I've been talking to a few customers about gadget programming recently. I've also been doing some gadget programming myself to get ready for my webcast this month on the topic. One of the first things people ask me about gadget programming, once they...

For those of you who attended the Windows/Vista Launch in Washington, DC (or other cities throughout the US), I wanted to let you know where you can get the demonstration code, and other items, mentioned in the Building Connected Systems talk that I did...

Thanks to everyone who attended! I've received a number of emails regarding the demos from my User Experience session at the DC Launch yesterday. There are a ton of code samples / demos available with the Windows SDK . The "healthcare prototype" and ...

Office Business Applications (OBAs) are an emerging class of business applications connecting line-of-business systems with the people that use them through various Microsoft Office applications. OBAs enable businesses to improve adoption of their LOB...

We all love those shortcuts in Visual Studio. You know, those handy little programming keystrokes we have all become accustomed to built into the product for most of the functions normally found through the user interface - just like CTRL-C for copy....

Event Date & Time : March 22, 2007 , 9:00 – 16:00 Event Location Washington DC Convention Center Room 152B 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW Washington , DC 20001 About the Conference The 1-day conference co-located with FOSE 2007 comprises...

Visual Studio Tools for Office is the next generation of tools and API’s for creating document centric solutions. In this Web seminar you will learn how to take advantage of new VSTO v3 features. We will Identify the key features of VSTO, Describe the...

I'm a natural born fool for free stuff. Better yet, I'm an even bigger fool if the free stuff is worth something. I can't get over how cool SQL Express 2005 is and the cost is, well... free. Here's yet another example of how cool this thing truly is:...

Although the ARCast series has been around for over a year, we aren't sure how many Public Sector architects are aware of it. Ron Jacobs has compiled a large collection of audio and video interviews with architects on a wide range of interesting topics...

Join us and get first-hand information about AJAX from our guess speaker Keith Smith - Group Product Manager ( Core Web Platform & Tools). --> more detail to come soon! Event Name: Introduction to ASP.NET AJAX Start Date: 1/25/07 Start Time: 11...

We always trumpet the extensibility of Team Foundation Server, but I'm in a Satchmo kinda mood today, so bear with me while I trumpet a little more. In case you where unawares - there is a free process template for Team Foundation Server that enacts...

And you thought Darwin dreamt all that stuff up by himself. Well, nature might like change, but I don't think it's so cool while I'm in the middle of setting up a VPC. Yesterday as I set up a new VPC, everything starts going wierd on me. Files locked...

When: January 23, 2007 - 6:00PM – 7:30PM Where: Lockheed Martin 7615 Ora Glen Drive Greenbelt, MD 20770-3642 Register today! http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032322687&Culture=en-US or call 1-877-MSEVENT (1-877...

Register today for our upcoming webcasts! DATE TIME LOCATION TITLE AND REGISTRATION LINK February 1 , 2007 11:00 -12:30 EST Webcast Introduction to Visual Studio Tools for Office ...

Thanks to everyone who attended! Sorry for the technical difficulties. I really appreciate the fact that most of you stuck around. I am not sure how/why I dropped of the conference bridge. I'm just glad I was able to get back on before the majority of...

Come join us to the first in a series of Webcasts exploring development using Visual Studio Tools for Office. This new 2007 Microsoft Office system is a true development platform that provides developers with a wide array of new features upon which they...

I was inspired by WPF/E and "Layering" Content and Using Opacity with a WPFE / Virtual Earth Mashup to try something similar but different. I wanted to be able to show WPFE content (vector graphics, text, and video) on a map when I hover over a pushpin...

Seneca is amazingly prescient. I believe he had inside information on Aero perhaps. Then again, maybe not. He lived from 4 B.C.–A.D. 65. Check out this link to see some of the latest specs on Orcas. The Developer Division is bending over backwards...

When Jan. 16th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30A PST) Where Register at this link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032321906&Culture=en-US Note : Audio will be via the Internet. Your machine will need a speaker. Abstract The...

Man the p&p guys are just crankin out releases. Announcement here . -Marc

This one COMPLETELY flew under my radar. Check out the details here . There are all sorts of goodies in this release. I think the first thing I am going to try out is the JavaScript Intellisense. I'm unpacking the compressed download right now:). UPDATE...

Just about every time I do an ASP.NET AJAX presentation, someone asks me about some question about AJAX security. I always start of by saying, "I'm not an AJAX security expert, but I will do my best to answer your specifc questions..." Well, thanks to...

When: (Tomorrow) Thursday, January 10 from 11:00A-12:30 Where: Register here: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032321904&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Topic: Overview of new Portal features...

I ran across this nice little video (about 2 minutes long) that demonstrates how to pass data between Master Pages and Content Pages in ASP.NET 2.0, using Shared Variables. All demonstration and no PowerPoint! I thought it was worth the investment in...

By way of Don Smith . Details: http://blogs.msdn.com/donsmith/archive/2007/01/09/come-and-get-yer-service-factory.aspx The two features that jumped out at me are support for the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and "WSDL-first support." The direct...