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August 2008 - Posts

Dynamic Data in Waltham

This coming Thursday, September 4th, I'll be presenting on ASP.NET Dynamic Data to the New England Visual Basic Professional User Group at Microsoft's Waltham office, 201 Jones Road ( one-click directions ). I started working with this technology at the Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:21 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

I'm Too Synthy for My....

Microsoft announced the availability of Photosynth about a week ago, but with travel and "work" getting in the way, I hadn't had time to play... er, I mean research it until yesterday. So what is Photosynth? It comes out of Microsoft's Live Labs in collaboration Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:59 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Vista Under the Hood

What comes to mind when you think of Microsoft Vista? Well, you're not alone! But here's your chance to the get the real scoop (versus spin) on common misperceptions and tips to optimize your own Vista experience. As part of Microsoft's Springboard Series Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:23 PM by joneil | 2 Comments
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Back To School with DreamSpark

For those of you with college-bound kids, ka-ching, ka-ching has supplanted the nostalgic clang of the school-bell as the sound of the season. Take a look at the graphic to the right (if you dare) to see the rough costs to attend Boston University in Read More...
Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 10:08 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

MS101: Wicked Cool

After almost five months on board, I'm now attending the MS101 new hire class in Redmond. It's my first trip to Microsoft Headquarters and I continue to be amazed by this place. There's about 70 of us here from around the world in a number of customer-facing Read More...
Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 10:48 PM by joneil | 2 Comments

Summer [Code] Camp

There's no tire swing by the lake, and the building fire codes prohibit roasting marshmallows, but you still don't want to miss out on camp this summer... well, Code Camp that is. Code Camps, for the uninitiated, are free, community-driven weekend events Read More...
Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 9:37 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

They're here! - Visual Studio and .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1

Today, Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio 3.5 SP1 and .NET 3.5 SP1 . Those of you following the development of these releases know that it's much more than your average service pack though, as it introduces the ADO.NET Entity Framework, Read More...
Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 9:07 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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SQL Server 2008 - Hold Your Horses...

Keep in mind, I'm just the messenger here... Apparently, you cannot install SQL Server 2008 if you have Visual Studio 2008 RTM installed; SQL Server 2008 requires Visual Studio SP1, which isn't quite available yet! There is a KB article on the subject, Read More...
Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 7:33 PM by joneil | 1 Comments
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SQL Server 2008 is Here!

Get it at: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver Including new features such as Resource Governor for managing current workloads Data compression and sparse columns to reduce storage and increase performance Transparent Data Encryption and advanced auditing Read More...
Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 12:40 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Classical Evangelism

When I went to high school in the late 70s and early 80s in my hometown of Clarksville, Tennessee, computers weren't yet part of the curriculum so I found another outlet for my geekiness... Latin club (or more properly the National Junior Classical League Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 10:09 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Hartford CodeCamp Registration Now Open

The Hartford CodeCamp will be held on Saturday, August 16th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the New Horizons Computer Learning Center, 340 West Newberry Road, Bloomfield CT . See the Connecticut .NET Developers Group site for the list of speakers and topics, Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:39 PM by joneil | 1 Comments
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