Edward Thomson

In the Champaign office, juggling computers to test Teamprise on the various platforms we support.

Welcome

Hi, I'm Edward Thomson, software engineer, Mac user and general tinkerer. When I'm not enjoying the fine Illinois springtime, I update this site occasionally with my thoughts on Team Foundation Server in particular, and software development in general.

What I'm Doing Right Now

Working on marketing and communications for Teamprise.

Geek Books I'm Reading

Ansel Adams: Classic Images

Why should a developer care about a photography book? Learning the basics of visual arts will improve your UI.

Designing Interfaces

Another book to improve your UI. This is less aesthetics and more the psychology of UI: placement, navigation, naming, etc.

Recent Blog Entry

Visit Teamprise at TechEd 2008 Developer

Teamprise will be exhibiting at TechEd 2008 Developer in Orlando, June 3 - June 6. If you're interested in Team Foundation Server or source control with Java, you should stop by booth 1426 and say hello. We'll be giving... Read More

May 30, 2008

Popular Blog Entries

Here Be Monsters

Thanks to digg and reddit, this criticism of MacOS was widely read. If you read the comments, you'll note that the criticism of fanboys and zealots was especially accurate.

Rails: Validation with multiple models

A strategy for handling errors in Rails when updating multiple models in a single transaction.

Complex SQL Queries with Rails

One solution for handling complex JOINs in your Rails model while retaining most of the benefits of Rails' simplicity.

Why you should work for Teamprise

I wrote this entry to extoll the virtues of working for Teamprise. We're still hiring, and it's still accurate.

Recent Surfing

Personifying your keyboard

This is brilliant. I wish the original t-shirt (first design) hadn't sold out

April 3, 2008

Defendius Door Chain

Yes, I know it's a joke, but it's so awesome that I want one for my office

April 3, 2008

Confessions of a Former Apple Zealot

This guy suffers through MacOS 9 and then runs away when it gets good? This should be titled "confessions of a guy who uses the worst technology available."

January 28, 2008

Researchers ponder rent-a-chip computing

Intel pioneers "rent-a-chip" computing. Inventing new "multics" operating system to run on them.

January 19, 2008

Inside SWT: Assmetrics

November 20, 2007

Edward Thomson is a Software Engineer at Teamprise, where he develops cross-platform client solutions for Microsoft Team Foundation Server, with an emphasis on Macintosh compatibility and IDE integration.