I kicked back with Billy Hollis and John Lam for a few minutes this morning, between sessions at VSLive! Toronto. John had just completed a good talk about The Future of Programming Languages and RubyCLR wherein he passionately (and convincingly) argued...

From Milwaukee, I drove to Chicago, planning to attend any .NET developer events that might be going on in the area on a Sunday afternoon or evening in late April. None did, so I spent the night in a noisy but adequate Red Roof Inn near Microsoft's offices...

At the conclusion of Deeper in .NET , in Milwaukee, I got to hang out into the wee hours of the morning with Scott Spradlin of INETA, Chris Barwood, Julie Lerman , Brennan Stehling , and Doug Rhoten ( photos ) at the Rock Bottom Brewery. Doug Rhoten is...

Attracting 49% of all online searches and a sizeable share of all online advertising expenditures, Google risks becoming or being perceived as the most monopolistic business on Earth, even if they just stick to search, which does not appear to be their...

En route to VSLive! Toronto , I decided to stop in Milwaukee, WI for a weekend conference called Deeper in .NET . Sponsored by the rockin' Wisconsin .NET user's group , organized by Scott Isaacs with assistance from Doug Rhoten of the rollin' Chippewa...

This pleasant surprise awaited my return to work yesterday from signing the closing papers on my first and erstwhile home. Presumably, my co-conspirator Sandy received one as well, although I haven't seen him to congratulate him, yet. Microsoft awards...

Project founder Jim Hugenin explains what "Python on .NET" is and why it rocks, in this two minute video from the Microsoft Technology Summit 2006 . See gotdotnet IronPython workspace for the latest news about this killer project. Thanks to Didier...

In a recent announcement that will almost certainly have an effect on the price of MSFT stock (in 2-3 years;-), Jobsblog legend, friend, and born blogger, Gretchen Ledgard has announced that she is leaving Microsoft to "start my own company." "Microsoft...

A few minutes ago, I turned to Dave Bost , MS developer evangelist in the Midwest region, and asked, "Is there a tag for this event?" Dave replied, "I've heard a lot of geeky things, this week. That's just another one to add to the list. MTS06 ," he...

This from my "I'm not screaming in the wilderness" file... Preface: I'm reading a Father to Daughter book that admonishes dads to teach our daughters to give *and accept* praise gracefully. Since my daughter is almost perfect in all ways, this sounds...

A reader sent me a link to this recently, http://wiki.csharp-online.net . On first blush, I see sparse content, a slick MediaWiki implementation, and Google Ads... Wait! Is a Microsoft employee actually blogging about this? [Please wait while I...