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Breaking the Glass Ceiling (Sisters are doing it for themselves Part 2)
A few months ago, my team ran the Microsoft Enterprise Developer Conference in New York City. If you spelunk our website , you’ll find some great sessions that you can view on demand. Here are 3 that I’m picking at random from my favorite sessions… Windows Read More...
It’s all about the Tools!
eek! Our dear friend Russ has a TV Show and its called – It’s All About the Tools -catch episode 2 and more! Watch Russ and guests showcase great demos and get geeky. As Russ says, make some popcorn and enjoy! 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...
Don’t miss our smarts; mark your calendars!
eek! Great two weeks ahead for virtual events that you don’t have to dress up for. The good folks at the LinkedIn .NET Users Group have a bunch of sessions coming up with personalities you will not want to miss. Oh, and we are running a conference that Read More...
Tales from the languages gene pool
eek! If you want to catch up on the videos from the Lang.NET Symposium 2009, they are ready . Catch them and then poke around the website, you’ll be able to get videos from last year too. I just watched the Tales from the F# productization and will be Read More...
April Cool
eek! Bucking the trend on April Fool by doing an April Cool post. Here are some of the things I talked about in March. Hope you get a resource or link that saves you time... Girl Geeks Rule Downloading IE8 Get Silverlight 3 Beta with eyes wide open Say Read More...
Happy Groundhog Day!
eek! In the category of – I’ve seen that before, I’m republishing my January posts in case you missed it. Happy Groundhog Day! The Joy of SxS Jumping in to .NET from ColdFusion? I’m not going to be a fool this April 1 Need more Business Intelligence? Read More...
I’m not going to be a fool this April 1
eek! I’m going to attend the 24 Hour Virtual Event – perhaps not all 24 hours or maybe I’m foolish enough to try :) More details from Chris and Bruce . See you then! Will you be speaking? var addthis_pub = 'allandcp'; Read More...
Goodbye September
eek! First time here? Here's what September looked like... A peek at 2010 now See you at the PDC? Hello SQL Server 2008 Updated Training Kit Resource Page MSR New England is Open - watch the videos! Pimp your IDE...Easy Money? So much fun - MSDN and Social Read More...
Go get it - Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (and the Training Kit)
eek! SP1 is here ; complete with the revved 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit. Jonathan reveals all , including the links to the released versions of SP1. Here's a taste... P.S. The Training Kit is a great tool for self study and community building . For Read More...
Sex in the City!
eek! Sorry, its early and that was a typo, I meant to say Six Tracks in the City for VS Live :) It's in New York City on September 7-10, 2008 and promises to be a good one. Some really meaty stuff here, so grab a buddy and come on down. Early bird discounts Read More...
Hooray for Discoverability - I found cool Virtual Labs
hey there! Ok, I'm really liking this new MSDN redesign . I was able to discover a bunch of new Virtual Labs on some very cool topics. Good job MSDN. So what do you think? What would you change? Your voice counts... var addthis_pub = 'allandcp'; Read More...
MSDN, so fresh and so clean!
hey there! I like it! It's simple, clean and I'm finding things (long buried!). Soma announced it on his blog last week and some of the comments on his blog agree with the nice work the MSDN team pulled off. One comment struck me - its how I feel too... Read More...
Get Smart with these Lab Manuals
hey there! Looking to become better educated around Visual Studio 2008. SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008? Then you'll want to download the lab manuals that were part of the launch event. Some good stuff here. Check out the contents of the Visual Read More...
Did Steve Ballmer plug our cool developer conference? SQL Server Data Services, Silverlight, OBA Mashups, Microsoft Surface, more!
hey there! We have a cool conference lined up in about a month . Please register today as space is limited. We have a fantastic set of industry focused keynotes and solution tracks *on top of* our technical, developer focused sessions: SQL Server Data Read More...
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