March, 2008

hey there! Yes, we did it - our first DigiGirlz Day in Connecticut . It was a lot of fun (and work) getting 80 students and chaperones into our small office. This was truly a team effort and I'm so thankful to have friends who helped and who care deeply...

hey there! One of the readers of my blog wrote me: "I really like the Learning Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit, you used to have a link on your blog but it has since been removed." Ah the joys of blogging mania. Yes, I did blog about the ultra...

hey there! Dr. Crounse posted a great summary of his musings on Unified Communications (UC) in Healthcare . He drives the point home with a quick 4 minute video on what UC may look like in the hospital. Really makes you think how cool our jobs are...

hey there! Just perfect, 7 fans! But it could use more. And I know what you are thinking, in time, the reverse will be true too - Facebook on IIS 7 . Why not? Somebody said PHP runs great on IIS 7. If you were looking for my slide deck from the Heroes...

hey there! It wasn't me :) Folks, we have a few more days until our discounted hotel rate expires. This is going to be a great solutions and developer conference. If you haven't seen it yet, check out our agenda . It is still being refined, but where...

hey there! This recent press announce reminded me that I needed to complete my trip report from MIX08. Microsoft Announces Acquisition of Rapt - Rapt solutions will provide Microsoft with advanced technology and services for digital media publishers...

hey there! Go grab the source code! Scott Guthrie announced the availability of the ASP.NET MVC Framework Source on CodePlex late last week. What is the ASP.NET MVC Framework? MSDN Magazine has a timely article on this very hot topic: "The Framework...

hey there! What a great launch event we had in Boston last week. During the keynote, one of our local customers talked about their great work with SQL Server 2008 (yes, that's right, in all its beta glory). The customer spoke highly of the SQLCAT ...

hey there! It's coming next Friday when our little office in CT hosts - DigiGirlz Day . What an amazing team effort it has been and what a great day we have planned. We'll have lots of footage! Speaking of best days...the next set is on April 22-24, 2008...

hey there! Yes, we put together our agenda and have tons of Silverlight (thank you Jesse, Sam, John and DaveDev) and our friend David Robinson is going to wow us with SQL Server Data Services - he being a PM on the team and all. Please register...

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...

so we meet again... What a great day for a launch! I'm in Boston for our Heroes Happen Here Launch! I'll be the IIS 7 fan boy at the end of the infrastructure track, stop by! Slide deck coming soon, check out my older IIS7 posts . If you are looking to...

Reserve your seat today for our Health and Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference coming in a month to Atlantic City! Click here for details on the great things we have planned. A deadline for discounted hotel registration is upon us. a comic...

so we meet again... Novel approach to using Social Networks to hunt for talent. You ready? How far will you go ? Nice James, nice!

so we meet again... How do you choose when you have so many different flavors of coolness? MIX08 was a blast, here are the sessions I attended. Heavy on the mind expansion, light on the fluff. And yes, I still consider myself a developer. I missed...

so we meet again... All the buzz from MIX08 may have eclipsed this very cool piece of software: Microsoft Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint : The Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint is source code and guidance for developers describing how...

so we meet again... They are working on tomorrow's problems...but they haven't perfected cloning yet, so I missed Microsoft Research's TechFest last week while at MIX08. The one stop shop for the keynote, videos, and the blog is live. Nice to see our...

so we meet again... I was fortunate to attend MIX08 last week and am really excited about what is in store for developers with Silverlight 2.0. That's just part of the Ozzie/Guthrie/Hachamovitch keynote that kicked things off. My buddy Dave does a great...

so we meet again... Talk about the hot seat. Steve Ballmer matched each of Guy Kawasaki's jabs and came out the winner. Guy promised no softball questions; he delivered. One of my favorite hours spent at MIX08! The Opening Salvo Right of the bat, Guy...

so we meet again... Windows Live Writer is the unsung hero of the buzz from MIX08 - from keynote end to public web in seconds - digital pictures and all! The buzz at MIX08 is well deserved. The keynotes have been fantastic, the upcoming products inspiring...

so we meet again... Jim, this one is a little Sublime :) I don't practice Santeria, I ain't got no crystal ball; but failure is the best teacher of all! Microsoft's Experimentation Platform - faster failure is a good thing Sometimes, I don't know how...

so we meet again... Microsoft Online Services is making our talk about Software + Services real. I recently blogged about some cool resources for the architect/developer set, well here is something to warm the hearts of your infrastructure leadership...

so we meet again... I'll be at MIX in Vegas, full clothed. But Tim Sneath just made a ton of folks really happy with his latest blog post for non-attendees (you can now catch most of the MIX content in the comfort of your own den in your undies if you...

so we meet again... Our Connecticut DigiGirlz Day drops on March 28, 2008 and thanks to my buddy Cameron, we will be ending the day with an awesome treat for the students and educators (sorry our event is "sold out" but we will be capturing photos...

so we meet again... What an eye opening news article on how the web is being shaped... Sorry, Boys, This Is Our Domain THE prototypical computer whiz of popular imagination — pasty, geeky, male — has failed to live up to his reputation. Research...