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2012 2

  1. What to do when the IDE Navigator gets stuck – the workaround
  2. Just when I thought I was out…

2010 31

  1. Win a Windows Phone 7 device at our upcoming NorCal Launch Events
  2. Standoff between me, my bike, and wildlife creature captured on my Windows Phone
  3. SQL Server Compact Toolbox – Extension #12
  4. 9 years at Microsoft
  5. Solution Explorer Tools (When to Sync to Current File) – Extension #11
  6. Windows Phone 7 Developer Launch Events
  7. Emacs Commands – Extension #10
  8. The Rematch – Webcast of my 101 VS tips in 55 mins via O’Reilly is now available
  9. 5 years later – remembering Hurricane Katrina
  10. Windows Phone 7 Unleashed Event
  11. Video: 101 Visual Studio Tips in 55 minutes!
  12. Tipping against Time – Sara’s Visual Studio Tip Challenge
  13. Collapse Selection in Solution Explorer – Extension #7
  14. Find Results Windows Tweak – Extension #6
  15. XAML IntelliSense – Extension #5
  16. Editor Guidelines UI – Extension #4
  17. Speaking at DevDays 2010 in The Netherlands and TechDays in Belgium – Visual Studio Tips
  18. Visual Studio Tip of the Day Start Page – Extension #3
  19. Image Insertion – Extension #2
  20. Visual Studio Color Theme Editor – Extension #01
  21. Introducing the Visual Studio Extension of the week
  22. How to install Visual Studio Extensions
  23. Video of My Last Iteration Planning Meeting with CodePlex
  24. CodePlex banner does Who Dat Chant at Greater New Orleans .NET User Group
  25. Who Dat Nation Invades Microsoft’s Channel 9
  26. How Agile Works – My Program Manager Cheat Sheet
  27. Saying Farewell to CodePlex
  28. First Mercurial project on CodePlex
  29. My 3 part series on Agile Program Management on Port 25
  30. Coding is not Kata
  31. Visual Studio 2010 Tip of the Day Returns!!

2009 74

  1. My CodePlex Jump from tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere – The Full Video
  2. TechEd Australia and New Zealand – 25 Visual Studio 2008 IDE Tips
  3. My return to Channel 9 (CodePlex Interview)
  4. How to trick Visual Studio to not show line numbers for blank lines?
  5. It’s official: A koala is not a koala “bear”
  6. OSCON 2009: One of the greatest weeks in my Microsoft Career
  7. Please sign the official “Bring Sara Ford to TechEd Australia” petition!
  8. Community Leadership Summit Trip Report
  9. How to insert Superscript, Subscript, and Strikethrough in your wiki pages - #048
  10. How to Browse / Download Latest in Source Control - #047
  11. How to Insert Code Snippets in Discussions - #046
  12. How to display ads on your project from The Lounge - #045
  13. How to subscribe to the list of CodePlex projects using a specific tag - #044
  14. Open Source Bridge 2009 Trip Report
  15. Why I seriously have a phobia of plants
  16. How to view stats for the entire lifetime of a CodePlex project - #043
  17. CodePlex - Free as in Beer
  18. How to find a specific user’s profile page - #042
  19. You can use wiki markup in the release notes section - #041
  20. How to connect to a CodePlex TFS server using Visual Studio 2010 beta 1 - #040
  21. How (and why) to set a default release - #039
  22. DevDays 09 – 24 Visual Studio Tips
  23. You can assign work items to a planned release - #038
  24. How to create a planned release - #037
  25. How to create a hidden release - #036
  26. How to customize your CodePlex Work Item template, in a way - #035
  27. You can sort by most downloaded project - #034
  28. How to receive email notifications for work items – #033
  29. How to speak New Orleans for TechEd 2010
  30. Watch my TechEd 2009 talk on CodePlex
  31. TechEd 2009 – Embrace Open Source on CodePlex (DPR301)
  32. How to hyperlink an image on a wiki page - #032
  33. You can “fix” a CodePlex work item via a SVN Client - #031
  34. There is a direct link to download a file on a release page - #030
  35. Why some projects have a Download Now button on their homepage - #029
  36. You can sort the project directory by top-rated releases - #028
  37. How to store your TFS password – #027
  38. Tips for CodePlex Projects hosting multiple applications - #026
  39. How to visit the Full Tag Cloud for CodePlex - #25
  40. How to tag a project - #024
  41. How to receive email notifications for newly-submitted patches? - #023
  42. Do you like the CodePlex Tips in its daily tip format? Or should I group them together?
  43. There are now separate RSS feeds for Reviews and Releases - #022
  44. How to subscribe to all project updates via RSS - #021
  45. You can search a project’s wiki - #020
  46. You can enlarge the wiki text area - #019
  47. There is a “Are you sure you want to navigate away?” alert when editing your wiki? - #018
  48. How to show a Silverlight app on your wiki homepage - #017
  49. How to hyperlink specific words in your CodePlex wiki? - #016
  50. How not to apply wiki formatting in your CodePlex wiki page - #015
  51. How to view revisions for entire wiki - #014
  52. How to view revisions for a specific wiki page - #013
  53. CodePlex Tips Gadget
  54. You can easily print CodePlex wiki pages - #012
  55. How to view all comments on all wiki pages - #011
  56. How to leave comments on a CodePlex project wiki page - #010
  57. How to create a new CodePlex project wiki page - #009
  58. How to edit a project’s homepage / wiki? - #008
  59. How to add related projects to your project homepage - #007
  60. How to exclude project member site traffic in the Stats tab – #006
  61. How to enable / disable the discussion tab - #005
  62. How to customize how your logo appears on your project’s banner - #004
  63. You can rename the URL for your CodePlex project? - #003
  64. How to write a great project summary so your project is discoverable? - #002
  65. How to modify your project summary (or description)? - #001
  66. Introducing CodePlex Tips
  67. Photos from the “Day after Mardi Gras” Geek Dinner in Mississippi
  68. Closure
  69. Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr
  70. Finally had lunch with my book editors, who are blogging and tweeting now
  71. Geek Dinner w/ Me in Hattiesburg, Miss. on Feb 25, 2009
  72. CodePlex 2008 Stats published
  73. Relive the Tip of the Day series in Video! with Scott Cate
  74. Attending CodeMash 2009

