Paul Johnson's Technology Musings : microsoft

Social Bookmarking Buzz

pajohn — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:36:00 GMT

Some great information, feedback, and reviews of the new Social Bookmarking application for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression have been coming through. See the following posts below about the new apps!

John Martin - http://blogs.technet.com/johmar/archive/2008/09/08/now-live-social-bookmarking-v-1-0-for-microsoft-msdn-technet-and-expression-sites.aspx

Chris Slemp - http://blogs.msdn.com/cslemp/archive/2008/09/09/launched-social-bookmarking-v1-on-msdn-and-technet-video.aspx

Somasegar - http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/09/11/social-bookmarking-platform-released.aspx

Dan Rigsby - http://www.danrigsby.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/10/msdn-social-bookmarks/

Dzone - http://www.dzone.com/links/msdn_social_bookmarks.html

Dotnetkicks - http://www.dotnetkicks.com/community/MSDN_Social_Bookmarks

Digg - http://digg.com/microsoft/MSDN_and_TechNet_Social_Bookmarking_Launch_Video

Yahoo Buzz - http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:787ce19b08403d28fd98d661ae62c0cd:f479fb24bc251bbe4cb88301743fc5d9

MSDN, TechNet, and Expression Social Bookmarking v1.0 Released!

pajohn — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:20:00 GMT

The new release of Social Bookmarking for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression is Live! Check out the new release with the links below and read about the new features.

TechNet Social Bookmarking

MSDN Social Bookmarking

Expression Social Bookmarking

Along with this release of social bookmarking, updates were also released to MSDN/TechNet Search and Forums. Some great new stuff to check out here and more on the way!

If you've been along since the preview release, here are some new features I think are worth checking out. To start with, there's now the ability to search for other users in the system. From this search, you can find that user's bookmarks, forum threads, and other community content, along with RSS Feeds. Speaking of RSS, we've added RSS Feeds for all users' bookmarks, which can be filtered by time range and tag. There are also new tools, including one to import browser bookmarks and other export formats such as del.icio.us.

Oh yeah, one more thing.. you can now tag something with "hyper-v"..

Add MSDN/TechNet "Bookmarklet" to Any Web Page

pajohn — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:45:00 GMT

John Martin posted some snippets allowing you to add a "Bookmark on MSDN" link to any page. See below.

http://blogs.technet.com/johmar/archive/2008/06/25/add-msdn-technet-bookmarklet-to-any-web-page.aspx

Tech Ed Winding Down

pajohn — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:16:00 GMT

Tech Ed is winding down and things are mellow around here this afternoon. Quite a few people have solidified spots on the beanbags in hopes they might get to take one home. Word is, that if they are here at 6:00 this evening, the chairs will be theirs. Over in the Tech Ed Online area, a guitarist is playing and singing some nice mellow tunes for all of us.

My presentation on Web Widgets went well this afternoon. Thanks to all those who were there. I got a good turnout with about 60 or more people, which was more than I had imagined might show up. I guess the topic was an attractive one. I'll work on putting an online version up soon, as several people asked for it. Unfortunately, the lunch sessions weren't recorded, but I'll do what I can to get the content up asap. Look for my ppt, speaking points, and some code samples up here soon.

Going to the Party

pajohn — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:24:00 GMT

Well, we're over half-way through Tech Ed 2008, and tonight is the big attendee party at Universal Studios. I'm looking forward to tonight, as the party sounds like a blast. Our group was down at Universal City Walk last night, and found some good music, food, and dancing. So, I think tonight will be a good one too.

My days at Tech Ed have been quite rewarding so far. The MSDN Zone has gotten a ton of traffic, so I've gotten to meet a lot of new people. Most everybody seems quite impressed with the work we've done for the Social Platform on MSDN. I've gotten lots of comments about Social Bookmarking, with lots of "cool" and "great" and "nice job". It's a ton of fun showing off something I've worked so hard on.

Outside of the booth shifts, I haven't gotten to see very many sessions unfortunately. I did see STO's Tim Shakirian's presentation today on building the MSDN feed service with WCF. It was a good session that was full of new information to me. He spoke at a lunch session in a room similar to the one I'll be speaking in tomorrow, so that also gave me a chance to scout the environment.

Well, I need some dinner before this party, so I'm heading out. Below are a couple pictures of our MSDN Zone with people this time. The beanbags have been a real hit, as you can see.

First View of Tech Ed Venue

pajohn — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:50:00 GMT

I made it to Orlando safe and sound, though tired as I could possibly be. Walking into the main floor erased any tiredness I was feeling. I'm so excited to be here!

I arrived a bit late, so I wasn't able to get my speaker pass yet, and the MSDN booth was closed and under guard. However, I snuck a few pictures for y'all. Tomorrow this place will be full of people, enjoy.

MSDN Zone (pic 1)

MSDN Zone (pic 2)

MSDN Zone (pic 3)

Tech Ed : Which Way Do I Go?

On My Way to Tech-Ed 2008

pajohn — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:08:00 GMT

I'm a bit delirious here on the plane, but what better time to write? My ride to the airport this morning arrived at 4:30 AM and I've had hardly a moment's sleep. I'm a very good procrastinator, especially with things like packing for a trip. So, I was up until 1:00 AM doing just that. Then, when I tried to finally go to sleep, all I could do was think about Tech-Ed and my upcoming presentation on Friday. I think I drifted into a strange sort of dream/waking sleep for a few minutes, but otherwise, I'm running on empty right now. Hopefully the hotel beds are comfortable in Orlando.

I'll be at Tech-Ed all week and am pretty excited about it. I'll be working at the MSDN/TechNet booth in the Community area each day. Then, I will be giving a presentation on Friday during lunch. My presentation this year is titled "Web Widgets with ASP.Net - An Introduction to Rich, Interactive Syndication". I've got it pretty well down now, but still need to find a way to trim some of the time off. I only have a 45 minute slot, but could easily do an hour and a half on this topic. I've done well to pare it down the last couple times I've run through it, and am making sure to retain the most important points. If all goes well on Friday, I should have it down to 40 minutes, and leave 5 minutes at the end for questions.

I brought a small video camera with me this year. So, hopefully I'll get some good video of Tech-Ed and of my presentation as well. If so, I'll look to post it online as soon as possible. Additionally, I'll try to get a summary of my topic in print at some point.

Well, my eyes are hardly staying open and I'm hitting backspace more than actual characters at this point, so I'm gonna close it down for now. I'll write more once I'm in Orlando and rested up a bit. See ya there.