Comments for Geek Mama

Comment on Girls just wanna Ho-Gram…no Bra-Gram… no wait I’m a Pro-Glammer… Wut? by Pam

Pam — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:04:37 +0000

I love the sentiment here. I don’t see it as passive agressive, so much (loaded term), but just being an awesome person. Carry on.

Comment on Working with null values in the .NET Framework by Richard

Richard — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:56:46 +0000

DBNULL : The DBNull class represents a nonexistent value. The DBNull type is a singleton class, which means only one DBNull object exists. The DBNull.Value member represents the sole DBNull object.

You can use System.DBNull.Value for find out the variable has a dbnull or not

if (ds.Tables[0].Rows[i].ItemArray[0] == System.DBNull.Value)
{
MessageBox.Show(“DBNULL exist in the field “);
}

full source code :

http://net-informations.com/csprj/ado.net/cs-dbnull.htm

Richard

Comment on Devise Edge Case by iļja

iļja — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:46:15 +0000

Thank you, I was hit by this too.

Comment on Why being one of 2.7% is awesome by Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:08:18 +0000

Thank you for this post! I am a woman in rails development/generally techie things and sometimes feel nervous standing out so much. This post is starting to make me feel more grateful about being a minority in the field and that it’s ok to stand out! You are an inspiration for someone like me, I never feel quite sure of myself, but when I see another strong woman being awesome, it inspires me to embrace myself for who I am and maybe someday I can enjoy being different.

Thank you 100 times!
- Lauren

Comment on She’s Geeky: What’s an Unconference? by Corey K Katir

Corey K Katir — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:02:43 +0000

Seems fun and motivating.
Lucky you!

Comment on The Railscasts Project is #fail by Charles Feduke

Charles Feduke — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:20:10 +0000

I originally tried watching Railscasts from the beginning. Then I skipped out to like #200 or so and I don’t think I’ve missed any since. Its sort of how I start my week at work.

Comment on Post Railsconf Wrap Up by Charles Feduke

Charles Feduke — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:16:09 +0000

Regarding your general overview of the sessions, I felt the same way. I regret not skipping some of the architecture astronaut sessions for bohconf – I think I would have gotten my money’s worth doing so. There were some really great presentations, the keynotes I thought were all good, and then there were just some disappointing talks. (Really 37signals? A full room and this is your presentation?)

Next year I will definitely look for more talks that include more source code in the slides. Thoughtworks abstract architecture astronaut stuff is great in books but presented… not nearly as interesting.

I think probably the talk I learned the most at was Ryan Bates’ CanCan 2 BoF. It was interactive and exactly like watching a screen cast except Ryan IRL.

Comment on Why being one of 2.7% is awesome by Carol

Carol — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:45:06 +0000

Thanks for the great post!

Another small advantage: no lines for the bathroom for once! ;)

Comment on Why being one of 2.7% is awesome by Gayle

Gayle — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:58:43 +0000

You are so right. I have expressed many of these same thought before, but not so eloquently! Sticking out can most definitely be an advantage.

Unfortunately, that can be irresponsibly extended to make yourself stick out in not-so-good ways. However, used wisely, you benefit by being able to get known, establish relationships, extend your knowledge, and all that good stuff. Likewise, and possibly even more cool, is that others benefit from the knowledge you can share, from what you bring to a networking relationship, and all that good stuff. And doesn’t it feel good being able to contribute to the community and help others once we reach a point where we have the knowledge and ability to do so?

Great post!

Comment on Why being one of 2.7% is awesome by bryanl

bryanl — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:12:08 +0000

As a minority in another sense, I have to agree with you. You hit the nail directly on the head.