Monthly Archives: August 2008

The funniest videogame bugs / Os bugs mais divertidos dos videogames

Posted on August 31, 2008 by awfurtado

  Being paid to test videogames sounds like the perfect job, yeah? But if it was that easy, we wouldn’t see (and laugh at) videos like the one below. Hilarious, BTW!   If crackers of all nature are a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Games | 13 Comments

VSX DevCon is coming! / VSX DevCon está chegando!

Posted on August 30, 2008 by awfurtado

  VSX DevCon is a great opportunity to get a deep dive into the Visual Studio extensibility world. I’m really looking forward to attending to the event, which belongs to the fascinating area of providing automation to enable the software … Continue reading →

Posted in Software Engineering | 14 Comments

MSLibrary: one more reason to work for Microsoft / MSLibrary: mais um motivo para se trabalhar na Microsoft

Posted on August 27, 2008 by awfurtado

  In a previous blog post, I’ve embedded a video in which some of the Microsoft perks (fancy name for employee benefits) were presented. Today, I’ve found another perk which is not very evident at first but is a very … Continue reading →

Posted in Career | 17 Comments

Trivial question about XML Comments / Questão trivial sobre comentários XML

Posted on August 24, 2008 by awfurtado

  These days I was asking myself: besides placing XML comments in the code, what an API developer should do so that its consumers (clients) are able to check the API documentation in the Object Browser in Visual Studio or … Continue reading →

Posted in Software Engineering | 10 Comments

Plug-in or not plug-in: that’s the question / Usar ou não plugin-ins, eis a questão

Posted on August 23, 2008 by awfurtado

  This episode of the Software Engineering radio brings the interesting topic of plug-ins in application development. Here you have my highlights from it: A plug-in is an extension to an application that is supposed to be extended, while components … Continue reading →

Posted in Software Engineering | 12 Comments

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature! / Não é um bug, é uma funcionalidade!

Posted on August 23, 2008 by awfurtado

  If you deal with software development you’ve probably heard that: "It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!". In other words, the user supposedly was not able to distinguish a given (bad? un-intuitive?) feature from a bug. But what if … Continue reading →

Posted in Games | 15 Comments

[DSL Tools] DSL Editor PowerToy

Posted on August 17, 2008 by awfurtado

  For those interested in providing a better user experience for manipulating DSLs generated with the DSL Tools, I suggest evaluating the DSL Editor Power Toy (DEPT). It makes it possible for the DSL designer to define rich tree-grid style … Continue reading →

Posted in Software Engineering | 5 Comments

A little taste of what winning a Imagine Cup is about / Um gostinho do que significa vencer uma Imagine Cup

Posted on August 14, 2008 by awfurtado

  I’ve just read a blog post from one of the Imagine Cup France 2008 Software Design Invitational winners, from Team Australia, which presented his experience at the world finals with the soak project, focused on sustainable farming. (hey, I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Imagine Cup | 12 Comments

The winner of the OneCare subscription promo / Vencedor da promoção do OneCare

Posted on August 13, 2008 by awfurtado

  After some "blog vacations", it’s time to catch up with the pending blog posts! In a previous post, I’ve celebrated the achievement of 50k visitors in FurtaSpace and invited readers to give their feedback and take part in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | 10 Comments

Microsoft recruits in Brazil again / Microsoft volta a recrutar no Brasil

Posted on August 10, 2008 by awfurtado

  Microsoft Corporation is looking for new hires in Brazil, for positions in Redmond/USA. It’s your chance to join the team! The complete details follow below. []s— AFurtado The statements or testimonies I offer in this post represent my own … Continue reading →

Posted in Career | 12 Comments