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Pete Brown writes on a number of topics including Silverlight, WPF, .NET, woodworking and working as a consultant in the DC area. On most forums, Pete goes by the name Psychlist1972. Pete has worked at Applied Information Sciences (AIS) since 1996 where he currently performs as a lead architect and project manager.

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Web 2.0 Tenet : Never Follow Good Development Practices

One one of many pre-sales visits to different clients over the years, I found myself at a local dotcom in DC. It was filled with early-20’s VPs and fresh out of college developers who had a head a little too big for their skills. I love passion, but non-academic Read More...

Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:26 PM by Pete.Brown | 2 Comments

Filed under: Consulting, Facebook, FAIL, Twitter, dotcom, Agile

How not to Encourage People to Comment on your Blog : Communications FAIL

One of the greatest things about blogs is the ability to have a dialog with your readers. While the comments mechanism is far from perfect in that respect, it works well enough to at least be useful. My own blog requires a CAPTCHA, something I’m looking Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:51 AM by Pete.Brown | 6 Comments

Filed under: Blogging, FAIL, Community

CAPTCHA Fail

I’m glad there’s an option to get a different challenge Read More...

Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:43 PM by Pete.Brown | 5 Comments

Filed under: Blogging, FAIL