Archive for June 2007
In most of our customer-oriented kiosk applications it is necessary to hide the system task bar so that in case of a crash the end user won’t be able to muck around with the computer. Yes, we restrict the user’s account via registry edits but the task is still available to them if the application exits. (more…)
I will be leaving my current position as a Software Engineer for Cyphermint Inc (http://www.cyphermint.com) on July 6th after working there for 3 years. I’ll be moving on to a company named ScerIS (http://www.sceris.com) to work on some of their very interesting projects.
My years at Cyphermint were wonderful. Full of fun, learning and great people. Sure there were some killjoys along the way (and some in the end too) but those types of people are everywhere and shouldn’t compose the whole view of a company.
I wish all the best to everyone at Cyphermint. They are on the verge of becoming the next “big thing” in more ways than one. They wouldn’t be in the position they are now (several big releases right around the corner) without the talent and dedication of the employees they have. The time simply came for me to move out on my own and discover what I could truly do on my own. I hope you all understand.
It was a privilege to work with such a talented staff.
Brian Keller posed a question to the readers of his blog asking what we thought, if there were such a thing, the “that” keyword should do in C#. What a fantastic idea! My suggestion – the that keyword would be used to allow access to inherited classes from the base class. (more…)
