Misc
A grab bag of posts not related to any other category.
As you’ve probably guessed from the title, I’m moving my blog. The new location is:
http://codebetter.com/blogs/darrell.norton/
And the new RSS feed is:
http://codebetter.com/blogs/darrell.norton/Rss.aspx
I brought over all the posts as well, so all my content can be found at the new location.
Why move? Brendan and I decided to start CodeBetter.Com to improve usability and the user experience. With our own site we can tweak the look of our blogs (check out the sweet new theme Brendan found!), post code samples and files inline, maintain high-quality content, and foster a smaller and better-connected community. It will also give us a place to post articles, links, and resources that are helpful to readers of our blogs. Grant and Paul are moving to CodeBetter too!
Thanks Donny and Doug for hosting my blog on DotNetJunkies. I was one of the first few to join that still regularly blogs (Steve Eichert being another, the other?).
Please help spread the word!
It's Oct 13 as I write this and just now I found out that SqlJunkies is the GotDotNet featured site of the month. Way to go Doug and Donny!
Mark DiGiovanni, one of several excellent developers I have had the pleasure of working with, has started a blog right here on DotNetJunkies weblogs! Subscribed, of course.
Now if only we could get Brendan and Eric in....
Hi-speed Internet baby! Woo-hoo!!!
Is anyone interested in a Richmond (Virginia)-area .NET or Microsoft-related user group? Leave me a comment if so; I am trying to get company sponsorship of one if there is enough interest.
UPDATE: Richmond.NET
I can see why a software vendor, such as Microsoft, would want to blog about their
products. In the end it helps to sell the software. Yes I know there are other reasons
like it raises awareness, puts a human face on the product, etc. But in the end these just
make someone more likely to go out and buy the bits.
But I work for a small IT consulting firm. We sell consulting, not software. So what
kind of payback does blogging bring? The business people that hire us do not read technical
blogs. Blogging might raise awareness among developers, but developers are never keen to
bring in someone that might make them look bad.
Any thoughts on whether blogging could bring business value to a consulting firm? If so,
how? If not, why not?