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Monday, December 22, 2008 9:00 AM

DevDinnerOnDemand: Introduction to ASP.NET MVC

ASP.NET MVC enables you to build Model View Controller (MVC) applications by using the ASP.NET framework. ASP.NET MVC is an alternative, not a replacement, for ASP.NET Web Forms that offers the following benefits: Clear separation of concerns Testability
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Friday, December 19, 2008 12:06 PM

Developer Dinner Update

A few people have contacted me asking about the Developer Dinners.  At the last dinner, I mentioned that we were going to try to move to a monthly cadence for the dinners.  I also mentioned that we were going to make recordings of the dinners
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:27 PM

Microsoft Public Sector Technology Conference - January 14, 2009, Sacramento, CA

I am pleased to announce the agenda and details for the Public Sector Technology Conference in Sacramento, CA to be held on January 14, 2009. ACTION REQUESTED: Please register today as space is limited!!! Event Date & Time: January 14, 2009 , 9:00
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 4:03 PM

Webcast Schedule for January 2009

Register today for our upcoming webcasts! Date Time Location Title and Registration Presenter Audience January 14, 2009 14:00 - 15:00 EST Webcast Building A Silverlight Application in 1 Hour Jesse Liberty Developers January 28, 2009 14:00 - 15:00 EST
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:06 AM

MSDN Webcast: Windows Presentation Foundation Application Model (Level 200)

Quick reminder to please join us today [ 12/17/2008 11:00:00 AM PACIFIC ]. Our guess speaker Jennifer Lee, program manager in the WPF team, will discuss  the WPF application model and some of the changes in .NET 3.5 SP1. Attendee Registration URL:
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:59 AM

Query Data with Parallel LINQ

Charlie Calvert published a blog entry on the subject. It is a nice, quick read on PLinQ. Check it out: http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2008/12/15/query-data-with-parallel-linq.aspx   Joel
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Monday, December 15, 2008 1:15 PM

DESIGNER DINNER: Expression Blend 2 deep dive

Sorry for the late notice, but my teammate James is hosting a Designer Dinner on Expression Blend 2 this Wednesday.  James is the new User Experience Evangelist (UXE) on our team.  The Designer Dinners are much like the Developer Dinners my
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Sunday, December 14, 2008 6:58 PM

WCAG 2.0 is now FINAL!!!

From SlashDot... "It has been going on nine years now, but finally there are formal standards for Web accessibility for technologies other than HTML . They ask that you start with the press release (lots of links), but regulars might be more entertained
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Friday, December 12, 2008 11:01 AM

IE 8 and Accessibility: Microsoft Improves IE8 for Disabled Users

From the article:   A post on the IEBlog by Accessibility Program Manager JP Gonzalez-Castellan highlights several user-interface features that should improve the accessibility of IE8, among them Caret Browsing, Adaptive Zoom and High DPI (Dots Per
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 2:29 PM

Silverlight experiences: http://www.myloc.gov

A refreshed Library of Congress  MyLOC site went live.  Some great Silverlight experiences here, be sure to check them out!  http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/creatingtheus/Pages/SlObjectList.aspx
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:45 AM

Microsoft Developer Conference Announcment!

Hey everyone in the Atlanta area. I'll be presenting an introduction to F# at the Microsoft Developer Conference next Tuesday the 16th at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Feel free to register at the following link: http://www.msdndevcon.com/Pages/Atlanta.aspx
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:32 AM

Target Silverlight and WPF using a common codebase

How do I build an application that targets both WPF and Silverlight? This question comes up quite a bit as I talk to people about both WPF and Silverlight.  Whenever I am asked this question, I always respond by letting people know that v2 of the
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:06 PM

FOLLOW UP: Reston Developer Conference 04DEC08

Vlad and I would like thank everyone for attending the conference!  Here are the downloads: What I’ve learned about Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4.0 (and beyond), Silverlight 3 (and beyond) – deck "Oslo" and "Dublin" Overview
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:34 AM

Raleigh Developer Dinner – Post Event Blog

Thank You! to everyone who attended the developer dinner. It was great to have the opportunity to finally do this in the Raleigh area and you should expect us to do more of these types of events. As promised here are some resources: Someone mention AJAX
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:37 AM

Accessibility in Windows 7

Just published on the Engineering Windows blog, a great article about accessibility in Windows 7 http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/11/30/accessibility-in-windows-7.aspx -Keith
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