2008 300

  1. Did you know that today’s tip on msinfo32.exe ends the series? -#382
  2. Did you know… How to optimize Visual Studio for multi-monitors? - #381
  3. Did you know… There is an Open Source command in Visual Studio? - #380
  4. Did you know… You can go directly to the installed code samples from within Visual Studio? - #379
  5. Did you know… How to turn on or off Dynamic Help? – #378
  6. Did you know… You can narrow search results by turning off partial matches? - #377
  7. Did you know… How to tweak your search results? - #376
  8. CodePlex in Denmark and Sweden
  9. Did you know… You can save search queries, but not sure about the filters? - #375
  10. Did you know… How to sync your current help page with the Contents tree, even if the option isn’t available? - #374
  11. Did you know… You can use F1 to get Help anywhere, even in a web browser - #373
  12. Did you know… You can create toolbar buttons to quickly toggle your favorite VS Settings? – #372
  13. Did you know… How to remove items from the Recent Projects and Recent Files menus? - #371
  14. Did you know… There’s a macro for listing out all the keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio? - #370
  15. Video from CodePlex Town Hall meeting at PDC now available on Channel 9
  16. Did you know… You can use Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDn to switch among the project properties tags? - #369
  17. Did you know… You can double-click on the properties folder in the Solution Explorer to open the project properties page - #368
  18. Did you know… There’s is a Go To Definition navigation stack?! - #367
  19. Did you know… There’s a way to have Visual Studio log its activity for troubleshooting? - #366
  20. Did you know… How to add a Linked Item to a project - #365
  21. Did you know… Visual Studio comes with an image library for you to use in your applications? - #364
  22. Did you know… You can customize how search results are displayed in the Find Results window? - #363
  23. Did you know… Dock your Call Stack window alongside the Solution Explorer for a better debugging experience - #362
  24. Did you know… Ctrl+K, Ctrl+v allows you to quickly search for objects within your solution? - #361
  25. Did you know… You can use devenv.exe /edit to open a file in an existing Visual Studio instance - #360
  26. Did you know… Ctrl+. shows a smart tag - #359
  27. Did you know… you can display a license in the Content Installer - #358
  28. Did you know… You can view the contents of a .vsi before installing via the Content Installer - #357
  29. Did you know… You can specify where to install a snippet in the Content Installer - #356
  30. Did you know… You can press Ctrl+, D to view the Code Definition Window – #354
  31. Did you know… You can drag and drop objects from the Class View into your code - #353
  32. Did you know… You can Invoke a Static Method from the Class View? - #352
  33. Did you know… You can view the Class Diagram for a class from the Class View - #351
  34. Did you know… You can export your Class View settings options to a .vssettings file? - #350
  35. Did you know… There are two different commands for navigation forward and back in Class View - #349
  36. Did you know… You can show project references in the Class View? - #348
  37. PDC 2008 Day 2 - 4 pictures
  38. Did you know… You can create folders to organize your objects and methods within the Class View? - #347
  39. Did you know… You can press Ctrl+Shift+C to jump to the Class View? - #346
  40. Did you know… You can launch VS without the splash screen (/nosplash), and maybe even save some time. - #345
  41. PDC 2008 Day 1 Pictures
  42. Did you know… You can create file or item templates - #343
  43. Did you know… How to change the default templates that appear in the New Project Dialog? - #342
  44. Did you know… What unchecking the display an explorer window on the Export Templates Wizard does? - #341
  45. Did you know… How to import your project template if you chosen not to automatically import it? - #340
  46. Did you know… you can specify the project icon for your template to appear in the New Project Dialog? - #339
  47. I’ve been deep fried on Deep Fried Bytes – Podcast on book and CodePlex Agile development
  48. Did you know… You can specify which New Project Dialog Language sub-node to show a project template - #338
  49. Did you know… How to add other people’s created project templates to the New Project Dialog? - #337
  50. Did you know… You can create project templates? - #336
  51. Me, My Editor and My Book (and Book Signing at PDC Monday, Oct 27 from 12-12:30. 20% off)
  52. Did you know… You can create a new project from existing code? - #335
  53. Did you know… You can view the build order for the solution? - #334
  54. Did you know… How to change the build order for your solution? - #333
  55. Did you know… How to edit a .csproj or .vbproj project file within the IDE? - #332
  56. Did you know… You can keep recently-used files from falling off the File Tab Channel? - #331
  57. Did you know… You can use the New Project Dialog to add a new project to a solution? - #330
  58. ReMix Sessions (CodePlex, Visual Studio Tips) now available online
  59. Did you know… You can configure the MSBuild verbosity in the Output window? - #329
  60. Scholarship officially announced at Miss Gulf Coast Community College
  61. Did you know… You can single-click to make a project be the startup project? - #328
  62. Did you know… You can specify whether to run old version when a build fails? - #327
  63. Did you know… What to do when projects are out of date is only for VC? - #326
  64. Did you know… How to build just the startup project and any dependencies? - #325
  65. Did you know… Only VC supports parallel building within the IDE - #324
  66. Tips and Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer
  67. Did you know… How to configure how and when the IDE saves your files before building? - #323
  68. Matt’s Snippet Designer finally sees the light of day!
  69. Did you know… You can use the HTML Visualizer to view HTML? - #322
  70. Did you know… You can use the XML Visualizer to view XML? - #321
  71. Did you know… The Text Visualizer supports word wrap? - #320
  72. Did you know… How to use the Text Visualizer? - #319
  73. Remembering ReMix08 UK – 3 talks in Brighton, England last week
  74. Did you know... You can add $exception to the Watch window to see the caught exception - #318
  75. Did you know... If you do a Ctrl+F5 on a console application, the console stays open - #317
  76. MSDN Southern Fried Roadshow coming to the Mississippi this week
  77. Did you know... What's the difference between the Autos window and the Locals window? - #316
  78. Did you know... How to get the Find Source dialog back instead of the "There is no source code available" message? - #315
  79. Speaking at ReMix on Thursday – first international flight in nearly 15 years…
  80. Did you know... How to create an Object ID to keep track of your objects? - #314
  81. Did you know… You can break the debugger without using Breakpoints? - #313
  82. Did you know… There’s no command for Continuing the debugger - #312
  83. Did you know… You can press Shift+F11 to step out of a function - #311
  84. Did you know… You can press F11 to Step Into a function - #310
  85. Did you know… You can press F10 to Step Over a function - #309
  86. Did you know… You can press Alt+Num * to Show Next Statement - #308
  87. Did you know… You can quickly view other variables in the QuickWatch window? - #307
  88. Did you know… You can add variables to the Watch window from the QuickWatch window? - #306
  89. Did you know… you can reevaluate expressions in the QuickWatch window - #305
  90. The accidental New Orleans evacuatee is back in Seattle
  91. Did you know… You can press Shift+F9 to bring up the QuickWatch window - #304
  92. Did you know… There is a QuickWatch window? - #303
  93. Did you know… How to load only specified symbols when you want to? - #302
  94. Did you know… You can cache symbols locally to disk? - #301
  95. Did you know… How to load symbols from the Modules window? - #299
  96. Did you know… How to hide or show the Script Debugging Disabled warning message? - #298
  97. Did you know… How to show or hide the “No Debugging Information” warning? - #297
  98. Did you know… You can debug an executable that isn’t a part of a Visual Studio project without using Tools – Attach to Process? - #296
  99. Did you know… How to debug your optimized code? - #295
  100. Did you know… How to disable the “the source file is different from when the module was built” warning dialog - #294
  101. Southern United States Speaking Tour – 7 cities in 6 days
  102. Did you know… How to highlight the entire source code line when either the a breakpoint is set or the line is the current statement - #293
