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February 2009 - Posts

Hat’s Off to Pat

Thanks to Pat Tormey, leader of the New Hampshire .NET User Group , for organizing and hosting the first (of many, we hope) New Hampshire Code Camps at Daniel Webster College in Nashua. We had a crowd of about 110 developers, IT professionals, and all-round Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:37 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Windows 7 Peek at RC

I hope that wasn’t too much of a tease.  No, I don’ t have people in high places or any clout to pull strings; however, I did catch wind today of a recent post to the Windows 7 team blog .  To call it a ‘post’ does it an injustice though. Chaitanya Read More...
Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 5:57 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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PowerPoint Tidbit

I’m in presentation-building mode once again, stealing researching materials for the upcoming Northeast Roadhshow , and I’ve been reusing a cool feature in PowerPoint that (apparently) isn’t all that well known. You know those slides you’ve seen with Read More...
Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 10:42 PM by joneil | 1 Comments
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Azure, Debugging, and Mobile... Oh My!

Hello Syracuse and neighbors!  Yours truly will be in town on Thursday, March 5th, at the Regal Carousel Mall Stadium 17 theater for the only MSDN Event in the Northeast this quarter. The program is free, and runs from 1 to 5 p.m.   You Read More...
Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 7:48 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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H is for… HierarchyID

hierarchyid is a new system data type in SQL Server 2008 used to represent a position within a hierarchy.  The value of an hierarchyid column is an encoded representation of the path from the root to the given node (row) – kind of like a directory/file Read More...
Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 12:00 AM by joneil | 6 Comments
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New Hampshire Code Camp Wants You

I was poking around and happened upon the list of sessions for the upcoming (and inaugural) New Hampshire Code Camp next Saturday, February 28, on the campus of Daniel Webster College in Nashua. Top Chef Pat Tormey has cooked up some great speakers and Read More...
Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 1:03 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Prism 2: Now With Silverlight

Back in the fall on our Northeast Roadshow , I presented on the various User Interface Experience options available for both smart client and browser-based applications.  At the end of the discussion, I mentioned the Composite Application Guidance Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:11 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Northeast Roadshow – March Madness Edition

Updated 12 noon, Feb. 16th – Albany venue added!!! Updated 10 a.m., Mar 6th – Albany venue cancelled :( It's that time again, we're packing up the Griswold-mobile, stocking up on jerky, and refreshing our Starbucks cards for another swing through the Read More...
Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 5:53 AM by joneil | 7 Comments

G is for… Generation

Generation refers to a classification of managed memory that the Common Language Runtime (CLR) garbage collector uses to improve its performance.  The CLR garbage collector is an implementation of a tracing garbage collector or more specifically, Read More...
Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 12:00 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Something Cool for the CRS crowd

Do you suffer from CRS syndrome, you know ‘Can’t Remember Stuff’ (or something like that…).  Well, Microsoft Recite may be just what you need.  Recite is a Windows Mobile 6-based application that you can use to record notes to yourself on your Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 15, 2009 4:14 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Inaugural Meeting: New England ASP.NET Professionals

There’s a new user group in town. Spearheaded by Dean Serrentino, the New England ASP.NET Professionals Group will focus on practices for building web applications with ASP.NET and related technologies. The group will be meeting regularly on the 4th Tuesday Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 14, 2009 12:20 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Are You Game to Win $5000?

Check out this new Silverlight developer competition in which you could pocket $5000 for showcasing your Silverlight skills.  The contest rules aren’t that apparent from the site unless you register (or spot the tiny link in the footer), so I’m copying Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:06 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Thank You Syracuse – I’ll Be Back (March 5th)

Thanks to newly crowed MVP, Andy Beaulieu, for the invitation to speak on all things Services at the Central New York .NET Developer Group last night.  For those of you that didn’t get a chance to get the Microsoft Tag leading to the download, here Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:23 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

Code Camp 11 - “Developer Stimulus Package”

Here’s one stimulus package that causes no debate.  The team of Chris^2 ( Chris Bowen and Chris Pels ) has announced the 11th edition of the institution that is the New England Code Camp. This time around, it will be a one day mega-event.  Come Read More...
Posted Monday, February 09, 2009 7:51 PM by joneil | 4 Comments
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SharePoint Saturday – March 14th

Join your fellow ‘pointers for a free , all-day event of technical sessions and networking. Registration is now open! The event will be held at the Microsoft Office at 201 Jones Road in Waltham, MA on Saturday, March 14th. A call for speakers is also Read More...
Posted Monday, February 09, 2009 6:44 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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F is for… F#

F# is the new kid on the block in terms of .NET languages.  Currently in CTP form , it will be one of the .NET languages proper with the release of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. What makes F# different is its focus on being a functional Read More...
Posted Monday, February 09, 2009 12:31 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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E is for… Extension Method

Extension methods were added to C# 3.0 and Visual Basic 9.0, coinciding with the release of Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5.  An extension method allows you to add to the definition of a compiled type, including classes, structures, Read More...
Posted Monday, February 02, 2009 12:00 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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