ajoyk - random thoughts...

Finding the Windows Phone 7 apps

akMSFT — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:25:23 GMT

I will admit. I haven’t been shy in showing off my Windows Phone 7 to my family and friends. I have been very pleased with the phone. I know my kids (9 and 5) agree based on their experience playing few games on the phone. One question I get asked immediately...(read more)

p&p Symposium attendees – where are they from?

akMSFT — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:17:36 GMT

Last week Don and I blogged more details about the Symposium here and here and Michael kicked off a new series called Behind the Curtain with a discussion about upcoming p&p events including the Symposium for Episode 1 and followd it up with...(read more)

p&p Symposium : Keynotes, Workshops, Sessions and more

akMSFT — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:58:08 GMT

Every fall patterns & practices team hosts an annual p&p event at Microsoft Redmond Campus. This year’s event called “p&p Symposium” is being held Oct 18th-22nd 2010. This year’s event has got a new name and a new price ( it’s only...(read more)

My “patterns & practices for Application Development” deck from Slovenia NT Konferenca and Sweden Dev Summit

akMSFT — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:33:36 GMT

As I mentioned in my last blog post, Don, David, Ade and I are in the road for the NT Konferenca in Portoroz, Slovenia and DevSummit in Stockholm, Sweden. Had a great time presenting the keynote at both conferences, the panel discussions and the several...(read more)

Talking to customers and partners around the world about patterns & practices

akMSFT — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:20:10 GMT

In about a week and a half, I along with Don , David and Ade from the p&p team will be travelling to Slovenia and Sweden to participate in patterns & practices event. My favorite part of the job is meeting with our customers and partners both...(read more)

VS 2010 Launch and our book on VS 2010 ALM from Wrox

akMSFT — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:39:58 GMT

Congratulations to the VS team on the launch of VS 2010 yesterday. If you missed the launch keynote yesterday, you can watch it on demand here . There are tons of demos, hand-on labs and presentations on VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0. You can download...(read more)

Application Architecture Guide Layer Diagrams for Visual Studio

akMSFT — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:57:59 GMT

We at patterns & practices released the 2nd edition of Application Architecture Guide last year (It’s available in Russian here ). This guide contains layer diagrams for the various application types such as web, services, RIA etc. (Chapter 20 – 28...(read more)

patterns & practices for Windows Azure

akMSFT — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:03:26 GMT

“It's the next step, it's the next phase, it's the next transition,…” – Steve Ballmer said that about Cloud Computing during his speech last week at University of Washington. You can watch web cast on demand here or read the transcript of his speech here...(read more)

p & p приложения архитектуры руководство на русском языке…

akMSFT — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:00:56 GMT

and that means, p&p ’s Application Architecture Guide 2nd Edition is now available in Russian. I blogged about our trip last year to Ukraine and Russia to speak at the p&p summit. During that trip we had talked about localizing p&p deliverables...(read more)

p&p Enterprise Library v5.0 and Unity 2.0 BETA 1 now available

akMSFT — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:39:09 GMT

The team just released the BETA 1 version of Enterprise Library v5.0 and Unity v2.0 Beta 1. Please download it, evaluate it and give us your feedback. You can run this version side by side with earlier versions. Excerpt from Grigori’s blog post: We are...(read more)

Prism and MEF – what’s the story?

akMSFT — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:30:49 GMT

We get questions ranging from “will next version of Prism use MEF?”, “How can we use MEF in the current version of Prism?” to “would MEF replace Prism?”. My colleague David Hill just did a blog post that addresses many of these questions. Check it out...(read more)

patterns & practices GAT/GAX and Software Factories for VS 2010

akMSFT — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:37:25 GMT

With Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 out, I have seen increase in number of emails I get about GAT/GAX and Software Factories. Don just posted this blog with an update on our plan. Please post a comment to that blog posting or send Don an email. Excerpt...(read more)

