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December 2008 - Posts

I Hereby Resolve To ...

Having trouble figuring out how to fill in the blanks? Fret no longer; I found this link to a Resolution Randomizer on Brad Abrams's blog, and it's too fun not to forward on. Plus it's a Silverlight application and, therefore, legitimately work-related Read More...
Posted Friday, December 26, 2008 9:23 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Express Yourself for Half the Price!

I just got an e-mail letting me know of a 50% off promotion (for US residents) at the Microsoft Store on the Expression suite of products , including the entire Studio as well as the stand-alone components, Expression Web and Expression Blend . So you Read More...
Posted Monday, December 22, 2008 10:32 AM by joneil | 2 Comments

Workflow Foundation and Unit Testing

Most of the presentations you have probably seen on Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), including the one I gave during the recent Northeast Roadshow , focus on the abstraction of business activities and the automatic management of the instance lifecycle Read More...
Posted Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:01 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Silverlight DataGrid Update

During the recent Northeast Roadshow series, I talked about data binding in Silverlight and mentioned a number of data-oriented controls that are part of the Silverlight 2 release as well some recently added to the Silverlight Toolkit . While we didn't Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 20, 2008 11:46 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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WomenBuild at MDC

By now, I'm sure you've heard of the MSDN Developer Conference coming to Boston on January 22nd (and New York City on Jan 20th). If you haven't, it's $99 for a day's worth of presentations in three tracks covering a host of topics that first got exposure Read More...
Posted Friday, December 19, 2008 6:16 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Another Roadshow Gone By

As I write this post, I'm looking out the window at the first two four inches of what promises to be a bona-fide Winter storm - a fitting end to the 2008 Winter Northeast Roadshow series. As always, it was great to see familiar faces, as well as a number Read More...
Posted Friday, December 19, 2008 3:55 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Good News... Bad News...

The good news : Netflix's implementation of Silverlight for instant viewing of movies has been a great success, with Steve Swasey, VP of Corporate Communications for Netflix, noting that 'our player is much easier to install and use now with Silverlight' Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 13, 2008 12:01 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Thoughts from FLEX Camp Boston

Somewhat like a fish out of water, I wound my way to Bentley University for Flex Camp Boston today (or should i say "slid" my way due to the ice storm). Of course Adobe is a primary competitor of Microsoft, but at the same time it was great to see some Read More...
Posted Friday, December 12, 2008 7:32 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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New England Data Camp v1.0 In Waltham - Jan 24th

The New England SQL Server User Group and the Southern New England SQL Server Users Group have joined forces to host a free, full-day Code Camp-style event at the Microsoft Office on Jones Road in Waltham, Massachusetts, on Saturday, January 24. What's Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:17 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Farmington Northeast Roadshow Traffic Update

Great news! The construction at Batterson Park Road that threw us for (and some of you literally into) a loop for the last Northeast Roadshow has completed, and it should be smooth sailing into the Microsoft office tomorrow. Chris and I hope to see you Read More...
Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 1:09 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

REST Starter Kit Service Behavior

I got a great question from an attendee at the Williston, Vermont, stop on the Northeast Roadshow yesterday regarding the behavior of a REST Starter Kit service that I was demonstrating. My demo is pretty simple: I hard code a collection right in the Read More...
Posted Friday, December 05, 2008 7:18 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

On the Road With Chris and Jim

Chris and I in Williston, Vermont, on the first leg of our Winter Roadshow .... emphasis on Winter as you can see from the photo taken as we headed out from our hotel to the first venue in Rochester. We've got four more shows coming up over the next two Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:05 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

Experience Windows 7 at the MDc

Hot off the presses! Attendees at the MSDN Developer Conferences being held over the next couple months will each receive a DVD containing Windows 7 Beta 1. So not only will you be "among the first to see Windows 7", you'll be among the first to install Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:55 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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