Here’s a neat promotion for my readers in the U.S. If you’ve been wanting to try out Windows Azure and/or SQL Azure, but didn’t want to hassle with providing a credit card, here’s your chance. Through October 31st, 2010, the first 500 respondents...

For those who don’t subscribe, here’s my local editorial for the MSDN Flash newsletter for Mid-Atlantic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ff956201.aspx Topics include how to help me help you, and some first impressions of Visual Studio LightSwitch from...

I’ve published a new DevNugget screencast on Channel 9, and linked/embedded it below. In it, I provide an overview of the various options available in the Microsoft WebMatrix beta for opening existing sites or creating new sites, including creating sites...

If you have some cool technology info that you’d like to share with your peers, here’s your chance. You still have a little time left before the window closes on speaker submissions for the next Richmond Code Camp , to be held at the J. Sargeant Reynolds...

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...

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: Pittsburgh .NET Users Group - ASP.NET MVC and Silverlight Playing Nice Tuesday, September 14, 2010 5:30 PM, Pittsburgh...

http://www.beautyoftheweb.com/ I’m at a team meeting this week, but I’ll be posting more thoughts and perhaps some demo videos once I’m back. For now, go get it! CAVEAT: Unlike the platform preview, which installed side-by-side with IE 8, the IE 9 beta...

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...

UPDATE : Scott Guthrie just announced that the patch for this issue will be released tomorrow (Tuesday, Sep. 28th) at approximately 10:00am PDT. The patch will appear first on the Microsoft Download Center, and will be released to Windows Update and the...

Well, if you were waiting for Visual Basic support before jumping on the Windows Phone 7 bandwagon, guess what? Time to start jumping! We’ve just released a CTP of Visual Basic support for the final release of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools. As with...

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: Service Broker - NOVA SQL User Group Meeting Monday, September 27, 2010 7:00 PM, Vienna, VA Speaker: Chad Boyd Title...

For those who don’t subscribe, here’s my local editorial for the MSDN Flash newsletter for Mid-Atlantic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg241227.aspx In this issue, I talk about the recent Mid-Atlantic Community Leadership Summit, the upcoming introduction...

Just a quick reminder that I’ll be in Frederick, MD tonight, talking about the new Microsoft WebMatrix beta . I’ll be at the Frederick Web Technology Group , and the meeting is at VillageWorks in downtown Frederick. Meeting starts at 7pm, so don’t delay...

Scott Guthrie has all the details, and links to manual installs for the patches if you don’t want to wait until they show up on Windows Update. If your site is hosted remotely, you should check with your web host to find out when they plan to install...

The latest episode of the Community Megaphone Podcast is up! In this episode, Dane and I talk to David Giard from Ann Arbor, MI. David Giard is a Microsoft MVP and the INETA Mentor for 4 states. He has been developing software solutions with Microsoft...

      Don’t miss out on your opportunity to hear more about Windows Phone 7, get demos of the hardware, and learn for yourself how easy it is to develop apps for Windows Phone 7 in our hands-on labs. I’ll be on hand for the DC event, and...

I’m shamelessly stealing this from my peer Chris Bowen , since he and Rachel Appel just completed the first of our Web Platform Firestarter series, in Iselin, NJ. But don’t fret if you missed out on this one, because many cities remain: City Date Link...