The Design-Time Developer

I was going to the Chicago .NET Meetup yesterday evening and I realized that I was a good half hour early. Leave it to Chicago Transit Authority - if there is one thing you can rely on it for, it's that you'll arrive earlier or later than you expected...

That's right... if you have seen me at a live MSDN Event and thought, "Wow, that looks like a fun job!", you're in luck. We have an opening in Northern California for a Developer Community Champion like myself. You'll get the opportunity to travel around...

At my Decatur event yesterday afternoon, we had quite a bit of dialogue around the Optimizing Web Applications session I am presenting as part of the Oct-Dec MSDN Events . One question that I promised I would post to my blog (with an answer) was "Who...

Chicago .NET Users Group is hosting a Day of .NET on October 30th in Palatine, IL. RSVP online by noon on October 27th. For more information and to RSVP, visit http://www.cnug.org/index.html . The Chicago . NET Users Group invites you to attend the 5th...

I was talking with my friend Joel about new video games and he told me that there was a new Legend of Zelda title on the way. I said, "Do you mean Four Swords?" and he replied, "No, this is supposed to be a much darker game." I had to find out more and...

Flashback: July 2004 - I have a party to celebrate moving into my new place. The snack selection included one bag of Rold Gold pretzels. At the conclusion of the party, all of the chips were gone, but there was still half a bag of pretzels. I don't have...

During my most recent event in Madison, I got one question and one observation that I felt were particularly worth sharing out on my blog. Both the observation and the question took place during the Optimizing Web Applications session. The observation...

Those of you who know me are well aware that movies are a big part of my life, so when I found out about this special offer from Loew's at 600 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, I felt I had to share this on my blog. You can get free passes for you and one...

Hey everybody, For those of you who have attended my live MSDN Events or are regulars on my blog, I wanted to announce that I will be reorganizing the way I post the quarterly MSDN Events Ready Reference of URLs going forward. I will be posting them to...

Once again, my brief handout of useful URLs to sites and articles with additional information related to my seminar content. I know you can't always make it to my events (although I do enjoy seeing you when you can), so I share the handout online in my...