CodeSmith Plinqo offers developers super fast LINQ to SQL code generation.

I've been an independent developer and Entrepreneur for 16+ years. The reason why I have been successful is that I can offer my clients good solutions that are delivered on time and on budget. Even better, those budgets are usually much lower than the alternative projects by large consulting shops or agencies, which means my services have been in very high demand for many years now.

And every year since I started, I have enjoyed my work and made a good living at it. Development tools like CodeSmith's Plinquo are definitely a part of the reason why I've been able to offer clients excellent value without sacrificing quality over all these years. If you are a consultant or independent developer, CodeSmith with the Plinqo framework should be a standard part of your development work flow!

Plinqo is a set of templates for CodeSmith Studio, which allow a developer to quickly generate an entire Visual Studio solution based on Microsoft's LINQ to SQL but with many enhancements added by the Plinqo framework. I could go on and on about it, but the best way to quickly show the power of this framework is very simply by showing a quick video. It took me all of 5 minutes to generate the thousands of lines of code needed to support the website you are about to see.




Is the web site project a finished website ready for production? No, of course not. But the output of the CodeSmith Plinqo framework is a very robust and complete DATA foundation upon which I can now build a solid web application - quickly and very cost effectively!

Learn more about Plinqo at http://plinqo.com

The Social Media Revolution is here!

As a company, if you are still unsure about social media, you need to watch this video.



If after watching, you are still doubtful about your need to have a social media strategy TODAY, don't worry... your competitor sure will enjoy your absence from this space - and from business!

Check out more videos on the "social economy" at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Socialnomics09

Note: I am not affiliated with Socialnomics in any way. Simply a fan of their message and as an Internet marketer, someone that strongly agrees with their take on this topic. Check out their content!

The iPad arrives and is a game changer in the eBook + more space!

Amazing that amongst all the buzz and what we all knew was coming, the reveal is still as fantastic as only Steve Jobs knows how to do!

The iPad is here, a 10" web tablet to enjoy FULL SIZE web pages, music, video and more.

Live coverage is happening at many sites including GDGT:
http://live.gdgt.com/2010/01/27/live-apple-come-see-our-latest-creation-tablet-event-coverage/

Credit for this picture goes to gdgt. Check them out at http://gdgt.com/

Specs:

.5" width

1.5 lbs

9.7" diagonal display - high quality

1gHz Apple A4 chip

16GB to 64GB Flash Memory

10 Hours battery life (a month standby)

WiFi n

Bluetooth

Accelerometer, Speaker, Microphone

Multi-Touch (of course)

And Steve and Apple breaks the price barriers... with the 16GB model at $499! WOW.