  103. Did you know… Why you may want to enable source server support? - #292
  104. Did you know… What warning message is suppressed by the Warn If No User Code On Launch option? - #291
  105. Did you know… How to optimize your code for a build? - #290
  106. Did you know… what is just your code? - #289
  107. Microsoft Visual Studio Tips Book Helps Hurricane Katrina Survivors Rebuild Lives
  108. Did you know… How to show External code? - #288
  109. Did you know… What unwinding the call stack on unhandled exceptions does? - #277
  110. Top 5 Myths and Facts about CodePlex
  111. Did you know… you can copy the exception details with one click from the exception assistant? - #276
  112. Did you know… You can examine the exception object from the exception assistant? - #275
  113. Did you know… You can disable the Exception Assistant? - #274
  114. Did you know… You can use Breakpoint Filters to break the right process - #273
  115. Did you know… How to show the disassembly automatically or not at all? - #272
  116. Did you know… What the Enable Address-Level Debugging option does? - #271
  117. Did you know… You can have all processes break when one process breaks or vice versa - #270
  118. Did you know… How to select the startup project? - #269
  119. Did you know… You can start debugging multiple projects? - #268
  120. Did you know… You can disable the warning message before you delete all breakpoints? - #267
  121. Did you know… You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to delete all breakpoints - #266
  122. Speaking at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention this Friday
  123. Did you know… You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint - #265
  124. Did you know… You can use IntelliSense to verify your breakpoint name in the New Breakpoint window - #264
  125. Did you know… You can press Ctrl+B to set a breakpoint at the desired function - #263
  126. Did you know… You can press F9 to set a breakpoint on the current line - #262
  127. Did you know… You can press Ctrl+Alt+B to open the Breakpoint Window - #261
  128. Did you know… You can set a breakpoint by clicking in the indicator margin - #260
  129. Did you know… You can export all of your Toolbox customizations? - #259
  130. Did you know… What the Start Page "Commands” setting really control? - #258
  131. Did you know… How to turn on and off Simplified Tools Options - #257
  132. Did you know… What option is saved in the Output Window Options? - #256
  133. Did you know… You can bring over your Visual Studio 2005 settings either at First Launch or Anytime? - #255
  134. Did you know… What the “Allow VS to download RSS content” does on the First Launch dialog and how to change it back? - #254
  135. Did you know… What the Visual Studio “First Launch” dialog does? - #253
  136. Did you know… You can save your Menu and Command Bar customizations to a file? - #252
  137. Did you know… You can save your file extension mappings to a file? - #251
  138. Did you know… You can save your list of External Tools to a file? - #250
  139. Tips now featured on the MSDN Pulse – the Israeli developers newsletter (in Hebrew)
  140. Did you know… You can save all your Command Window aliases to a file? - #249
  141. Did you know… You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync - #248
  142. Happy Birthday CodePlex!
  143. Did you know… You can copy the full file path from the final wizard page when exporting settings? - #247
  144. Did you know… Visual Studio automatically saves all your current settings every time you close VS? - #246
  145. Did you know… You can save your current settings prior to doing an Import or Reset? - #245
  146. Did you know… What’s the difference between Resetting Settings and Importing Settings? - #244
  147. Tip of the Day now available in Russian and Spanish
  148. Did you know… You can add your own files to the Import / Export Settings – Reset page list? - #243
  149. Are there any women with projects on CodePlex?
  150. Did you know… You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or how to quickly increase / decrease your text editor font size) - #242
  151. Did you know… You can use the immediate window as a glorified calculator or side-debugger within your debugger - #241
  152. Did you know… Remove unused using statements? - #240
  153. Did you know… You can set conditional breakpoints? - #239
  154. Did you know… You can use data tips to edit a variable’s content- #238
  155. 21 signs a geek girl is into you
  156. Did you know… You can use Tracepoints to log “printf” or “console.writeline” info without editing your code? - #237
  157. Did you know… VS has a file window layout mode that you can customize? - #236
  158. Did you know… You can set a breakpoint on a function from the Find Combo Box? - #235
  159. Did you know… You can insert a snippet via “tab tab” - #234
  160. Did you know… How to increase your Visual Studio environment fonts for presentations? - #233
  161. Did you know… What settings are contained in the “New Project Dialog Preferred Language” category? - #232
  162. Visual Studio 2008 IDE Tips and Tricks - Deck, Tips, Shortcuts, and Content
  163. Did you know… How to find what development settings you last reset to? - #231
  164. Did you know… What the difference between “Automatic” and “Default” is in the Tools – Options – Environment – Fonts and Colors? – #230
  165. Did you know… How to reset your environment settings via Tools – Import/Export Settings? - #229
  166. Did you know… View.Forward (Alt+Right Arrow) and View.Backward (Alt+Left Arrow) global commands also work in the Object Browser - #228
  167. Did you know… Why the Object Browser has so many commands you can bind to (and how to create a keyboard shortcut to clear the search results) - #227
  168. Did you know… What the “Default Presentation Language” setting does the Object Browser settings? - #226
  169. 3 Talks at TechEd 2008 – Wish Me Luck!
  170. Did you know… You can export all your Object Browser customizations in a .vssettings file? - #225
  171. Did you know… The Object Browser Supports Type-Ahead Selection? - #224
  172. Did you know… You can do a “Find Symbol” search (Shift+F12) in the Object Browser? - #223
  173. Did you know… You can use F12 in the Object Browser to go to the definition of whatever’s selected? - #222
  174. Did you know… You can sort objects and members in the Object Browser? - #221
  175. Did you know… There are two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser? - #220
  176. Did you know… You can show Extension Methods in the Object Browser - #219
  177. Did you know… How to stop displaying all inherited members in the Object Browser member pane - #218
  178. Did you know… What consists of “other” in Show Other Members in Object Browser Settings? - #217
  179. Did you know… You can mark methods and types as Hidden, so they don’t appear in Intellisense or in the Object Browser? - #216
  180. Saviez-vous que Visual Studio Tip of the Day is now in French!
  181. Did you know… You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser? - #215
  182. Did you know… You can choose whether to show base types in the Object Browser? - #214
  183. Did you know… You can customize both your object pane and members pane in the Object Browser? - #213
  184. Did you know… You can create a keyboard shortcut for adding references to a solution from the Object Browser? - #212
  185. First .NET User Group created back home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
  186. Did you know… The Object Browser has a navigate forward and navigate back? - #211
  187. Did you know… You can add references to your solution directly from the Object Browser - #210
  188. Did you know… You can create a custom list of components for the Object Browser - #209
  189. I’m looking for questions for a Visual Studio Factoid
  190. Did you know… You can specify to only show components in your Solution in the Object Browser? - #208
  191. Did you know… Ctrl+Alt+J opens the Object Browser - #207
  192. Did you know… you can prompt for arguments when you run an external tool - #206
  193. Did you know… How the External Tools Tokens Work? - #205
  194. Did you know… you can have your External Tool’s text displayed in the Output Window? - #204
  195. Did you know… You can rearrange the list of external tools and create mnemonics? - #203
  196. Did you know… You can add your own External Tools to the list? - #202
  197. Did you know… You can run external tools within Visual Studio? - #201
  198. Did you know… You can bind the show “Errors”, “Warnings”, and “Messages” buttons to keyboard shortcuts? - #200
  199. Did you know… You cannot enable the “stop search” on the Output Window? - #199
