Blog Archives - JPtacek.com | Musings on code and who knows what 3ls3

2018

Aug 8

That Conference 2018 - Functional JavaScript

Posted In: That Conference, JavaScript, Speaking

Mar 31

An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Posted In: AI, Business, Innovation, Skyline Technologies

Mar 14

National Pi Day 2018

Posted In: Pi, Ephemera, Skyline Technologies

2017

Nov 8

NewDug Nov 2018 - React Native is the future of mobile

Posted In: React Native, React, Mobile, JavaScript, Speaking

Sep 28

TechHub 2017 - Innovation, AI and the Economy

Posted In: TechHub, Web, AI, Speaking

Aug 11

That Conference 2017 - Intro to Docker

Posted In: That Conference, Docker, Speaking

Mar 25

NEWDUG 2017 CodeCamp - Introduction to Docker

Posted In: NEWDUG, Docker, Speaking

Jan 12

Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and the Economy

Posted In: Business, AI, Skyline Technologies, Innovation, Computing

Jan 5

Online Security Best Practices

Posted In: Business, AI, Skyline Technologies, Innovation, Computing

2016

Oct 13

October New AITP Meeting - Mile of Music

Posted In: Mobile, MileOfMusic, Speaking

Sep 15

September NEWDUG Meeting - Angular vs React

Posted In: NEWDUG, Web, Angular, React, Speaking

Aug 13

Creating an Angular 2 Application with the CLI

Posted In: Angular, Web, Angular 2, JavaScript

Aug 12

Angular/Angular2 Introduction

Posted In: Angular, Web, Angular 2, JavaScript

Aug 11

That Conference 2016 - Angular vs React

Posted In: That Conference, Web, Angular, React, Speaking

Jul 5

Apple WWDC 2016 Recap

Posted In: Apple, Mobile, Skyline Technologies, Conference

Jun 27

What is Quantum Computing?

Posted In: Business, Computing, Skyline Technologies

May 24

Google I/O 2016 Recap

Posted In: Google, Web, Mobile, Skyline Technologies, Conference

May 3

The Death of Moore's Law and the Game of Go

Posted In: Business, Computing, Skyline Technologies, AI

Apr 6

Build 2016 Recap

Posted In: Microsoft, Build, Web, Skyline Technologies, Conference

Mar 13

NEWDUG 2016 CodeCamp - Gulp All The Things

Posted In: JavaScript, Gulp, NEWDUG, Speaking, Web

2015

Jun 1

Google I/O and the Death of the Web

Posted In: Google I/O, Google, Ephemera, Web, Conference

Mar 17

NEWDUG 2015 CodeCamp - Getting Ready for VS 2015 By Loving the Command Prompt

Posted In: ASP.NET vNext, ASP.NET Core, NEWDUG, Speaking, Web

Mar 14

National Pi Day 2015

Posted In: Pi, Ephemera, Web, Skyline Technologies

Mar 12

AngularJS - CSS Animations

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Feb 25

Introduction to Windows 10

Posted In: Skyline Technologies, Windows 10, Ephemera

Feb 18

AngularJS - Best Practices

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Jan 16

Hosting a DocPad Site on GitHub Pages

Posted In: DocPad, DNSimple, GitHub

2014

Dec 23

MS Dev Podcast Show - December 19, 2014

Posted In: Microsoft Dev Show, AngularJS, DocPad

Dec 12

Creating ASP.NET vNext application on OS X

Posted In: ASP.NET vNext, ASP.NET Core, Skyline Technologies, Web

Dec 10

AngularJS - Further with Directives

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Aug 12

2014 That Conference

Posted In: Speaking, That Conference, Health, Conference

Jun 3

AngularJS - Introduction to Directives

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

May 19

AngularJS - Introduction to Services

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

May 18

That Conference - Ways To Hack Your Day to Better Health

Posted In: That Conference, Speaking, Web

May 8

Madison .NET User Group - May 2014

Posted In: Speaking, AngularJS

Apr 10

Milwaukee .NET User Group Presentation - April 2014

Posted In: Speaking, AngularJS

Apr 2

Build 2014 - Day One Highlights

Posted In: Build, Conferences, Skyline Technologies, Conference

Mar 18

A Modest Proposal For Time

Posted In: Ephemera, Time

Mar 17

Twitter Bootstrap Themes

Posted In: Twitter BootStrap, Web, CSS

Mar 14

National Pi Day - Calculating PI With AngularJS and a Monte Carlo Simulation

Posted In: AngularJS, Pi, Web, Ephemera, Skyline Technologies

Mar 2

Speculations for Build 2014

Posted In: Conferences, Build, Conference

Feb 28

Setting Up Cordova (PhoneGap) for Development on Windows Machines

Posted In: PhoneGap, Cordova, JavaScript, Web

Feb 25

AngularJS - Introducing Routes

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Feb 10

AngularJS - Introducing Templates

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Jan 24

AngularJS - Image Binding in AngularJS with Lou Reed

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Jan 23

AngularJS - More with ng-repeat

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Jan 21

GitHub Repository Not Found - Case Issue?

Posted In: GitHub, Web

Jan 11

What is Yammer... and why should your company use it?

