February 2005 - Posts

• Making life a little easier (Setting up December CTP of VS Team System)

  Note these 3 fact: 1) In 1927, General Electric made the refrigerator readily available for consumers and we could all enjoy a cold, carbonated, caffeinated beverage. 2) Around 20 years later, Raytheon made the first microwave oven, making it easier for Read More... Posted Friday, February 25, 2005 12:43 PM by jacobcy | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge

• Brand-spankin' new user group in my district!

  I feel privileged to announce the newest .NET user group in the tri-state area of IL, IN, and WI: SCI-NUG aka South Central Indiana .NET Users Group Based in Bloomington, IN, SCI-NUG was formed by Eric Hammersley to be a forum for .NET experts and enthusiasts Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:21 PM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: User Group Events, Developer Knowledge

• Who's up for Italian?

  Can't get enough .NET? Do you code in your sleep? Do you get more mileage out of your copy of Visual Studio than your XBox? Come hang out with us developers after Thursday's MSDN Event at the Mayfair Mall in Milwaukee. Let's meet up at the bar at Maggiano's Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:52 PM by jacobcy | 2 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge

• Stick around for a .NET Pub Club

  After the Kenosha, WI MSDN Event on Tuesday, February 15, stick around afterward for a .NET Pub Club at the Birchwood Grill, just across the street from the Parkway Chateau. Take some time after the MSDN Event to relax with fellow developers and just Read More... Posted Monday, February 14, 2005 4:14 PM by jacobcy | 2 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge

• Find out more after today's "ASP.NET 2.0 Membership and Personalization" Webcast

  First, the event details: Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 adds remarkable new Membership and Personalization services. These new Membership services and security controls require a minimum of coding on your part, yet they will provide your Web site with secure Read More... Posted Friday, February 11, 2005 8:26 AM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge

• Follow-up to 2/10 IndyNDA Presentation

  First, a blast from the past: remember those Rold Gold pretzels about which I waxed poetic when I discovered that they maintained their crunch 2 months later. Well, I had a 3 hour drive to Indianapolis this afternoon for the UG presentation and I saw Read More... Posted Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:28 PM by jacobcy | 6 Comments Filed under: User Group Events, Personal Life

• Find out more after Thursday's 'Optimizing ASP.NET Web Applications' webcast

  Due to popular demand, I will be re-presenting this webcast that I previously ran on January 13. First, the event details: Would you like to explore how to build high-performance Web applications? In this session, we'll examine how to monitor and stress Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:26 PM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge

• Find out more after Tuesday's "Object-Oriented Programming Fundamentals in .NET" Webcast

  First, the event details: .NET brings the full power of Object-Oriented Programming to the Visual Basic syntax you're already familiar with. Learn the fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and the new OOP keywords introduced in Visual Basic Read More... Posted Monday, February 07, 2005 12:48 PM by jacobcy | 6 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge