June, 2010

Two weeks ago, I posted here at about a benefit dinner being held July 7th, 2010 to support one of our own NYC area developers, Wendy Friedlander who has been stricken with a rare form of cancer. This benefit dinner is being organized by multiple folks...

Thanks to everyone who attended the Silverlight 4 Firestarter event in New York City on June 5, 2010 !  I had a great time helping organize the event and speaking with many of the attendees about Silverlight.  There were over 200 folks who made...

I’m happy to announce that SharePoint Saturday is coming to NYC on Saturday, July 31st, 2010!  If you’ve enjoyed any of the code camps in our area, then you’ll love SharePoint Saturday.  SharePoint Saturday is like a ‘themed’ code camp with...

  Next week, the NYC .NET Developers group and the NY ALT.NET user group are hosting a joint meeting on Tuesday, June 29th with a special guest. Former New Yorker, Stephen Toub is returning to town from Redmond to talk about Parallel Programming...

In this episode, guest Garrett Serack from the Microsoft Open Source Technology Center joins me to discuss CoApp, a new package manager for the Windows platform. Garrett tells us how CoApp will help make it easier for developers and users to build and...

Just got word via Rachel Appel that Microsoft MVP Chris Woodruff (and co-host of the “ Deep Fried Bytes ” podcast) is coming to town on Monday…   Interested in OData ? Want to discover what the next revolution in data will be? In this workshop, the...

Last week on the Connected Show , Dmitry and I reported that at TechEd 2010, Brandon Watson from the Windows Phone 7 team said “select developers” will be getting access to Windows Phone 7 devices in July.  We both pondered what Brandon meant by...

Hi everyone, it’s not often that I have written blog posts like this.  However, a member of our own developer community here in the NY metro area is in need.  A number of folks in the community are organizing a benefit dinner for Wendy Friedlander...

A few weeks back, I announced the WCF Firestarter coming to New York City this weekend. Registration is SOLD OUT and we’re looking forward to a full house in the Big Apple on Saturday! You can catch all the details in my previous post , as well...

Microsoft wants to hear from the user group community, via a very short survey, to gauge how we’re doing with our support of the community. There’s a freeform comment area, so this is your chance to make suggestions, tell us what we’re doing right, what...

In this episode, guests Kanwaljeet Singla, Don Raman, and Wade Hilmo from the Microsoft IIS team join Peter to discuss the evolution of PHP on the Windows Platform. The IIS folks tell us about the improvements made to Windows in order to support PHP,...

A few weeks back, I announced the Silverlight 4 Firestarter coming to New York City this weekend.  Registration is just about sold out and we’re looking forward to a full house in the Big Apple on Saturday!  You can catch all the details in...