April 2005 - Posts

• Coming back from NYC

  So last week, I was flying back from a vacation to New York City and had a mildly humorous experience. While readying my laptop, shoes, pocket change and WMDs prior to walking through the "scanning gate" at LaGuardia, I happened to notice the name of Read More... Posted Friday, April 29, 2005 2:19 PM by jacobcy | 3 Comments Filed under: Personal Life

• Followup from MADNUG Presentation 4/19

  Thanks again to the Michiana Area .NET Users Group (MADNUG) for hosting me as a presenter this past Tuesday. I enjoyed the visit and the opportunity to share some nuggets of wisdom about WSE 2.0 and even rant a little bit about Chicago mass transit problems. Read More... Posted Friday, April 22, 2005 8:08 AM by jacobcy | 0 Comments

• What has 20 legs, 10 mouths, and 11 opinions about .NET development?

  The speaker panel at CNUG's Day of .NET. Look, I know it's a corny joke, but you chuckled. Seriously, I heard you. You can't deny it. Anyway, check out the details for this Saturday, April 30, full-day event covering 4 different tracks of .NET seminars, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:15 AM by jacobcy | 2 Comments

• Update from Appleton, WI MSDN Event

  I had a great time presenting at the Appleton event last week - everyone had great questions and we also had some good dialogue around n-tier application design and web service management. Of course, with all the questions, I faced a few that I could Read More... Posted Monday, April 11, 2005 9:08 AM by jacobcy | 0 Comments

• Creating custom security for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

  At the Madison MSDN Event yesterday, after I demonstrated SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services , one fellow with a particularly bright red shirt ;-) asked about creating authorization using a custom user store instead of Windows authentication in SQL Server Read More... Posted Friday, April 08, 2005 9:57 AM by jacobcy | 2 Comments Filed under: Developer Knowledge

• Get Perpendicular!

  Hitachi has created a humorous animation that explains in easy to understand terms, with music and dancing of course, how their new technology is going to allow for an exponential increase in the size of storage media - http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/recording_head/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html Read More... Posted Friday, April 08, 2005 9:35 AM by jacobcy | 3 Comments Filed under: Personal Life

• I will only be in Chicago for 10 full days of April...

  And it's all so that I can present to .NET developers (except for a little bit of personal travel, of course). Even though I can't make it to every city each month for MSDN Events, I like to make my rounds to the user groups to see friendly faces and Read More... Posted Friday, April 08, 2005 9:05 AM by jacobcy | 1 Comments Filed under: User Group Events, Developer Knowledge

• Calling all Northeast Wisconsin .NET developers!

  Those of you who attended the Appleton, WI MSDN Event this past Tuesday will recall the brief discussion at the end of the day about interest in a .NET user group in the area. Since there was a group in the past, and by the show of hands there was clearly Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:03 PM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: User Group Events, Developer Knowledge

• Finally found a use for the 'blackout' function in Powerpoint

  Here's a quick one: I never previously saw a whole lot of value in the "blackout" and "whiteout" functions in Powerpoint. For those of you not familiar, pressing "B" or "W" while in presentation mode in Powerpoint will turn the screen black or white, Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:17 PM by jacobcy | 1 Comments Filed under: Personal Life