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Inside FedEx QuickShip

About 18 months ago, FedEx stood onstage with Bill Gates, as they launched FedEx QuickShip. John Mullinax (DPE), Chris Bryant (Microsft GPM, Office), and I teamed up on the evangelism effort, with help from a lot of folks – including some great people Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:44 PM by jonbox | 0 Comments
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Russ Fustino brings back Russ’ Toolshed

Russ Fustino is one of my favorite evangelists of all time. Years ago, he used to do presentations with the theme of a construction worker (including the construction hat and tools). To me, he made this job cool. Now, he’s back in a big way. Here’s the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:14 AM by jonbox | 0 Comments
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Thrive for Developers

Microsoft has put together Thrive - a website  all about helping developers survive the recession and manage their careers in this tough economy. Thrive pulls together a ton of great resources to help you learn new tasks faster, get access to discounted Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:41 PM by jonbox | 0 Comments
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CMA, Silverlight, Live Translation

As some of you know, I and my teammates have been working on activities at the CMA Music Fest . We had a great time, as you can tell on my Facebook pages. Since it’s Microsoft’s end of year, we are now busily documenting the successes of the year including Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 20, 2009 4:57 PM by jonbox | 0 Comments
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A Simple Explanation of Software-plus-Services

Christoph pointed out a video that explains our S+S story in a simple and informative way. It’s here on YouTube, and also here on Soapbox.   Software-plus-Services is the next logical step in the evolution of computing. It represents an industry Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:38 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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Jeff Blankenburg gives 10 factors of Zune vs. iPod

Jeff’s blog looks fantastic these days. He’s using Silverlight. The content is dynamic. The design is eye pleasing. Moreover, he’s got some great posts, on a variety of topics – spam filtering, his 2009 goals, cloud computing, etc. While he’s busy working Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:22 AM by jonbox | 2 Comments
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Missed the PDC? See MSDN Developer Conference.

There are a variety of cities holding these, like Detroit in January . Go see my DPE teammates in action. Read More...
Posted Friday, November 07, 2008 2:40 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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"Ask The Brain" about PDC 2008

Now, here's an interesting site. I can go to AskTheBrain.com to ask questions about PDC 2008 . It's pretty smart too. Read More...
Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 2:10 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments

Jon Box Talks Mobility on "Thirsty Developer" Show, plus a little about Chicago

Two weeks ago, I was in Chicago with the rest of the Central Region DPE team. It's always great to catch up with folks that you work with virtually and rarely see. We have a little fun but we work too. During the day, we're taking care of business - reviewing Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 11:14 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments

ArcReady starts back up in September

The ArcReady series is back with " Architecting Modern Distributed Applications ". Nearly every application we build today has dependencies to other systems. How do we design them to work together to meet our goals? How do we decide what to Read More...
Posted Monday, September 08, 2008 11:34 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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Compare Windows vs Linux

For years, Linux has been formidable competitor to Windows - for some good reasons, but sometimes from folks who speak out of un-education (typically religious positions). In years past, I've pointed out resources to clarify this (from my first blog pushing Read More...
Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 10:56 AM by jonbox | 0 Comments

Next Web Talk at our Cincinnati Office, June 12, RSVP

Register Join Microsoft and Pluralsight in a timely discussion on Next Web In this seminar, you will take part in a technical exploration of the latest technologies Microsoft has to offer, and how you can take advantage of those technologies to provide Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:32 PM by jonbox | 0 Comments

My Next Few Weeks

They are going to be some busy ones - but I'm looking forward to them. Metro Mobility Hands-On Lab in Memphis - May 13-15. A 3 day event where we cover the fundamentals of building applications on Windows Mobile. We have a couple of seats left. Contact Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:09 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments

Why Develop for Windows Vista

Just ran across this page after the latest MSDN Flash featuring Jennifer's return (welcome back, Mrs. Marsman!).   Titled "Why Develop for Windows Vista" , it's a nice summary of why developing applications for Windows Vista is a smart Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:39 AM by jonbox | 2 Comments

Thought Leadership: Steelcase, Live Labs, Photosynth, Seadragon, and John Mullinax

This title is an interesting combination of entities. Let me explain how I came to this conclusion. In the context of something that I preach to my sons and groups that I speak to, let me say that "learning should never end, or you'll be unemployed Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 8:06 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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