May 2009 - Posts

LINK: Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) complements Data.GOV
http://blogs.msdn.com/publicsector/archive/2009/05/22/open-government-data-initiative-ogdi-complements-data-gov.aspx Read More...
Posted 22 May 09 06:19 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
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CANCELLED: Developer Dinner in Reston, Va
The facility in Reston, Virginia had some unexpected audio/video failures.  Because of this, the developer dinner for next week has been cancelled.  I am really sorry for this inconvenience.  We will reschedule ASAP once the audio/video Read More...
Posted 22 May 09 04:04 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) Developer Dinner
Next Wednesday in Reston, Virginia.  Details on my team’s blog: http://tinyurl.com/oupyf9 . Read More...
Posted 19 May 09 09:46 by marcsc | 2 Comments   
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Entity Framework 4.0 Sneak Previews
If you haven’t been keeping up on the ADO.NET team blog , but you want to get up to speed with what’s coming in the next release of the Entity Framework (.NET 4.0), then now is the time to start monitoring their blog.  Since 5/11, they’ve cranked Read More...
Posted 19 May 09 02:17 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
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What’s new in ASP.NET 4.0 and VS2010 Beta 1?
Comprehensive whitepaper for Web Development: http://www.asp.net/learn/whitepapers/aspnet40/ Read More...
Posted 19 May 09 01:10 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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Integrating Virtual Earth 3D into WPF and Surface Applications for Mere Mortals
I just published a Channel 9 interview with Josh Wall and Josh Blake from InfoStrat about their Windows Presentation Foundation ( WPF ) and Surface controls that make integrating Virtual Earth 3D a breeze.  Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/Ch9InfoStratVE Read More...
Posted 18 May 09 08:28 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
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Using code analysis again…
This week marks my 5 year anniversary at Microsoft.  Five years ago, I stopped being a “real developer” and became an evangelist.  Ok, I started with a short stint as a SQL / BizTalk Technology Specialist (what other companies call “pre-sales Read More...
Posted 14 May 09 01:42 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
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Virtual Earth / MapDotNet webcast
Interested in learning how to build Virtual Earth solutions and lowering the amount of custom code you need to write?  Have a look at the upcoming webcast Jerry just blogged about: Microsoft Virtual Earth May 2009 Webcast: Virtual Earth & MapDotNet Read More...
Posted 13 May 09 10:08 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
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FREE .NET / C# Tutorial from pluralsight
http://www.pluralsight.com/main/olt/Course.aspx?n=dotnet-csharp-tutorial I tend to steer away from making recommendations on training companies and books unless I have actually been through the training or read the book myself.  I have had the chance Read More...
Posted 11 May 09 03:51 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
ShawnWildermuth: Supporting ScreenReaders in Silverlight
http://wildermuth.com/2009/05/10/Supporting_ScreenReaders_in_Silverlight Nice quick post with a video… Read More...
Posted 11 May 09 01:29 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI)
I’ve been relatively quiet on the blog lately.  I’ve made hints in a couple posts that I’ve been working on a fun little Windows Azure project that has been consuming my time.  Well, I can finally talk about it a little more.  Keith, a Read More...
Posted 07 May 09 07:43 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
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jQuery & MicrosoftAjax “happy together”
I’ve been using jQuery quite a bit lately.  I’ve grown very fond of it.  At the same time, I have been digging into ASP.NET AJAX 4.0.  I just read a post from Bertand Le Roy that made me smile.  In his post, he shows how you can do Read More...
Posted 05 May 09 01:49 by marcsc | 3 Comments   
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MVVM Toolkit for WPF
The Model View ViewModel pattern has become very popular for building WPF applications.  Until now, there wasn’t much guidance/tooling from Microsoft to help you get started with MVVM.  The WPF team just released an early preview of the MVVM Read More...
Posted 04 May 09 02:35 by marcsc | 2 Comments   
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