It's Memorial Day weekend and I'm actively updating my Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition base image with the latest updates from Microsoft Update and then installing Visual Studio 2005 Team System Beta 2. I'm also preparing for my session on architecture...

On June 1, Visual Studio 2005 Dev Con will be held in Chicago at the the Rosemont Convention Center (or the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, for those of you who want to be precise.) I'm speaking and encourage you to register and attend - this promises...

I got a call a last week from Dave, a consultant in our financial services group and someone I've not seen or heard from in quite a long time. His challenge? He's working with a customer who wants to use Tibco EMS to move SOAP messages between .NET clients...