Browse by Tags

Still recovering from last week’s road trip with my peer Rachel Appel . The trip was epic in a number of ways, not the least of which was the fact that it had the most power surges/outages that I’ve ever experienced in a given week of presenting. For those who weren’t there, or didn’t catch the discussion...

I posted my usual “Events this Week” post earlier today, but that left out some important events that I’m personally involved in: First up is the CMAP Main Meeting, where I’ll be presenting on the new Microsoft WebMatrix, and associated technologies including IIS Express, ASP.NET Web Pages/Razor, and...

Thanks to all of the folks who came out for the Web Platform Firestarter events that Chris Bowen and I presented this week. If you’d like the slides from our presentations, you can find Chris’ slides via this post , and mine are available here . Additionally, some of the questions during the event prompted...

Just a quick reminder that my fellow DE Rachel Appel and I will be bringing the ASP.NET Web Platform Firestarter to the Microsoft Office in Malvern, PA for a full day next Tuesday, November 16th. Agenda: · 8:30 – Registration · 9:00 –  To the Web with ASP.NET 4 Web Forms o The tried-and-true approach...

If you are interested in the Windows Azure Firestarter events being run by some of my peers, but there’s not an event in your area, you can also catch the content online. The team will be live webcasting their Dec. 9th event, and you can register here . Similarly, Rachel Appel and I will be delivering...

My thanks to all of the folks who came out for yesterday’s Web Platform Firestarter at our DC office yesterday. The room was packed tighter than a can of sardines, and I particularly appreciate everyone’s patience as we got the room squared away in the morning. I promised that I would post a link to...

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/gg265731.aspx In this issue, I talk about managing dependencies with NuPack , and the upcoming Web Platform Firestarter series that my team is running. You can subscribe...

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: Webinar: Powering the ASP.NET MVC User Experience with jQuery Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:00 AM, Online Most developers agree that JavaScript development can be a frustrating...

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 New York, NY 10/26 Registration Farmington, CT 11...

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so since he has done a great job of laying out the fantastic lineup of Firestarter events coming this fall, I’m going to swipe my DE counterpart Chris Bowen ’s post on the topic : Starting soon and running throughout the rest of the year, our...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area (plus online events you can view from anywhere)…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar , and all events entered in Community Megaphone are also automatically synced to the UGSS...

Thanks to all who attended the Reston Silverlight Firestarter this past Saturday. I hope everyone had as much fun attending as we did organizing and presenting. Frank has posted his slides and links here , as well as the keynote deck , and pictures from the event . You can download the slides and code...

Today is Memorial Day…please remember in your thoughts and prayers all those who have willingly laid down their lives to protect the lives and rights of their fellow men and women. Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area (plus online events...

Interested in learning more about Windows from the experts? There’s an all-day firestarter event tomorrow in Redmond, and you can watch live via Microsoft LiveMeeting. My fellow DE Mithun Dar has all the details . Among the many expert presenters will be Mark Russinovich , who has probably forgotten...