Keynote Starts December 2, 2010 at 9:00 pacific time Hear what’s coming next from Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie Training, labs & swag Online or in-person at Microsoft HQ, December 2nd 2010 It’s just like an extra day of PDC, dedicated to Silverlight Windows...

In an effort to keep our East Region BizSpark startups informed of events in the region, we’ve set up a new BizSpark East Facebook page. We’ll post upcoming events and information of interest to our startups in the region. I made a TinyURL for this at...

The WP7 info for developers keeps rolling in. This is fresh off the WP7 Developer Blog. Read the whole thing for details. A Developer’s Roadmap to Windows Phone 7 Launch Timing Of course, it’s not just the big names in development who are going to bring...

New training from the Windows Phone 7 MVPs. Check it out at the Windows Phone Developer Blog… Windows Phone 7 Jump Start Training Today we are publishing the first in our training content led by our MVPs.  Rob Miles and Andy Wigley led an incredibly...

If you’re looking to check out Azure development without a commitment, this program will give you access to Azure without a credit card for a month. Windows Azure One Month Pass Windows Azure One Month Pass •Learn about the Windows Azure platform with...

Joe Healy has a great post up with some instructions for getting started with Windows Phone 7 development. Well worth a bookmark: 7 Steps to Get You Going on Windows Phone 7 Dev Posted on 8/9/2010 2:34:05 PM Windows Phone 7 is hot right now, and I'm getting...

The Microsoft patterns & practices Symposium is the event for software developers and architects to have engaging and meaningful discussions with the people creating the technologies and guidance aimed at addressing their scenarios. This 5-day event...

Sometime later this year, Windows Phone 7 will hit the market and we’re looking for startups that are building on the platform. If you’re a BizSpark startup in the Eastern US and you’re building for Windows Phone 7, drop me a note. ( brianjo@microsoft...

Work Wednesday is a chance for each of us to help out in reducing unemployment by using the power of our social networks to make connections between the seekers and the seekees. There’s an awesome new way of finding top talent and the coolest companies...

BizSpark Startup Solvate matches high-end talent with companies that need work done. They’re looking to add more Microsoft-certified talent to their ever growing network. Solvate is actively recruiting Microsoft-Certified Talent Our Gig Economy-inspired...

Over at The Windows Blog , they’ve announced project Hilo. Hilo focuses on using Visual Studio 2010 and C++ to build extremely powerful Windows 7 applications. Check out the post and the links below: Introducing Project HILO … Today, we are announcing...

I got to attend my first MassChallenge event last week. If you’re not familiar with them, you should definitely check them out.  They’re the largest ever global startup competition, and they’ve got all sorts of wonderful events and resources to help...

Work Wednesday is a chance for each of us to help reduce unemployment by using the power of our social networks to make connections between job seekers & job seekees. We wanted to share some great resources we’ve found for freelance web designers...

Boston Startup Scene is a new video series showcasing the amazing BizSpark startups of Boston, learning who they are, what they’re up to, and how Microsoft technology is helping them deliver the next generation of software. I’m kicking it off with Marsh...

Great discussion here. Microsoft Senior Director Larry Gregory interviews Tom Leonard from CentricSites about his business, the cloud, and the WebsiteSpark program. Full link .

Sean Seibel works with the top agencies in the world, helping them to take advantage of Microsoft technologies in the work they do. This is an interview with Ed Starr from BMF Media and Frances Calandra from Vectorform, sharing insights on partnering...

BizSpark Startup Linxter is launching a new product called MonitorGrid. It's a server health service that was conceived and developed as part of one of our BizSpark Incubation Weeks last year. I was able to talk to Linxter CEO Jason Milgram today about...

Work Wednesday is a chance for each of us to help reduce unemployment by using the power of our social networks to make connections between job seekers & job seekees. We love this idea and hope we can use it to help people & companies on both...

Microsoft just published a case study on Flickchart, one of my favorite sites on the net and one of my favorite BizSpark Startups. To me, this site shows off the awesome power of Microsoft Software in the hands of great coders and artists. So check out...

At the recent Mix10 in Las Vegas, I was able to sit down with Christopher Bennage of Silver Arcade to talk to him about Silverlight games, XNA, Windows Phone, and about the future of their gaming platform. You can visit Silver Arcade, play some games...

Digital Agency of the Decade, R/GA ( www.rga.com ), has launched multiple IE8 Web Slices both externally and internally. Externally R/GA uses an IE8 Web Slice to allow users to have toolbar access to their breaking news, while internally R/GA uses Web...

Quick video on how to add members to your WebsiteSpark account. This way your team members can all have their own login to download the software from MSDN. Each company in WebsiteSpark can have up to three members. For more information about WebsiteSpark...

The MPN East Podcast highlights startup and partner activities in Microsoft's US East Region. In this first episode, we talk about the Visual Studio 2010 launch events, we meet our new Developer Evangelist for Startups, we talk about a new educational...

@HOME WITH WINDOWS AZURE Elevate your skills with Windows Azure in this hands-on workshop! In this event we’ll guide you through the process of building and deploying a large scale Azure application. Forget about “hello world”! In less than two hours...

Awesome new stuff on Facebook. Check out the Channel 9 interview Charles did with Lily Cheng below. You can get more information at http://docs.com . (Should be easy enough to remember that URL.) Microsoft FUSE Labs has created (and released to the web...