April 2008 - Posts

I'll be at BarCamp San Diego this Saturday, May 3
28 April 08 10:41 PM | llangit | 2 Comments   

It'll be my first time to BarCamp in San Diego (have been at one in LA before). These are fun, very relaxed and you can learn a thing or two as well. This one is being held at the Microsoft office in San Diego. Microsoft office San Diego So if you are Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, ASP.NET development, Technical Conference, Fun

Search Commands
28 April 08 07:35 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

I am spending quite a bit time using good old Word these days (writing the book). So, what's new there? Well, it turns out that Office Labs launched last week. Being the curious gal that I am, I played around with Search Commands. I like the partial word-match Read More...

Filed under: Fun

Live Mesh Launched
24 April 08 07:00 PM | llangit | 2 Comments   

Geoff blogged about it. Also c10 video - interesting stuff. Are you on the beta yet? Hands on with Live Mesh Live Mesh Launched Read More...

Filed under: Fun

Michael B. Oren - "Power, Faith, and Fantasy"
22 April 08 04:47 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

A good read. Eloquent writing and interesting history. I've just started this one, but am quite gripped by it so far. Here's a sample of the writing (from page 6): "There (in London) he gained the attention of the prestigious African Society and of its Read More...

Filed under: Art

The Mystery of MDX
21 April 08 05:34 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

As I am 'writing along' I am becoming reacquainted with an old friend - MDX (Multi-dimensional expression query language for SSAS OLAP cubes). It does take a particular mindset to wrap one's head around querying an n-dimensional structure. Days past, Read More...

Filed under: BI, SQL Server 2008

Heroes Happen Here Launch in Second Life -- April 26th, 2008
19 April 08 05:41 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Although Second Life is one place that I haven't spent any time (yet!), my buddy and fellow evangelist from Texas, Zain Naboulsi is doing quite a bit of evangelism there. He's now leading a 'Heroes Happen Here' VS/Windows/SQL 2008 LIVE virtual launch Read More...

Filed under: MSDN events, Fun

SQL Server 2008 Data Mining
17 April 08 06:41 AM | llangit | 4 Comments   

Here's the deck from the talk I gave to the user group tonight. It includes information about Data Mining enhancements in the recently released SQL Server 2008 CTP 6. Download the deck to view as intended (some slides don't display properly in some browsers.) Read More...

Filed under: BI

Writing is Understanding
16 April 08 03:34 PM | llangit | 7 Comments   

As my regular blog readers may know, I am writing again. I am working on a big project - "Building Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2008" (for MSPress to be published later this year). When I am writing, I need a few things: 1) Quiet time Read More...

Filed under: Art

Using Silverlight over Sockets
16 April 08 02:17 AM | llangit | 2 Comments   

Interesting article about using Silverlight 2.0 over Sockets. If you don't read a Scandinavian language, use SysTran to translate it. Robert Folkesson : Nätverkskommunikation och Sockets i Silverlight Read More...

Filed under: ASP.NET development

Where's Lynn in April 2008?
14 April 08 07:58 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Many of you have been pinging me - 'where are you?', 'we missed you at this event, that event? ' etc...Yeah, I've been hermit-like, writing and researching my new book. I will be out-and-about in SoCal in April and here's where I'll be. As I said at last Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Technical Conference, Fun, Helping

Combining Silverlight and JavaScript
14 April 08 05:54 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   

I get this question so often when I present information about Silverlight, that I thought I'd just link to a great blog entry from Matt Manela that describes the process in detail. This Blog Can Also Be A Hat : Combining Silverlight and JavaScript Read More...

Filed under: MSDN events, ASP.NET development

Nathan gets a job - from CodeWtrN8
11 April 08 04:39 PM | llangit | 2 Comments   

I'll bet you didn't have an job interview like this one . Happy to hear that Nathan aced it, and got the job. CodeWtrN8 Read More...

Filed under: Fun

SQL Server 2008 Education Day - Saturday, May 17 in Irvine, CA
11 April 08 06:02 AM | llangit | 4 Comments   

We are hosting a FREE day-long event at the Microsoft Irvine,CA office all around SQL Server 2008. We are trying something a bit new in that we'll be providing content for both Developers and for ITPros. If you are interested in attending, please register Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, BI, SQL Server 2008

VPL is calling me...
09 April 08 09:44 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Oh no, I thought I was going to learn F# next, but then I saw this! Oh there simply aren't enough hours in the day! I am thinking about adding VPL to the Microsoft DigiGirlz summer camp curriculum. What the heck is VPL? From MSDN: "Microsoft Visual Programming Read More...

Filed under: Fun

Top 10 things to know about Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5
08 April 08 06:46 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

This is such a perfectly written, concise, intelligently-linked list, I just had to pass it along to all of you - thanks to Daniel Moth! The Moth: Top 10 things to know about Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Read More...

Filed under: ASP.NET development

SoCal MSDN Launch - download Lynn Langit's .ppt decks
07 April 08 10:50 PM | llangit | 4 Comments   

**UPDATE** Download recordings of my .NET 3.5 demos and sample source files here . Daniel Egan's blog here . Tim Heuer's blog here . 1. Intro deck - this deck is displaying strangely in the browser, download the deck so that you can see it as it was designed. Read More...

Filed under: MSDN events, Southern California, ASP.NET development, Technical Conference

How Do I: Create an ASP.NET AJAX Extender from Scratch?
07 April 08 05:38 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Are you using the ASP.NET AJAX controller extenders yet? If not, go here , to grab them. They provide useful functionality like animating Update Panels, adding Callouts to Validators, adding Resizing to Controls and much more. Here's something even beyond Read More...

Filed under: MSDN events, Southern California, ASP.NET development

Heroes happen {here} - Hands On Lab Manuals
05 April 08 02:18 AM | llangit | 3 Comments   

I worked in the HOLs for Launch, I thought that the labs were pretty good. Particularly these for VS2008: WCF & REST; WCF & WF; C# 3.0 Language Enhancements. I also liked these SQL Server 2008 labs: Change Data Capture; Policy-Based Management; Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Technical Conference, BI

FREE Silverlight Training for Developers
04 April 08 09:21 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   

Wanting to get going with Silverlight? Here's some great FREE training from Mike Harsh, who is a PM on MS's Silverlight team. Learn how to make this custom video player and more - recommended. Silverlight Essential Training Read More...

Filed under: ASP.NET development

Southern California DigiGirlz Day
03 April 08 01:00 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

We hosted the first (annual) SoCal DigiGirlz Day on March 24, at the Microsoft Irvine, CA MTC. 105 high-school-aged girls experienced technologies around making/editing/hosting/sharing movies. We'll host a summer camp (already registered full!), and offer Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Fun, Helping

Rejected Launch Marketing - The Code Trip
02 April 08 02:58 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Leave it to my West Region colleagues - LOL :) Rejected Launch Marketing - The Code Trip Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Fun