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Visual Studio Command Prompt Here

I'm rebuilding my computer after a hard drive failure, and I keep running into issues where things I've taken for granted are missing – things such as the "VS Command Prompt Here" Windows Explorer context menu items. Years ago, Scott Hanselman posted INF files to add VS 2005 to the...

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 05-24-2010
Meeting Cost Calculator

Have you ever been in one of those meetings where it seems that everyone in the company is there, even though they don’t need to be? I think everyone has and it is especially frustrating when you are one of the ones that doesn’t really need to be there. Well, based on a web site I saw a few weeks ago...

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 07-25-2009
June? Seriously? (And Tech-Ed)

June is just a week away. That’s insane. It’s cliché to say it, but time goes so fast. My son is already four months old, and my daughter is getting hilariouser by the moment. (I know some of you may not consider hilariouser a word, but as I mentioned before , I make up words...

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 05-24-2009
Diabetes Research Fundraiser

At work, we are having a fundraiser for Diabetes Research Institute. To try to get more sponsors, one of my coworkers decided to turn himself into Mr. T, step by step. He's skinny. He's white. But so far he's raised $1400. Read his story after you take a peek at this...

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 10-30-2008
Better Keep Things Clean Now

As of sometime yesterday afternoon, my boss' boss has subscribed to my blog. I guess it's time clean things up around here. :)

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 09-17-2008
Curly Brace Placement

I've been writing code with curly braces for a dozen years or so, starting with C++ in college, then JavaScript for many, many years, and for the last few years, C#. In all that time, I have been a fan of putting the opening curly brace on the same line as the declaration or control statement...

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 08-06-2008
Which Is Better?

I can't decide if I get more pleasure from solving a big problem, or from the process of breaking it into a series of smaller problems and solving each of them. Does anyone else ever think of stuff like this? Or is it just me?

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 07-21-2008
Working From Home

As part of my new job, I will be working from home one day per week. Now that I've been there for a couple weeks, my first work from home day will be tomorrow. Over the next several weeks, I'll be trying to make improvements to my home office, including deciding which room to use. ...

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 07-15-2008
Work Soundtrack

This happens to me on a regular basis -- probably every other month or so. I get tired of the music I have on my iPod. So I'm looking for suggestions. What music helps you get your job done? Sometimes I need something nice and mellow to get myself into the right frame of mind...

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 07-14-2008
TimeSnapper

I've been using the free version of TimeSnapper off and on for some time now, but pretty regularly over the last few weeks since I started my new job. I'm doing billable work again, and am notoriously bad at getting my time entered. TimeSnapper helps by taking screenshots at some...

Posted to Tap My Mind - Scott Isaacs (Weblog) by sisaacs on 07-13-2008

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