My trip to Ukraine and Russia

akMSFT — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:15:03 GMT

I had the fortune of travelling to Ukraine and Russia accompanied by my colleagues Don Smith and Grigori Melnik . The two weeks trip was primarily for the p&p event at Kyiv, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia . Our itinerary also included several customer...(read more)

Building WPF and Silverlight Applications with a Single Code Base Using Prism - MSDN Magazine Article

akMSFT — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:20:28 GMT

Erwin from patterns & practices team wrote an article for MSDN Magazine on "Building WPF and Silverlight applications using Prism". Check it out here . Related links: p&p Prism: http://www.microsoft.com/prism p&p Satisfaction Survey...(read more)

Survey says…

akMSFT — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:34:30 GMT

Not yet. We need your input first. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and let us know which p&p assets you use/ or used and how satisfied you are with p&p assets and of course, overall with p&p. Thanks for taking the time to...(read more)

Guidance for the Web from p&p

akMSFT — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:27:06 GMT

I am writing this blog post from India. I am in Chennai on vacation and having a great time connecting with family and friends. It is a hot and humid and that is to be expected. What is not to be expected though is the traffic pattern here in Chennai...(read more)

Become a Fan of p&p summit!

akMSFT — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:26:39 GMT

Become a fan of p&p summit on Facebook by clicking here . We have a fan drive going on right now to get 250 fans by June 30th. If we hit that number, one lucky fan will get a free pass to the p&p summit. Act fast and become a fan. Accessories...(read more)

I am a PC and have Windows 7 RC installed

akMSFT — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:22:20 GMT

I got my primary machine loaded with Windows 7 RC this past Friday. Had an issue with multiple monitor but a video driver upgrade took care of it. I am liking it so far. If you want to give it a try, here is the link to download Win7 RC bits: http://www...(read more)

p&p Column in MSDN Magazine

akMSFT — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:57:24 GMT

I am sure many of you are regular readers of MSDN Magazine . We are happy to announce the launch of a new " patterns & practices " column starting with the May 2009 issue. Alex Homer from the p&p team authors the first installment :...(read more)

What’s in p&p SharePoint Guidance v2?

akMSFT — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:56:40 GMT

patterns & practices released SharePoint development guidance v1 back in November of last year. Check out this video for a brief overview and the patterns used. As you may know, we are working on the next version of the guidance which will cover:...(read more)

I voted. Have you?

akMSFT — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:57:41 GMT

Influence the features that makes it into the next version of Enterprise Library v5.0. Grigori Melnik has posted the tentative product backlog with the initial estimates for your feedback. Take this survey and tell us what you would like...(read more)

VB Quick Starts and How-Tos for Prism v2.0

akMSFT — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:42:09 GMT

As promised, we are delighted to release quickstarts, How-Tos and HOLs in Visual Basic for Prism v2.0. You can download it from here . What is in this download? The Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight is designed to help you more easily...(read more)

2 more reasons to attend p&p summit…

akMSFT — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:24:17 GMT

Brian Harry and Douglas Purdy That’s right. Brian and Doug are now joining the p&p summit as keynoters. Here is the complete line up of keynote speakers: Martin Fowler, Scott Guthrie, Brian Harry, David Campbell, Wolfram Schulte, & Douglas Purdy...(read more)

patterns & practices Summit 2009 is now open for registration.

akMSFT — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:42:55 GMT

p&p Summit 2009 will be held in Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, Washington between Oct 12th and 16th 2009. Mark your calendars and register now to take advantage of the early bird price. Keynote presentations by: Martin Fowler, Scott Guthrie...(read more)

p&p Software Factories, GAT/GAX and Visual Studio 2010

akMSFT — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:24:00 GMT

My p&p colleague Don Smith posted a blog with our high level plans for Software Factories and GAT/GAX for Visual Studion 2010. Check it out here . The key message here is that we at p&p are committed to refreshing the software factories and GAT...(read more)