learning (12)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2013-04-28
Recommendation Engine using Math.NET, SVD and F#
2
5
2013-03-25
Simplify data with SVD and Math.NET in F#
4
5
2013-02-10
K-Means clustering in F#
0
5
2012-12-29
AdaBoost in F#
1
5
2012-12-26
Support Vector Machine in F#: getting there
2
None
2012-11-10
Kaggle/StackOverflow contest field notes, part 1
2
5
2012-09-30
Logistic Regression
3
None
2012-08-22
Visualization of Decision Tree classifier with MS AGL
1
5
2012-08-18
Naïve Bayes Classification
2
5
2012-08-05
Decision Tree classification
5
4.2
2012-08-01
Nearest Neighbor Classification, Part 2
2
None
2012-07-29
Nearest Neighbor Classification, part 1
2
5
Management (8)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2009-12-31
year++
0
None
2009-07-14
Dysfunctional team
0
4.7
2009-04-14
In the beginning was the Word
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2009-01-26
Owning Up To It 2.0
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2008-09-23
Gauging the potential of Chrome using the Bass model (part 1)
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2008-06-21
A code of conduct for business ethics
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2008-05-20
Start-up junkies
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2008-01-25
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5
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2013-03-25
Simplify data with SVD and Math.NET in F#
4
5
2012-10-31
How dense is the product of Sparse Matrices?
4
5
2012-05-27
Simple Markov chains in F#
0
5
2012-04-07
Convex Hull
2
5
2012-03-11
Sierpinski triangle
2
5
2011-08-21
12-pack, take three: recursion
0
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2011-08-14
12-pack, take two: Microsoft Solver Foundation
3
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2011-08-06
12-pack, take one: a Sieve-like approach
1
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2011-08-04
The 12-pack problem: combination of integers
2
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2010-08-13
Friday the 13th FizzBuzz
0
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2010-06-28
Generate all outcomes of a binary tree with Excel
3
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2010-01-14
Fun with queues, 2
0
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2009-09-20
The PuzzlOR
0
None
2009-09-18
Bugs hiding in plain sight
0
None
2009-09-03
More What-If analysis with Excel Data Table
8
5
2009-08-08
Euler Problem 205
4
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2009-06-28
The Drunkard’s Walk
0
None
2009-06-18
It takes one to know one
2
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2009-06-01
Ars Mathematica
4
5
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2011-09-25
Coming up soon: Silicon Valley CodeCamp 2011
0
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2010-10-13
Silicon Valley Code Camp presentation material
0
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2010-10-08
Not only professional, but most valuable, too!
4
5
2010-09-26
Silicon Valley Code Camp 2010 schedule is up
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2010-01-31
Introducing NorCal Weekly .Net
2
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2010-01-09
Mocks at the North Bay .Net User Group
1
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2010-01-03
Maintenance interruptions
0
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2009-12-31
year++
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2009-10-03
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None
2009-09-07
One month to Silicon Valley Code Camp!
1
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2009-07-31
Upgraded BlogEngine
4
None
2009-06-24
San Francisco .NET user group
0
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2009-05-14
Live Messenger Hackathon
1
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2009-04-30
Website spring clean-up
1
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2009-04-14
In the beginning was the Word
0
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2009-04-05
The EnergyNet, and why you should care
0
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2009-04-03
WPF for LOB tour
0
None
2009-03-30
“Blue Lobster” version 0.1.0
1
1
2009-03-12
Big bad new computer
0
None
2009-02-03
Full house at Karl Shifflett's education day
1
None
2009-01-13
Best-of the PDC comes to San Francisco
0
None
2009-01-10
Education Day: Creating WPF Line of Business Applications (M-V-VM) Using C# and VB.NET
0
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2008-10-18
Silicon Valley Code Camp 2008 is coming up!
0
None
2008-08-11
Build a NET 3.5 Application in One Day!