  200. Did you know… You can redirect debug messages to the output window? - #198
  201. Did you know... You can use F8 and Shift+F8 to navigate among errors in the output window - #197
  202. Did you know... You can customize the color scheme in the Output Window - #196
  203. Did you know... you can double-click messages in the Output Window to jump to that location in the code? - #195
  204. Did you know... You can enable Word Wrap in the Output Window? - #194
  205. Did you know... You can create new Toolbox tabs? - #193
  206. I've been Microspotted for open source!
  207. Did you know... You can Ctrl+C copy and Ctrl+V paste controls into other Toolbox tabs? - #192
  208. Did you know... You can drag and drop code onto the Toolbox General tab? - #191
  209. Did you know... You can do a "show all" to find your "hiding" toolbox controls - #190
  210. Did you know... Why does each Toolbox group have a Pointer control, and what does it actually do? - #189
  211. Did you know... You can sort items in the Toolbox alphabetically? - #188
  212. BlogHer Business Conference 2008 - Trip Report
  213. Announcing the Japanese Visual Studio 2008 Tip of the Day
  214. Did you know... You can use Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down to move among the various control groups in the Toolbox - #187
  215. 今日のワンポイント : ウィンドウを分割する方法と新しいウィンドウを作成する方法 - #004
  216. Did you know... You can use '*' to Expand All and '/' to Collapse All in the Toolbox - #186
  217. 今日のワンポイント : スペースを表示する方法 - #003
  218. Did you know... You can switch between Icon View and List Item View in the toolbox? - #185
  219. 今日のワンポイント : エディタでのボックス選択/列選択の方法 - #002
  220. Did you know... You can display Guidelines in the Editor - #184
  221. Did you know... You can do multi-column sorting (secondary sort, etc.) in both the Error List and Task List - #183
  222. Did you know... You can view an error's help documentation directly from the Error List? - #182
  223. Did you know... You can use Ctrl+Shift+F12 to view the next Error listed in the error list - #181
  224. Did you know... How to customize your Error List view? - #180
  225. Did you know… you can create keyboard shortcuts to navigate among the various Task List categories? (View.NextTask and View.PreviousTask) - #179
  226. Did you know... You can create Shortcuts in your Task List - #178
  227. Did you know... You can show a full file path in the Task List? - #177
  228. Did you know... You can show Hack, Undone, and custom Tokens in the Task List? - #176
  229. Did you know... How to create and view Todo's in the Task List? - #175
  230. Did you know... Sara turns 30 today, so I need another "Go Sara Go", and how to use /safemode? - #174
  231. Did you know... How to disable the prompt for deleting Task List User Tasks? - #173
  232. Sometimes, you just don't want to know how short you are
  233. Did you know... You can assign a priority to your Task List User Tasks? - #172
  234. Did you know... You can use the Task List to create User Tasks that are separate from your code? - #171
  235. Did you know... You can Right-drag code to do a Move or a Copy? - #170
  236. Did you know... You can have VS automatically do a rename within the entire project when you do a file rename in Solution Explorer? - #169
  237. Two Talks at TechEd 2008: CodePlex and Visual Studio Tip of the Day
  238. Did you know... How to stop the output window from showing itself during a build? - #168
  239. Did you know... How to stop the Toolbox from auto-populating with items found in the solution? - #167
  240. Did you know... How to hide or show the "Project location is not trusted" message box? - #166
  241. 今日のワンポイント : 便利なインクリメンタル検索 - #001
  242. Did you know... How to pretend the configuration manager doesn't exist, besides closing your eyes and saying i don't see you? - #165
  243. Did you know... How to open a file in the solution without using either a tool window or a dialog? - #164
  244. Did you know... You can press Ctrl+/ to reach the Visual Studio command line? - #163
  245. Did you know... A lot of tips go back to Visual C++ 2.0? - #162
  246. Did you know... How to have the Solution Explorer always show (or not show) the file currently opened in the Editor? - #161
  247. Did you know... Visual Studio 2008 Supports multi-targeting of the .NET Framework? - #160
  248. Did you know... How to show or prevent the Error List from appearing after a failed build? - #159
  249. Did you know... You can create temp or "throw away" projects - #158
  250. Did you know... You can use Solution Folders to hide projects? - #157
  251. Did you know... How to hide or show the solution in solution explorer? - #156
  252. Matt, "my dev," on DotNetRocks!
  253. Did you know... You can toggle between small icons and large icons in the New Project Dialog? - #155
  254. ANSWER: POP QUIZ: Why can you click beyond the text of a checkbox and still click the checkbox?
  255. Did you know... how to change the default new project location? - #154
  256. POP QUIZ: Why can you click beyond the text of a checkbox and still click the checkbox?
  257. Did you know... You can add a solution to a solution - #153
  258. Did you know... the Solution Explorer supports type-ahead selection? - #152
  259. Did you know... Where Visual Studio saves auto-recovered files in the case of an unexpected shutdown? - #151
  260. Did you know... You can view numeric values in hexadecimal in your debug windows - #150
  261. Walking through the dojo door is the hardest part
  262. Did you know... You can use the Watch Window to quickly change a variable's value - #149
  263. Did you know... You can use the keyboard to jump to various panes within the Output Window -#148
  264. Did you know... How to use Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDn toggle among all the tool windows in a tool window group? - #147
  265. Did you know... You can use F6 to jump between split panes in the editor - #146
  266. Did you know... You can use Alt+F6 and Alt+Shift+F6 to cycle through opened tool windows - #145
  267. South Mississippi Geek Dinner
  268. Did you know... You can use Ctrl+F6 and Ctrl+Shift+F6 to navigate among opened document windows? - #144
  269. Did you know... You can use Ctrl+F4 to close the current document opened in the editor - #143
  270. Did you know... You can use Shift+ESC to close a tool window - #142
  271. Did you know... You can use Alt+F7 and Shift+Alt+F7 to move to the next and previous opened tool windows - #141
  272. Did you know... You can customize the commands on the context menus? - #140
  273. OSCON 2008 Here I come again... I hope!
  274. Did you know... You can display any toolbar at any time - #138
  275. Did you know... You can hide or show the default buttons from any toolbar? - #137
  276. My open source podcasts from CodeMash 2008 now available
  277. CodePlex team learns to cook a 5 course meal at Kaspars today
  278. Did you know... you can make a toolbar floating? - #136
  279. CodePlex Feature Requests Collected from CodeMash – Vote for what you want
  280. Did you know... There are 4 window layouts that you can save - #135
  281. Ultimate Ears - my little review on the super.fi earphones
  282. Did you know... You can dock a tool window to the top of the IDE? - #134
  283. Announcing the Lundi Gras Geek Dinner in South Mississippi!
  284. Did you know... You can show auto-hiding Tool Windows via the Tool Window auto-hide channel - #133
  285. Did you know... How to just undock a single tool window from a group? - #132
  286. Did you know... You can auto-hide all of your tool windows with one command? - #130
  287. Did you know... Shift+Click automatically docks an auto-hiding tool window? - #129
  288. Finally, tip numbers on all tips
  289. always research a hair style before getting one (fauxhawk correction)
  290. A Great Time at CodeMash
  291. Did you know... How to close just the selected files you want? - #127
  292. Attending CodeMash
  293. Did you know... You can open up a Windows Explorer browser directly to the active file? - #126
  294. Did you know... You can copy a file's full path from the File Tab Channel? - #125
  295. Did you know... You can "Close all but this" on files in the File Tab Channel? - #124
  296. Did you know... Press Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow to drop down the File Tab Channel File Menu - #123
  297. Did you know... use Ctrl+Tab to bring up the IDE Navigator to get a bird's eye view and navigation of all open files and tool windows in Visual Studio? - #122
  298. Did you know... How to customize what Visual Studio opens to? (or how to make the start page not show up when VS opens) - #121
  299. Did you know... You can change the RSS feed on the Visual Studio Start Page? - #120
  300. Did you know... How to show the Miscellaneous Files Project in the Solution Explorer? - #119

