We have an Unnamed Major Client who would like to hear about your experiences in choosing commerce tools/providers. For now, you would talk (email, Skype, whatever) just to me and we'll pass your comments and experience along to the client. I'd like to talk to you about your overall process -- how did you decide what you needed, how did you narrow down possible solutions (APIs, services, etc.), and how did you choose one? Then, what was your experience in implementation and maintenance -- and what would you tell a Major Provider if you had the chance to do so? If you have a few moments, I'd appreciate it.

It's there on purpose. Chris can confirm, but we figured at attempt to inject some humo(u)r might be appreciated. Or not.

Yeah, not particularly enamored of their site format, but alas they did not ask me for my opinion. Not that the lack of asking generally affects my opinion giving...

Maybe we can have a contest for amusing anecdotes with which to pepper the presentation. Clearly I have alliteration under control.

Thanks, Zac!

Thanks, Omar!

Hmmmm ... not good at Lisp. I could probably find my old Pascal textbook somewhere ...

Thanks, Andy. I may need a ringer.

Collectively then. Although it would be amusing to do the entire shout-out in a lisp, the audience (potential) might not be as amused as we would be.

thanks!

Thanks, Pete. The pots o' cash are on backorder, but I'll ship them when they arrive.

Collectively or individually? Sure, I'm up for it.

Hey, all. If you're comfortable doing it (or even just a bit uncomfortable -- somewhere between a vague itch and chafing, but not more than that), I've got a speaker proposal with a friend in for the South by Southwest Interactive conference next year ... and I'd love your votes on it. Just got word that the deadline's tonight, 11:59 PM US Central Time. Here’s the link: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/1045 You have to log in, yes, but I don't think it's particularly spammy. Thanks in advance; I'm sure it will get you some karma points, at least with me. You'll have to bargain with Chris for reputation points. thanks!

**Orlando, FL, June 10, 2012 –**CodeProject®, one of the world’s largest independent online developer communities, announced the winners of its 2012 Members Choice Awards for best development products and tools at a reception preceding Microsoft’s TechEd 2012 conference in Orlando.

CodeProject.com members were asked to nominate and then rate their favorite products in various categories. CodeProject editors then compiled the highest rated listings, awarding the highest ranked product in each category. The results reflect products developers value most. Members chose which companies or products deserve recognition, based on in-the-field experience.

According to Jeff Hadfield, president of CodeProject (USA), “While development needs and platforms change, developers still need quality tools to get the job done. In fact, as platforms diversify, quality tools are more essential than ever before. The Code Project Members Choice Awards reflect the diversity and depth of developer tools. Congratulations to the award winners, and

We've had some devs review the Asus for us here on CP -- check out the reviews to see what you think (just search on the site for Ultrabook, or Asus Ultrabook). I've used the Asus a little, the Acer a lot, and the Samsung for a week or so. I don't do a lot of heavy coding: it's mostly HTML, JavaScript, CSS and the like. I've been using laptops with 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD for a couple of years ... and I've adjusted to keeping my main project files in the cloud, with a local sync of the most current ones. In a week I've found that the Samsung is my favorite of the 3. But I'm not sure it commands the price premium over the Acer in performance (the ones I've used have been i5s). But I have found the trackpad and the keyboard on the Samsung much better than my experience on the others. YMMV.

It was a brief news item again last week when it was posted on Twitter as news coming out of PDC. It was picked up by an industry news publication as "confirmed" and then retracted. It remains untrue :).

Yammer's[^] worth looking at for the private group conversation option.

My vote is to post the article ... I'd like to see it at least!

Yes, it's for the Virtual Tech summits only -- and it's from our partners who we host them with. As another poster commented, we're looking into making a "for pay" option instead of a registration option, too.

Daily's mailing now. Weekly later tonight.