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Chad Z. Hower a.k.a. Kudzu's Blogspace
Why cars crash less than software
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over 6 years ago
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Cars and Software Anyone who has ridden with me in a car knows that I am not a slow driver. But I do know my limits, and the limits of whatever car I am driving. In used to drive professionally and have a very safe driving record. My car can go faster...
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VB LINQ Update Posted
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over 6 years ago
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The first public update since the PDC release in August has been posted for LINQ for VB. Many new features and things to play with. It’s available on the LINQ MSDN site .
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Are you a member of your local user group?
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over 6 years ago
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Did you know we have 60 user groups in MEA? Whether you are an professional developer, an independent, or a student you should be in touch with your local user group. Even if you cannot attend every meeting joining the user group is the best way to keep...
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Yes I'll be in Egypt!
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over 6 years ago
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First I want to thank all of you who contacted me asking if I am coming to MDC in February in Egypt. It provides for a very warm welcome and return. I’ll be speaking at MDC in February. Currently I’m scheduled to speak on February 8th on Smart...
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Kuwait Launch cancelled
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over 6 years ago
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No details yet, but the Kuwait launch has been cancelled. I’m sorry I won’t be able to meet those of you who contacted me. But I will be in Kuwait sometime in the future, so watch this blog.
Chad Z. Hower a.k.a. Kudzu's Blogspace
How much does a Developer Evangelist travel?
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over 6 years ago
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Some Developer Evangelists (DE’s) do not travel very much and are assigned to a single city, or a part of a city. However most DE’s do a fair bit of traveling but usually by car or train. DE’s with bigger territories like those in my...
Chad Z. Hower a.k.a. Kudzu's Blogspace
Office 2007 - Why is a developer getting excited about it?
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over 6 years ago
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It’s often very hard for me to write about our products that are in beta because working for Microsoft I see all kinds of things that the public doesn’t. With all this information it is often hard to remember what is “secret” and what is not. Because...
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Upcoming Kuwait Launch
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over 6 years ago
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On Jan 24, 2006 we will be hosting a Visual Studio.NET 2005 / SQL Server 2005 launch event at the Marriott. I’ll be there and hope to see many of you as well.
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Upcoming Cyprus Launch
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I just left Cyprus after a nice rest with my family there at our home in Cyprus. And fortunately we have an upcoming event called Momentum on Jan 26, 2006 that I’ll be returning for. If you are in Cyprus you can register for Momentum. It’s...
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Jan 16, 2006 - Copenhagen, Denmark
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over 6 years ago
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I’m in Copenhagen this week. I’m not here for a launch but instead some internal business at one of our regional centers. I have lots in the blog queue though so keep your RSS readers running, I’ll be posting a lot.
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Seattle, USA - Back to work, eh... well sort of.
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over 6 years ago
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Supposedly the last 2 1/2 weeks I’ve been resting after the launches. But if you look at my blog and e-mail replies many of you know that during this “recovery” time I was actually working, especially the last week. Last night I returned...
Chad Z. Hower a.k.a. Kudzu's Blogspace
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - More than you expect
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over 6 years ago
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Many of you have heard about the express edition of SQL Server 2005, and you know its free. But most of the developers I have talked to believe it is just another version of MSDE, or some fairly handicapped SQL Server look alike. SQL Server 2005 Express...
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How does LINQ compare to ORM's? OODB's? CodeGen's?
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over 6 years ago
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Readers of my previous articles know that I’m very much in love with LINQ, but also that I am not a big fan of OODB’s, ORM’s, and especially of most SQL code gens. In the newsgroups in the past I’ve been involved in many heated...
Chad Z. Hower a.k.a. Kudzu's Blogspace
Still using VB 6?
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over 6 years ago
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Many users remained in VB6 because of the complexities of data bindings in WinForms in .NET 1.1. .NET 1.1 data bindings made the complex stuff easy, but often made the easy stuff complex. This was a major source of frustration, but most especially to...
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So many versions of Visual Studio.NET 2005 - Which one do I need?
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over 6 years ago
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This is one of the most frequently asked questions that developers ask me. With Visual Studio.NET 2005 we have broadened the appeal to developers from the Express editions (free!), to Standard (advanced hobbyist), to Professional (single developer and...
Chad Z. Hower a.k.a. Kudzu's Blogspace
Having hibernation problems with XP?
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over 6 years ago
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Earlier this year I upgraded my laptop from 1 GB RAM to 2 GB RAM, and from that point on I could not hibernate my machine. It took me a while to associate the problem with my memory upgrade. Each time I would try to hibernate it would try and then tell...
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