Ryan Cromwell

This evening the Central Ohio .NET Developers Group was nice enough to let me present on WPF.  Everything went fairly well, though it was more a test of my efficiency in WPF development than I had planned; I managed to leave behind the external hard drive that had my code-snippets, slides (both of them), and project template.  So we went from nothing to code-kinda-complete in about an 1 hour and 45 minutes. 

I was very happy with the number of questions and that at least a few people stayed behind to talk afterwards.  If Jim has an opening, I am hoping to give the same presentation again here in Dayton (hint, hint). 

For those that are interested I've posted the Demo project, Time Machine, for your general amusement.  If there are any questions or comments regarding the presentation or the demo, feel free to post them and I'll do my best to answer them.

Thanks to everyone who showed up and for all your questions.

I found this tool about 5 years ago and then lost it during a job move.  I've been looking for it ever since and finally found it through StumbleUpon today.  Most will find it a little annoying and kind of stupid, but it was great when I stuck with it.

WorkRave is a little status tray application that tells you when to take a break, gives you exercises to do, and locks your computer so you do them.  These aren't "Pump you up!" exercises, but instead blink every-once-in-a-while, keep-your-body-from-atrophy exercises.

You might feel like your doing less at first, but I guarantee you'll feel much better throughout the day and, in the end, be more productive.  Over time, I learned to do some of these things on my own, but this is just a gentle tap on the shoulder.