I always have to peek behind the scenes. Whether it's sneaking a look into a construction site to see what a crew is building, trying to figure out how a special effect in a Disney attraction works, or ..., I just can't help myself noticing these things...

Many of you loyal geekSpeakers might have been wondering - where'd they go? How do I get my fix of getting my questions answered by industry experts in an interactive format (man, that sounded a bit too marketing-ish right there. Sorry about that). There...

There are several weather gadgets for the Windows Vista sidebar out there to choose from. But check out the new one just released from The Weather Channel (based right here in Atlanta). My colleague Chad Brooks worked with them, encouraging them to put...

If you've been following trends in web development lately, you may have heard of the term mash-up which allows you to build an integrated Web experience using data and services from multiple sources. To me the ultimate mash-up in real life is Sid, the...

Usually a user group presentation is a relatively dry affair. Don't get me wrong - they are usually fun to do, especially if the audience is into it ( IYKWIM ) or it's a cool new technology. And I always try to make the presentation interesting, in addition...

Here's a great time waster, a brilliant web comic I've become addicted to. It doesn't help that they have an RSS feed so I don't even have to browse over to it to read. Oh, and don't forget to hover over the comic to see more funniness.

Well, after pulling many strings I was finally able to set up an MSDN Event and TechNet event at the Microsoft office in Charlotte. Note that this is not at the movie theater we are usually at. This is some great content on Windows CardSpace and Ajax...

After a brief hiatus (and the loss of the domain name - don't ask), the Atlanta Geek Dinner resumes tomorrow night (May 10). It's at Max & Erma's in Dunwoody starting at 6 PM. Check out this post for full information and to RSVP.

Atlanta based MVP Shawn Wildermuth will be presenting for tonight's meeting of Atlanta Cutting Edge . He's talking about how to write add-ins for Windows Live Messenger. I want to use that and write something that responds with a clever joke when someone...

Sounds like a spam email subject line, eh? But actually it's a reference to a contest being sponsored by the product group for Windows CardSpace. Essentially if you add support for Information Cards (which Windows CardSpace allows users to select, manage...

My teammate Brian Hitney will be speaking at the May 10th meeting of the Greater Charleston .NET user group. Brian will give a presentation on Windows Vista Internals. Join us to dig under the hood of Windows Vista...and discover more than "just a pretty...

The current quarter of MSDN Events content is off and running - but, due to the large number of events we did last quarter around the launch of Vista and Office 2007, the number of cities is much lower than a typical quarter. So this Spring we will only...

The tentative schedule for the upcoming Carolina Code Camp has been posted. Looks there will be some awesome sessions! Register at http://www.developersguild.org/