Reflection - Iteration 5

     Did you know that developers don't ONLY develop at work? Well, apparently this is true, and the other stuff is tenfold when you are managing a project. That is the biggest thing I struggled with this iteration. It's hard for me to get in the face of consultants and make sure they are performing. I'm looking at them like a developer, and not like a manager. It's also hard to do all this stuff and still get my work done at the same time, however, I think I've come up with a system. I'm worth very little in the morning, I am 0% a morning person, so that's not a good time for me to be productive in development. However, that's a great time for me to get all the administrative stuff done... so starting this week that's what I'm doing.

    Things are taking me longer to do then I want them to. Part of this is because I'm green, another part is because I expect too much of myself and those expectations aren't realistic. I did get some cool stuff done this iteration, though. Like I published the first websiervice and did a bunch of AJAX-y crap. That was pretty sweet, I'm pretty proud of that.

    Web 2.0 conference tomorrow in NYC, let me know if you'll be there def taking advantage of the workshops. Also, if you have any experience with a DB product called Filemaker Pro I need a custom export written, or if you know any consultants that would be awesome.

   Here is a question I posted on Stack Overflow...would love to get some feedback here: 

I have two repeaters and an image inside an update panel along with some AJAX dropdowns with link buttons to the left. I want to update the data inside the update panel as fast as possible as values are selected from the dropdowns.

What do you think would be the best way to update the data? The repeaters are populated by objects, so if I could just filter the objects by some properties I could end up with the correct data. No new data from the server is needed.

Anyone have some ideas?

    Six weeks left until Alpha release. OMG. Thanks for all your support and feedback, my first "technical" post was daunting... and my initial reaction to the response was not too grown up (I got super defensive)... but over all it went well. For those who have been asking I feel much better, thanks. 

 EDIT: Also, looking for a good flash developer, looking for either a part time gig, or full time if in the NY metro area.

    Happy developing!