January 2009 - Posts

Windows Azure screencast series for .NET Developers
28 January 09 10:09 PM | llangit | 4 Comments   

I am planning to record a many-part screencast (demo-filled) series for you, my .NET developer friends.  As I work on the outline and abstracts, it occurs to me that I might simply ask you, 'what topics would you like to see me cover?'  The Read More...

Filed under: ASP.NET development, Cloud development

PPS scorecarding & dashboarding now become part of SPS Enterprise
26 January 09 05:08 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   

The headline: "PerformancePoint scorecarding and dashboarding capabilities will now become part of SharePoint Enterprise CAL and available to customers who are on SharePoint SA. This means that customers who want to deploy PerformancePoint can do Read More...

Filed under: SharePoint, BI

Bruno's Blog
23 January 09 02:21 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Has a whole lot of useful information about working with Windows Azure.  Bruno (Terkaly) is my counter-part from NorCal.  RSS his blog. Bruno's Blog Read More...

Filed under: Cloud development

MSDN geekSpeak Feb 2009 shows
21 January 09 10:49 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Hey - we've got a great line-up for Feb 2009.  Join us LIVE and get your questions answered by our developer experts.  Shows are recorded each Wednesday from Noon to 1pm PST.  If you can make it to the live show, you can always catch the Read More...

Filed under: geekSpeak

Deck for SoCalCodeCamp presentation on SQL Server 2008 BI
19 January 09 08:36 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Bi2008 Plus Cloud Preview View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: bi cloud ) Check out the main SQL Server 2008 Data Mining site Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, BI, SQL Server 2008

SoCal Code Camp Jan 24 and Jan 25 -- also Silverlight 2.0 HOLs on Jan 22
19 January 09 04:34 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   

A busy event week in Socal.  SoCalCodeCamp runs this Sat/Sun - have you picked your sessions to attend yet?  Here's where I'll be in case you want to say 'hi' or you can just reach me via Twitter, Facebook, email or text.  I like to say, Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Technical Conference, Cloud development

New Azure User Group On line
17 January 09 05:59 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   

Is growing fast!  Join the national group and then join the Local Group(s) that you are interested in.  You'll get general info, links, videos, discussions and notification of events.   Groups - Azure User Group Read More...

Filed under: Cloud development

The truth of Winter
15 January 09 04:48 AM | llangit | 3 Comments   

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Filed under: Southern California, Fun

About Silverlight 2.0 Hands on Labs
14 January 09 07:09 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   

As regular blog readers know, we are hosting a series of Silverlight 2.0 proctored hands-on-labs in SoCal in January 2009.  Here is some information about these labs and this event. There are 3 labs in a folder named Silverlight 2.0 HOLs on the desktop Read More...

The best technical book of 2009
13 January 09 10:45 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

...was actually published in 2008, but it's really long and I've finally finished it!  It's called 'Information Modeling and Relational Databases' (Second Edition) by Terry Halpin and Tony Morgan.  Picture below, linked to Amazon for easy purchase Read More...

MSDN Unleashed: Silverlight 2.0 Hands on Labs in Irvine, CA
13 January 09 05:43 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

You asked and we are delivering.  The first, FREE event (this week Thursday, Jan 15, from 6pm to 9pm at QuickStart in Irvine, CA) registered full in two days!  Due to overwhelming demand, we are offering this same  event again – same time, Read More...

Windows Azure Service Token Acquisition Explained
12 January 09 06:03 AM | llangit | 7 Comments   

As I journey into Windows cloud-land (otherwise known as Azure and Azure Services), I am finding the path to getting starting to be a bit tricky.  I have run into several gotchas as I worked through the process of requesting and using the various Read More...

Filed under: Cloud development

Seven things you didn’t know about me
11 January 09 10:22 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

It's Katrien De Graeve's fault: 1. I started going to university when I was 13. I wanted to learn more German language than was offered in my high school.  2. My hair has been every color except gray. 3. My dad actually advised me to study computers Read More...

Filed under: Fun

Puzzle
11 January 09 06:24 AM | llangit | 4 Comments   

  Can you figure it out? Read More...

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Mixergy’s Lunch 2.0 In Orange County @ EMG’s Office
10 January 09 04:59 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Andrew hosted another great event today.  Gotta' love tech events in the OC - thanks to Mixergy and EMG for hosting.   Pictures From Mixergy’s Lunch In Orange County @ EMG’s Office : Mixergy.com Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Fun

Windows 7 Beta gets launched this Friday and other CES announcements
08 January 09 08:07 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Geoff did a great job linking and summarizing the announcements at CES Windows 7 Beta gets launched this Friday Windows live suite gets 2.0 edition released My favorite this is Kodu - here's the video.  It completely cracks me up that the caption Read More...

Filed under: Fun

MSDN Unleashed Silverlight 2.0 Hands on Labs are sold out!
07 January 09 04:47 PM | llangit | 7 Comments   

Is a hit! Yes, we know the registration is completely full for the first instance on Jan 15. The good news is that due to your DEMAND we will definitely be repeating this event several times across SoCal (and maybe to other parts of the West Region as Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, ASP.NET development

Learn about Windows Azure Services for FREE
06 January 09 01:12 AM | llangit | 2 Comments   

We've got it all -- live webcasts, live presentations, proctored hand on labs, architecture councils, and more...However you'd like to learn, we've got it.  Here's a list for January 2009. Live, interactive Webcasts MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: REST Read More...

Filed under: MSDN events, Southern California, Webcasts, Cloud development

Windows Azure: Overview and Impressions from a Google employee
04 January 09 03:37 AM | llangit | 2 Comments   

I like this talk from Ryan Barrett (who actually works for Google).  It is interesting to see how he compares Microsoft's cloud offering to that of the competition.  He also describes the Azure Fabric in detail.  What do you think?  Read More...

Filed under: Cloud development

Who do you Trust?
01 January 09 06:34 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Federated Identity is here - are you following information about 'Geneva'?  What is it?  From a well-written blog post from Bruce Kyle , here's a definition: "A project Microsoft Code Name "Geneva" is an claims-based access model Read More...

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