If you haven't already experienced one, or talked to folks who have, you might be a little confused by my cryptic announcement that I'll be posting info on the Mid-Atlantic Code Camp soon. To further whet your appetite, take a look at the Code Camp Manifesto...

Do you have a community event (user group meeting, etc.) in the DC area (or elsewhere) that you'd like my readers to know about? Feel free to let me know via the Contact link to the left on my blog home page, and I'll be happy to pass the info along.

...due to weather: The Northern Virginia SQL Server User Group meeting is cancelled for tonight due to inclement weather. Stay tuned for details regarding the possibility of re-scheduling this valuable session on Performance Tuning in the near future...

...news coming soon on the Mid-Atlantic MSDN Code Camp. We'll be looking for speakers and volunteers for this event, so keep your eyes peeled for the call for speakers and the event announcement very soon!

My counterpart in the South East District, Doug Turnure, has informed me that the folks organizing the upcoming Code Camp in Raleigh, NC , are looking for speakers . The Code Camp is being held at North Carolina State University on April 9th. Raleigh...

From my friends at the Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group : The Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group ( www.novasql.com ) is announcing its second session for 2005 to benefit IT Professionals (DBAs, Developers, Admins, etc.) in the Northern Virginia...

Just got back from doing a presentation on Visual Studio Team System at the BaltoMSDN users group in Hunt Valley, MD. Had a ton of great questions from the group, and had a great time with the presentation. The sponsor of the group that provided the meeting...

Today and tomorrow, find out more about VSTS from the folks who are developing it: VSTS Team Foundation Public Chat Chat with members of the Team Foundation team of Visual Studio Team System. We'll be answering questions and discussing our suite...

The Connected Systems Business Kit is now available for order. This free DVD contains: Presentations and videos describing connected systems for business decision makers, architects, developers, and IT professionals. Generico, an extensive SOA-blueprints...

Check out: Ctrl-C doesn't work in RUNAS or MakeMeAdmin command shells Remembering Calculator and Character Map Settings Managing Power Options as a non-administrator

Gisli Olafsson writes of a downloadable training kit for ASP.NET with C#:' Check out this training kit that you can download. PLEASE NOTE: I do not have this kit, so I cannot send it to you. If you post a comment on my blog, or email me asking for it...

Recently, I had someone make the following comment on a post announcing IE 7 : Hahahaha....dude we don't need it! I'm a Microsoft person 100%, but creating something we already have is useless! We have Firefox! The FLAWLESS web suite. It's awesome enough...

Another tidbit from Aaron Margosis : Changing the system date, time and/or time zone . Addressing one of the most common complaints about running as non-admin

Telligent Systems , the company founded by former Microsoftie (and ASP.NET whiz kid) Rob Howard, has finally released Community Server 1.0 . Community Server combines the functionality of forums (based on the ASP.NET forums engine Rob worked on while...

It's now public...IE 7.0 is slated for beta this summer. See here for more details.

Just got the following from my friends at the Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group: Good afternoon. The Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group ( www.novasql.com ) is announcing its second session for 2005 to benefit IT Professionals (DBAs, Developers...

Includes two webcasts presented by our local Developer Community Champion, Geoff Snowman , and one of our local Regional Directors, Vishwas Lele : MSDN Architecture Webcast: Interoperability and Migration Between .NET and COM (Level 200) Thursday, February...

You may want to check out a two-part Webcast series tomorrow and Friday that discusses the subject: MSDN Webcast: Getting Delegation to Work with IIS and ASP.NET: Ins and Outs of Protocol Transition (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300) (Thursday, Feb. 10th, 1-2pm...

http://www.msdnevents.com/rss/customFeeds.aspx allows you to access custom RSS feeds for MSDN events in your state. Simply select the desired state, then click the RSS button. Below are feeds for the states in the Mid-Atlantic district: District of Columbia...

I was reading through a recent Keith Brown article on security in the .net Framework 2.0, and noticed this little gem: System.Diagnostics Besides a whole boatload of new tracing and debugging features, better event log support and even a Stopwatch, there...

Jonathan Kadlec, one of the folks running the Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group, has kindly added information to the NoVaSQL web site on many of the user groups that are active in the Mid-Atlantic region. If you're interested in finding a group...

Ever thought about subscribing to MSDN? There are many benefits to doing so, not the least of which is getting early access to the latest versions of Visual Studio, Longhorn, and more. But if you've wondered about how you can use the products included...

Fellow Microsoftie Jonathan Hardwick has provided a new resource for information on running/developing using LUA: http://nonadmin.editme.com The site is set up as a wiki, so you can register and contribute to the site, too, if you choose. Thanks to Jonathan...

People are often surprised when I tell them that I studied music and theatre in college, and wonder how I ended up in the technology industry. One step on that path was working for a company that build television and industrial scenery, where I learned...

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