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June 2005 - Posts

Convergence

Posted Friday, June 24, 2005 10:02 AM by Daryll McDade
Most people hear a word like convergence coming from a marketing guy and think "oh boy, hear comes the fluff..." But I'm gonna use it in a different context at the moment. In the case I mean when two giant black holes converge to suck up every bit of Read More...
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First BattleBot Built with Microsoft .NET Technologies Is TechEd Guest of Honor

Posted Friday, June 10, 2005 6:04 PM by Daryll McDade
Still catching up on all of the activity at TechEd. Came across this story on the first .NET Battlebot. Nice touch with the XBOX controller used to drive it! I am a BIG fan of Battlebots and I've had a chance to meet the creators. They are doing some Read More...
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Imagine Cup competitors featured on Channel 9!

Posted Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:51 AM by Daryll McDade
Scoble dropped by the US Finals for this year's Imagine Cup and shot some video--now posted on Channel 9 . I like the comment from iStation about the entry from the all-female team from Boston U; "I'll buy their smart watch with tsunami warning and insurance, Read More...
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MSN Start RSS reader

Posted Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:18 AM by Daryll McDade
The latest iteration of the MSN aggregator is MUCH slicker than the previous versions--very impressive progress. Steve Rider from MSN is looking for feedback on the latest version. I actually rather enjoyed the little "treasure hunt" on the way to the Read More...
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TechEd podcasts available

Posted Wednesday, June 08, 2005 6:27 PM by Daryll McDade
Not sure how this slipped by me... If you can't attend, the TechEd podcast feed is a cool way to keep up with the presentations. Complete with instructions! UPDATE: The product team folks have been running around at TechEd 2005 recording interviews with Read More...
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Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 skill building tools now available

Posted Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:06 PM by Daryll McDade
Microsoft Learning has just launched a new set of e-Learning products on the Whidbey Developer Center . There's a total of 62 hours of in-depth online training on the newest features of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005, with hands-on virtual labs Read More...
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Jeramey is now a Student Ambassador

Posted Wednesday, June 08, 2005 3:16 PM by Daryll McDade
Microsoft Student Ambassadors for school year 2005-2006 have been announced and I am pleased to say that Jeramey Jannene will be the Student Ambassador at Milwaukee School of Engineering ! I was pleased to be able to nominate Jeramey and I think that Read More...
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Job market outlook for college grads looking up?

Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2005 6:38 PM by Daryll McDade
From Heather Hamilton's blog ; Interesting take on the job market for college grads from NPR . Even more interesting that students are taking longer to respond to offers. I'm with Heather--when I graduated things were scarce (and I didn't quite know what Read More...
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Imagine Cup winners on the TabletPC Developer Center

Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:49 PM by Daryll McDade
I said it once when the winners were announced, I said it again when they were featured in their local paper and now I am saying it again... the app from the Virginia Commonwealth team was outstanding . Looks like the TabletPC team agrees with me giving Read More...
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The press just keep coming for the tech camp folks

Posted Friday, June 03, 2005 1:35 PM by Daryll McDade
Just got an e-mail from Karen Thrum-Safran, VP Marketing at Internal Drive . Seems that they got some recent coverage in the USA Today and their CEO Pete Ingram-Cauchi was interviewed on Fox News . Nice work Pete--way to deal with the tough questions. Read More...
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AP article on MSNBC

Posted Friday, June 03, 2005 11:54 AM by Daryll McDade
Funny what a periodic search on your name can turn up. :) I got interviewed by AP for a story on summer camps for students interested in programming and such. I am a big fan of CyberCamps and InternalDrive. I think that these camps provide great opportunity Read More...
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