Tony Davis : February 2007

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February 2007 - Posts

"Jargon busting" competition

Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:10 PM | 22 Comments

What, in your opinion, are the worst, most annoying cases of IT jargon that are currently in vogue? At Simple-talk we're on a drive to stamp them out. The top five words/phrases that you will not hear around Simple-Talk are: Synergy Thought Read More

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February 2007

Investigating SQL Server 2008 Wait Events with XEVENTS

Some reasons for the slow-running of database applications aren't obvious. Occasionally, even the... Read more...

Controlling Email Messages using Exchange's Transport Rules

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Software Tool design: The Three Rs

To understand the full extent of the requirements of your users when you are redesigning a software... Read more...

JSON and other data serialization languages

The easiest way to speed up an Ajax application is to take out the 'X' and use JSON rather than XML. Of... Read more...

Embedding Help so it will be used

It is not good enough to make assumptions about the way that users go about getting help when they use... Read more...