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D&D on Microsoft Surface …

kkaragan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:28:00 GMT

SurfaceScapes is a proof-of-concept platform being developed by students at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) for playing tabletop role-playing games. Heir prototype was developed around playing D&D. Watch the video and notice...(read more)

TechNet: 77 Windows 7 Tips

kkaragan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:01:44 GMT

On TechNet, Keith Ward has posted 77 Windows 7 Tips . A few cool ones that are new to me: Shift to and from Explorer and CommandPrompt . The classic Windows power toy Open Command Prompt Here is now an integral part of Windows 7 Explorer. Hold down the...(read more)

Web Application Toolkits Available

kkaragan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:39:52 GMT

Seven Web Application Toolkits are available for download at the MSDN Code Gallery . These toolkits are aim to provide web developers with resources (such as project templates, controls, code samples, and documentation) in a consistent packaged format...(read more)

Slides from Jason Beres Silverlight talk

kkaragan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:16:00 GMT

Jason Beres has posted his slides from a talk he gave at the NY MYC: http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/jason_beres/archive/2009/09/16/silverlight-slides-and-code.aspx...(read more)

Thrive Community offers new Technical Skills as Well as Career Skills

kkaragan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:49:37 GMT

Microsoft's new Thrive Community offers a place to learn new skills, look for new job opportunities, and connect with your peers. The web development track of the site has comprehensive list of resources in some of the newest and hottest Microsoft technologies....(read more)

ASP.Net MVC Firestarter Event in NYC Oct. 3, 2009

kkaragan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:38:49 GMT

From the site : In March 2009, Microsoft added a new option for developing web applications on the .NET platform: the ASP.NET MVC Framework 1.0. You've probably heard quite a bit of buzz in the Microsoft web development community about it. But perhaps...(read more)

MSR Doloto download available

kkaragan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:29:25 GMT

Doloto is a Microsoft Research project that has the goal of making Web 2.0 apps faster. "The goal of the project is to make Web 2.0 applications run faster," Livshits says. "This is a whole new area, as far as software development and how to optimize...(read more)

Interesting Posts at InfoQ

kkaragan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:24:55 GMT

A few interesting posts caught my attention at InfoQ today: .NETZ – Compression and Packing for .NET Libraries " From the beginning, the .NET runtime had a decent packaging system based on a collection of assemblies. While far better than loose script...(read more)

ReadWriteWeb: Microsoft Launches Tools For Teachers

kkaragan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:15:27 GMT

The article talks about the Math Worksheet Generator that's built on top of Microsoft's Math Engine. This tool help teachers devise new match problems for their students: " Microsoft's Education Labs launched a new project this afternoon and it's better...(read more)

MSResearch: WorldWide Telescope’s New Frontier

kkaragan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:06:39 GMT

News about the latest WW Telescope release : "Examine astronomical data in unprecedented detail. Take a Web tour of the universe. Explore the heavens in 3-D. WorldWide Telescope keeps expanding its horizons. On Aug. 17, the External Research division...(read more)

VentureBeat: Speech, touchscreen — been there, done that. What’s the user interface of tomorrow?

kkaragan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:02:25 GMT

Interesting article by Microsoft Research's Mary Czerwinski on the new ways that we might interface with computers in the future: Muscle Interfaces, Tongue-based interaction, Bionic Contact Lenses, etc. " The idea is that by freeing people from keyboard-based...(read more)

NYT: A Hired Gun for Microsoft, in Pursuit of Google

kkaragan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:40:39 GMT

A very interesting article at the New York Times by Miguel Helft about Qi Lu , the President of Microsoft's Online Services Division [ Wikipedia ]: "Qi Lu knows as well as anyone just how difficult it is to take on Google. For nearly a decade, Mr. Lu...(read more)

Customer Development Methodology

kkaragan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:50:00 GMT

Nigel Eccles, co-founder and CEO of Hubdub Ltd, guest blogs about the 'Customer Development Methodology' developed by Steve Blank, and outlined in his book ' The Four Steps to the Epiphany' at TechCrunch - Europe. Nigel discusses how he applied this to...(read more)

NYT: Scents and the City

kkaragan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:46:00 GMT

If you'll be visiting the New York MTC, or New York City in the not too distant future you might find this olfactory guide to the city either useful or entertaining: NYT: Scents and the City :-)...(read more)

Recent SharePoint News - August 31, 2009

kkaragan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:42:00 GMT

· Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog: SharePoint 2010 Partner Training for SharePoint 2007 Partners! “ SharePoint 2007 Partners: You’ve heard the buzz about SharePoint 2010 and seen the sneak peeks. Now learn how you can get ready to start building with and...(read more)