Posted In: Yammer, Web

Jan 8

Deleting Windows 8.1 Wireless Profiles

Posted In: PowerShell, Windows 8

Jan 1

Chocolately and BoxStarter

Posted In: Web

2013

Dec 29

Saying Hello to.... DocPad

Posted In: WordPress, Blog, DocPad

Dec 28

Saying Goodbye to WordPress

Posted In: WordPress, Blog

Dec 12

Calculating the Cost of the 12 Days of Christmas

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Skyline Technologies, Web

Nov 18

Fox Valley .NET User Group Presentation – Nov 2013

Posted In: AngularJS, FVNUG, Speaking, Web

Oct 31

AngularJS – Introducing ng-repeat

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Oct 21

Upgrading to Windows 8.1 from the Windows 8.1 Preview

Posted In: Windows 8

Oct 3

AngularJS - Introducing AngularJS Controllers

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Oct 1

AngularJS - Introduction

Posted In: AngularJS, JavaScript, Web

Sep 20

What Lyndon Johnson Taught Me About Programming

Posted In: Ephemera, Programming

Aug 12

2013 That Conference Presentation

Posted In: Speaking, That Conference, WordPress

Jun 14

Speculations for Build 2013

Posted In: Conferences, Build

May 21

Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Jump Starting Microsoft’s Devices and Services Transition

Posted In: Business, Microsoft, Nokia, Windows 8, Xbox

May 14

That Conference 2013

Posted In: Community, That Conference, Web

May 5

2013 Fox Valley Day of .NET

Posted In: Fox Valley Day of .NET, Speaking

Apr 30

Being You – Looking Around WordPress

Posted In: Azure Websites, Web, WordPress

Apr 29

Being You – Setting Up WordPress on Azure Websites

Posted In: Azure, Azure Websites, Web, WordPress

Apr 28

Fox Valley Day of .NET 2013

Posted In: Azure, Azure Websites, Fox Valley Day of .NET, Speaking, WordPress

Apr 18

Outlook.Com Email Aliases

Posted In: Ephemera, Outlook.com, Web

Apr 13

Privacy

Mar 28

Setting up Google Two Factor authentication

Posted In: Ephemera, Google, Security, Two Factor Authentication, Web

Mar 14

Have Your Pi and Eat it Too: A Comparison of C# and C++ Performance

Posted In: Ephemera, Pi, Skyline Technologies

Mar 5

Automatic Builds and Deploys to Azure Websites

Posted In: Azure, Azure Websites, Git, TFS, Web

Feb 27

Being John Ptacek – Configuring Wordpress for Authorship Markup

Posted In: Azure, Business, Ephemera, Skyline Technologies, WordPress

Feb 22

Skyline Annual Retreat

Posted In: Business, Ephemera, Skyline Technologies

Feb 15

Setting up email for a Custom Domain on a Windows Azure hosted website

Posted In: Azure, DNS, DNSimple, email, Web

Feb 13

Creating Sitemaps.xml file for Wordpress blogs on Azure Websites

Posted In: Azure, SEO, WordPress

Feb 11

Configuring DNSimple for Azure Hosted Domains

Posted In: Azure, DNSimple, Web

Jan 17

The Pace of Innovation

Posted In: Business, Innovation, Skyline Technologies, Web

2012

Nov 22

Enabling Customer Success with Visual Studio 2012

Posted In: Business, Skyline Technologies, Web

Oct 19

A Modest Proposal – Apple Should Buy the US Post Office

Posted In: Apple, Business, Google

Oct 8

Xbox Phone

Posted In: Business, Windows 8

Sep 18

Windows 8 Dev Camp

Posted In: Appleton Compassion, HTML 5, Skyline Technologies, Windows 8

Sep 10

Windows Identity Foundation and Windows 8

Posted In: Windows 8

Aug 20

2012 That Conference Slide Deck

Posted In: That Conference, Web

Aug 20

That Conference 2012

Posted In: That Conference

Jul 20

Blog Redo

Posted In: Ephemera

Apr 18

Going Green for Earth Day

Posted In: Business, Earth Day

Mar 22

HTML 5 Markup

Posted In: HTML 5, Skyline Technologies, Web

Mar 21

HTML 5 for Applications

Posted In: HTML 5, Web

2011

Dec 21

Tips for Working With International Clients

Posted In: Business

Sep 29

Observations From Microsoft's Build Conference

Posted In: HTML 5, Web, Windows 8, Build, Conferences

Jun 28

HTML 5: A Little History

Posted In: HTML 5, Web

Jun 24

An Introduction to the Microsoft Razor View Engine

Posted In: Web, WebMatrix

Jun 10

Comparing ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms

Posted In: MVC, Web, Web Forms

Jun 6

WebMatrix Proves an Excellent Tool for Creating Small Sites Quickly

Posted In: Appleton Compassion, Skyline Technologies, Web, WebMatrix

May 11

Mobile Apps Provide the "Finishing Touches" to the Appleton Compassion Project

Posted In: Appleton Compassion, Mobile, Web

Apr 26

Microsoft's Deep Zoom Technology Allows for Powerful User Experience

Posted In: Appleton Compassion, Silverlight, Web

Apr 25

Create Interactive User Experiences Quickly and Easily with Silverlight Pivot Viewer