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October 2008 - Posts

Some Upcoming Events

I'll be out and about in New England during the first two weeks of November, so just wanted to let you all know of a few events Nov 4th, 5 - 8 p.m. Rhode Island .NET User Group Roger Williams University Bristol, Rhode Island Topic: ASP.NET Dynamic Data Read More...
Posted Friday, October 31, 2008 11:51 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

Gotta Get Me One of Those!

This comes via Mark Brown and is the work of the ACE Lab at Carlton University . This video was featured at the PDC Showoff this evening in Los Angeles. That + ESPN would be one sweet combo! Multi-Channel Virtual Earth Viewer Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:49 PM by joneil | 1 Comments
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Hello Windows 7 - PDC Day 2 Keynote Recap

Wow! Lots of really cool stuff from the PDC today focusing on Windows 7, Visual Studio, .NET Framework 4.0, and Office Web Applications. It's going to be impossible to do this justice, so I'd really recommend checking out the replay of the keynote . It Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:09 PM by joneil | 3 Comments
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WCF REST Starter Kit

In the recently completed edition of the Northeast Roadshow , I alluded to the REST Toolkit to give you a leg up on created RESTful services in .NET. Well, to paraphrase Carol Anne , "It's Here....." WCF REST Starter Kit Project on Codeplex WCF REST Page Read More...
Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 4:12 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Welcome Windows Azure - PDC Day 1 Keynote Recap

I thought I'd summarize the key points that I came away with from this morning's PDC keynote . Today's session was focused on infrastructure, so nothing yet on Windows 7 or .NET Framework 4.0; that's on tap for tomorrow. If you want to catch the entire Read More...
Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 2:57 PM by joneil | 2 Comments

Coming to the Surface

When it comes to cool factor, not much beats Microsoft Surface . Perhaps you've been watching Chuck Todd interacting with it on MSNBC, or you've visited the Sheraton Boston - you are planning to for the MSDN event on November 13th , right? - or (lucky Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 25, 2008 5:39 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Staying Informed

With PDC coming up this week, there's going to be an incredible amount of buzz and announcements surrounding .NET 4.0, the next version of Visual Studio, cloud computing, and lots more. For those of us not going, there's still plenty of avenues to keep Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:29 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Northeast Roadshow Recap

Roadshow Vital Statistics Number of miles logged: 1517 Number of hours of presentations: 42 Number of developers in attendance: 468 Slices of pizza consumed: a bazillion I'm sure I speak for Chris as well when I say how thrilled we were by the reception Read More...
Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 5:15 PM by joneil | 3 Comments
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Silverlight, Chrome, and the iPhone

First, a quick thanks to those who made it out to the final stop on this edition of the Northeast Roadshow in Waltham today. I'm pulling together my materials and will post a blog entry in a day or two with links to the resources and slides. Now the reason Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:09 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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OBA, O Boy!

With the recent emphasis on Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) in the MSDN events this quarter as well as a bit of coverage during our recently completed Northeast Roadshow , I have some rather timely news of interest to those of you building or contemplating Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:02 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Microsoft and Open Source

Now there's two terms that historically went together like oil and water! Boy times are a-changin', and it seems quickly too. In just the past few weeks, we've seen the following: On Sept. 28th, Microsoft announced that it would ship the wildly popular Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:43 PM by joneil | 1 Comments

The Return of Russ - Appearing One Night Only!

Russ "The Tool Shed" Fustino is making a trip up from sunny Florida to visit his old haunts in New England. If you didn't get a chance to catch his presentations while he covered the Northeast District, you won't want to miss the opportunity this coming Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:32 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Step into the Silverlight!

The wait is over, the release to the Web (RTW) of Silverlight 2 was announced on Monday, and by the time you're reading this, you should be able to download Silverlight 2.0 . If you're using earlier releases of the Silverlight plug-in now, you'll be automatically Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:11 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Do You have what "IT" takes?

The TechNet team is expanding and looking for a broad community-focused IT Pro Evangelist in the New England area. Here's the quick and dirty overview: This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic presentation team and help the IT Pro Evangelist team Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:18 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

MSDN Follow-up: Silverlight 2

Click the image to the right to get my Silverlight 2 presentation slides. This wraps up my set of three posts to follow up on questions asked during the MSDN events in Nashua and Stamford. Let me again invite you to send me an e-mail if there's something Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:28 PM by joneil | 4 Comments

MSDN Follow-up: Visual Studio Tools for Office

First things first.... you can download the content from my SkyDrive below. Next, let's address the unanswered questions I recall from the sessions. Again, if I missed your question, just shoot me a quick e-mail. Where can I download the prerequisites Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:39 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

MSDN Follow-up: SQL Server 2008 For Developers

Breaking news! Content now available This is the first of three postings I'm writing to follow up on the MSDN Events sessions I delivered in Nashua, NH, and Stamford, CT, on the 1st and 2nd of this month. There were a lot of great questions that I didn't Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:18 PM by joneil | 2 Comments

MSDN Events Coming to a City Near You!

First of all, thanks to the folks in Nashua, NH, and Stamford, CT, who attended the first sessions of this quarter's content: What's New in SQL Server 2008 for Developers Power Up Your Office Applications with VSTO Build Next Generation Applications with Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 05, 2008 12:44 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
 
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