Ryan Keeter's Dev-Biz-Photography Blog
This little blog is just an extension of some of my thoughts on business and development using C#, jQuery, and other mobile tools.
RSSMetro Design in a Presentation Context
For a recent MBA course I needed to argue about the effect of personality tests on hiring and why they work, why they don't work, etc. I decided to design the prseentation with … more
The 2012 State of the Union Address was Dynamic!
Although I am more or less a Republican, the ideas set forth by Pres. Barack Obama in his State of the Union address that occurred a couple nights ago were eye-opening, refreshing, and … more
Everything Metro
I have been looking at metro so much more lately. It is a fantastic UI idea and I want to come back to it. In the meantime, I am posting some resources here:
Jeff Wilcox design guideline … more
Bah, in the Technology Loop
The current trend (and should be continual trend) is to focus more on creating and less on consuming. When we read on twitter, or tweet everything that interests us, we get a … more
Orchard CMS is out, greenfield dev is in
Okay, I have banged my head against Orchard CMS for the last time. Honestly, just trying to get back the learning curve was too much for me. When trying to move my frame of mind to … more
The Mountain of Orchard CMS Convention
This blog is running on Orchard. Though, truth be told, I went ahead and put this blog on the server without having any freaking idea how Orchard worked. I figure that I would be … more
DIY Photography: Build Your Own Softbox for $30
Okay, bear with me here, I built this thing, and I am using it, but I could have built it about a thousand different ways. I will not give you the complete step by step because half of the fun lies in … more
Changing the CMS: From Graffiti to Orchard
I am moving off of Graffiti CMS and I am glad to be doing it. … more
How to Create a Slide Library in MS Sharepoint 2007
I am uploading this video to Vimeo for production and posting, but for right now I have attached a link to the video file directly so that my friend who is in need of this video can get to it. … more
What is Visual Studio LightSwitch?
I. What the what? What is LightSwitch exactly? It is a rapid application development tool to push data-centric … more
The Pomodoro Technique and Elegance
I. What is this whole Pomodoro thing anyways?
Pomodoro means tomato in Italian. A gentleman by the name of Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s took a tomato timer (we … more
5 Career Essentials
Everyone has a system to sell to you, push to you, trick you into, or get you addicted to. The internet is thick with this snake oil. If I had a dollar for each time … more
Do the Worst First
If you wake up every morning and do the most difficult task that you will do the entire day, it will change your life. You cannot wait for something to change your life. Do not squander … more
The Dream of the Constant Thought Project
I was approached by a gentleman outside the Law School that I call home (for the next three years at least) and was asked a very interesting question that I have been thinking … more
Graffiti Is Open Source; New Additions Here
Graffiti CMS is now an open source blog engine. This means that no longer will I make the most random hacks in Chalk to complete the most common of functions. I can extend the methods that are … more
Blogging in a Bubble
I am blogging in a bubble, and that is alright. Every step along my journey must be for me or it is for naught. If one gets into blogging specifically to get readers and people to listen to … more
Checking out Prism from Patterns and Practices
So Microsoft Prism is really interesting. From a Silverlight standpoint it seems to do everything that I want it to do, or think that it should do. It doesn’t make a ViewModel … more
Ah Crap, I'm Into Silverlight Again
Preface: Silverlight and I once had a fruitful engagement; a tryst one might say. Through months of courting and excitement I was looking forward to committing myself fully...but then I was betrayed. … more
Schedule Friction Much?
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We Can Win in Afghanistan
I guess I owe it to myself to write a post about Afghanistan. I really don't know what to say. I guess I could say that I served there, that I served alongside a NATO nation and they did a great job. … more