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		<title>Mentoring &#8211; a new business&#8230; and speaking!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog so I thought that I should catch everyone up to speed. I gave Six Flags my two week notice 3 weeks ago.. and started a new company last week. Someone asked me how long it took me to put together my new company, 20 years of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/blog/2010/05/12/proaction-mentors-and-speaking-events/</link>
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		<title>Practice Software Patterns &#8211; Component Patterns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/blog/2010/03/10/practice-software-patterns/</link>
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		<title>Speaking in March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/blog/2010/02/27/speaking-in-march/</link>
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		<title>Secure Coding 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/blog/2010/02/10/secure-coding-101/</link>
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		<title>SOLID: Software that works.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 authority [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/blog/2010/02/09/solid-development/</link>
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		<title>Introduction &#8211; 10 Development Practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 know that these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/blog/2010/01/16/introduction-10-development-practices/</link>
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		<title>“draft whurley” Featured on Linux.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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/blog/2009/09/16/draft-whurely-featured-on-linux-com/</link>
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		<title>3 Reasons Microsoft Needs an Open Source Officer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/blog/2009/09/10/3-reasons-microsoft-needs-open-source-officer/</link>
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		<title>Tweaking my site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/blog/2009/09/09/tweaking-my-site/</link>
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		<title>Add some (biz)Spark to your startup!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 will also be a networking opportunity for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/blog/2009/05/26/bizspark-for-startups/</link>
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<p>Caleb Jenkins, is a recognized Silverlight expert, Software Mentor and Coach; he is the Founder and Principal Mentor for <a href="http://proactionmentors.com">Proaction Mentors</a>, he is also a National Speaker for INETA, a Technical Editor for Wrox Press and is a Microsoft MVP. You can follow him on <a href="http://twitter.com/calebjenkins/">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1320550&loc=en_US">subscribe to his blog updates</a>. <br /></p>

<p>Caleb 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><br /></p>

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