One of the fun things about MIX10 this year was that the folks from Channel 9 were broadcasting live throughout the conference from The Commons: Channel 9 Live Day 1 Channel 9 Live Day 2 One highlight of my time at MIX this year was getting the...

It’s quite long, but worth the read, so set aside some time and dig in to get their impressions post-MIX . Good stuff!

I’d love to post a thorough, informative, and thoughtful summary of my experience at MIX10 (which was a ton of fun, and was probably the most information-packed MIX in the 3 years I’ve attended), but my fellow DE, David Isbitski , has done such a wonderful...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar , and all events entered in Community Megaphone are...

Just sayin… Keep track using my handy-dandy Launch countdown timer: Here's the markup to use it: 1: < div id ="silverlightControlHost" > 2: < object data ="data:application/x-silverlight-2," type ="application...

From my colleague Ashish Jaiman : ISV Software Architecture Workshop May 20 th 2010 Microsoft Technology Center, Reston VA We are organizing an exclusive Software Architecture Workshop (SAW) for enterprise and ISV architects. The event will be an intense...

Just a quick reminder that today is one of the last opportunities to catch our MSDN Roadshow covering Windows Azure and SQL Azure. I will be in our Washington, DC (Chevy Chase) office with my counterpart David Isbitski , and we have lots of great information...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar , and all events entered in Community Megaphone are...

Just in case anyone thought I wasn’t serious when I offered to get a Mohawk if Southern Maryland GiveCamp got 100 volunteers: Congrats to Jim and all the volunteers and non-profits. What an amazing weekend. I’ll have more to share soon.

The Southern Maryland GiveCamp is wrapping up, and the closing presentations are being streamed live at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/somd-give-camp If you get on the stream soon, you might even catch the last part of the ceremony, in which I will be...

Here’s the whole gang (or most of ‘em) participating in the Southern Maryland GiveCamp this weekend: Click the photo for the larger version. UPDATE: I created a synth of this photo from a larger pool of pics using Microsoft PhotoSynth :

Today at Southern Maryland GiveCamp , I gave a presentation on social media, including twitter, facebook, and linkedin. For those who attended, or others who might be interested, you can get the slides for the presentation here (note that the license...

After a bit of fighting with DC-area traffic, I arrived this evening (well, yesterday evening, since it’s after midnight as I write this) at the campus of my alma mater, St. Mary’s College of Maryland , in St. Mary’s City, in St. Mary’s County, MD. St...

A bit late in posting this, as I just got back from MIX10 , but here’s my local editorial for the MSDN Flash newsletter for Mid-Atlantic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ff458328.aspx There’s info on our current MSDN Roadshow tour , upcoming Code Camps...

Here at MIX, the RC of WCF RIA Services has been announced. You can find out more about updates in the RC to ease deployment of RIA Services applications here . And Brad Abrams’ announcement of the availability of WCF RIA Services RC is here . UPDATE...

Going to try the liveblogging thing again…on wifi this time, so hopefully it holds up…stay tuned! 11:03am – and duct tape…the hardware is a prototype that’s literally stuck together with duct tape…which is awesome. 11:00am – the keynote comes full circle...

Though the parties are still going on, the sessions are long done. The big announcements included the release of the Silverlight 4 RC, Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools , Netflix app coming for WP7, and more. You can check out some of the resources for...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar , and all events entered in Community Megaphone are...

My friends at Capital Area DotNetNuke UG asked me to let folks know that they’re having Mitch Sellers presenting this Wednesday on Building Modules for DotNetNuke 5.x. You can get more details on Community Megaphone .

Sorry for the sudden end to the liveblogging…lost my 3g when the phone section started…irony indeed. Great keynote, more to come! 9:34am – it’s time for WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERIES! Bring on Joe Belfiore… 9:33am – Silverlight 4 RC is now available for download...

All is quiet as I write this…most folks are likely still recovering from one of the several parties and tweetups last night, great opportunities to see old friends and meet new ones (and lose your voice and hearing for those of us who aren’t 20 anymore...

In just under one week (next Friday, to be exact), the Southern Maryland GiveCamp will kick off, bringing much-needed IT help for 19 charities and non-profits. Over 80 technical volunteers have stepped up to help out, but the team is still slightly short...

Show #5 of the Community Megaphone Podcast is now available! In this episode, Dane and I chat with Steve Michelotti . We discuss ASP.NET MVC 2, the software craftsmanship movement, and more. Want to keep up with all the latest episodes? You can subscribe...

My thanks to all of the folks who came out for my presentation last night at the Hampton Roads .NET User Group , and especially to Kevin Griffin for his hard work in building and running the group! Last night I talked about developing for Windows 7...