1
None
2008-07-05
Good news for bay area developers
0
None
2008-04-15
Switching to BlogEngine.Net
2
4
2008-01-26
SharePoint for Developers education day
0
None
2007-10-22
Silicon Valley Code Camp 2007
0
None
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Title
Comments
Rating
2012-07-08
Simulating a simple Queue in F#
0
4
2012-05-27
Simple Markov chains in F#
0
5
2012-05-20
Infinite Monkeys and their typewriters
7
5
2011-04-10
Simple simulation with F# Sequences
1
None
2010-08-13
Friday the 13th FizzBuzz
0
None
2010-07-08
Meet Paul, forecasting expert
0
None
quantitative modeling (50)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2013-04-28
Recommendation Engine using Math.NET, SVD and F#
2
5
2013-04-14
Visualize WorldBank data with R and F# Type Providers
3
3
2013-02-10
K-Means clustering in F#
0
5
2012-12-29
AdaBoost in F#
1
5
2012-12-26
Support Vector Machine in F#: getting there
2
None
2012-11-10
Kaggle/StackOverflow contest field notes, part 1
2
5
2012-09-30
Logistic Regression
3
None
2012-08-22
Visualization of Decision Tree classifier with MS AGL
1
5
2012-08-18
Naïve Bayes Classification
2
5
2012-08-05
Decision Tree classification
5
4.2
2012-08-01
Nearest Neighbor Classification, Part 2
2
None
2012-07-29
Nearest Neighbor Classification, part 1
2
5
2012-07-08
Simulating a simple Queue in F#
0
4
2012-06-27
Unconstrained continuous optimization with Bumblebee
1
5
2011-12-26
Bumblebee 2.0: Traveling Santa
1
2
2011-12-18
Bumblebee: a C# example
3
None
2011-12-11
Bumblebee 0.1 is on CodePlex
1
5
2011-09-12
New release of Microsoft Solver Foundation
3
5
2011-09-11
Explore & Visualize models with F# and FSharpChart
0
None
2011-07-24
Create optimization programs dynamically with C# and the Microsoft Solver Foundation
7
5
2011-07-16
First steps with the Microsoft Solver Foundation
7
5
2011-05-22
The Bee Colony in action
3
1
2011-05-15
Waggle dances and Promotions
0
None
2011-05-08
Getting the bees to Work
1
None
2011-04-28
Length of a closed path
1
None
2011-04-16
Simulating a Markov Chain with F# Sequences
2
None
2011-04-10
Simple simulation with F# Sequences
1
None
2010-07-24
Should I keep my car?
16
4.5
2010-06-28
Generate all outcomes of a binary tree with Excel
3
None
2010-06-13
Supercharge Excel functions with ExcelDNA and .Net parallelism
5
5
2010-05-28
Challenge: can you find the best plan to refuel locomotives?
0
None
2010-01-14
Fun with queues, 2
0
None
2010-01-07
Fun with queues
1
None
2009-12-01
Sometimes, TDD doesn’t flow
0
None
2009-09-20
The PuzzlOR
0
None
2009-09-03
More What-If analysis with Excel Data Table
8
5
2009-08-28
Find an optimal solution with Excel Data Table
9
5
2009-07-29
Excel Goal Seek: Caution
9
4.7
2009-06-28
The Drunkard’s Walk
0
None
2009-04-25
Alice in visualization land
0
None
2009-04-09
10 most influential algorithms
0
None
2009-03-09
Correlation and causation
0
None
2008-12-04
Shortest path with the Excel solver
2
4.5
2008-10-01
Gauging the potential of Chrome using the Bass model (part 2)
0
None
2008-09-23
Gauging the potential of Chrome using the Bass model (part 1)
6
5
2008-09-16
Gini, Pareto and fairness
1
5
2008-07-13
Harmonic average function
2
None
2008-07-07
My S-shaped market introduction curve goes interactive!
0
None
2008-06-08
S-shaped market adoption curve
35
4.7
2008-05-16
Order without design
0
None
Random (7)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2010-07-13
Mario
5
None
2010-01-04
Epic workspace
1
None
2009-07-14
Dysfunctional team
0
4.7
2009-04-28
Times a-changin'
0
None
2008-09-07
Schizophrenic user interface
0
None
2008-06-21
A large post
0
None
2008-02-06
Geeks have feelings, too
0
None
Reviews (5)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2012-02-17
Book review: Working effectively with legacy code
0
None
2010-02-21
Coders at Work
7
None
2009-10-15
The Art of Unit Testing
4
None
2009-06-28
The Drunkard’s Walk
0
None
2009-06-14
Sway
0
None
Software development (25)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2013-03-03
On F# code readability
6
4.1
2009-10-15
The Art of Unit Testing
4
None
2009-10-10
Duct tape post-mortem
1
5
2009-10-06
I survived another SVCC iteration
0
None
2009-09-29
Movement is relative
2
None
2009-09-07
One month to Silicon Valley Code Camp!
1
None
2009-08-01
Prototype your app with Sketchflow
3
None
2009-07-24
No Tolerance for NUnit Data-Driven tests?
2
None
2009-06-30
Illustrative Programming
0
None
2009-06-08
Dude, where is my log?
0
None
2009-05-27
#warning: the power of in-your-face
1
None
2009-05-17
Data driven tests with NUnit 2.5
5
4.5
2009-05-10
Testing for exceptions with NUnit 2.5
6
4.8
2009-04-16
Don’t reinvent the wheel
0
None
2009-04-09
Your best friend, "record macro"?
0
5
2009-03-30
“Blue Lobster” version 0.1.0
1
1
2009-03-26
Give me 5 Lbs of VSTO
0
5
2009-03-15
The curious case of the non-random Random()
0
None
2009-02-22
Selecting an item in a list with WPF and M-V-VM
4
5
2009-02-08
Joel doesn't like SOLID
0
None
2009-01-05
A case of identity
0
None
2008-08-11
Build a NET 3.5 Application in One Day!
