There is some truly amazing support for parallel programming in .NET 4.0.  One of the compelling new features of the Thread Pool in .NET 4.0 is work-stealing, which allows work to be processed by worker threads more efficiently.  First of all...

nPlus1.org is hosting its fourth Architecture Summit on July 31st at the Microsoft office in Southfield, MI.  The topic of this summit will be Patterns and Principles. Session One: Software Patterns Patterns are an important tool to use as architects...

In version 4.0 of the .NET Framework, there is a lot of support for parallel programming. One cool class to know is System.Threading.Parallel , which contains a number of static methods to parallelize loops and regions. Consider this code which uses...

I am completely psyched about XBOX Project Natal .  How sweet is that? Without a controller, the game responds to your body’s movements. You can watch real people using it at the E3 conference.

SRT Solutions is running a number of events next week, which may be of interest to those in the Detroit/Ann Arbor area.  First, there is a Software Stimulus lab on Monday, June 15.  This features two distinct sessions: the morning session introduces...

David Giard hosted me on his webcast series .  The topic was Windows Azure .  Links: http://www.davidgiard.com/2009/05/28/JenniferMarsmanOnWindowsAzure.aspx http://www.viddler.com/explore/dgiard/videos/135/

This warrants calling out - the queues in Windows Azure aren't your typical FIFO queue/dequeue mechanism.  They actually use a two-step dequeuing process.  Imagine the typical Windows Azure architecture where a web role (or multiple web roles...

This new CloudApp() contest looks extremely cool: the objective is to create a cloud application running on Windows Azure.  There are categories for both .NET and PHP applications.  The contest will be judged by Michael Cote, Om Malik, and you...