2007 151

  1. Did you know.... How to customize what directory the File - Open - File dialog opens to? - #118
  2. Did you know... How to edit a read-only file in VS? - #117
  3. Did you know... How to automatically refresh an open document in the editor? - #116
  4. Did you know... How to reuse the same editor window when opening files? - #115
  5. Did you know... You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides to a from a docked position? - #114
  6. Did you know... How to customize auto-hiding and closing docked tool windows? - #113
  7. The Twelve Yats of Christmas (12 days of Christmas - New Orleans Style)
  8. Did you know... You can hide the Visual Studio status bar? - #112
  9. Did you know... How to customize the number of items shown in the recent files lists? (and where to find those lists) - #111
  10. Did you know... Visual Studio supports a MDI mode? - #110
  11. Did you know... how to open something in the binary editor - #109
  12. Did you know... how to insert a code snippet around a block of code? - #108
  13. Did you know... How to share code snippets with your team? - #107
  14. Did you know... How to browse code snippets and add new ones - #106
  15. Did you know... You can insert a code snippet via its shortcut keyword - #105
  16. DevTeach Open Source Panel recording now available on .NET Rocks!
  17. Did you know... How to change default values and variables in a code snippet - #104
  18. Tips Inspiring Tips
  19. Did you know... Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X inserts a code snippet - #103
  20. Did you know... what's the difference between smart indenting and block indenting? - #101
  21. Did you know... How to reach the Navigation bar via the keyboard? - #100
  22. Did you know... How to change the Brace Matching color? - #099
  23. Did you know... How to turn off Intellisense by default - #098
  24. Did you know... How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension? - #097
  25. Did you know... What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do? - #096
  26. Beth blogs about Sara blogging about Beth's Tip of the Day Browser as the Tip of the Day Today
  27. Heading to DevTeach for tonight's open source panel
  28. Third Helping: Visual Studio Tip of the Day Windows Sidebar Gadget! - #095
  29. Second Helping: Beth Massi's Visual Studio Tip of the Day Browser - #094
  30. Did you know... How to use undo to jump the cursor back to the last insertion point? - #093
  31. Highlander: The Source - Why Adrian Paul? Why?
  32. Did you know... How to jump to the beginning of some selected text when hitting escape? - #092
  33. Did you know... How to create a command alias? - #90
  34. Did you know... How to run external executables from the VS command line? - #089
  35. Did you know... How to log your command window session? - #088
  36. Did you know... You can run Visual Studio commands with arguments from the command window? - #087
  37. Did you know... how to browse Find Symbol results? - #086
  38. Did you know... You can use Shift+Alt+F12 to do a Quick Find Symbol - #085
  39. Did you know... how to search for a symbol? - #084
  40. Did you know... How to search from the command line? - #083
  41. Did you know... How to show and hide find messages? - #082
  42. Did you know... How to do a replace all in files? - #081
  43. Did you know... How to stop a find in files search? - #080
  44. Did you know... How to use F8 to navigate the Find Results window? - #079
  45. Did you know... How to customize what files to find in? - #078
  46. Did you know... How to find in files? - #077
  47. Did you know... How to dock the Find and Replace window? - #076
  48. Did you know... How to use wildcards and regular expressions while searching? - #075
  49. Did you know... How to not automatically search for the currently selected word? - #074
  50. Did you know... How to hide the Quick Find / Quick Replace window after the first search hit? - #073
  51. Did you know... you can use Ctrl+H to bring up the Quick Replace Window? - #072
  52. Did you know... You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results? - #071
  53. Going to Silicon Valley CodeCamp 2007 Tomorrow (Oct 27)
  54. Did you know... Ctrl+F3 searches for the currently-selected string without brining up the find window? - #070
  55. Did you know... F3 searches for the last thing you searched for? - #069
  56. Did you know... How to search within the current project or entire solution? - #068
  57. Did you know... How to search in hidden text in the editor? - #067
  58. Did you know... Ctrl+F does a quick find in the current document? - #066
  59. Did you know... How to complete a word via intellisense? - #065
  60. Did you know... How to display Quick Info for a function? - #064
  61. Did you know... How to copy / paste in a function's parameter info? - #063
  62. My Channel 9 Interview: "Katrina Survivor: This box is all that is left of this person’s or her families belongings. Careful"
  63. Did you know... How to display parameter info for a function? - #062
  64. Oops, I did it again (subtitle: I've joined the CodePlex team!)
  65. Did you know... How to increase the editor tooltip font size? - #061
  66. Did you know... You can toggle between Common and All Statement Completion tabs via the keyboard? - #060
  67. Did you know... you can resize the statement completion window? - #059
  68. Did you know... How to increase the statement completion font size? - #058
  69. Did you know... Ctrl+J invokes statement completion? - #057
  70. Did you know... you can show shortcut keys in toolbar tooltips? - #056
  71. Did you know... how to navigate among bookmark folders in the Bookmark Window - #055
  72. Did you know... How to set a bookmark and navigate among them - #054
  73. Did you know... How to enable Emacs and Brief editor emulations? - #053
  74. Did you know... How to enable URL navigation within the editor? - #052
  75. Did you know... How to cycle through the clipboard ring to paste different things? - #051
  76. Did you know... how not to accidentally copy a blank line? - #050
  77. Useless Tip of the Day: There is no Ctrl+F in books - #049
  78. Did you know... How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar? - #048
  79. Did you know... how to swap the current anchor position in the editor? - #047
  80. Did you know... Ctrl+L cuts the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L deletes the current line - #046
  81. Did you know... How to up to the top and bottom of the current view in the editor without scrolling? - #045
  82. Did you know... Ctrl+Delete deletes the proceeding word and Ctrl+Backspace deletes the preceding word - #044
  83. Comment if you read Tip of the Day!
  84. Did you know... Ctrl+= selects code to the last go-back marker? - #043
  85. POP QUIZ: Under what condition does the file tab channel drop down button change its icon? - #042
  86. Did you know... How to navigate forward and backwards in the editor all because of go back markers? - #041
  87. Did you know... How to do a Ctrl+G without the Go to line dialog box popping up - #040
  88. 6 years at Microsoft today
  89. Did you know... Pressing the mouse wheel allows for scrolling in all directions? - #039
  90. Did you know... you can hide the vertical and horizontal scrollbars in the editor? - #038
  91. POP QUIZ: How do you show the Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically buttons in the Windows Windows dialog? - #037
  92. Did you know... you can hide outlining (selection margin) without turning off outlining - #036
  93. Did you know... how to collapse and expand code? - #035
  94. Did you know... you can cut and paste a collapsed block of code? - #034
  95. Did you know... you can drag and drop code to a new location? - #033
  96. Did you know... Ctrl+W selects the current word - #032
  97. Did you know... How to change the editor background to black? - #031
  98. Did you know... How to change a bookmark color? - #030
  99. Did you know... how to print the file path as the page header? - #029
  100. Did you know... To boldly print where no dev has printed before - #028
  101. Did you know... How to print line numbers? - #027
  102. Did you know... how to show line numbers in the editor? - #026
  103. Did you know... You can increase and decrease the line indent from the text editor toolbar - #025
  104. Did you know... There's a keyboard shortcut default to upper and lower case a word in the editor? - #024
  105. Katrina 2 years later - My parents to be on NBC Nightly News Tuesday, Aug 28
  106. Did you know... There's a way to track changes in the editor? - #023
  107. Did you know... How to delete horizontal white space at the beginning of a line? - #022
  108. Did you know... How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor? - #021
  109. Did you know... Ctrl+Enter inserts a line above and Ctrl+Shift+Enter inserts a line below? - #020
  110. Did you know... How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces? - #019
  111. Did you know... How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line? - #018
  112. Did you know... How to quickly comment and uncomment code using keyboard shortcuts? - #017
  113. Did you know... How to create or change Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts? - #016
  114. Did you know... How to enable Virtual Space - #015
  115. Did you know... How to enable Word Wrap? - #014
  116. Did you know... How to customize the Ctrl+D Window search? - #013
  117. Did you know... The Ctrl+D Window does a Quick Find in the current document? - #012
  118. Did you know... Visual Studio has a full screen mode? - #011
  119. Did you know... How to use Tabbed Document to maximize a tool window within Visual Studio? - #009
  120. Did you know... Double-clicking the tool window titlebar re-docks the tool window - #008
  121. Did you know... How to access a toolbar within a tool window? - #007
  122. Did you know... How to resize a tool window from the keyboard? - #006
  123. My adventures riding a scooter at OSCON
  124. Did you know... How to drag a tool window around using the keyboard? - #005
  125. Did you know... How to split windows and Create new windows? - #004
  126. Did you know... How to view Visible White Space - #003
  127. Did you know... How to do Box / Column Selection in the editor? - #002
  128. Did you know... Behold the power of incremental search - #001
  129. Introducing Visual Studio 2008 Tip of the Day
  130. Lessons Learned Going Open Source with the Power Toys - A Power Toy Story
  131. Going to OSCON, even if I'm in a wheelchair
  132. Attending TechEd 2007
  133. Not broken after all
  134. Bay-Waveland Bridge Opens!!!
  135. The Braidy Tester interviews me about software testing on Dr. Dobb's blog
  136. Should I create a single Power Toys for Visual Studio CodePlex project?
  137. EE Talk May 15: Lessons Learned Going Open Source with the Power Toys
  138. Welcome SourceForge Visitors!!
  139. Online Community Business Forum - May 3 - 4 in Sonoma, CA
  140. I'll drink to that
  141. What team does Sara work on?
  142. MVP Summit Stories from 2007
  143. Influencing the Microsoft culture one open source presentation at a time
  144. I don't see the resemblance to Amy Poehler
  145. "Why didn't they teach me this in schools?" Society of Women Engineers presentation
  146. OSCON 07 Here I come... I hope!
  147. What we've learned about testing open source projects
  148. Best Visual Studio 2005 ad ever!
  149. Seattle Seahawks's lost yesterday may have saved the city of New Orleans
  150. Reintroducing MsaaVerify as an open source project on CodePlex
  151. Team Kata Karate Tournament Video

