Chris Koenig

Hey everybody - it's time to Save the Date for Mix 08! Mark your calendars now for all the fun on March 5-7, 2008 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. I didn't get a chance to go to Mix 07, and I missed out on a lot of great information...

Hi everyone - if you're in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week (and who wouldn't want to be?) I'll be speaking on Microsoft Silverlight at tonight's Tulsa .NET User Group meeting. The meeting starts at 6:00 PM with pizza and networking, and the presentation should...

I mentioned Photosynth the other day to someone who had not heard of these technologies, so I thought I'd share this video from TED this past March. http://www.clipaday.com/videos/ridiculous-image-technology-coming Prepare to be amazed...

I just stumbled upon this recording of the original CodeMonkey live in concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4TnhemCEmc

Development Tools and Techniques for Working with Code in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, by Patrick Tisseghem, is now published on MSDN: Part 1: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530302.aspx Part 2: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library...

http://bubblemark.com/ has a series of performance tests for RIA applications. Here's the results of my test run tonight on my Dell D820 Centrino Duo 2GHz with integrated graphics. Silverlight 1.1 = 104 fps (CLR) Silverlight 1.0 = 58 fps (JavaScript)...

For those of you who do work with SQL Server, and have either SQL Server Express or don't have the client installed, here's a link to download the SQL Server BOL independent of the SQL Server Management Studio. del.icio.us Tags: SQL Server

I came across this cool example of using WF to drive ASP.NET page flow. http://blogs.msdn.com/mwinkle/archive/2007/06/07/introducing-the-pageflow-sample.aspx We used to have a framework similar in concept to this back when I was at Avanade (part of ACA...

There continues to be a lot of buzz in the communities and within our customers around Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. There are a ton of very powerful, extensible features in the latest version that make for a compelling story around enterprise...

Most of you know that I spent the most time in the past writing Windows clients instead of Web clients. There are lots of reasons for this, and it's not that I don't like writing apps for the web, it just seems that Windows apps was where my customer...

Head on down to MSDN and grab your copy of the latest p&p guidance: Smart Client Software Factory - May 2007 Release. The Smart Client Software Factory provides an integrated set of guidance that assists architects and developers create composite...

If you've ever tried to view a non-mobile-compliant web page from a SmartPhone or PocketPC phone, this product is for you. http://labs.live.com/Take+Deepfish+For+A+Swim.aspx Go visit the web site, give it a try, and let me know what you think!

https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/content/content.aspx?ContentID=5395 Make sure that you register first on Connect , or the downloads listed there won't work.

If you're not attending TechEd, and are interested in learning more about the next version of SQL Server, check this out TechNet Webcast: The Next Release of Microsoft SQL Server: Overview (Level 200) Monday, June 4, 2007 12:00 P.M. - 1:15 P.M. Pacific...

Well, I didn't think I was going to get to go, but it looks like I've got a ticket to TechEd 2007 in Orlando. I was already planning to be there for an all-hands offsite meeting on Tuesday, but now I'll be able to attend some sessions on Monday, Tuesday...

If you use Enterprise Library - the latest version is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Download: Enterprise Library

VS Live is coming to Austin on Nov 12 -15 Sheraton Austin Hotel, Texas 701 East 11th Street Austin, Texas 78701 Call (800) 325-3535 or (512) 478-1111 and make sure to mention VSLive! I'll be there - will you?