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September 2008 - Posts

MSDN Events in Nashua and Stamford

While the Fall edition of Northeast Roadshow is in a brief (four-day) hiatus, I'll be hitting the road solo for a set of half-day presentations in Nashua, New Hampshire, and Stamford, Connecticut, on Oct. 1st and 2nd respectively. These events are sponsored Read More...
Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 1:09 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Middle of the Road(show)

Chris and I just got back from the "BAR" (Burlington, Albany, Rochester) run of our Fall Roadshow series late last night, and I just wanted to thank all those that came out for a rather full day of non-stop Chris and Jim (and special guest Brian Johnson, Read More...
Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 12:53 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

A "10" for Code Camp 10

[Ed. note: timing is everything. In the midst of writing this post, I was looking for a title...and there it just landed, in my In-Box, the subject line of an e-mail from Ron and John at Bluefin!] Hats off to Team Chris ( Chris Bowen and Chris Pels) for Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 21, 2008 10:32 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

'nuff Said

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Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 12:10 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

What's this Agile Stuff I keep Hearing About

If you're like me, you get the idea, but maybe not quite sure about how to go about adopting it in your organization and especially how to leverage Visual Studio Team System to manage the agile application lifecycle. Well, I've got a recommendation on Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:22 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Code Camp Roll Call

Waltham, Massachusetts Code Camp 10 is literally around the corner, this Saturday and Sunday, September 20th and 21st, at the Microsoft Office in Waltham. With 54 sessions and 33 speakers PLUS a gathering at the Westin lobby bar, it's going to be great Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:43 AM by joneil | 1 Comments

Love a Condiment With Booze In It

Ok, the jury may still be out on the new Seinfeld-Gates ads, and I think a lot of us were wondering what was up with the first one. Segments from the next installment premiered last night, and more 60-second sets from the longer clip will premiere tonight. Read More...
Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 10:52 AM by joneil | 1 Comments
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Western New York Users Group - Sept. 17

If you're on the western fringes of our Northeast District, make a note of the next Western New York .NET Users Group meeting in Buffalo. Anthony Martin will be presenting on SQL Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. Here's the particulars: Date: Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:38 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Ignite Boston - Standing Room Only

Not knowing what to expect, I went into Boston tonight for O'Reilly's Ignite Boston 4 , and what a crowd! I made it to the Hooley House a little later than I planned (around 7), and the line was literally out the door waiting for access to the upstairs Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:21 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Dynamic Data VB Style

Thanks to the New England Visual Basic Professionals User Group for the invitation to speak on ASP.NET Dynamic Data this evening in Waltham. AV glitches and the mass migration from MPR-C to MPR-B aside, I hope the content was relevant and useful. This Read More...
Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 1:21 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

More Cool Stuff from Microsoft Research

Last week I had a lot of fun playing with Photosynth and posted my experiences here. I actually made a few more synths of our Labor Day weekend on the Connecticut shore as well - you can check them out on my Photosynth site , and I hope to add some more Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 11:50 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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BlogMS: Microsoft One-Stop Shopping

If you're like me, you're overwhelmed with the amount of information out there regarding Microsoft technologies: blogs, RSS feeds, forums, newsgroups, etc. It was probably inevitable... did you know there's a Microsoft blog about Microsoft blogs - specifically Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 12:02 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

Northeast Roadshow

It's that time again! The latest edition of the Northeast Roadshow is now open for registration - with not just five, but six venues to choose from. If you have no idea what the Northeast Roadshow is...well, it's an all day, free event in which I and Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:26 PM by joneil | 6 Comments

IONA's Eric Newcomer Talks Interoperability

My Architect Evangelist colleague, Bob Familiar , has just announced details on the next meeting of New England's chapter of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA), the premier organization focused on best practices and education Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:51 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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