March 2007 - Posts

Office 2007 Tips and Tricks in Bloomington, IL
28 March 07 01:23 PM | pmaroun | 0 Comments   

Attend the Microsoft Office 2007 Tips and Tricks and discover how your organization can get more out of today's Office. Today, more than ever, you must constantly evaluate both the way you work and the tools you use. You need to seek out and make the Read More...

Filed under: Community, Office

Happy Birthday
26 March 07 01:35 PM | pmaroun | 1 Comments   

Happy 10th Birthday to Visual Studio ! It's amazing at how much power and productivity is packed into the current Visual Studio .net development environment: web applications, web services, windows applications, windows services, AJAX, mobile development, Read More...

Filed under: .net

Visual Studio Tools for Office Straight from the Experts
21 March 07 06:21 PM | pmaroun | 0 Comments   

"VSTO: Straight from the Experts" webcast series will begin during April and run through May. VSTP Product Manager Mike Hernandez will be interviewing several VSTO experts, asking them to discuss solutions they've built with VSTO and talk about the things Read More...

Filed under: .net, Office

Free Developer Training
21 March 07 05:52 PM | pmaroun | 1 Comments   

Angelab posted on how to get free developer training (for a limited time). If you havent tried any of the the e-learning titles--they are a nice way to learn. Easy, no-fuss, and no-mess. You don't even need the software--as the online virtual labs have Read More...

Filed under: .net

.NET 3.0 at the Bloomington, IL .NET User Group
19 March 07 10:02 AM | pmaroun | 0 Comments   

Location: Microsoft Corp, 2203 E. Empire Street Suite J Bloomington Illinois 61704 United States Start Time: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:00 PM Central Time (US & Canada) End Time: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:00 PM Central Time (US & Canada) Product(s): Read More...

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Top Ten Reasons Why I Like Working for Microsoft
16 March 07 11:52 AM | pmaroun | 1 Comments   

I've been an employee of Microsoft for less than a year. My initial impressions are that I made a good career choice. Here are ten reasons why I believe this to be true. (I may revisit this in another year or so.) I can get MS career advice from a blog Read More...

Filed under: Other, Humor

Under the Influence
16 March 07 10:58 AM | pmaroun | 0 Comments   

I usually work best when I'm under the influence of some kind of drug. Today, it happens to be caffeine as I'm on my second Venti Latte at Starbucks . Last night, my drug of choice was Ketel One at a bar in my hotel. Read More...

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AJAX Security
16 March 07 07:49 AM | pmaroun | 0 Comments   

Last month at the Bloomington, IL .NET User Group, Dave Bost presented on AJAX. One of the questions from the audience was, "How does AJAX .net security compare with other AJAX frameworks and is AJAX secure." Good question. I think the answer lies in Read More...

Filed under: .net

I Don't Know
16 March 07 07:19 AM | pmaroun | 1 Comments   

I have a few friends that are considering entering the IT field. Some of the concerns I hear from them are, "There is too much to learn" and "How can I keep up". I think they have some good points. I like to feel that I was hired on at Microsoft because Read More...

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Team Systems User Group in Chicago
14 March 07 09:29 AM | pmaroun | 1 Comments   

Date: April 11, 2007 Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: Microsoft Corporation 77 West Wacker Dr, Suite 2300 Chicago, IL 60601 Join us for the maiden voyage of the Chicago Visual Studio Team System User group! Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System is the Read More...

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Why am I excited about this?
05 March 07 07:16 PM | pmaroun | 1 Comments   

Starting tomorrow, Xbox Live members will be able to download an HD version of the South Park episode Good Times with Weapons . OK, SouthPark in HD can't be all that cool... I watch a lot of HD content, so nothing special there... Maybe I'm excited because Read More...

Filed under: XBox

My New Homepage
03 March 07 07:25 PM | pmaroun | 1 Comments   

For every search at Click for a Cause , Microsoft contributes to ninemillion.org , a UN agency-led campaign providing education and sports programs for the nine million refugee youth around the world. Read More...

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