October, 2009

eek! Say hello to the Windows Management Framework starring our dear friend PowerShell 2.0. Read more here . Why is this cool/important? You now have the power with PowerShell to manage all your favorite Windows flavors (XP to 7 to Server 2008 R2) and...

eek! I really dig Scott Guthrie’s latest blog post on the WPF 4 Improvements and Lighting Up Windows 7 applications planned for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4. With all the excitement around Windows 7, its time to jumpstart that killer application and...

eek! A couple of local (from my perspective) community run events that are usually a good deal in terms of mind expansion. Got a Saturday to get smarter? Join your peers for the 3rd annual Fairfield/Westchester Code Camp on Saturday November 7, 2009....

eek! You know I’m a fan of the Training Kits – neatly packaged smarts across an array of Microsoft technologies – Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, ASP.NET MVC, etc. The latest revision to the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 beta training kit does not...

eek! A personal thank you to Iconics for showing off their very cool Windows 7 application at our Innovation Showcase over the past few weeks. Iconics’s application was designed to exploit several features of Windows 7 – the Taskbar, Jump Lists, Windows...

Hope you are having a great week and welcome to another feel good friday ! Have you seen the new 7 ways to change the world with Windows 7 contest? How would you change the world?   From the site: Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States...

eek! To the attendees at our New Efficiency launch events in Boston and New York – thank you for your time and attention. Here are the slides from the sessions and a brief recap: Windows Server 2008 R2, Build Solutions that Scale Beyond 64 Processors...

eek! I know it’s been a hectic few days if you develop on the Microsoft platform. The SharePoint team is enjoying a lot of oohs and aahs from IT pros and developers, as they unveil features of SharePoint 2010 . Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework...

eek! I guess that Windows 7 thing isn’t the only cool thing to blossom on Oct 22, 2009. You can join the kickoff to the first Boston Azure Users Group on Oct 22, 2009 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm @ the Microsoft NERD in Cambridge, MA . Azure Ninja? Judging...

eek! Looking for 30 minutes of technical training and 30 minutes of soft skills training? You’ll probably want to catch the Microsoft Students to Business Fall Webcasts . First in the fall session is Microsoft Azure - An introduction to Cloud Computing...

eek! If you are like me, you’ve probably been waiting too! I wasn’t lucky enough to make it to the SharePoint Conference 2009 but I’ll be watching the keynote ( streamed live! ) that happens today at noon US Eastern time! I’ve heard a lot of rumors about...

eek! Welcome to the new efficiency and our launch party for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. If you are like me and want to get your head around what’s new from a software developer’s perspective, look no further than the recent Windows Server 2008...