David Waddleton's Geek Speak : News

Geek Speak: Adventure

David Waddleton — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:50:15 GMT

Well, as you know, I have moved to Redmond. I have have been here for just 6 weeks. I have not blogged as much, but I am starting to catch up. So here is what has been going on. I started a new team. I am working on the next version of GotDotNet Workspaces( http://www.gotdotnet.com/ ). Since I am now at Redmond and a full time coder, does not mean that you will not see me in the community and asking for your feedback on things. It just means that you will be seeing more of me in various ways.

I moved to Redmond, from League City, TX, which is between Houston and Galveston. It is very hot and humid much of the year. The weather here the NorthWest is wonderful!!! My kids love the weather for soccer, they don’t have to woory about playing in 100 degree weather and sweating like pigs. In exchange, we will have snow and rain for winter time. But I do get to go on hikes and have view like this on the left.

Just to let you know that I have not been bored, I have make a trip to visit the VSTS team on the East coast and a trip to Calgary Canada to visit vendors with a splash of coding. My new passions is VSTS and Avalon. I will be showing some screen shots and other stuff with how you can put together some of your own Avalon applications and create some really cool stuff.

Here is some places to get started with Avalon.

Avalon Home
Avalon Newsgroup

Who do you work with?

Betsy Aoki ( My office mate )
Jim Newkirk
Korby Parnell
Sandy Khaund

Geek Speak: Moving to Redmond

David Waddleton — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 07:59:11 GMT

Hey,

Well, I will blogging about different stuff. I am officially moving to a new job. I am going to be the new Developer Lead over GotDotNet. (http://www.gotdotnet.com). So what does that really mean? I will be managing a group of developers, but I still get to get my hands dirty. I am going to have to move to Redmond, WA, to the mother ship of Microsoft. I will be still blogging, but it will be about specifics on how different technologies integrate together and ideas on how the community likes some features and ideas.

Geek Speak: ASP.NET 2.0 Resources

David Waddleton — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:29:26 GMT

Introduction to the Personal Web Site Starter Kit
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/pws.asp
ASP.NET Starter Kit
http://beta.asp.net/QUICKSTART/aspnet/default.aspx
Introducing the ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/webparts.asp
Let's Get Personal: Personalizing Web Sites in ASP.NET 2.0
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/vwd_sse_personalization.asp
Storing User Information with ASP.NET 2.0 Profiles
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/UserProfiles.asp

I hope that these resouces help. Let me know if you have others that you like.

Geek Speak: Free 64 Bit Training!!

David Waddleton — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:06:53 GMT

Here is a new eLearning class. There are going to be more classes offered here in the future.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/elearning/

Geek Speak: Visual Studio Beta 2 is available

David Waddleton — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:06:04 GMT

Well, if you are a MSDN subscriber, then you can get the Visual Studio Beta 2. I have been running it for days, you are going to love it. It also comes with a GoLive license!!!

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/

Geek Speak: Survey: Are you a Developer or IT Professional? We want to hear from you.

David Waddleton — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:52:00 GMT

How many hats do you wear?

Are you working in a small-to-mid-sized business ( < 500 Computers ) ? As an IT Pro or as a Developer in a smaller-sized business, do you find that you’re wearing a lot of hats?

Well then.. I’d love to talk to you! The folks who develop and deliver our live events (TechNet and MSDN briefings and webcasts) sincerely want to learn more about you and your needs. We’re all about giving you what you need to succeed, and we sincerely want to shape our content so that it is better suited for you, in all that you do.

If you have some time, even it’s only 5 minutes for a quick phone call (on my dime); I’d love to have a quick conversation with you to find out more about you. If you wish, your input will be kept completely anonymous. We’re not interested in collecting detailed demographics, here… just the big-picture “Here’s what my role is, and here are the challenges I face every day” stories.

Send me an e-mail**, or enter feedback to this blog entry (it won’t be published) and include your email address to let me know you’re interested. I’ll follow up with you via e-mail, and we can discuss the details.

Thanks! I look forward to talking with you!

David Waddleton

**NOTE – I’m not collecting e-mail addresses for my employer (Microsoft). Your e-mail to me will ONLY imply that you’re interested in this discussion and nothing further.

