scooblog by josh ledgard
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Forgot a Visual Studio Settings Location
Other Tools Options So far this post covered a lot of customizations that you don’t find in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/19/2004
VS Settings and Early Testing (Mindless Linkage Ahead)
If you like C# and you have opinions on default Visual Studio settings you should check out this...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/16/2004
Software Testing 7: Dogfood and Automation
I got a lot of requests to write more about testing. There was also a request to hear more about my...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/14/2004
How Trustworthy are Blogs?
As we strive towards to enabling Trustworthy Computing I was thinking recently about how trustworthy...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/11/2004
What should Josh write about?
Now that I’ve proven there are at least 5 non Microsoft people reading this blog I’d...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/09/2004
Visual Studio .Net 2003 Customized Settings Explained Further
I’ve had a request to explain further where Visual Studio settings are stored in VS .NET 2003...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/05/2004
Vacation = Tab Completion and More for VSCMDShell
I previously mentioned, after the work I put into the VBCommentor project that I’d be spending...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/02/2004
Vacation Time
Vacation starts tomorrow for me so I'll most likely be going dark the week. I guess this is sort of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/23/2004
MSBuild on MSDN TV
I just saw Alex Kipman has shot and posted an MSDN TV segment on the Whidbey MSBuild system....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/22/2004
VB Commenter 1.1.1 Released to the Wild
If you haven't seen them you should check out the PowerToys projects for Visual Studio that my team...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/22/2004
One of Those Weeks
Including today I currently have three hours free (without meetings) this week.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/19/2004
Lock Your Offices
Seeing this image of “A Traditional Microsoft ‘Welcome Back’” reminded me...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2004
It’s a Problem of Transparency
For being here only a bit more than three years I’ve had the opportunity to wear several...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/14/2004
Scott, Betsy, and Sara are my Heros
First I’d like to thank Scott for migrating all of my blog content to this new site over the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2004
The Disclaimer
These postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. The content of this...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2004
“Edicate” is not proper “Etiquette”
Welcome all miss-spellers of the word “Etiquette”. You must be wondering how your google...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/13/2003
Virus Protection and Visual Studio
“I have virus protection software X with Y features enabled and I’m trying to get Visual Studio to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/11/2003
Help and Community in VS Whidbey
In my last meaningful blog entry I talked a bit about some really small improvements our team is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/11/2003
PA - Status Report
<Inside Humor> Yes Aaron, Penny Arcade is worth checking out today. Now get back to work....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/10/2003
2001 San Juan Cellars Syrah – 7 of 10 Glasses
This wine has a smoky smell that’s fuller than most Syrahs, is medium bodied, and smooth going down....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2003
Whidbey Bits
Ok, so I can’t just give away Whidbey bits to everyone. I’m excited about it so I wish I could. When...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2003
Software Testing Problems 5: Starting to Test Connected Applications
If no one has completely solved issues surrounding the testing of Web Sites or traditional Win32...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/29/2003
Writers Block and PDC
No, I haven’t gone dark because I flew down to PDC. I’d probably have more to talk about if I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2003
Another Awesome Testing Blog Started
A new member of my team has decided to start a blog to publish some of her thoughts. Sara is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/23/2003
Building a Real Toolbox
I’ve never believed the Toolbox in VS had the right name. It’s more of a component holder...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/23/2003
Red Sox lose; Jimmy Fund wins
I blame the Red Sox manager for letting Pedro convince him he was good for another 3 batters that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2003
From your complaints… An update on the bugs filed
HTML/XML editor does not support incremental search in a read-only file. Still active, we are hoping...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/16/2003
I feel bad for all the Cubs fans, but…
In 1918 the Red Sox won their last world series. In 1920 the owner of the Red Sox traded Babe...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/16/2003
"Wha-What would you say you do here? "
I have to tell people I "work on Microsoft Word for people who build software". :-) On a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/16/2003
Software Testing Problems Part 4: Making Software Testable
If software is poorly designed to begin with it will be un-testable and remain bug ridden in its...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/16/2003
Ahhhh, Vacation
I’ve set my OOF and later tonight I’ll be taking the red eye out to start a week long vacation that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/02/2003
Byung-Hyun Kim is Horrible
Nuff said. josh
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/02/2003
More JP Comments on testing
I love the comments JP leaves in my blog. I just wish that there was some way I could be...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/02/2003
Arrive early to the White River Amphitheater
Having also experienced this I’d have to say that if you are going to the White River Amphitheater...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/01/2003
New Blog Title
I decided on a new blog title thanks to Garrett’s reference to my blog. I did take out the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/01/2003
16 Minutes and Credit
16 Minutes Ok, so I missed my Monday goal by 16 minutes. I think it was worth it. You should...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/30/2003
Software Testing Problems Part 3: Scheduling and Testing
In my last two blogs about software testing (Customers, Talents ) I tackled issues that I felt are...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/30/2003
I'm #2 for salt shaker testing!
Ok, a couple more people appear to have clicked on my google search link for “Salt Shaker testing...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/28/2003
I wrote a blog about it…
I spent some time this morning getting out my frustrations with the MSN groups site by writing a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/28/2003
Who is testing salt shakers?
I’ve enjoyed watching the list of “referrers” to today’s blog. Apparently someone got to my...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/26/2003
Caught up for now
I think the combination of my latest testing post being forwarded around the web and my open request...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/26/2003
More bugs to comment on
From Martin: When we work on an ASP.Net project that is kept under Source Control (VSS),...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/26/2003