James @ MS

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StickyNotes Professional Edition for Visual Studio

Our good friend Pablo Galiano has just released StickyNotes Professional Edition for Visual Studio...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 12/29/2008

Foldable Display

OLED displays are already awesome enough. Here is a foldable one that would even be cooler....

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 11/25/2008

Economic downturn requires a scorecard too?

For the past several months, we have been constantly bombarded by bad economic news. The massive...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 11/18/2008

After the Long Silenceā€¦

I have finally decided to change the name of my blog after radio silence for many weeks. The reason...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 11/07/2008

Several developers have asked me whether we provide localized versions of the VS Shell. The answer...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 09/20/2008

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Now Available

Yesterday, we posted the RTM release of Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. The download links are...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 08/12/2008

How do I pick what features are included in my VS Shell (isolated) based application?

Since releasing the VS 2008 Shell (isolated), we have been working on service pack 1 with a number...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 07/11/2008

Get a PLK or SLK without logging into VSIPMembers.com

We know deploying your VS package can be a pain and there are often a lot of pain with getting a...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 06/23/2008

I was just going around and talking about the VS Gallery on our European Tour, and on last Friday,...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 06/09/2008

Stop 6 (Final Stop): Budapest, Hungary

On Thursday, we had our last VSX European Tour event at the Microsoft office in Budapest. It was...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 06/08/2008

Stop 5: Prague, Czech Republic

Our European Tour has brought us to Prague on Monday. This was the first time for me to visit Prague...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 06/04/2008

Stop 4: Zurich, Switzerland

With the help of Rolf and Susan who organized the event, Jean-Marc and I presented to a user group...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 05/30/2008

Stop 3: Munich, Germany

We are in Deutschland now and we visited the Microsoft Technology Center at Munich yesterday. It was...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 05/27/2008

Update from Brussels

You may have already seen my post about out session at Brussels. Sven Cipido from Ordina has just...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 05/26/2008

Stop 2: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bikes, lots of bikes. And trams too. Then there are also motorcycles, scooters, and cars. You better...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 05/23/2008

Stop 1: Brussels, Belgium

Yesterday in Brussels, we made our first of a series of presentations in our European tour. I met up...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 05/21/2008

VS 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta & European Tour Kickoff!

Earlier today, we shipped the matching VS 2008 SDK for VS 2008 Sp1 Beta. We are calling this VS 2008...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 05/20/2008

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and Updates

Today, we release the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. This service pack is particularly...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 05/12/2008

Launch event wrapping up

I just finished with my Chalk Talk session, and the launch event is winding down. Folks are heading...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 02/27/2008

If you missed Soma's blog post from this morning, we are launching the Visual Studio Gallery today....

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 02/27/2008

HEROES happen {here}

I am in L.A. today and tomorrow, to attend and speak at the Visual Studio, SQL Server and Windows...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 02/27/2008

Bill Gates visits University of Waterloo

Not that this has anything to do with VSX directly, but I came across a news bit about Bill visiting...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 02/22/2008

Upgrading VS 2005 Packages to VS 2008: A more Advanced Guide

Since I made the last blog post on upgrading, I have received some good feedback that it was useful...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 02/13/2008

Upcoming Book on VSX

I got pinged by Keyvan today. He and I have never met before, but he told me that he is in the...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 02/05/2008

Source Code Outliner PowerToy is now available for VS 2008!

The popular Source Code Outliner PowerToy has been updated for VS2008. Get it now from MS Download...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 01/27/2008

Upgrading VS 2005 Packages to VS 2008: A Basic Guide

Today, I heard several developers in the community experiecncing some trouble upgrading the VS 2005...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 01/21/2008

With the most recent release of the VS 2008 SDK, HelpStudio Lite is no longer included in the SDK...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 12/17/2007

DevTeach in Vancouver, BC this week

It's been a weird month for me. I counted that I have only been in the office for 5 days in...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 11/29/2007

VS 2008 SDK and VS Shell runtimes available!

We are finally here! Following right on the heels of the VS 2008 release announcement yesterday, we...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 11/21/2007

Great News for VS Extenders and VSIP Partners!

What a great week for the VSX community! This week, we made several major announcements that will...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 11/07/2007

Barcelona, here we come!

We put on a good show last week at the VSIP Summit & Developer Conference. We had lots of...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 10/26/2007

Help with creating your first environment based on VS 2008 Shell (isolated mode)

We know that it is a little difficult to use the VS 2008 SDK Aug. CTP to create your first...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 10/04/2007

Upcoming VSX Events

I can't believe it's almost October, and our team is working on so many things right now. First, we...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 09/29/2007

VB Pack for VS 2005 SDK 4.0

In case you didn't see our announcement on the team blog, we have just posted the VB Pack for VS...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 09/17/2007

VS 2008 SDK August CTP released!

Our team just released the VS 2008 SDK August CTP late yesterday. This is very similar to the July...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 08/09/2007

How to build a package for VS Shell

I said I would follow up with a post on how to build a VS Package that targets the VS Shell, so here...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 08/04/2007

VS Shell Customization Points

Following up on my last post about VS Shell workarounds with the current VS SDK, I wanted to make a...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 08/04/2007

Building VS Shell with VS 2008 SDK July CTP

Since we shipped the VS SDK July CTP a couple of days ago, we have discovered a couple of issues...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 08/03/2007

Important workaround for VS 2008 SDK July CTP for building VS Shell!

Yesterday, we released the VS 2008 SDK that targets the Beta 2 release of Visual Studio. You can...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 08/02/2007

Quick Update on Ecosystem team, VS SDK, VS Shell, etc.

I can't believe it's been over a month since my last blog entry. Things have been pretty crazy here....

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 07/26/2007

Videos from TechEd 2007

Our good PM, Ken Levy, has just posted several video interviews taken right on the TechEd show...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 06/07/2007

TechEd 2007, VS 2008 Shell, VS SDK

Several things happened over the last couple of days. Last Friday, we released VS Orcas SDK June...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 06/05/2007

BlackBerry Plug-in for Visual Studio

For those of you who don't know, I am a University of Waterloo alumus. Research In Motion's...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 05/22/2007

VS SDK for Orcas Beta 1 (April CTP) is now available

Our team is happy to bring you the latest VS SDK that matches Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 that was...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 04/27/2007

Webcast: Do-It-Yourself Tools Inside Visual Studio (May 3, 2007 at 9 am PST)

Don Demsak (MVP) will be doing a webcast on Visual Studio Extensibility on Thursday, May 3rd. Don is...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 04/19/2007

Ken Levy is joining our team!

A while back, we told you that Community is a big focus for our team these days. We were serious...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 04/08/2007

Visual Studio 2005 Settings Trick

When you start Visual Studio 2005 for the first time after installation, you will see the following...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 04/08/2007

Help me with this API: use Koders.com

With the recent release of the VS SDK 4.0, we have partnered with Koders.com to index all the code...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 03/12/2007

Introducing.... our first preview release of the Orcas SDK!

Right on the heels of last week's VS 2005 SDK 4.0 RTM release, our team is bringing you the first...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 03/06/2007

VS 2005 SDK 4.0 RTM is here!

We are really excited to announce that the VS SDK team has just taken the wraps off of the Visual...

Author: jameslau-MS Date: 03/01/2007

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