Scott Cate: Family

When I type in a phone number, I like to know a little bit of info around that number. Might be an extension, a cell number, a spouse number, notes to call within time zones, etc. Google mail has contacts, and each contact can have as many numbers as you like. Each number also has a Type list, but their fixed. Even if this was limited to 15-20 chars, it would be enough space for my notes. As it is now, these notes get appended to the phone number. When syncing across devices, the phone number gets garbled, and is no longer recognized as a phone number. It’s really not to much to ask, and I think...

Tonight I found a minor bug that could potentially not allow the ScottCate.Graffiti.404 Widget to update, if the "Clear 404 Stats" Checkbox was not checked. So, I fixed it, and update the version to 1.0.0.3. This is a minor minor update, and doesn't change the collection of 404's, just the ability to clear them, and change the minimum number of hits counter. Here is a direct download link . If you are new to the 404Manager, read about it here and here ....

After a bunch of requests, this morning I upgraded my Graffiti 404 Widget , to offer the ability to clear your 404 statistics. After all, if you found a 404 with this utility, then fixed it, it sucks to see it staring back at you forever. Now the widget (as pictured below) has a "Clear on Update" check box. Simple open the 404 widget, check this box, hit save, and your 404's are cleared. Here is a direct download link (Assemblies are version 1.0.0.1) If you're running GrafittiCMS and this is new to you, make sure you read my original post on the Graffiti 404 Widget . Enjoy! [UPDATE] June...

We’re trying to decide between these two logo’s. Instead of telling you the nit-picky things we like and don’t like, we’d like to ask your opinion. What do you think? Please Leave comments . Thanks, Scott and Jamie. NO CHEATING …. After you choose A or B above, AND … leave a comment :) you can see all the logos we have to choose from on the LogoTournament Site. http://www.logotournament.com/contests/morning_star_academy OK ... I decided to open a HIT on Mechanical Turk , and for $5.00 I was able to solicit 100 responses. The bad news here, is the general population...

Notes from the #Mix09 Key – Newest notes on top. Ready from the bottom up. ------ <end /> ------ @ScottGu – Just announced support for Silverlight 3 outside the browser on win and the mac. Built in auto update support. Dev can change it – update the server – SL3 will auto detect / update / install and start using the new application. Offline aware support in SL3. Event to be raised when the network status changes. Offline data support! ------------ Blend 3 has native import of Adobe PhototShop and Illustrator files. Saves the layer support, merge layers, etc. ----...

Ever try to search for something you know exists, BUT … the Quick Find just can’t find it? Is it possible that the text you’re looking for is in a hidden region? This video shows you how toe search hidden text in collapsed regions.

The standard keyboard shortcut for finding text in most applications is CTRL+F. In Visual Studio, this kicks off a Quick Find in the current document. Quick Find will pre-populate the find what text with whatever text is selected in the editor or the word that the cursor is currently on.

Whenever you can invoke statement completion, you can also execute the Edit.CompleteWord command.  This command will complete a word that is partially complete with no other possibilities.  And if there are other multiple possibilities, the command will invoke statement completion.

As you mouse over a method in the Editor, a nice tooltip (as seen in the image below) is displayed for you showing you general information about the method, parameters, overloads, possible exceptions, and other documentation pulled from the meta data about the method (including your custom comments/documentation). This video shows you how to enable the tooltip, without having to leave the keyboard.

Intellisence is great. It shows us a lot, and mostly at the perfect time. When parameter info is being displayed in a tooltip, did you know you can copy or paste this information? This video trick shows you how.