Today is my last day at Microsoft. It’s been an incredible 9 years . I’ve been extremely fortunate in my career at Microsoft to work with such smart, passionate folks. As a college hire from Mississippi State, I feel it is important to...

For the majority of you reading my blog that don’t live in NorCal, you can watch the events live on Oct 12 . But, if you are in NorCal, here’s a reminder that we have seats available for our upcoming launch events in Mountain View and San Francisco this...

People at the various user groups I go to seem to enjoy my triathlon training stories. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09/24/training-for-my-first-triathlon-with-team-in-training/

Seems that whenever I bring my Windows Phone with me on a bike ride, something unusual happens. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09/23/standoff-between-me-my-bike-and-wildlife-creature-captured-on-my-windows-phone/

Today’s post comes from Guest Blogger Erik Ejlskov Jensen , SQL Server Compact MVP, @ErikEJ Toolbox for SQL Server Compact developers This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09/21/sql-server-compact-toolbox-extension-12/

Today marks my 9th year at Microsoft. Next year, I’ll collect my second Final Fantasy crystal. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09/17/9-years-at-microsoft/

Control when Solution Explorer syncs to the current file This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09/16/solution-explorer-tools-when-to-sync-to-current-file-extension-11/

For those outside of Northern California or can’t make these dates, you can watch our launch event live on Oct 12 from Mountain View. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09/15/windows-phone-7-developer-launch-events/

Use your Emacs commands once again! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09/14/emacs-commands-extension-10/

Get a Windows Explorer experience within the IDE! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09/09/vs-file-explorer-extension-9/

The Power Commands for Visual Studio are back! The Power Commands were an extremely popular add-in for Visual Studio 2008, giving you even more options for your IDE. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09/07/power-commands-for-visual...

Earlier this week, I decided to rematch the clock to demo 101 VS Tips in 55 minutes with O’Reilly Media hosting and recording the webcast. In an earlier attempt, I missed by 15 seconds. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/09...

I wanted to pause for a brief second to remember the 53 people in my hometown who lost their lives 5 years ago yesterday, when Hurricane Katrina took my hometown off the map. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/08/30/5-years-later...

I had an interesting bike ride on Saturday, where I unexpectedly got to do some serious bonding with my Windows Phone. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/08/24/how-i-bonded-with-my-windows-phone-a-cycling-misadventure/

For you all in the North California area, we’re hosting an all-day event in Silicon Valley on everything you need to know to develop for Windows Phone 7. All developer skill levels are invited to attend. This blog post has moved to http://saraford...

I got my vibrams about a month ago, and have slowly been trying to break my feet in. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/06/24/my-first-month-with-my-vibram-five-fingers-barefoot-running-shoes/

Wow! What a week! I remember the first time I saw a TechEd backpack was back in 2003, where the words “New Orleans” caught my eye. And after 7 years of waiting, my career-long dream came true of attending a Microsoft conference back home....

Last week I blogged about my challenge to do 101 Visual Studio Tips in just 55 minutes, and if I succeed, everyone in the audience gets a signed copy of my Visual Studio Tips book. Let’s just say I couldn’t have planned for better drama...

I’ve been known to talk fast when I’m excited in my Visual Studio presentations, and maybe even a little too fast. But what if I didn’t try to slow down? What if I actually tried to talk as fast as possible? In a race against time...

Recursively Collapse Nodes in the Solution Explorer! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/05/13/collapse-selection-in-solution-explorer-extension-7/

Increase the Readability of your Find in Files results! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/05/02/find-results-windows-tweak-extension-6/

Get your new IntelliSense features in the XAML Editor! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/04/09/xaml-intellisense-extension-5/

Add Guidelines to your code! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/04/05/editor-guidelines-ui-extension-4/

i'm speaking this week in the Hague, in The Netherlands at DevDays 2010 . I’m giving several talks on Visual Studio this week, before we (speakers) head over to TechDays in Belgium for even more Visual Studio talks. This blog post has moved to...

I have waited 6 years to write this blog post. We did it Sean! We did it! =D Get Visual Studio Tips Delivered Straight to your Start Page! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/03/25/visual-studio-tip-of-the-day-start-page-extension...