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1100 days ago
Well, Some may say it was only a matter of time, but effective December 4th I'll be a Microsoft employee. I'm really exited by the oportunity that this presents. As a lot of you know, security is the one thing that I love doing most of all. Now I'll be able to do it full time. And... since I no longer have to do my own accounting.... Perhaps I'll even have time to update this blog ;) So, what will I be doing... I've joined the ACE team at Microsoft as a Security Consultant. While I've been hired by MS Canada, I'll still report in to the team in Redmond. Never heard of the ACE team, well if it makes you feel better, you're not alone. The ACE team exists to help customers improve the security of the applications that they write. They do it by helping with threat modeling, code reviews and the like. The ACE team has produced a number of very usefull *AND FREE* tools to help you write more secure systems. the two big tools are the Threat Assessment ...
1395 days ago
VSTS... one of those truly "Well its about time" products out of Redmond... While still in Beta 3, and with a few kinks left to work out, is a great product that is long overdue. There are lots of great blogs from folks talking about how great the source control is, the Methodology support, Testing tools, MSBuild.... and so on, so I won't get into that debate here.... Let me tell you what is really and truly great about VSTS. For the first time we have a platform that will unify the groups involved in developing quality software. That extends from the developers, to the application architects to the testers, to even include the PMs and the Infastructure Architects (Yes, Infastructure Architects are people too) For the first time the Infastructure and Solution architects have a tool to document each other's respective sides of the house, and a tool to find the places where the two aren't compatable. Don properly, gone are the days where an ...
1395 days ago
Well, yea, word has gotten around... Lorna and I are finally getting around to tying the knot. I figured I'd use this space to help get information to foks on the great event..... More to follow.
1395 days ago
I am way behind on updating this beast aren't I? So one of my new years resolutions is to do a better job of updating this thing and sharing information here... It has been way too long. So where has live been taking me, I've been spending a significant amount of time on VSTS (Visual Studio Team System) If you're a part of a Microsoft based team of larger than 5 or 10 folks, this really is a product you really need to see.... But I'll post more on that later... I promise..... It is a new year's resolution afterall..... and you can't break those.. Now off to the gym, the grocery store, and eat well.
