Bradley L. Jones

I get a number of press releases and general pieces of news. The release from Perforce that I recently received, however, caught my attention when I read the statement, “developers will become the most in-demand employees.” If you are a developer or work with developers, then how can you not pause for a second after […]

Did you know that car tires are being fitted with electronic chips? These chips do a number of things. The obvious benefit to consumers is that they monitor the wear and tear on a tire as well as monitor the pressure within the tire. This allows the car to report to you when you need […]

There are a number of different developers. Additionally, when new products come to the market, there are different ways in which people approach them. You’ve probably seen a diagram like the following one that outlines the adoption live cycle when it comes to technology. As a developer, I tend to be in the early adopter […]

Visual Studio released around April of 1995. It is now 2013 and the tenth edition of Visual Studio has been released. Can you name all of the editions that have released in between the original and Visual Studio 2013? Can you associate the following codenames with the versions of Visual Studio they relate to? Aspen […]

I was creating a couple of Twitter widgets and thought I’d drop a couple onto this blog page: Tweets by @BradleyLJones Tweets by @Codeguru Note that creating a Twitter widget box is simple. It requires no coding. Simply log into your Twitter account and go to: https://twitter.com/settings/widgets/ Once there, you can select a few settings […]

According to NetMarketShare.com, Windows 8 market share continues to grow with over 8% of the market at this point. Of course, Windows 7 also continues to grow as well. The big loser is clearly Windows XP. For Apple fans, it is worth noting that no matter how much you might rant about Windows 8, it […]

Microsoft announced the release candidate of Visual Studio 2013 yesterday along with .NET Framework 4.5.1 and Team Foundation Server 2013. You can get the bits from the Visual Studio site. This release is a “go-live” release which means you can actually use it to build apps. Downloads: Visual Studio 2013 RC – http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/2013-downloads#d-2013-editions Visual Studio […]

I’ve read a number of articles on the Surface RT device. With the recent price drop of the Surface RT to $349 and with Microsoft writing off $900 million related to Surface inventory, there has been a lot of interesting comments and opinions stated recently. Many of those opinions differ from my own. Most recently, […]

When it comes to the highest paying jobs in IT, Staff.com did some looking around. It seems that they’ve shown that it is a good day to be a developer. Ranking highest in their results were mobile application developers, who make an average of $94,000 a year. Better yet are those mobile developers living in […]

Following is an infographic that overviews the range of enterprise products that Microsoft Corporation has on the market. Are there any you weren’t familiar with?   A guide to Microsoft’s Enterprise Technology by Firebrand Training

Starting this week, Leap Motion has promised the arrival of its Leap Motion controllers. Those that pre-ordered should start seeing their devices on Monday. If you didn’t pre-order, you can order a Leam Motion controller online for $79.99 plus $7.99 shipping. The Leap Motion controller is a motion sensor that can track all ten fingers […]

I’ve been watching 3D printers for several years. In the past, I was tempted to buy one, but after a friend did, I decided it was best to wait a little longer. At Microsoft’s Build conference for developers, there were a number of 3D printers on display. Why were 3D printers on display at a […]