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jaredpar

@peregrine i dislike the usage at first but it actually really grew on me after awhile. Still funny in some areas about 2 hours ago via web in reply to peregrine
The Windows 8 Release Preview video is really well done. windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-… about 2 hours ago via web
@Pilchie it makes selection work closer to what you'd expect coming from a windows world. Selection goes to select mode vs. visual about 5 hours ago via web in reply to Pilchie
@Pilchie in that vein, were you aware of :behave mswin? about 5 hours ago via web in reply to Pilchie
VsVim 1.3.0 released. Happy Viming! visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/59ca71b3-a4a3-… about 5 hours ago via web
Such a nice day but will the good weather last until the soccer game tonight? 2:08 PM May 30th via web
@kellogh glad to hear it! 2:07 PM May 30th via web in reply to kellogh
@BadAstronomer NC considering a law to limit the effect of global warming by dictating the science used to measure it blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/201… 2:07 PM May 30th via web
@tweetsbi ah, I thought you'd gone office space on a monitor. I was hoping for pics :( 10:36 AM May 30th via web in reply to tweetsbi
@tweetsbi did the experience live up to expectations? 9:59 AM May 30th via web in reply to tweetsbi
tweetsbi "There's now a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Facebook its down'." @klischka 12:12 AM May 30th via TweetCaster for Android Retweeted by jaredpar and 1 other
@gortok VsVim users use many combinations of tools and I keep diff setup combos on diff machines so I can dogfood the changes I make 3:22 PM May 29th via web in reply to gortok
@gortok i only run R# on about 1/3 of my machines. 3:22 PM May 29th via web in reply to gortok
@Martin0815 not bad at all ;) 2:55 PM May 29th via web in reply to Martin0815
@Martin0815 someone who is old fashioned and refuses to update to modern technology 2:51 PM May 29th via web in reply to Martin0815
@jordanterrell xUnit is my focus right now. 2:14 PM May 29th via web in reply to jordanterrell
@jacobsimeon punch cards 2:11 PM May 29th via web in reply to jacobsimeon
@fmork so far I've gotten expected results. The UI has been non-intuitive in a few places but overall good 2:10 PM May 29th via web in reply to fmork
With VS11 the integrated unit testing looks real promising (been using the xUnit beta). Not quite sure what I'll do for VS10 2:09 PM May 29th via web
Been told by several coworkers now that I'm an old fogy for wanting an xUnit GUI and I should embrace an integrated testing plugin 2:07 PM May 29th via web

Name Jared Parsons
Location Redmond, WA
Web http://blogs.msdn...
Bio Author of VsVim. Developer at Microsoft working on a language and operating system incubation team