Joe Stagner - Frustrated by Design !

I recently purchased a copy of Michael Pham’s new 2007 release of his awesome Developers IDE / Editor. Why pay for it, it’s free isn’t it ? Not really. PHP Designer 2005 was free. PHP Designer 2006 was Beta (and free). ...

You don’t have to agree with Richard Stallman’s politics to like this book. If your in the software development business and your interested in anything more than writing code, then you should read this book. Whatever you think of free software...

Maybe it’s time for REAL security experts to get involved with the TSA. Read this list http://www.tsa.gov/travellers/air travel/prohibited/new-items.shtm On and Off for 25 years I’ve worked part time in the Security field, and while...

I don’t do gratuitous endorsements. But, I complain when I get bad service, so I feel it’s appropriate to recognize when I get great function or service. I’ve used dozens of hosting companies at different levels. I currently have hosting with MaximumASP...

In this video I build, from scratch, a CascadingDropDown sample application using Visual Basic.NET. Learn how to: enhance ASP.NET’s standard DropDownList with the CascadingDropDown control extender from the “Atlas” Control...

<ON HOLD WITH TECH SUPPORT RANT> Doesn’t anybody offer great Laptops AND great service ?????? In my old role at Microsoft they FORCED me to use HP Laptops. I’m not a big HP fan so when I joined my new team I ordered the only other...

Check out the recent additions to my Atlas “How-Do-I” Video Series. I’m doing two of these EACH WEEK and taking suggestions from developers via the suggestion box on this page . Some of the currently published video topics are…...

Today (in 40 Minutes) at (09:00AM – PST) I’m giving a talk on Programming RSS in ASP.NET. I’ll be using Dmitry’s AWESOME ASP.NET RSS Toolkit . You can sign up HERE . You can download the PowerPoint and Demos HERE .

I never like to really slam a book. Authors work so hard for so little money, but this book was so mistitled it was a waste of money. The title “Web Radio – Radio Production for Internet Streaming” suggests that the books subject matter...

Thanks to everyone who attended my Live From Redmond Webcast yesterday – A Developer’s Introduction to Microsoft Atlas. I really appreciated the enthusiasm and all the great questions. Here is a link to the materials (PowerPoint and...

Earlier this spring the ASP.NET Team presented several great MSDN web-casts. The response to those was so great that we've scheduled a bunch of new ASP.NET 2.0 talks over the next two months. Below is a list of them, along with a registration URL...

Due to popular request via the suggestion box on www.asp.net …. I’ll begin posting the source code that I use for the demos in the videos. You can get the code for the How-Do-I use the Atlas DropDown Control Extender from the link below. [ Click...

Wanna come hang out in Toronto? I’ll be at PHP | Works with the guys from PHP Architect Magazine next Months. I’ll be presenting on building and running PHP applicaitons on the Windows platform. After joining the UI, Tools, and Platform...

This book is about to be release on a very difficult subject to find good detailed info on. .NET Internationalization: The Developer's Guide to Building Global Windows and Web Applications By Smith-Ferrier, Guy Published by Addison-Wesley...

Last week we but a form up on www.asp.net so that folks could send requests for How-Do-I video topics. Today I recieved the folowing thoughtful feedback from a values customer. "Make new versions of all the videos without the ridiculous, yet highly...

This morning I did a Live-From-Redmond" webcast on developing with RSS. You can view in on line by clicking the link in THIS POST . One of my attendees emailed me because he really needed to use ATOM and the ASP.NET RSS Toolkit that I used for my...

The September Issue of MSDN Magazine contains an article I wrote on Smarter File Downloads in ASP.NET. Since it’s my first print publication since joining the UI, Tools, and Platform Group… please buy several coppies While most of my “product” these...

There is a new Atlas Control Toolkit (July CTP). In addition to a bunch of infrastructure work and bug fixing there are now a total of 21 controls. New controls include Accordion, Dynamicly Populated Control, Filtered Textbox, Paging Bulleted List...