1
None
2008-06-24
Implicit
0
4
2007-11-02
An introduction to Test-Driven Development
1
5
2007-10-22
Silicon Valley Code Camp 2007
0
None
Technology (6)
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Title
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Rating
2009-04-28
Times a-changin'
0
None
2009-04-14
Mini Me
1
None
2009-04-05
The EnergyNet, and why you should care
0
None
2009-01-26
Owning Up To It 2.0
0
None
2008-12-02
Using Windows Live Writer
1
None
2008-09-26
One Word to bring them all (and in the darkness bind them)
0
None
Testing (10)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2013-01-26
Testing and mocking your C# code with F#
2
5
2012-04-21
“For Those About to Mock” presentation material
2
None
2011-12-04
Seams, Mocks, and Functions
0
5
2011-11-13
Assert First
0
None
2011-11-06
Scripting Excel tests with F#
0
None
2011-02-13
In order to learn BDD, As a TDD fan, I want to try StoryQ
3
None
2010-06-04
Speaking about Mocks in Pleasanton this Wednesday
2
None
2010-04-23
The Joy of Pex
3
5
2010-04-05
Unit testing VSTO projects
9
5
2010-01-27
Mocking multiple calls, ignoring arguments
0
None
Tools (7)
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2012-02-06
VSTO: code traceability with Source Control
3
None
2011-09-12
New release of Microsoft Solver Foundation
3
5
2011-02-13
In order to learn BDD, As a TDD fan, I want to try StoryQ
3
None
2010-06-13
Supercharge Excel functions with ExcelDNA and .Net parallelism
5
5
2010-06-07
Mutant Excel and .Net with ExcelDNA
6
5
2010-06-02
Automatically exclude bin and obj folder in Tortoise SVN
1
4.6
2010-05-20
.less is more
0
None
VSTO (34)
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2012-02-19
VSTO: solution organization
0
None
2012-02-06
VSTO: code traceability with Source Control
3
None
2012-01-14
Create an Excel chart in C# without worksheet data
2
5
2011-11-27
Excel Developer Conference in London, Jan 2012
0
None
2011-08-02
Wrapping long-running Excel operations with IDisposable
2
5
2011-02-20
Binding a ListObject to a .NET List
2
5
2011-01-23
Add an Excel In-Cell DropDown in C#
9
5
2011-01-16
Docking WPF controls in the VSTO Task Pane
21
2.7
2010-11-28
Workbook and Worksheet activate and deactivate
2
3
2010-11-22
Extension method surprise
2
4
2010-11-06
Mocking Excel
4
None
2010-10-08
Not only professional, but most valuable, too!
4
5
2010-09-07
PowerPoint VSTO translation add-in
2
4.7
2010-09-02
Translating a PowerPoint slide with Google translate
2
5
2010-08-21
Exploring the PowerPoint TextRange object
3
5
2010-08-08
Finding Text in a PowerPoint slide with C#
5
5
2010-07-15
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: basic msi setup
30
5
2010-05-30
VSTO tip: hunt down exceptions when debugging projects
2
None
2010-05-26
Excel 2007 VSTO Add-In tutorial: code sample
2
5
2010-05-06
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: display differences
2
5
2010-04-26
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: read worksheets
2
5
2010-04-14
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: go to cell
2
None
2010-04-05
Unit testing VSTO projects
9
5
2010-04-01
Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: table of contents
13
5
2010-03-27
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: wrapping up part 1
11
5
2010-03-17
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: Excel events
21
4.7
2010-03-11
How do you catch that a Worksheet has been deleted?
7
5
2010-03-08
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: display open worksheets in a TreeView
17
5
2010-03-02
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: adding a WPF control
13
5
2010-02-22
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: the Ribbon
16
5
2010-02-16
Create an Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: Custom Task Pane
15
4.7
2010-02-12
Create a Excel 2007 VSTO add-in: getting started
10
4.6
2010-02-06
Recalculate cells before reading from a worksheet
2
None
2010-02-03
Warning: ambiguous method call in VSTO
1
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2010-12-12
Dipping my feet into ASP.NET MVC
3
None
2010-05-20
.less is more
0
None
2009-11-06
Two level horizontal menu for ASP.NET
4
4.6
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2012-11-25
Support Vector Machine: work in progress
1
None
2011-10-10
Silicon Valley Code Camp material
0
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2011-09-25
Code sample from the North Bay .NET meeting
0
None
2011-01-09
year++ : 2010 retrospective
1
None
2010-01-18
NorCal .Net Weekly #1
0
None
2008-03-09
Keynotes at SD West 08
0
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2008-02-25
SD West next week
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2007-12-02
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2007-09-23
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