January, 2009

eek! Who knew that this little link could change my life and it will change yours :) Its about getting Live Mesh – the consumer version… …running side by side (sxs) with the Developer Version that gives you Mesh Enabled Web Applications . Now I can help...

eek! These resources still work - a colleague mentioned he had success moving developers who wanted to leap to .NET from ColdFusion. Hope this helps you! Migrating from ColdFusion to ASP.NET http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479305.aspx Learn...

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?

eek! If you haven't seen it, we just announced a strategy update for our Business Intelligence Stack. PerformancePoint Services...you lucky SharePoint users! If you are wondering what the fuss is all about, check out these BI web casts from way back....

eek! Since I'm running Windows 7, I have to wait for an update before I can run this updated version. As per the IE blog: "Note that the IE8 Release Candidate is for Windows Vista, XP, and Server only; Windows 7 users will get an updated IE8 with...

eek! Just a quick update to my previous post with additional resources for you. Quality I discovered this great document from the WPF Team entitled the WPF Application Quality Guide . It has suggested roadmaps for: Quality Assurance...

eek! For the folks who visited me at the MSDN Developer Conference in NY and Boston, thank you for attending. I hope you had a great conference full of learning and extensions to your social graph! Here are the resources from my talk: Building a...

eek! I’ve got to ditch my ugly duckling story when talking about IIS7 :) It goes something like this…When I talk to IT Pros and Developers about IIS 7, they all dig the notion of Server Core . They then frown when I tell them they cannot run ASP.NET and...

eek! We are hosting a XamlFest at the Microsoft Connecticut Office. Here's the agenda we are planning with additional details here (including registration details). Date? Feb 12-13, 2009. Space is limited. Please note that each attendee will need a laptop...

Update Feb 2010: Seems that the link for the CHM files have moved to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee412244.aspx eek! Ugh, my subscription ran out. Ok, so I haven’t been paying for this in forever…just stealing a copy from work but they...

eek! Looking for introductions and developer guides on the Microsoft .NET Services stack that is part of the Azure Services Platform? Check out these whitepapers from Pluralsight , nicely done…

eek! I stumbled upon these 3 virtual labs, and they looked good to me. I’ll be taking them, wanna join me? REST, AJAX, and Web 2.0 in Windows Communication Framework After completing this lab you'll be better able to create two different Windows Communication...

eek! The SharePoint team is working to help you flex and build those SharePoint muscles. They just released a preview version of the Visual Studio extensions for SharePoint (version 1.3). In their words... "The v1.3 release is an incremental release...

eek! For CT .NET User Group members who were planning on seeing a session on PowerShell for Developers today , we had to postpone. Stay tuned for when this session may show up again. If you can’t get enough of PowerShell, I’d head over to Huddled Masses...

eek! If you are looking to get some early views and insight into the developer experience for Windows 7, try the relatively new Windows 7 Blog for Developers . New content on the Taskbar API and Design just showed up. Check it out. P.S. For a good read...

eek! It’s Friday, so time to invest in that 20% thingee :) I think it is time you and I just launch a global singing revolution . What do you think? Downloading now…

eek!   Downloading now... P.S. Wow, you can still download Windows 3.1. Memories...

eek! Just a friendly reminder, join us (.NET Programmers Group on Facebook) for our session on programming the cloud with the Microsoft Azure Services Platform . It takes place on Tuesday, January 6th 2008 at 8 pm US Eastern Time. The abstract: You may...

eek! After catching up on my reading, I realized that I had an identity crisis - a deficiency in being able to explain digital identity in everyday language. Ugh. The good news is that I tend to read a lot of blogs that raise my IQ. Kim Cameron acknowledged...