As I study all things new in languages and modeling, I return to an improved old friend.  I bought myself Terry Halpin's second edition of 'Information Modeling and Relational Databases' and am happily re-invigorating my knowledge of ORM.  What...

FREE - held at QuickStart in Irvine, CA from 6pm to 9pm on Jan 15.  Proctors are working Silverlight 2.0 Developers and/or technical trainers.  No lecture, no power point - just you and a machine that is set up so that you can get 'down-and...

There are two sections that get added to VS 2008 after you install the add-in from MSR to test Code Contracts .  The first one is simply called 'Contracts'. The second tab is named 'Code Contracts'.  The MSR team did a presentation at PDC08...

As I work to develop curriculum for next year's DigiGirlz camps, this talk seems particularly relevant. Ken Robinson questions educational priorities

As I continue my current language-exploring mode, I've noticed that Visual Studio 2008 is becoming a candy store for me.  Is it just me, or do we have an incredible amount of new stuff to play with?  I can't really remember the last time I watched...

So, have you got any email like the one I got from a close friend last week? "Due to the current economic state of our household, we are not able to send gifts.  I hope that you will not send anything as well.  I made deals with all friends...

Also this which explains more...   Chris Smith's completely unique view : Due out Next Year – Programming F# by Chris Smith

Apparently there were some that came before me as well.  If you get to Balboa Park in San Diego, this portrait is worth seeing. Timken Museum: John Singleton Copley

Free is good, right?  We have two different events running in January.  I'll be at both of them and will be looking forward to seeing you there. Here's the first one (I'll update this post with the registration link as soon as I get it): MSDN...

I'm all for free developer productivity tools.  Check this one out.   CodeRush Xpress for C#

WomenBuild Serious Play with Legos is happening at every MDC event (11 total).  It's fascinating to see what people (both men and women) who attend the event - build.   #MDCAtlanta and WomenBuild - a set on Flickr

Check out TechZulu's two interviews with Scott Gutherie at the PDC Underground party. In the second video (linked), Scott talks PDC announcements, enhancements to the ASP.NET stack and more. Scott Guthrie Talks about Microsofts Future Plans and what it...

Yup, if you deliver presentations, you'll want to grab this great, free download which adds a toolbar which facilitates simple interop between PowerPoint 2007 and SlideShare to PowerPoint. AND, the new toolbar includes reporting - how cool is that!  ...

Microsoft’s Generation 4 Data Centers

I was just noodling around and I came upon this image.  I spent HOURS with a Spirograph when I was a girl...   Barbies were so boring, card games were ok, but this cool thing, well, I loved it!  What about you?  What were your favorite...

Check out Geoffrey Emery's interview with me at PDC Underground. Language Specialist Meets BI Expert Held together by Girl Geek power this and more with Lynn Langit

  A Website Named Desire

Boku is a visual programming language that is being developed by Microsoft Research.  It was shown at PDC08.  As I am again working on developing curriculum for Microsoft's DigiGirlz events, I am taking a closer look at Boku.  There are...

  Download the Oslo SDK and you get this new tool, called the Intellipad.  Samples are included.  Note the 'M Mode' on the menu - two options to explore 'Rich SQL Preview' or 'Reach SQL Preview'.  Also note the interactive 'minibuffer...

WomenBuild SeriousPlay with Legos kicked off at PDC.  This is a diversity event with the goal of getting people (both men and women) together to creatively work on getting more people into careers in technology.   We've got the designers...

Here's something fun Microsoft Oslo | M language | Microsoft Application Modeling | MODELS remixed.

Have you taken a look at the CTP yet? Whaddya' think? I'd be interested to know... SQL Data Services (SDS)

Did you even know this was here?  Pretty useful stuff - check it out. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) REST Starter Kit