.net and other interesting dev stuff in PA

Now I'm in Don Box' and Doug Purdy's CTS200 - Connected Systems: Servies Orientation and the Windows/.NET Developer. They started off the session in an interesting way - asking the audience for questions first , and tracking them, rather than waiting...

As usual, Steve had an enthusiastic delivery and shared some great news. 1. General availability of Web Services Enhancements for Microsoft .NET (WSE) . 2. Technology preview: Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework (IBF) 3. Visual Studio...

Okay, I made it to San Diego in one piece, got registered - through LONG lines, and can't wait for the week to start. This is my first time in San Diego, and I'm impressed with how nice a city it is so far. I'm currently at the INETA User Group leader...

Rob Howard presented to a group of almost 170 from the Philadelphia area, and it was awesome. There was great excitement about ASP.NET 2.0, and Rob did a fantastic job driving that excitement with his demos. SEI hosted for the event, and their beautiful...

I have to remember to post here more often :). We had an event in April, and another just last week. Both were held at local restaurants, and we changed the format a bit. Rather than having a set presentation, we just let nature take its course and...

What a blast! We had our first local Community Influencer Dialog event on Friday 2/6, and it was killer. While our attendence wasn't as high as expected, we still had many people brave the Friday traffic, freezing rain, and flooding to make it on a Friday...

Developer Days 2004 is really coming together, and we have a stellar lineup of speakers in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention Center on March 2, 2004. I'll be presenting the opening keynote, and Terry Weiss, our 3-year veteran MSDN Regional...

This should be interesting... I wonder if I'll get a better signal if this bid is accepted, or if I'll have a better chance at having my MPX200 upgraded to SmartPhone 2003? http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=EKUX3NLN02O10CRBAELCFEY...

The meeting, held at SEI in Oaks, PA last night, had about 95 attendees. Darn good in 20 degree (F) weather! http://www.phillydotnet.org The first presentation was a PDC review by Mujtaba Syed of Marlabs, and had demos of Longhorn and Avalon. The...

One of the cool things I get to do as a field dev evangelist is host Community Dialog events for technology influentials. While some may wonder if this is a "love fest" for Microsoft groupies, it's really more of a social event to share information and...

Lots going on for ISV's with Microsoft support. If you're an ISV and want to get support, one easy way to get started is by browsing the ISV Partner web site. http://members.microsoft.com/partner/isv/ From here, you get to see links to webcasts...

Yet another use for the Xbox, and one that my wife will actually allow in the house. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/devices/xboxextenderkit.asp

For various reasons, I stopped service with my PocketPC Phone and started service with AT&T and got a Motorola MPX200 SmartPhone. Nice and small, and very easy to operate with one hand. The more I use it, the more I like it. Smart stuff includes things...

One of our managers brought his latest toy into the office today. It was Gateway's top of the line model of the Media Center PC. Very cool stuff. Wide, flat screen. Speakers built in, including subwoofer. The PC guts are built into the neck of the...

This stuff is so cool. For years, before I started working for Microsoft, I was always wondering where the guidance from Microsoft was for designing applications. Sure, I could find books on it; I could get lucky and one of the tomes I bought would have...