Jeff Yates

Ann Arbor, MI

blog.somewhatabstract.com

Age: 35

I'm an Englishman living in the US.

I primarily work within the C family of languages (mostly C# at the moment).

In my spare time, I love to write (songs, short stories, novels, scripts) though I am unpublished. I also like to game, sing and play my guitar (not necessarily at the same time).

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Better Favourites Organisation

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I have written my first novel and I think it's ready. What next?

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How do you approach intermittent bugs?

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What advantages and disadvantages are there to using the HTML5 beta of Youtube?

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