John Bristowe's Weblog : Announcements

[Announcements] By the Community, For the Community (ASP.NET)

John Bristowe — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:00:00 GMT

Last week, I was on holidays enjoying some of the nice weather we've had here in Calgary.

During that time, Pete LePage sent me an e-mail describing a new initiative through the ASP.NET team and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program.

It's called, "By the Community, For the Community". You can find out more about this initiative here.

This is a great idea.

It's an initiative to help get members of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program involved with the community at-large. Its purpose is to build out projects through a vote. The most popular ones get done and the end result is a project that the community can reference.

Those members of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program who are helping out rock. I'm sure the projects they will build will rock as well.

[Announcements] Microsoft Threat Analysis and Modeling Tool v2 RTM (Via Dana Epp)

John Bristowe — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:16:00 GMT

Dana Epp: I am just floored by the release of the RTM version of the Threat Analysis and Modeling Tool v2.0. You would be amazed about some of the features in this version of the tool.

Dana is absolutely right; you will be amazed with vLatest. It rocks!

[Announcements] Got Licensing? (AKA, Licensing Live Meeting)

John Bristowe — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:53:00 GMT

From the "Must See" department (emphasis is mine):

Licensing Live Meeting

With the introduction of Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio Team System in November 2005, Microsoft has increased the number of solutions offered to help development teams to deliver great solutions and improve the development process. Understanding these changes to packages and licensing will help you determine the best solutions that can be used by you and your development teams.

This Live Meeting will review the solutions available from Microsoft to help development teams and will cover products and offerings including: Visual Studio Team System, Team Foundation Server, MSDN levels and BizTalk. Specific information will be provided to help volume licensing, retail and partners understand how Microsoft can help you develop great solutions.

Got a question about licensing? Want to find out more? Come and attend this Live Meeting!

[Announcements] Energize IT 2006 Comes to Calgary This Saturday!

John Bristowe — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:11:00 GMT

This Saturday, I will be hosting Energize IT at the University of Calgary.

This event should be a lot of fun. A live video stream from Toronto and LoadFest for various Microsoft technologies. A sort of Canadian Eurovision Song Contest... except for IT... and not as cheesy.

[Announcements] realDEVELOPMENT_06 Starts Tomorrow!

John Bristowe — Mon, 29 May 2006 23:16:00 GMT

I just arrived into a hot and balmy Ottawa in preparation for the realDEVELOPMENT_06 tour. Our first tour date is tomorrow and we're expecting a huge turnout. Much like the VS/SQL/BTS tour launch, we're going to have a lot of fun talking with developers across Canada.

[Announcements] Xbox 360!

John Bristowe — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:12:00 GMT

W00t! I finally have a Xbox 360.

My gamertag is TropicOfCanada.

Game on.

[Announcements] realDEVELOPMENT_06 is Coming!

John Bristowe — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:29:00 GMT

Big time news for today! Earlier this week, MSDN Canada announced the realDEVELOPMENT_06 tour. (See our Website for more information on cities and dates.)

realDEVELOPMENT_06 will feature two sets of sessions; one entitled, "Web Platform" and on entitled, "Security on the Brain". The Web Platform Sessions will feature talks on technologies that fall into the Web 2.0 camp. Specifically, we'll examine Windows Live and ASP.NET "Atlas". The Security on the Brain Sessions will cover digital identity (through InfoCard) and ASP.NET security. In addition, we've allocated a timeslot at the end of the day for a mash-up. Basically, it will be a free-for-all to talk tech and build code.

If you haven't had the opportunity to register, please do so now! The realDEVELOPMENT_06 is live!

[Announcements] Calgary Code Camp (May 27, 2006)

John Bristowe — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:53:00 GMT

Need something to do for May 27, 2006? Here's one suggestion: Calgary Code Camp.