I'm proud to announce that if you tell them that I referred you via this blog, they will give you a $600 discount on this 5 day real bootcamp. Feb. 18-22, 2008 (5-day ILT course with extended labs) Price: $2,995 Location: New Horizons Memphis 4775 American...

Here's some information that should make for some noise around the Internet: "Microsoft is excited to deliver a feature complete CTP during the Heroes Happen Here launch wave and a release candidate (RC) in Q2 calendar year 2008, with final Release...

DevCares - February 8, Louisville, KY - February 8, Mason, OH - February 29, Columbus, OH Session 1: How Hackers Hack... and How to Stop Them Session 2: Building Office Applications with Visual Studio 2008 ArcReady - Service Lifecycle Management: Addressing...

Yesterday, Bob Muglia (Senior Vice President, Server and Tools Business) published a letter being sent to customers about our position on virtualization. Mr. Muglia's letter is titled, Harnessing the Power of Virtualization for Dynamic IT . I definitely...

<<Updated JAN 22, added another point on ASP.NET note on bottom>> I want to point out some learning’s that I experienced recently after being challenged by a customer to verbalize which Microsoft mobile device platform to utilize. I...

Been meaning to mention this, but just haven't gotten back around to it. So, since my Cowboys are done and it's Sunday, thought that I would get this picture onto the Internet for future usage - and clean up my desktop. Anyway, DevLink is the premier...

I've been published again with some peers in DPE, Christoph Schittko and Darryl Hogan . The article is in Issue 14 of The Architecture Journal , our magazine targeted to architects.  There are a couple of ways to get to the content. First, you could...

I've written on .NETCF in a past lifetime. .NETCF is a cool little technology (no pun intended). But, it had been a good while since I have read a .NETCF text of any size. But, I had one sitting on my desk, so over the holidays (with a upcoming demo that...

Hopefully, you're heard that we are providing the ability to step into the framework code when debugging. Shawn Burke has written an exhaustive post for how to configure this as well as the best way to do this (manual load). Another thing that some folks...

If you haven't seen this , take a look. There's a list of MSFT celeb's as well as other well known names - Brian Williams, Steve Ballmer, Matthew McConaughey, Robbie Bach, Jay-Z, Bono, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Jon Stewart, Kevin Turner, Hillary...

Check out the latest at IASA Nashville Website for this JAN 28 event. Our featured speaker for this event is Joseph DeCarlo from Turner Broadcasting Systems presenting on the topic titled: “Learn from a Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) about...

What an interesting idea they have over there in the UK. And Microsoft played a part in making this happen. Plus, check out the video interface on the front page. Intuitive and pleasing to the eye. I hear that it's based on the Video.Show source from...

Pretty cool. I'm looking for the real poster, but for now you can get the updated version here . It also includes a tiled version for those of you who will print and assemble 8.5x11 into the poster (a nice fallback, if you need it).

Tim Sneath reported this, and I think it is very cool. Way back when - when the New York Times reader came out, I loved it. What a great way to read the newspaper. Now, you can build your own application using this SDK as the foundation. Be sure to notice...

BizTalk Blogs brings the latest news and opinion from Biz Talk experts all over the Web to one place. You will also find timely content on the .NET Framework -- Windows Communication Foundation and Workflow. Posts are updated in real-time without moderation...

Last night, Ron presented to the Memphis .NET Users Group .  The talk began with the improved administrative interface in IIS7, then he showed how to build a managed module for IIS7 with VS2008 (demo of a Web Traffic logging tool putting data into...

Chicago, Developer Evangelist, Details here . And do I have to say that this is one of the best org's in Microsoft to work for...

John Mullinax has mentioned SmarterChild a couple of times so I had to do a little Internet exploration. A couple of years ago, Microsoft purchased a company that provided us with Automated Service Agents (ASA). It's very cool stuff, and the basis of...

How can you refuse this free event ? April 22-24,  Sheraton Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ. Discounted rooms available. Industry Themes & Solutions Health 2.0 – Health & Life Sciences version of web 2.0 Connected Industry Framework (CIF)...

It's just a month away and I'm excited that I'll be attending the Office Developers Conference, what we affectionally call ODC . Hosted in San Jose on FEB 10-13, this event will feature some good OBA stories, announcements, as well as a BillG keynote...

Simple solution to this - install as administrator. Since I downloaded an MSI, I had to start a CMD prompt (as Administrator) and launch sqlserver2005_ssmsee_x64.msi from there.

New Device Development Features in Visual Studio 2008 (DEC 2007) Unit Testing Device Security Manager Automation in the Device Emulator Manager Device Emulator Enhancements Broad Choice of Supported Platforms

I can't help it, but there's a part of me that likes the aspect of "business" - how to impact it with technology is probably the better way to say it. At this point, no one is asking if Web 2.0 is real, or if will impact one's life in some way...