Contagious Curiosity

Many of you have expressed interested in this week’s Windows 7 Developer Incubation week which is being held at Microsoft in Irvine, CA.  The quickest and easiest way to follow what is going is to follow me on Twitter (llangit), as I’ll be here all...

Check out this great blog post one of our Architect Evangelists ( Bruce Kyle ) – filled with useful links.  Probably the best place to start learning about Win7 is to learn how to enable multi-touch .  Of course there is much more as well. http...

SoCal .NET Developers want to learn Windows7 development (multi-touch, sensor-aware apps & rich client) for FREE next week? Send me mail to lynnl at microsoft dot com and I’ll tell you how.

When things are good, well, they are just good, aren’t they?  Where else could I talk about Developer best practices with an analyst from Wisconsin, a SQL developer from Sweden, a SharePoint admin from Kitwe (Zambia), the UG lead for Adobe in LA...

UI matters. Does yours look like this? If you are interested in Windows Presentation Foundation development training delivered by two top-notch instructors, then check this event out, by registering here .  If you are not a MS-partner, follow the...

Come on over to our Irvine office on April 30 from 8:30 to 5:00 pm to learn about how your SDL can be improved using Visual Studio Team System and have a chance at winning a signed copy of my new book .  I’ll be signing at least 5 copies , so the...

Inspiration does come from unexpected places, doesn’t it?  I’ve been thinking, for well over a year now, on how to take the Microsoft DigiGirlz program to the next level – that is beyond live events to scale it online.  Well, I think I’ve got...

What is the difference?  Should these things be the same, different, differentiated, what?  How much is simply TMI?  Blog readers – what do you like best about blogs that you do NOT get from social media (facebook, etc..)?  Does it...

**UPDATE - The final presentations will be judged by a panel which will include VCs and Angel investors. There will be potential opportunities to connect with VCs and angels to raise capital for your entrepreneurial ventures.** The incubation week...

Join my colleague, Daniel Egan, at from 2pm to 5pm at the Microsoft, San Diego office to hear about the following.  The session is free, but you must register here in advance. “We will be reviewing some technologies first discussed at PDC -- such...

sqrt(2 / (((((pi * 18 000) / (mi^2)) * 80) / year) * (30 minutes))) = 141.683342 meters What do you think?

If BI is your thing, check it out – here There are also SQL Server UG’s in LA and OC and a SQL BI UG in OC.  For a list of all UGs in SoCal check here .  If your UG is missing from my list – let me know and I’ll add it!