July 2008 - Posts

Where in the world is SoCalDevGal?
27 July 08 06:14 PM | llangit | 3 Comments   

And, for extra credit, who took this picture? Read More...

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Help me plan technical events for you
26 July 08 06:56 AM | llangit | 2 Comments   

Tell me what you'd like to learn about right now. Thanks for voting! Which technologies do you need to learn more about right now? Silverlight LINQ WCF WPF SharePoint Other: > View Results PollDaddy.com Read More...

Filed under: MSDN events, Southern California, Technical Conference, Webcasts

Today's distraction - thoughts on Wabi Sabi
18 July 08 11:33 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

...and Agile programming, more here , picture from duff_sf's wabi-sabi flickr photostream Wabi Sabi Read More...

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BizTalk Services (R12) Release
17 July 08 12:01 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

From Clemens blog another interesting beta (CTP) released yesterday.  Are you interested in Cloud services?  Why or why not, I am interested in YOUR opinion. Clemens Vasters, Bldg 42 : Announcing the Microsoft Code-Name "BizTalk Services" Read More...

Filed under: Cloud development

MVC Filter Interceptors and more
15 July 08 04:45 AM | llangit | 3 Comments   

What you don't read ScottGu's blog?  Who DOESN'T read his blog?  Well, apparently me - the MVC stuff is flying out the door.  Are you keeping up?  Are you using it yet?  How's it going?  Let me know. I'll be reading his next Read More...

Filed under: ASP.NET development

Vibro.NET : Announcing the Beta release of “Zermatt” Developer Identity Framework
13 July 08 06:37 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   

Interested in the 'identity problem'?  Sometimes these quiet, little betas should really get more attention.  If nothing else, you can learn about the three styles of handling claims-based identity - active, passive or 'passive-aggressive' .  Read More...

Filed under: CardSpace

Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008: il libro. - Impedance Mismatch
12 July 08 03:24 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

One of my co-authors for my new SQL Server 2008 BI book (Davide Mauri) hails from Milan and blogged about the book in Italian.  My Italian isn't great, but it amused me greatly to read about the book in another language.   It is quite charming Read More...

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Thanks to SouthBay.NET UG
11 July 08 08:21 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   

Thanks to the great team that runs the South Bay.NET UG in Torrance, CA for inviting me to speak last night.  I am really impressed by the quality of the UG that your team has grown in such a short period of time (a little over a year).  If Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, BI

geekSpeak taking off the month of July -see you in August
10 July 08 12:28 AM | llangit | 2 Comments   

Oops, I forgot to mention this.  We'll be back, better than ever in August.  See the link below for links to our four August shows. geekSpeak : geekSpeak taking off the month of July -see you in August Read More...

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Do you search on yourself?
07 July 08 02:46 AM | llangit | 3 Comments   

Of course you do.  I mean, c'mon we all do.  But how creative are you?  What parameters do you use?  It is fun when you find things like the blog entry shown below though.  Of course, I'll be needing to suggest that you 'live Read More...

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Just take a break and...Dance!
02 July 08 09:41 PM | llangit | 3 Comments   

Matt rules! Where The Hell Is Matt? Read More...

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