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My Job? Making others successful.

May 2009 - Posts

bing is…
eek! B (ing) I (s) the N (ext) G (oogle). The announce here and more bing next week! Search you later! Happy Friday. Read More...
How Architects are made
eek! If you are looking to don that coveted architect tag, then this event may be for you. Join us on Tuesday June 2, 2009 in Cambridge MA for The Architect Factory - Take Your Technical Skills to the Next Level . Details on registration, directions and Read More...
Social Computing for Business and SharePoint – Its in the Game!
eek! Nice case study on the use of SharePoint and its social computing features. I particularly like the benefits section… The company sees EA People as a great way for its 9,000 employees to connect, share ideas, start conversations, learn more about Read More...
MSDN Subscribers enjoying early access
eek! If you are one of them, get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 now ! The Training Kit will need to be revved, looking forward to that. Read More...
This PHP Elephant is Azure – get the SDK
eek! If you missed it last week, there is a new PHP SDK for Windows Azure ! For more background on PHP in Azure, check out the ever useful Steve Marx’s blog (this particular entry explains how to program Azure with PHP that predates this SDK). For those Read More...
Facebook Recent Activity - Windows Mobile Application
eek! Yes, I installed the Windows Mobile Facebook application . It is pretty sweet in capturing and uploading videos and pictures to Facebook. Coupled with the Live Mesh mobile client, I never miss a moment (across my devices) and nor does my family across Read More...
SQL 2008 joins the Training Kit Team!
eek! The Training Kits which are so well done just got a new addition – The SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit . Visit Roger’s blog for details . In a nutshell… The material is organized into several feature areas: Spatial Support provides an overview Read More...
The Missing Identity
eek! Dig into the latest member of the Training Kit family – The Identity Developer Training Kit . I’ve been a big fan of these training kits – they help me get a handle on the technology *and* work through hands on labs that solidify the concepts. You’ll Read More...
Grab your seat at our next Code Camp
eek! The second Hartford, CT CodeCamp is coming soon, will you be joining us? Great set of sessions and if you’d like to flex your presentation muscles, this is the forum to do it. Call for speakers ends in a few weeks. Jump in! Read More...
The Workflow Way
eek! A little birdie tipped me off on reading this very informative and forward looking post on the changes coming to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) in .NET 4.0 and the experience in Visual Studio 2010. While Read More...
Wicked Smart Kids at the Invention Convention
eek! One of the great parts of my job is that I get to collect fun experiences and log them as work :) Two weekends ago, I was a Microsoft judge at the Connecticut Invention Convention . What a thrilling experience to witness the youngest minds (grade Read More...
Oh, Baby, the Places You'll Go!
eek! I've been a little slow in posting here. Over the next few days I'll describe some great events that I was fortunate enough to be a part of. Last week, it was our Enterprise and Solutions Developer Conference in New York City. If you missed our 2 Read More...
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