Aug
25
.NET 4 Revealed
August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As someone who is pretty new to Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5, I have not spared a lot of thought for the upcoming .NET 4 which will be part of Visual Studio 2010 which has already appeared in Beta 1 form.
For that reason, this article in Redmond Developer News is very timely and informative. You can find it here. It provides a broad overview of all the new and improved technologies that will be part of the new Framework.
Aug
10
Back to work!!
August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Well, it has been a long three months off, but I am now busy once again on a new contract in Ottawa which I started 3 weeks ago.
The job market has been obviously pretty slow over the summer and the number of “phantom” requirements I had to chase was quite high which was pretty frustrating.
I kept myself pretty busy and it was really nice to have a break, but calling agents and sifting through jobserve every day does not really constitute a holiday!
Rates have come down a lot and I hope that they will start to recover once we get into September as I am not going to be able to retire on my current rate!!
Ottawa is a very nice city and I can go home every weekend which is good. However, it is difficult to find furnished apartments here for periods less than a year as everyone wants to rent for at least a year. Even if my contract was for a year, I would not want to sign a lease for that long as contractors are always the first to get the axe should any budgetary issues arise at a client!
