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		<title>Practice Software Patterns &#8211; Component Patterns</title>
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		This post is the 6th in a series that started with the 10 practices that every developer needs to start right now
 The first time that someone taught me about Software Design Patterns it went something like this:

Them: “… and so that is the pattern.” 
Me: “That’s it” 
Them: “Well, yeah.” 
Me: “But that’s how I’ve always [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2010/03/10/practice-software-patterns/</link>
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		<title>Speaking in March</title>
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		This is just a quick note that I’ll be presenting at two different events in the DFW area this month. Hope you can make it!

North Dallas .NET Users Group – March 3rd
First, Wednesday March 3rd, I’ll be at the North Dallas .NET Users Group talking about Model View View-Models (MVVM) for your Silverlight Applications. If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2010/02/27/speaking-in-march/</link>
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		<title>Secure Coding 101</title>
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		This post is the 5th in a series that started with the 10 practices that every developer needs to start right now  When writing software, we often don’t think about the security implications of our actions. Probably because we write software to do something, we’re not always aware of what it shouldn’t do. Their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2010/02/10/secure-coding-101/</link>
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		<title>SOLID: Software that works.</title>
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		This post is a part of a series that I started with "10 Practices that Every Developer Needs to Start Right Now". Update: This post was picked up by DZone, go vote it up!  Ok, before you dig in to the post, let’s get two things out of the way first.  1.Go read the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2010/02/09/solid-development/</link>
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		<title>Introduction &#8211; 10 Development Practices</title>
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		 If you are going to read through my “10 practices that every developer should start right now” series, then you probably want to know where these 10 practices came from, why I chose these 10 – really, what so important about secure coding anyway?     - I think that it’s important to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2010/01/16/introduction-10-development-practices/</link>
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		<title>“draft whurley” Featured on Linux.com</title>
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		Last Thursday I posted my thoughts about Microsoft’s OSS announcements (go digg it: 3 Reasons Microsoft Needs an Open Source Officer), namely the formation of the CodePlex Foundation (awesome) and the departure of Sam Ramji (bummer). My take is that this is a great opportunity for Microsoft to take open source projects at Microsoft up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/09/16/draft-whurely-featured-on-linux-com/</link>
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		<title>3 Reasons Microsoft Needs an Open Source Officer</title>
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Related

Featured article on Linux.com
ars techica’s article on the Codeplex Foundation
Jeremy’s Post on CodeBetter
Scott Bellware chimed in on this "watershed moment, a turning point for the Microsoft platform and .NET community" - I couldn't agree more.
Phil Haack is shedding some more light on Codeplex Foundation
Red Monk's Q&#038;A on the CodePlex Foundation



 Today there were two big [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/09/10/3-reasons-microsoft-needs-open-source-officer/</link>
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		<title>Tweaking my site</title>
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		I’m not done yet… but I do like the changes so far.
 
Old                                                              New

If you are watching my RSS feed then you might not have noticed the change. Ultimately I’m planning on merging my Health Blog and Developing UX into a single space. I’m still trying to figure out the best way to organize my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/09/09/tweaking-my-site/</link>
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		<title>Add some (biz)Spark to your startup!</title>
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		  In June I’ll be the local Silverlight expert, leading a technology track on Rich Internet Applications (RIA) at a Microsoft’s BizSpark event, SparkStart.  From the official announcement:     SparkStart is a full day of business and technology discussion (open format) and learning event for startups (“startup bootcamp”). This event [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/05/26/bizspark-for-startups/</link>
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		<title>Fit in Feb Winners</title>
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		   I finally had time to announce the winners for the Fit In Feb Developer Challenge. Check out Peter’s before and after picture. Awesome!  Go see the rest of the winners over at my “Get Less of Me” health blog.   I’m looking forward to doing another event like this at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/05/19/fit-in-feb-winners/</link>
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<p>Caleb Jenkins, is a recognized Silverlight expert and Senior Architect Team Lead at Six Flags Corp, a National Speaker for INETA, a Technical Editor for Wrox Press and is a Microsoft MVP. He lives in the Dallas, TX area where he continues to date his beautiful wife and busy himself playing Candy Land and xBox 360 with their four incredible children. Eventually he’ll post some of the gazillion interviews that he's recorded on CommunityCast.tv or blog more... or stop speaking of himself in the third person. <a href="/about/">more...</a></p>

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