March 2008 - Posts
Do you have a pressing issue or do you have any questions about Team System? Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Team Foundation Server, Team Suite, Architecture Edition, Development Edition, Database
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There are a lot of Canadian tech companies working on innovative applications. Sadly, there is so much information and noise from blogs and other media sources that inspiring stories are often missed. Does this sound familiar? If you are working on an
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Shortly after reading Mike Ormond 's blog post about Microsoft Expression Web v2 Beta, I decided to download and install the latest bits. Aside from the numerous improvements that have been cited here , here , here , here , and here , I was immediately
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Earlier this week, I received an e-mail from a colleague, pointing me to a Silverlight application that demonstrates some of the newest capabilities found in the framework. The Silverlight in Financials Demonstrator is a mock-up that shows the interactions
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Are you interested in or thinking about entering the job market as a game developer? I recently attended the Academic Days on Game Development in Computer Science Education Conference which provided some interesting facts. At the conference, Electronic
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Dominic Sévigny is a senior ASP.NET / AJAX developer based in Montréal . He has been working and developing with Microsoft Web technologies since 1998 with ASP 2.0. Recently, he founded the best ASP.NET consulting company in Montréal called RunAtServer
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As some of you know, I'm a huge fan of DevTeach . I think it's best developer conferences we have here in Canada . Just by looking at this year's schedule and line-up of speakers , it's easy to see why. Not only is the content great, but so are the folks
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MIX08 came and went and I've had a chance to reflect on its impact over the weekend. I have to say that the content really impressed me. Some of the exciting news for me: IE8 is going to surprise a lot of people. I'm looking forward to digging deep into
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There is a lot of great conversation that has come out of our Community Connection Events. If you haven't attended one, I would highly recommend it! It's an opportunity for the community to discuss and collect learnings from the major challenges that
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The folks at the Edmonton .NET Users Group are looking to do something different for this month's meeting. Earlier today, I received the following e-mail: As you may know, our March meeting is going to be done in a different style than we normally use.
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Another great day here in Las Vegas. Some great sessions on a variety of topics today as well as some very good discussions on the state of technology and the web today. Above: Tyler Simpson (left) and Nishant Kothary (right) presenting the session Microsoft
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Les has worked in a small business environment all his life. He especially enjoys Small Business Server for the positive impact it has in enabling small business to do more with less. Les was first awarded SBS MVP in 2002, and is a 2006 Impact Award Finalist
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This post is in reference to the session on March 5 entitled Understanding Microsoft Partner Programs for Designers, Developers and Agencies . While many of you who read this blog may be familiar with the Microsoft Partner Program (MSPP) or might even
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Join us on Tuesday, March 11th at Vicious Circle for DemoCamp Calgary #7 ! Next week's event should be a lot of fun because we're switching locations to promote a casual atmosphere and we're introducing an Ignite schedule to the evening itinerary (check
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The first day of MIX08 has come and gone with a lot of interesting news. The keynote was this morning and then a series of breakout sessions, followed by the Attendee Party at TAO. For information on the keynote this morning, please refer to the detailed
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Tim Sneath has a great summary of links the technologies we announced at the MIX08 keynote this morning. If you're interested in playing with these technologies (including IE8, Silverlight 2, Expression 2 and ASP.NET MVC), you'll want to see his post.
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Qixing, our co-blogger on the Canadian User Connection (CanUX) blog has an excellent summary of the MIX08 keynote here . I invite you to take a look at it as there's a lot of great information. Highlights: Silverlight 2.0 goes Beta IE8 goes Beta 1 Silverlight
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MIX08 starts today! There will be a lot of activity at the Venetian this morning as people get prepared to hear the MIX08 keynote with Ray Ozzie, Scott Guthrie and Dean Hachamovitch. You can watch the feed live starting at 9AM PT (12PM ET) by going to
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Having arrived in Las Vegas for MIX08 on March 4, I found out a lot was going on already. There was a pre-conference in swing and the playground for MIX was already set up. First off, there were 2 Microsoft Surface tables set up for attendees to play
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Well, the days have given way to hours with respect to the countdown to this year's edition of MIX, which kicks off on March 5 in Las Vegas. If you're not familiar with the MIX conference, it's an annual event that Microsoft has hosted to celebrate web
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Over the past month I have conducted a series of webcasts that focus on 3 key technologies that all web developers using Microsoft technology should know about. The main audiences for these webcasts are web developers and providers of IT services for
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