2006 73

  1. Does source code have feelings?
  2. Turkey Day Katrina Style
  3. Thinkweek paper submitted!
  4. My Karate Kata Video finally Posted
  5. Guess who's back, back again - but with a scrolling LED belt bucklet this time!
  6. Karate Tournament Results
  7. FSKA VIII World Karate Tournament this weekend!
  8. Answer to Tech Support Quiz
  9. Pop Quiz: How good are you at technical support?
  10. Hint to the Tech Support Quiz
  11. My Team's Recruiting Video
  12. VS Extensibility, VS SDK, and Shared Source
  13. New Comment Policy
  14. My Interview with James Howison, speaker from OSCON
  15. Lessons Learned from OSCON 06 - Port 25 Presentation
  16. Katrina 1 year later - Celebrate Life event schedule in Waveland today
  17. Recent Power Toy "Getting the word out" Changes
  18. The Future of the Power Toys Forums
  19. Good thing to know when making a custom editor
  20. Where are the podcasts from BlogHer?
  21. Our Community Session Rocked!!
  22. What are Mommy Bloggers?
  23. Bye Bye OSCON 2006 - Wish i could have stayed longer
  24. How I made Lewis Black Depressed
  25. VSCmdShell 1.0 for Visual Studio 2005 Released!
  26. Best Practice Analyzer for ASP.NET (alpha version) Released!
  27. My Power Toy / Open Source Interview is now live on Port25
  28. Korby's Port25 Interview on CodePlex
  29. Heading Back to Katrina Ground Zero 1 year later / BlogHer Presentation Outline
  30. Where do I find and hold on to a Mini Mario Mushroom?
  31. Pave the Wave! - Rebuilding Waveland one brick at a time
  32. Windows CE Shared Source Contest
  33. Signed versions of the power toys available on MS Downloads
  34. Power Toys for Visual Studio FY07 Goals
  35. Developer Escalation Model for Power Toy projects on CodePlex
  36. Waveland makes Wired Magazine
  37. Return to Waveland - by NBC 6 South Florida
  38. Using the ClassName() snippet function - an operator declaration snippet example
  39. Getting more space between your variables and their declarations in C#
  40. Interview on MainFunction
  41. Judging at the 2006 US Imagine Cup
  42. How to change the generated method stub code for C#
  43. Hurricane Katrina's Inundation of New Orleans Interactive Guide
  44. Introducing the v1.0 Power Toys for Visual Studio - Shared Source Releases
  45. Aerial shot of Bay Bridge (taken on 28 April 2006)
  46. Pretty Good Bay-Waveland Katrina Photo Gallery / OLA High School Reunion info
  47. Speaking at BlogHer 06
  48. The Giving Circle Easter Events in Waveland, and Ways You Can Help / Donate
  49. First Waveland home rebuilt south of railroad tracks
  50. Another MSDN Blog that discusses accessibility - Microsoft Federal Developer Evangelism Team Blog
  51. Customize your Find in Files Results experience!
  52. Living Large on Channel 9
  53. Will we have a 10 year high school reunion at Our Lady Academy in Bay St. Louis, MS?
  54. Burgermaster of Bellevue - Dreams do come true
  55. Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office
  56. What sort of tools would you expect to fall under the name “Power Toys for Visual Studio”?
  57. Ultraviolet review – you’ve been warned
  58. Let the good times roll again in New Orleans
  59. 30 minute CNN special on Bay St. Louis and Katrina by Kathleen Koch
  60. My worst nightmare almost realized: Waveland appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  61. Emacs and Brief Emulations Updates Available
  62. Attending BlogHer ’06
  63. Our first three Power Toys for Visual Studio released
  64. MSBuild Extras – Toolkit for .NET 1.1 “MSBee” Beta 1 Released!
  65. Team System is looking for Testers to do usability studies on their Testing Tools
  66. The top 10 most visited tips
  67. Job openings on our Developer Solutions Team
  68. Disable Add-ins on Start-Up by holding the Left-Shift key down
  69. VS Macro to Build a Web.SiteMap file from your project system file layout
  70. Officially a Black Belt
  71. Awesome Before / After shots of Waveland, MS and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by The Sun Herald
  72. Embracing my Program Management side
  73. Visual Studio 2005 Automation Samples are now available!

