The Design-Time Developer

Check out the December Webcasts we're presenting over the next few weeks. The first full week of December (12/6 - 12/10) will showcase SQL Server 2005 - this is a special theme week co-presented by the SQL Server Product Team and the DCCs. In addition...

... how many people are reading my blog posts? My manager set up a simple tracking url http://www.msdnevents.com/jacob so that we can measure how many developers are checking out my blog and finding out what I have to share (and occasionally rant about...

The SQL Server product team is hosting a 15-session webcast series the first full week of December (12/6-12/10). Get an opportunity to check out all of the cool new developer benefits and database programming and data management features, from Analysis...

Check it out! The Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) Program has put together a DVD packed with full, trial, and demo components and tools from several dozen of our VSIP partners... and best of all, the disc is available at absolutely no charge, not...

Let it be known for the record that I am perfectly happy and content with my existing credit card and its associated rewards and service. That said, I am so frustrated by snail mail credit card offers that I have been forced to blog about it and keep...

The Wisconsin .NET Users Group is planning their third annual full-day .NET event, packed with some of the top speakers around, including Scott Guthrie, Rob Howard, Rocky Lhotka, Jason Beres, and Chris Mayo. Visit the WI .NET UG site to learn more and...

As I mentioned on my Exam Prep Webcast today, here is the list of web sites that I discussed. If you have additional resources, I encourage you to share them with my other loyal blog readers below. Microsoft MCAD Home Page - http://www.microsoft.com/learning...

During today's event in Rockford, I was asked about the demographics capabilities in MapPoint 2004 and if they were available in the MapPoint Web Service. In short, No, the web service does not expose any demographic data . The longer answer relates to...

Hey everybody, Every once in a while, amidst the deluge of emails we each receive daily, one jewel shines out of the many - a valuable resource or tidbit of knowledge which makes drudging through all of the other messages worthwhile. Well, today I had...

Dearest Blog Readers, A software utility finally exists that will leverage all of the wonderful new storage space on all three* major free internet-based email providers - Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and GMail. RoamDrive is currently in beta and can be downloaded...

The August pilot of my “test-prep” webcast on preparing for your next MCAD/MCSD exams went very well, so, due to popular demand, I am re-presenting it next week. Preparing for the MCAD or MCSD exams And remember, as always, that the webcasts will be available...