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• Farewell to Microsoft

  During my three-year tenure at Microsoft, I have met many wonderful people. For those of you I have worked with along the way, I wanted to share my bittersweet news. After three amazing years at Microsoft, I will be leaving to start a new chapter in my Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:44 PM by jacobcy | 3 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, User Group Events, Developer Knowledge, Personal Life, Visual Basic 2005 Today

• A Geography Lesson (by way of MSDN Events), plus a chance to win a cool prize

  I'm going out on a limb and trying something a bit radical. Those of you who know me are well aware that my title is Developer Community Champion. What you may not know is that is my public-facing title. Internally at Microsoft, I am known as a Developer Read More... Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:05 PM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, Developer Knowledge Attachment(s): Geopraphy experiment.msg

• Looking to get more out of .NET? Check out our upcoming MSDN Events to get the productivity you seek!

  MSDN® EVENTS Boost Your Productivity with Visual Studio® 2005 & the .NET Framework 2.0 New productivity enhancements in Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0 mean you can spend less time coding and more time focusing on getting the job done. Read More... Posted Friday, March 17, 2006 11:06 AM by jacobcy | 1 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, Developer Knowledge

• Upcoming MSDN Events in January-March: Smart Solutions with SmartClients

  SmartClients combine the best elements of both Windows and web applications. But SmartClient means so much more than just a Windows Forms application. In this free half-day event, see three different SmartClient approaches in action, while leveraging Read More... Posted Friday, December 16, 2005 11:38 AM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, Developer Knowledge

• Countdown to Launch!

  Visual Studio 2005! SQL Server 2005! BizTalk 2006! One of these things is not like the others ;-) Although the year seems a little off on BizTalk, the date is not - all three products are scheduled to launch in less than one month at Moscone West Convention Read More... Posted Friday, October 07, 2005 4:27 PM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, Developer Knowledge

• Pulled the old switcheroo

  Those of you who know me well know that I'm very close with my family. My brothers both live in Chicago and my sister lives in Cleveland. I like to see all of them often, but it's a bit tough with my sister and her family quite a bit farther from me than Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:50 PM by jacobcy | 2 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, Personal Life

• Upcoming MSDN Events in August and September

  Following our brief event hiatus in July, we're coming back with even more great content - the focus this time around is ASP.NET 2.0. We're presenting 3 sessions over the half-day event to explore UI, Data Access, and Performance techniques with the new Read More... Posted Friday, July 08, 2005 10:54 AM by jacobcy | 3 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, Developer Knowledge

• MSDN Events Spring Series Coming in a Few Short Weeks!

  The next round of MSDN content is fully baked and on its way in April, May and June to a theater, hotel, or convention center in your area of the U.S. We will once again have 3 solid topics (cities in my district and dates follow below): Web Services Read More... Posted Friday, March 11, 2005 2:22 PM by jacobcy | 4 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, Developer Knowledge

• Calling all Indy developers

  Howdy, I'm going to be presenting an MSDN Event tomorrow in Indianapolis (AMC Clearwater Crossing 12) to present on Advanced WinForms, Troubleshooting ASP.NET Apps, and Visual Studio Team System. Afterward (around 5:15), I plan to stick around at the Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 02, 2005 3:49 PM by jacobcy | 3 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, Developer Knowledge

• Hey Chicago! Check out the January 27 .NET Pub Club

  Whether or not you are able to attend the January 27 MSDN Event in Chicago (details available here ), come join us after the event for some good eats and good conversation. We'll be having an informal .NET gathering at 5:30 PM, immediately following the Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:01 PM by jacobcy | 4 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events

• Upcoming MSDN Events in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin (January/February/March)

  Attend a free MSDN Event in your home town and you'll learn more about Windows and Web development, as well as the upcoming Visual Studio Team System! This event will come to you live during the months of January, February and March. Visit MSDN Events Read More... Posted Monday, December 20, 2004 10:06 AM by jacobcy | 1 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events, Developer Knowledge

• Upcoming MSDN Events Online in November (our webcasts)

  The August pilot of my “test-prep” webcast on preparing for your next MCAD/MCSD exams went very well, so, due to popular demand, I am re-presenting it next week. Preparing for the MCAD or MCSD exams And remember, as always, that the webcasts will be available Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 02, 2004 3:19 PM by jacobcy | 1 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events

• Upcoming MSDN Events in IL, IN, and WI (October, November, December)

  This demo-packed event will offer valuable insight into object-oriented programming fundamentals in Visual Basic® .NET, programming with MapPoint® Web Services, ASP.NET 1.1 Web applications, plus ASP.NET 2.0’s new Membership and Personalization features. Read More... Posted Friday, September 10, 2004 9:32 AM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events

• MSDN Events Online in September (my webcasts)

  I wanted to let you all know that I will be presenting 2 webcasts in September (and 1 at the very beginning of October). If you can't attend my live events, check out my “mirrors”. I am sneak-previewing some of the October-December MSDN Events content Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 08, 2004 2:12 PM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events

• MSDN Events Online in August (my webcasts)

  I wanted to let you all know that I will be presenting 4 webcasts in August: If you can't attend my live events, check out my “mirrors”. I am presenting the first quarter content as webcasts for my developer audience that I don't have the Read More... Posted Saturday, July 31, 2004 12:19 PM by jacobcy | 0 Comments Filed under: Upcoming MSDN Events