Contagious Curiosity

Yes, I am a ‘calendar girl’, planning, planning, planning for 2010 already.  Lots has been filled in to my January 2010 calendar already, so I thought I’d share here. Week 1 – Jan 3 to Jan 9 Sat, Jan 9 -  9am to 5pm – ENVISION high school girls...

I’ve been working with Windows Azure (post PDC09 build) to take a look at the basic mechanics of coding and deploying applications.  To that end, I wanted to share what I’ve learned so far in this post. First, I’ll talk about what you need to download...

I’ve been working on developing more and better material to use to teach kids to program with SmallBasic.  To that end, LLewellyn Falco and I have recorded the first few sessions in a series of screencasts about these methods. These screencasts include...

If your kids are joining us at Microsoft Irvine tomorrow for the testing of 'Teaching Kids to Program Session', please be on time (either 9am OR noon OR 3pm), bring a PC laptop if possible. The address is 3 Irvine Plaza, Suite 1600, Irvine (bldg next...

In preparation for some larger scale events in 2010, I am working with a team of volunteers to develop new teaching methods and extensions to SmallBasic   to teach children to code.  Today we had our first live test (with 12 kids aged 9 to 16...

I’m attending the Microsoft Architect Council Presentations today in At the Microsoft office in Irvine, CA.  Our local Architect Evangelist, David Chou is presenting.  Several attendees have asked for his decks so I’ll post them here. ...

Why Azure?  Well, how about saving money?  Need to figure it out – try out the new Windows Azure ROI / TCO calculator After you agree to the terms, then you have to fill in a one page questionnaire.  I put in some sample data to illustrate...