Geek Speak: New ASP.NET Starter Kit Question

David Waddleton — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:14:00 GMT

Hi everyone,

Here is today’s question. If you were writing a starter kit for ASP.NET 2.0, what kind of application would that be? Some existing starter kits are on http://www.asp.net. Would it be something fun for personal use? or for business use? Let me know.

Just click Feedback for this article.

Geek Speak: Register so that you can retake exams, if needed

David Waddleton — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:33:00 GMT

Certified Do over: Get a Free Microsoft Certification Exam Retake.
Your chances to pass any Microsoft certification exam have just doubled. Simply register for this offer by May 31, 2005, before taking your exam, and we'll give you a free second shot at success. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/offers/2ndshot

Geek Speak: Enterprise Library is Finally Here

David Waddleton — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 06:29:00 GMT

You have waited and waited and here it is:

The patterns & practices Enterprise Library is a library of Application Blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Application Blocks are a type of guidance, provided as source code, that can be used as-is, extended or modified by developers for use on enterprise development projects. Enterprise Library features new and updated versions of application blocks that were previously available as stand-alone blocks. All blocks included in Enterprise Library have been updated with a particular focus on consistency, extensibility, ease of use and integration. This release of Enterprise Library includes: Caching Application Block, Configuration Application Block, Cryptography Application Block, Data Access Application Block, Exception Handling Application Block, Logging & Instrumentation Application Block, and Security Application Block.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/entlib.asp

Geek Speak: Professional Developers Conference (PDC) : What is that?

David Waddleton — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:54:00 GMT

The Microsoft PDC conference is scheduled for September 2005. http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/ This is an event that you will not want to miss. I still have fond memories, of my first PDC, 2000. This was in my previous life, before Microsoft. It was an event to remember, and I am sure that this will will be the same.

I will be there, are you?

Geek Speak: "Tinkering with Visual Studio.NET" by Russ Fustino

David Waddleton — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:23:00 GMT

We are giving away an electronic version of “Russ’ Tool Shed – Tinkering with Visual Studio.NET” by Russ Fustino (entire book and demos) to every MSDN event attendee in the Oct –Dec events on the Fall MSDN Content DVD. See http://www.msdnevents.com for locations.

It’s a free book on several of Russ’s VS.NET 2003 MSDN sessions in book format including chapters on the Framework, Debugging, Win form development, ASP, ASP.NET Tips and Tricks, Base Class Libraries, Web Services and Migrating from VB6 to VB.NET. It is over 400 pages and is a great book of demos.

Additional information: Russ is doing web casts that correlate to the chapters in the book. He has 3 coming up on Nov 8, 10 and 11 on ASP.NET Tips and Tricks, Base Class Libraries and Migrating from VB6 to VB.NET. See http://www.microsoft.com/dcc/webcasts once the November Web Casts are posted. He has already done web casts on the first 5 chapters if you wish to download earlier seminars.

What You Should Know About a Reported Vulnerability in Microsoft ASP.NET

David Waddleton — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:58:00 GMT

HTTP module to check for canonicalization issues with ASP.NET

Here is a link to information and available download.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/aspnet.mspx

Web Custom Controls Code

David Waddleton — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:03:00 GMT

Thanks for everyone that was at yesterday's show in Houston. We had a record attendance of 292. So next time I would like for us to break 400. Here is the code for the Web Custom Control.

test

David Waddleton — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 20:54:00 GMT

This is a sample blog entry using a new tool, called VisualBlogger.


1Public Class Employee

2    Public Function GetEmployees() As DataSet

3        Dim ds As New DataSet

4        Dim oCon As New SqlConnection(ConfigurationSettings.ConnectionStrings("NorthwindConnection").ConnectionString)

5        Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter("Select * from Employees", oCon)

6        da.Fill(ds, "Employee")

7        Return ds

8    End Function

9End Class

Office 2003 SP1 Released

David Waddleton — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:39:00 GMT

Update your Office 2003 programs with the latest enhancements, many based on customer feedback
http://office.microsoft.com/home/default.aspx