After reading other people's blogs for close to two years now, I'm finally doing something about my shameful lack of blogging. Many thanks to dotnetjunkies.com for providing hosting services for my blog!
I'll post a longer “About Me” post later on, but for now, here's a brief version:
I'm currently Senior Architect with Monster Worldwide, Inc. (aka Monster.com) where I lead the .NET Architecture team. We're responsible for guiding the organization through the process of migrating to the .NET platform from ASP/COM/VB. We also define .NET development standards and practices for the company and publish a variety of tools for internal developer usage.
My current areas of interest are Test-Driven Development and Continuous Integration, Scalability/Performance, Internationalization/Customization, Software Architecture and Code Management/Reviews.
I'm also involved as a developer leader with the Boston .NET User Group.
I will be attending TechEd in San Diego next week and am looking forward to it very much. This is TechEd #6 for me and I always enjoy the week as a chance to recharge my Geek Batteries.
One of the people on my team, Tim Weaver, just pointed out to me that we are now famous!*
We're both listed in the "Contributors and Reviewers" section of the newly published Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability guide from the Microsoft Patterns & Practices group (aka the PAG team.)
I'll be expecting throngs of people waving their copies of the book - er, PDF - at me during TechEd demanding autographs.
The guide is definitely worth a read if you're concerned about scalability/performance of your .NET applications. One of my favorite chapters was 15, “Measuring .NET Application Performance” which features an excellent summary of performance counters, their meanings and critical thresholds.
Thanks to the PAG team for making such excellent content freely available.
-Chris
* Okay, not capital "F" Famous, but more of a tiny, barely perceptible fame - akin to "I'm a distant friend of the person who wrote the theme song for the 1983 television show Whiz Kids" fame.