2005 197

  1. How a project max path and solution name length is calculated
  2. My First Karate Practice as a Black Belt
  3. Use devenv /edit to open any file in an existing Visual Studio instance (VSEdit functionality)
  4. Hippies say Good-bye. New Waveland Café heads to Chalmette, LA
  5. How to set your current project to always be the startup project
  6. Keyboard Navigation and Transparency with DataTips
  7. How the black belt exam went
  8. Tips for Reporting Issues at Product Feedback Center
  9. The Automatic Qualifying of Classnames via SmartTags
  10. MSNBC dedicated site to the reconstruction of Waveland and Bay St. Louis
  11. How to recursively copy files using the <Copy> Task in MSBuild
  12. Did you know... how to use the Undo and Redo commands on the standard toolbar
  13. Waveland experience from an emergency doctor assigned to Waveland, MS in the early days following Katrina
  14. Waveland makes National Geographic Special Edition on Katrina
  15. The 13 days of training for my black belt exam on Nov 11th
  16. Waveland Cafe is now registered in the Microsoft Giving Campaign
  17. What does that Restore File Associations button do on the Tools-Options-Environment page?
  18. Save Waveland - How you can donate directly to Waveland, MS
  19. Photos of our trip to Waveland, MS now available
  20. Use devenv /log to troubleshoot VS issues
  21. Signing off from Waveland Cafe - Day 8
  22. Blogging from Katrina Ground Zero: Waveland, MS – Day 6
  23. Blogging from Katrina Ground Zero: Waveland, MS – Day 5
  24. Blogging from Katrina Ground Zero: Waveland, MS – Day 4
  25. Blogging from Katrina Ground Zero: Waveland, MS – Day 3
  26. Blogging from Katrina Ground Zero: Waveland, MS – Day 2
  27. Blogging from Katrina Ground Zero: Waveland, MS – Day 1
  28. Adding Solutions to Solutions
  29. Waveland - here we come
  30. Chetan's VS Automation Object Model blog is live
  31. My Parents' (Jane and Louie Smolensky) Interview with NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams
  32. Havre, Montana wants to help any displaced families relocate to their town
  33. NBC Nightly News Live from Mississippi Gulf Coast tonight - please watch!
  34. Another Waveland resident puts up a webpage with photos
  35. How to hide numerous projects in the solution explorer using solution folder hiding
  36. Save Waveland, MS annihilated by Katrina! I’m driving home with supplies. See how you can help. And, if you have not made contact with family or close friends, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.
  37. CNN's Anderson Cooper returns to Waveland, MS 30 days after Katrina Video
  38. My parents (the Katrina survivors) came to visit last week and more news from Waveland, MS
  39. But Sensei, the dog ate my karate exam results
  40. How to change the font and font size for Intellisense: Statement Completion, Parameter Info, and Quick Tips
  41. Passed my PreShodan exam... now off to the final black belt test
  42. See you at the MVP Summit
  43. NPR Segment on the Waveland Drug Store destroyed by Katrina
  44. PDC Trip Report
  45. The very latest from Waveland, MS (Hurricane Katrina stuff)
  46. How to customize your MSBuild project file manually
  47. Waveland, MS makes USA Today front page, and photos available on website
  48. Lunch at PDC anyone?
  49. Where To Find Me at PDC
  50. American Public Media Marketplace segment on Waveland Resort Inn (Coast Inn and Suites)
  51. Where can i donate to the reconstruction of Waveland, MS?
  52. Type-Ahead Selection works in Solution Explorer
  53. The Miniature Horses from Waveland have been rescued
  54. And Yet Another Story about Waveland on NPR
  55. Waveland and Bay St Louis featured on NPR All Things Considered
  56. CNN Video of Waveland - Note how the beach looks
  57. Hancock County Emergency Services in West Virginia needs help contacting Hancock County, MS
  58. Yes, I am Sara Smolensky (hurricane katrina info)
  59. Today, I’m helping to save miniature horses that survived the hurricane
  60. Waveland makes CNN
  61. Feedback requested for Visual Studio File Tab Channel Design for Orcas
  62. Please check out these Katrina Survivor sites, as this blog was never intended to be a survivor-list site
  63. My family made it through the hurricane in Waveland, MS
  64. Hurricane Katrina East-Eye Wall strikes my hometown of Waveland, MS
  65. Use Ctrl+Alt+DownArrow to quickly access all your open files
  66. How to set a string to null using the Watch Window in Visual Studio .NET 2003
  67. Welcome Visual Studio Developer Center Visitors!
  68. The best day of Graham's life - Sheep Herding
  69. Biography
  70. Finally, after 15 years, I’m going for black belt!
  71. Did you know… How the Configuration Manager works - Part 2
  72. I’ve moved to the Project / Solution Team!
  73. Did you know… How to use Project Templates
  74. See you at PDC!
  75. Did you know… How to add a Linked Item to a project
  76. Did you know… That you can hide the solution and advanced build configurations
  77. In for the Shock of His Life
  78. Did you know… How to build a solution from the command lineI
  79. Did you know… How to specify the default location for newly created projects
  80. 5 Tips for surviving as a Tester
  81. Good Luck Discovery
  82. Taught my first karate class all by myself
  83. How le Tour de France works - everything beginners want to know
  84. How do I become a personal trainer when I grow up?
  85. Did you know… How to modify what gets saved before building?
  86. Looking for Visual Studio .NET 2003 Tips and Tricks? – here’s a book for you
  87. Accessibility and Interviewing
  88. Did you know... How to optimize your Tool Window Debugging layout
  89. Did you know... How to have fun with MSO Command Bar Customizations you didn't know existed
  90. Did you know... How to optimize Visual Studio for Multi-Monitor setups
  91. Yippee!! You can now view all VS Tips and Tricks from this category!
  92. Did you know… How to have Help appear within Visual Studio instead of Dexplorer
  93. Did you know… How to use Ask a Question
  94. Did you know… How to import and export your help doc and search Favorites
  95. Did you know… How to add help docs and searches to your favorites
  96. Did you know… you can sort Help Search results by…
  97. Did you know… Finding Help in the MSDN Library
  98. Did you know… How to select / reorder Help Search Providers
  99. Spoiler Free!! My thoughts on the dark tower - part 2
  100. Spoiler Warning!! My thoughts on the dark tower – part 2
  101. Did you know… How to create Task List shortcuts
  102. My autobiography from a former life? – Bread Givers
  103. Did you know… How the Miscellaneous Files project works
  104. Did you know... What C# books to read
  105. Did you know… How to create temporary projects (Zero-impact Projects)
  106. Did you know… you can create your own How do I pages
  107. Batman Begins is awesome
  108. Did you know… How to use How Do I
  109. Did you know… How to use F1 to get Help?
  110. Can’t wait for the juggling festival!
  111. Got a tip of the day suggestion?
  112. Did you know… How to tabify lines and convert spaces to tabs and vice versa
  113. Gretchen is totally cool and we’re all proud of her
  114. Did you know… How to use the Task List
  115. Role-Based Testing Strategy for Verifying Microsoft Active Accessibility
  116. Wish I could go to Tech Ed
  117. McGyver Seasons 1 and 2 available on DVD
  118. No fired chicken in Alabama schools?
  119. What Video Game Character I am
  120. Just like riding a bike again
  121. Now you know you can’t write when your blog readers rewrite your posts for you
  122. Did you know… How to dock the Find and Replace Window in VS?
  123. Am I the only one around here who loved Star Wars III?
  124. Did you know…. Use Ctrl+k, Ctrl+v to search quickly in the Class View
  125. Did you know… how to access a tool window’s toolbars from the keyboard
  126. Did you know… How to stop a background Find?
  127. Did you know… How to use the Code Definition Window
  128. Did you know… How to use Visual Studio to open a file via the command line
  129. Did you know… Dragging and dropping a dll into VS 2005 will show it in Object Browser
  130. Landmark experiences to replace birthdays as a true sign of age
  131. Commands not working in Editor?
  132. Did you know… How to turn off outlining mode?
  133. Did you know… How to use File Extension mapping to get syntax highlighting of a file extension
  134. Did you know…. How to use the Object Browser to search the .NET Framework
  135. Did you know… Virtual tabs in C# - we’re looking for feedback
  136. Did you know… How to use the Recording Macro (Ctrl+Shift+R)
  137. Did you know… How to Format a Document (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D) or a Selection (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+F)
  138. Did you know... How to Debug AddRef/Release Issues in Visual Studio?
  139. Did you know… Use Shift+Alt+F10 to invoke smart tags
  140. Did you know…How to see keyboard shortcuts in tooltips?
  141. Did you know… How to change default language in Visual Studio 2005
  142. Did you know… How to share code snippets with other team members
  143. Did you know… How to quickly increase and decrease text size in the Editor
  144. Did you know… Visual Studio 2005 support for Code Snippets
  145. Blame me if you don’t see Brief or Emacs keybindings in the Beta 2 Standard SKU
  146. Did you know… New Accessibility Macros in Visual Studio 2005 for tweaking colors and font sizes in the editor
  147. Did you know… How to enable Emacs and Brief Emulations in Visual Studio 2005
  148. Did you know… How tool window docking works in Visual Studio 2005
  149. Did you know… How to enable or disable the IDE Navigator
  150. What blogs should the Visual Studio Core team read?
  151. Apparently, it is possible to break a rib by coughing too much
  152. Did you know… How to import and export settings in Visual Studio
  153. Did you know… How to subscribe to this Tip of the Day in the Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Start Page?
  154. Did you know… How to customize fonts and colors for printing?
  155. If you use Regular Expressions, you need to check out this Regex Builder tool
  156. Did you know... How to save your favorite window layouts in Visual Studio .NET 2003
  157. Did you know… How to print line numbers in VS?
  158. Did you know… Use Ctrl+Alt+J to open the Object Browser
  159. Did you know… Use Ctrl+K, Ctrl+K to toggle bookmarks
  160. Did you know… Ctrl+L cuts the current line and Ctrl+W selects the current word
  161. Did you know… How to use the Watch Window to change a variable’s value
  162. Did you know… How to quickly Navigate Forward and Navigate Backward within code
  163. Did you know… How to bind keyboard shortcuts to commands
  164. Did you know… Dragging and dropping text in the editor
  165. Did you know… How to do column selection
  166. Did you know… How to quickly set the editor background to black
  167. Did you know… How to scroll through results using F8
  168. Did you know… How to use Full Screen Mode? (Shift+Alt+Enter)
  169. Use Ctrl-K Ctrl-C to comment selection and Ctrl-K Ctrl-U to uncomment selection
  170. Did you know… How to Enable Word Wrap or Virtual Space
  171. Did you know… Splitting Windows and Creating New Windows for documents
  172. Sara Appreciation Day v2.7
  173. Did you know… How to open something in the binary editor (using Open With)
  174. Did you know… how to enable Visible White Space?
  175. Did you know… The power of incremental searching
  176. Did you know… Use the Ctrl+D window to do Quick Find both Forward and Backward
  177. Editor Tip of the Day
  178. Did you know… Use the Ctrl+D window to run Visual Studio commands
  179. What are Test Hooks?
  180. Introducing our first VS Core Community PowerToys Release – VS Editor Zoom Control
  181. Temp Location for Visual Studio .NET 2003 Powertoys
  182. Happy Mardi Gras!!!
  183. Automation Testing versus Manual Testing Guidelines
  184. Introducing the VS Core Community Powertoys Pilot Program – Come build PowerToys with us
  185. Channel 9 videos of me talking about our Test Case Management System (Maddog) and analyzing failures in a run
  186. Cool new little Editor feature in the Dec CTP – Edit.PasteParameterTip
  187. Looking for a good home for my 2 cockatiels
  188. Return of the strange Google hits
  189. What software testing topics do you want to hear more about?
  190. I Love VS Core Channel 9 Videos
  191. Visual Studio Visible Docking Targets Nightly Test Case
  192. Visual Studio File Tab Channel Nightly Test Case
  193. Visual Studio IDE Navigator Nightly Test Case
  194. Posting our Visual Studio Core Nightly test cases for review on the blogsphere
  195. Passed my Karate Exam
  196. My New Year’s Resolutions
  197. Why it is better to log failure by default in a test case rather than to log pass by default – Part 2

