Last year, the journalist Jodi Kantor faced an unenviable assignment. She'd been invited to deliver the commencement address at Columbia University, her alma mater. So a huge honor. But recall that ...

Remember when you had to really dig in concentrate and understand exactly how C# and other code worked at the most basic levels? Then you'll like Microsoft's early preview of .NET 11.

PSA: the tool you code with matters more than the code itself.