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March 2004 - Posts

What resolution do you develop in?

Posted Tuesday, March 30, 2004 6:37 PM by bgold
Scott Swanson's is trying to doing an informal survey to find out what screen resolutions you use to write code , let him know. Read More...
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Visual Studo 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 made it simple ... way too simple

Posted Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:54 PM by bgold
I am so excited about Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 it is ridiculous. I'm counting the days until the beta and we can get solid bits in the hands of everyone, because I want to see how all of you use it. Let me tell you all a story -- I've been trying Read More...
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The Imagine Cup

Posted Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:27 AM by bgold
This is simply the greatest thing to happen to technology contests... algorithms, video, code, etc.. I wish I was still in school and could enter... CHECK IT OUT at www.imaginecup.com The algorithm contest is about to start, I just reviewed some of the Read More...
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Bring on the final four

Posted Sunday, March 28, 2004 7:26 PM by bgold
'nuff said Read More...
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RANT: Personal Branding

Posted Saturday, March 27, 2004 6:43 PM by bgold
<rant> Heather is talking about Personal branding -- I think this is particularly interesting, but I'm not a believer in the phenomenon (I mean, search Google for “Personal Branding” -- it is ridiculous). I had the “good” Read More...
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Microsoft men and Seattle women

Posted Saturday, March 27, 2004 6:06 PM by bgold
This got forwarded to me by a female friend at MS -- It talks about women who exclusively date Microsoft guys.. not sure how I feel about this.. couple of issues: 1) I think these women don't exist, and if they do, these are the only ones =) 2) There Read More...
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What do you want to see in the TechEd community lounge?

Posted Friday, March 26, 2004 7:05 PM by bgold
We are in a meeting now, brainstorming all kinds of really cool things to do in the Tech Ed community lounge. Instead of us making all the decisions, we wanted to get your feedback -- warning -- this is a total braindump from us to you, so I can't make Read More...
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On the road again

Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2004 8:13 PM by bgold
Airport wireless is GREAT! Best thing ever really, waiting at the gate -- doing email, doing work, writing a lame blog entry. I'm headed down to VSLive in San Francisco for 37 hours total. Not bad -- weather should be the same as Seattle, I know some Read More...
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I love March

Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:49 AM by bgold
Oh man! Not related to anything at all, but I just gotta say this out loud. My bracket got totally messed up this weekend, but boy was it worth it! I had the good fortune of being at Key Arena to watch both Gonzaga and Stanford lose. SOOO Great -- particularly Read More...
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Heather: The james bond of recruiting

Posted Friday, March 19, 2004 1:14 AM by bgold
Got a fun message today from heather -- turns out she is a “talent scout” who works at Microsoft.. Who knew, I thought only sports teams and hollywood had scouts. She has a great blog that talks all about the recruiting pipeline with a specific Read More...
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ASP.NET Exposed - The dates for the extension are in

Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 11:30 AM by bgold
Ok, the moment I”ve been waiting for.. confirmation on the dates and speakers... here are the details: This is FRESH off the press, I haven't even had the website updated yet. April 26th - Atlanta (Rob Howard) May 11th - Detroit (Rob Howard) May Read More...
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More Jobs - Good ones too

Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 11:25 AM by bgold
Wow... that was successful -- okay, so I don't want to feel like a recruiter so this is the last time I do this for awhile, but one other hiring manager begged me to post these last 3 jobs , so I did. Check em out and get back to me if you are qualified.. Read More...
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CSUN - Play by Play

Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:42 AM by bgold
Sara Ford , is providing a fabulous play-by-play of what is going on at CSUN , check it out! Read More...
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Visual Studio "Whidbey" = Visual Studio 2005

Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:37 AM by bgold
I'd write a lot here, but Dan beat me to it -- read his words here Read More...
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Job Listings

Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:31 AM by bgold
So a few people on my team asked me to go out to the community and try to find some awesome talent to fill several open heads we have... well -- I figured this was one of the best places to turn. Check out some job descriptions . If you are interested, Read More...
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CSUN - Accessibility Conference

Posted Monday, March 15, 2004 2:10 PM by bgold
CSUN – it is coming up, and I’m excited. It is a great opportunity to really show how we’ve been taking this community seriously. ASP.NET initially had some serious accessibility issues when it was first released, but we addressed this Read More...
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.NET Rocks presents DevDays Radio

Posted Sunday, March 14, 2004 6:08 PM by bgold
http://perseus.franklins.net/DotNetRocks_0053_DevDays.wma Check it out! Read More...
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DevDays! DevDays! DevDays!

Posted Sunday, March 14, 2004 2:18 PM by bgold
Yes! Wow, I just did DevDays in Washington DC – my first actual event and it was a total blast! Over 400 people were there, everyone learning together – different backgrounds, skill sets, and more, but the energy was flowing. It was great Read More...
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ASP.NET Exposed EXTENDED!!

Posted Saturday, March 13, 2004 11:20 PM by bgold
I begged. I pleaded. They said no. I begged again. I pleaded again. We got a new VP. He said YES. He is now my favorite. We got more budget to extend the ASP.NET Exposed roadshow to 6 more cities: Washington DC Philadelphia Atlanta Cincinnati Detroit Read More...
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The Kellogg School of Business

Posted Saturday, March 13, 2004 11:13 PM by bgold
Oh Business School . No I don’t have an MBA... But I just had the fortune of spending the last week at the Kellogg School of Business taking an intense crash course – think 1 semester of business school in 6 days. And you wonder why I’m Read More...
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