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Moving ...
I'm at blog.microsoft-j.net now. Something of a personal ego-trip. Visit me there ... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:37 AM by JSawyer | 0 Comments

Reinvigorating the Blog
Well, if anyone is still reading this, I'm quite surprised. I've not written in here for quite some time. There's been a lot going on, mostly personal that I won't go into here. Also, to be honest, I've had a hard time thinking of stuff that hasn't already Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:11 PM by JSawyer | 1 Comments

Some people really need PowerPoint training ...
So ... I spent the better part of this evening working on 2 presentations that I am delivering for the first time next week. Of course, I usually try to find existing PPT decks and then customize them from there ... why reinvent the wheel, right? Usually Read More...

Posted Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:21 PM by JSawyer | 4 Comments

KatrinaSafe: 1 Year Later
It's funny ... today is, of course, 9/11 ... and the five year anniversary of the most horrific attack on the US since Pearl Harbor. Yet, as I look at my blog and it's history, it is also the day (only a year later) that I left Austin and signed off the Read More...

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 3:21 PM by JSawyer | 1 Comments

Commerce Starter Kit 2.0: Beta 2
Commerce Starter Kit 2.0 Beta 2 has been unleashed on the world! You can check it out at http://www.commercestarterkit.org . And, thanks to Mark from UltimaHosts, you can play with a live demo at http://www.cskdev.com . What is it? It's on Open Source Read More...

Posted Sunday, June 04, 2006 10:02 AM by JSawyer | 0 Comments

Security Event Content: Dallas & Lafayette
Here's the content from the security events last week. Dallas Security Summit : Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle Lafayette TechSouth: Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle Secure Application Development Principles and Best Practices Read More...

Posted Monday, May 01, 2006 9:35 AM by JSawyer | 1 Comments

Visual Studio Team System Launch: Houston Edition
The VSTS Launch is coming to Houston! This is pretty exciting stuff ... I've really been blown away by Team System and am very, very excited about what it will bring to the development process. The Team System Launch is on Tuesday, April 25 at the Cinemark Read More...

Posted Friday, April 21, 2006 11:26 AM by JSawyer | 0 Comments

Visual Studio Team System Launch: Houston Edition
The VSTS Launch is coming to Houston! This is pretty exciting stuff ... I've really been blown away by Team System and am very, very excited about what it will bring to the development process. The Team System Launch is on Tuesday, April 25 at the Cinemark Read More...

Posted Friday, April 21, 2006 11:26 AM by JSawyer | 0 Comments

ASP.NET 2.0's Best Kept Secret?
I don't know ... maybe it is. What am I talking about? The Health Monitoring features of ASP.NET 2.0. It's one of the new services APIs that have been added into the ASP.NET runtime -- like membership, profiles, roles, etc -- and it's just there waiting to be used and/or extended. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 21, 2006 7:43 AM by JSawyer | 1 Comments

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Compuware and Microsoft present: Find Security Vulnerabilities in Your Applications Before Hackers Do
How does a buffer overrun work? What can I do to protect myself from SQL Injection? How do hackers exploit vulnerabilities? Please join Microsoft and Compuware for a comprehensive look at the answers to these questions. We will provide guidance on how Read More...

Posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:41 PM by JSawyer | 1 Comments

In the quest for more speed ...
Always, always there is the quest for more speed from my computer. I admit it ... I'm impatient and I like to have a fast computer. What geek doesn't? So ... with that in mind, I went down the path of my yearly system upgrade. It's not as radical as last Read More...

Posted Friday, November 04, 2005 12:29 PM by JSawyer | 1 Comments

Materials from Baton Rouge Events
Well, finally got to do the events in Baton Rouge. After all the weather excitement recently, it was really good to get down there for these events. Momentum, as always did a great job hosting! By popular request, here's the materials from the event to Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:58 AM by JSawyer | 0 Comments

After Rita ... some thoughts
Well, Rita came through. For a time, it looked like it was going to hit home here in Houston. We were lucky and dodged the bullet. Folks in East Texas and Southwest Louisiana ... not so lucky. Yes, I evacuated. Didn't want to take any chances. However, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:33 PM by JSawyer | 0 Comments

KatrinaSafe - End Game
For those of you that have been following, we released a new version of KatrinaSafe on Friday. We accomplished quite a bit on the web site from an architectural perspective that involved a great deal of refactoring, but little new functionality. The Smart Read More...

Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 2:49 PM by JSawyer | 1 Comments

KatrinaSafe at PDC BOF Session
If you are going to the PDC, there will be a Birds of a Feather session that will talk about how technology can be used to respond to a disaster like Katrina. It's called "Katrina Relief through technology" and will be on Monday, September 12 at 7:00 Read More...

Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 2:31 PM by JSawyer | 1 Comments

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