Contagious Curiosity

You can download the pptx and sample code from this quarter's events using the link below Link to MSDN Events - Spring 2007 Resources

Time to toss on my crown (and gown)-- much fun was to be had at the RenFair in LA this weekend; peasants and nobles alike to be found. This smiling noble, seems to be enjoying the site of a celtic queen (me!). More pictures here .

New on CodePlex (free download), you can create custom, offline help files from the MSDN Library by accessing the MSDN Content Service. This way you can take the help files you need with you - avoiding the need to install the full (huge) MSDN library...

It's more than Virtual Earth and Spaces! Includes APIs for all of the Windows Live services - check it out. Also, we'll have many announcements this week at the Mix07 conference in Las Vegas. Link to Windows Live SDK

Loke Uei Tan from the Windows Mobile team recorded this 'what not to do' video while preparing his team to speak at MEDC .

WOW - look at this one - supports RSS, uses open metadata framework and can be implemented with workflows. What's not to like?

Check this this out - it is so COOL!

I'm co-hosting on GeekSpeak with Glen (for the vacationing Susan ) - the topic is SharePoint for developers. Register here.

Recognize yourself? Hmm... Promise me you'll run out an get the book 'Writing Secure Code 2' , ok?

How about a site to help you aggregate all the content YOU are interested in? Try out CodeZone . If you are planning on attending any of the SoCal MSDN events this quarter, note that you can get a MAP to the event by clicking on the 'maps' link, (but...

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And one of the best is the Huntington Library (and Gardens) near Pasadena. The roses look and smell incredible.

Great screencast from Channel 9 by Richard Turner | Product Manager | Windows CardSpace | http://blogs.msdn.com/richardt In his previous screencast, the " Windows CardSpace Simple Demo Walkthrough ", Richard illustrated just...

Video on how to use it here , information on how to install it into your VS toolbox here - thanks to Christian Arnold for writing this useful tool! For those of you reading that attending my MSDN launch events, note that Christian worked on the CardSpace...

**Update** link to all recorded webcasts here . Mike Benkovich and I kicked off our multi-part webcast series for SharePoint Developers yesterday - for those of you who were able to join us, thanks! We have 12 parts to the series designed so far. Here...

I'll be filling in for fellow MSAM team member Glen Gordon , working with Susan Wisowaty , co-hosting next week's GeekSpeak. The topic is BizTalk. Geekspeak is a webcast series that is completely user-driven. Experts (in this case Mark Berry and Mark...

Check out the new Connected Services sandbox. What is this? From the announcement To stimulate the creation of new communications services, as well as aggregations of these services in network mashups, Microsoft has established a live, proof-of-concept...

This question was asked at my last event - IP stands for Identity provider and RP stands for Relying party. Do remember that we are talking only about managed (not personal) cards here. Nigel Watling of the CardSpace group was kind enough to provide me...

With Mike Benkovich and me - starting this Friday, April 13th at 12:30 to 1:30 PST. Here's this month's outline for the series: 1) April 13 - overview of SharePoint (developer platform) - register here 2) April 16 - intro to SharePoint designer - register...

No matter how many movies I see, I return over and over to this one - ' Der Himmel uber Berlin ' (Wings of Desire). This movie resonates with me in a way that no other one does. It definately matters that I speak German fluently. German is certainly not...

From "This is Your Brain on Music" by Daniel Levitin "Music communicates to us emotionally through systematic violations of expectations. These violations can occur in any domain--the domain of pitch, timbre, contour, rhythm, tempo, and so on--but...

very nicely says what I have been thinking about lately - "If Everyone Cared"

WCF - here's a whitepaper with a performance comparison.

First and foremost, make sure to thoroughly review the 2 DVDs you received for attending. They include working samples of the demos I showed, as well as links to more samples, webcasts and virtual labs. CardSpace **watch for more updates here**...