2004 88

  1. Test Case Best Practice: It’s better to LogPass than to LogFailure
  2. Back to the New Orleans French Quarter and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
  3. Got an account at Digital Blasphemy
  4. What’s wrong with this test case code? - Identifying False Positives Part 2 – The Answer
  5. What’s wrong with this test case code? - Identifying False Positives Part 2
  6. What's Wrong with this Test Case Code - the Collection
  7. What’s wrong with this test case code? – Identifying False Positives
  8. Bumper Stickers for Software Testers
  9. First Karate Rank test in 10 years tomorrow night
  10. What to do when TreeViews or ListViews don’t show selection or inactive selection
  11. Disabling the IDE Navigator (Ctrl-Tab Dialog)
  12. Guidelines – a hidden feature for the Visual Studio Editor
  13. Heading back home to N’awlins
  14. And yet another post about Halo 2... but at least this time it comes from a girl ::shrugs::
  15. What is a Nighlty Test Case?
  16. A look into our wonderful world of testing
  17. More Tips on Writing Good Bug Reports
  18. Code Snippets 101
  19. A Few Editor Tips and Tricks I Learned from the Full Test Pass
  20. Moving on from Accessibility
  21. My Thoughts on The Dark Tower (spoiler-free)
  22. My thoughts on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower VII – This article contains Spoilers!
  23. 3 years = 3 dozen M&M cookies
  24. I've moved to the Editor team!
  25. 2 abandoned American Foxhounds in Kellogg, Idaho need a home ASAP
  26. The Fundamentals of Accessibility
  27. The Fundamentals of Accessibility
  28. What Is Software Testing?
  29. What do the MSAA Properties really mean?
  30. The Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts of Visual Studio 2005
  31. How To Really Do Screen Reader Testing (or Assistive Technology Testing)
  32. Which Controls Support Which MSAA Properties, and How These Controls Implement MSAA Properties
  33. Back to blogging...
  34. VS 2005 Beta 1 – How did I do as a tester with my feature ownerships?
  35. Testing Category Created
  36. How I emailed Bill Gates and How I got a response from him!
  37. Welcome Home Graham!
  38. IAccessible Implementation Sample for a Custom Push Button Published!
  39. BusinessWeek Article Featuring My Blog
  40. Accessibility and Blogging CSUN Session / If there's only one thing bloggers remember about Accessibility...
  41. Favorite Computer Jokes...
  42. The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah comes out today!
  43. My Dojo’s Youth Karate Tournament
  44. Don't give money. Give Food!
  45. 3 Days in the Life of a SDET
  46. RadioButton doesn't resize when you increase the Font size
  47. Should VS allow tool windows to maximize and minimize on secondary monitor?
  48. Don't forget to voice your opinion whether VS should support dragging code files
  49. Shotokan Kata Videos
  50. Best karate tip ever: don't get hit
  51. Should Visual Studio support dragging code files onto a secondary monitor?
  52. Your picture in our hallways
  53. Accessibility Macros for Visual Studio .NET 2003
  54. New Window Management Features for Visual Studio 2005
  55. Introducing MsaaVerify – a Microsoft Active Accessibility Testing Tool
  56. My Channel 9 Interviews have been posted
  57. Tips for (Karate) Rank Testing
  58. Accessibility is not a feature
  59. How to Retrieve Text under the Mouse Pointer using MSAA
  60. More on the "hide underline letters" checkbox issue
  61. Karate Category Created
  62. Almost Scoblized
  63. Visual Studio Team Biographies
  64. “Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key” does more than just hide underlined letters.
  65. Check out Technical Careers @ Microsoft
  66. Which MSAA Properties Get Localized?
  67. What does IAccessible::get_accKeyboardShortcut() return?
  68. "Testing for Accessibility" article moved to new location
  69. My first whitepaper "Testing for Accessibility" has been published on MSDN!
  70. Day 4 at CSUN – The Dénouement and its Aftermath
  71. Day 2 – CSUN Presentation Day - Accessibility in Visual Studio ("Whidbey") and ASP.NET
  72. Day 1 at CSUN – The sign language interpreters do not exist. The sign language interpreters do not exist.
  73. Day 0 at CSUN - Never wear a halo t-shirt at the airport
  74. Preparing for CSUN
  75. Results from an informal usability study with an ASP.Net developer who has low vision
  76. Usability and Accessibility - are they the same thing?
  77. Presenting at CSUN, The 2004 Technnology and Persons with Disabilities conference
  78. First night back in Karate
  79. Questions and answers about AA naming your control
  80. The required disclaimer
  81. Thank you Tennessee for making me proud to come from a state rumored to have removed fractions from high school curriculum
  82. Talk to me if you use Visual Studio and Accessibility Features and/or Assistive Technologies
  83. Visual Studio Window Docking
  84. Whidbey VS Settings Category Created
  85. Normal, Unavailable, Offscreen, and Invisible AA States Explained
  86. Watch Out for these Unpopular Accessibility Bugs
  87. Visual Studio Core Team's Accessibility Lab Tour Activity
  88. Testing for Accessibility: Keyboard, High Contrast, and Assistive Technology Compatibility