Contagious Curiosity

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

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

  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...

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

Microsoft’s Generation 4 Data Centers

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!  ...

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...

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

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

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...

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 - 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...

As regular blog readers know, we are hosting a series of Silverlight 2.0 proctored hands-on-labs in SoCal in January 2009.  Here is some information about these labs and this event. There are 3 labs in a folder named Silverlight 2.0 HOLs on the desktop...

Great song, great voice - thought I'd share, enjoy. The Scientist - Natasha Bedingfield

This link points to an 'all up' MSDN webcast page for Silverlight. We've got not one, but two geekSpeak webcasts scheduled (one tomorrow, one next month), with Silverlight developer experts. Join us! Microsoft Silverlight: Light Up the Web

Wanting to get going with Silverlight? Here's some great FREE training from Mike Harsh, who is a PM on MS's Silverlight team. Learn how to make this custom video player and more - recommended. Silverlight Essential Training

I get this question so often when I present information about Silverlight, that I thought I'd just link to a great blog entry from Matt Manela that describes the process in detail. This Blog Can Also Be A Hat : Combining Silverlight and JavaScript

At CommunityNext in Hollywood (a dimly lit bar on a Saturday morning, wierd), networking, listening to Scoble now, working on the demos for the presentation shown below for Monday, twittering, texting, IMing, debugging WCF, talking with Heather about...

Oh, the things you find when you are writing a book. Now, the problem is to spend less time 'finding' and to spend more time 'writing', isn't it? This feature is new to the downloadable SQL Server 2008 CTP 6. Rob has a nice explanation of how to make...

I'll be hosting the OC .NET UG at the Microsoft Irvine office from 6:30 to 9pm this Wednesday, May 7th with two great speakers from MS corporate - Charlie Calvert (on C# expert tips) and Lisa Feigenbaum (on VB.NET expert tips).   Even if you...

Interesting read about new capabilities in VE 6.1 (such as the return of the complete route-geometry) which, when combined with the geo-spatial features in SQL Server 2008 allow you to do interesting things like show multiple routes on a map. Oh, and...

Good read which explains updates to SqlClient's System.Transactions in SQL Server 2008 which results in more light-weight transactions by reducing the 'auto-promotion' behavior ADO.NET team blog : Extending Lightweight Transactions in SqlClient

If you missed the live event in Seattle or via the Live Meeting, catch the recordings here. Veni, Vidi, Velcro... : SharePoint Web 2.0 FireStarter - Live Meeting Recordings

When TechZulu showed up to capture the flavor of our recent SQL Server 2008 FireStarter event, they asked local .NET developer Geoffrey Emery to interview me about the event and some of the other technical stuff I do. Results are below. Lynn Langit at...

On June 11 fro 8:30 am PST to 5: 00 pm PST, my colleague, Mithun Dhar is hosting a SharePoint FireStarter event in Seattle. This content is targeted at .NET and SharePoint developers. Also, for the first time for the FireStarter brand, we are making all...