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January 2006 - Posts

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:05 PM

Why cars crash less than software

Cars and Software Anyone who has ridden with me in a car knows that I am not a slow driver. But I do know my limits, and the limits of whatever car I am driving. In used to drive professionally and have a very safe driving record. My car can go faster
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 16 Comments
Monday, January 23, 2006 9:43 PM

VB LINQ Update Posted

The first public update since the PDC release in August has been posted for LINQ for VB. Many new features and things to play with. It’s available on the LINQ MSDN site .
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 1 Comments
Monday, January 23, 2006 3:18 PM

Are you a member of your local user group?

Did you know we have 60 user groups in MEA? Whether you are an professional developer, an independent, or a student you should be in touch with your local user group. Even if you cannot attend every meeting joining the user group is the best way to keep
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 0 Comments
Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:17 PM

Yes I'll be in Egypt!

First I want to thank all of you who contacted me asking if I am coming to MDC in February in Egypt. It provides for a very warm welcome and return. I’ll be speaking at MDC in February. Currently I’m scheduled to speak on February 8th on Smart
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 2 Comments
Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:16 PM

Kuwait Launch cancelled

No details yet, but the Kuwait launch has been cancelled. I’m sorry I won’t be able to meet those of you who contacted me. But I will be in Kuwait sometime in the future, so watch this blog.
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 0 Comments
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 11:57 PM

How much does a Developer Evangelist travel?

Some Developer Evangelists (DE’s) do not travel very much and are assigned to a single city, or a part of a city. However most DE’s do a fair bit of traveling but usually by car or train. DE’s with bigger territories like those in my
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 5 Comments
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:02 AM

Office 2007 - Why is a developer getting excited about it?

It’s often very hard for me to write about our products that are in beta because working for Microsoft I see all kinds of things that the public doesn’t. With all this information it is often hard to remember what is “secret” and what is not. Because
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 1 Comments
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:02 PM

Upcoming Kuwait Launch

On Jan 24, 2006 we will be hosting a Visual Studio.NET 2005 / SQL Server 2005 launch event at the Marriott. I’ll be there and hope to see many of you as well.
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 0 Comments
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:59 PM

Upcoming Cyprus Launch

I just left Cyprus after a nice rest with my family there at our home in Cyprus. And fortunately we have an upcoming event called Momentum on Jan 26, 2006 that I’ll be returning for. If you are in Cyprus you can register for Momentum. It’s
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 0 Comments
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:54 PM

Jan 16, 2006 - Copenhagen, Denmark

I’m in Copenhagen this week. I’m not here for a launch but instead some internal business at one of our regional centers. I have lots in the blog queue though so keep your RSS readers running, I’ll be posting a lot.
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 1 Comments
Sunday, January 08, 2006 6:09 AM

Seattle, USA - Back to work, eh... well sort of.

Supposedly the last 2 1/2 weeks I’ve been resting after the launches. But if you look at my blog and e-mail replies many of you know that during this “recovery” time I was actually working, especially the last week. Last night I returned
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 1 Comments
Friday, January 06, 2006 9:31 PM

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - More than you expect

Many of you have heard about the express edition of SQL Server 2005, and you know its free. But most of the developers I have talked to believe it is just another version of MSDE, or some fairly handicapped SQL Server look alike. SQL Server 2005 Express
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 6 Comments
Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:53 PM

How does LINQ compare to ORM's? OODB's? CodeGen's?

Readers of my previous articles know that I’m very much in love with LINQ, but also that I am not a big fan of OODB’s, ORM’s, and especially of most SQL code gens. In the newsgroups in the past I’ve been involved in many heated
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 1 Comments
Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:19 PM

Still using VB 6?

Many users remained in VB6 because of the complexities of data bindings in WinForms in .NET 1.1. .NET 1.1 data bindings made the complex stuff easy, but often made the easy stuff complex. This was a major source of frustration, but most especially to
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 2 Comments
Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:12 PM

So many versions of Visual Studio.NET 2005 - Which one do I need?

This is one of the most frequently asked questions that developers ask me. With Visual Studio.NET 2005 we have broadened the appeal to developers from the Express editions (free!), to Standard (advanced hobbyist), to Professional (single developer and
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 1 Comments
Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:03 PM

Having hibernation problems with XP?

Earlier this year I upgraded my laptop from 1 GB RAM to 2 GB RAM, and from that point on I could not hibernate my machine. It took me a while to associate the problem with my memory upgrade. Each time I would try to hibernate it would try and then tell
Posted by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu | 3 Comments
 
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