April 2009 - Posts

SoCalDevGal’s Tweet Stream – Do you follow llangit?
27 April 09 05:33 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   

Many of you have expressed interested in this week’s Windows 7 Developer Incubation week which is being held at Microsoft in Irvine, CA.  The quickest and easiest way to follow what is going is to follow me on Twitter (llangit), as I’ll be here all Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Technical Conference, Windows 7

Win7 – getting your apps ready – here’s how
26 April 09 05:46 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Check out this great blog post one of our Architect Evangelists ( Bruce Kyle ) – filled with useful links.  Probably the best place to start learning about Win7 is to learn how to enable multi-touch .  Of course there is much more as well. http://blogs.msdn.com/usisvde/archive/2009/04/25/walkthrough-to-get-your-applications-ready-for-windows-7.aspx Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Technical Conference, Windows 7

Live in the OC? Want to learn Win7 dev for FREE Hands on NEXT WEEK?
24 April 09 10:21 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

SoCal .NET Developers want to learn Windows7 development (multi-touch, sensor-aware apps & rich client) for FREE next week? Send me mail to lynnl at microsoft dot com and I’ll tell you how. Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Windows 7

SoCalDevGal hearts Facebook
20 April 09 04:05 AM | llangit | 7 Comments   

When things are good, well, they are just good, aren’t they?  Where else could I talk about Developer best practices with an analyst from Wisconsin, a SQL developer from Sweden, a SharePoint admin from Kitwe (Zambia), the UG lead for Adobe in LA, Read More...

Filed under: Fun

Free WPF training near LAX on April 24 and 25 – will you be there?
17 April 09 12:28 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

UI matters. Does yours look like this? If you are interested in Windows Presentation Foundation development training delivered by two top-notch instructors, then check this event out, by registering here .  If you are not a MS-partner, follow the Read More...

Filed under: Vista development, Southern California

Learn about Visual Studio Team System for Free in Irvine on April 30, oh and there’s more…
16 April 09 04:40 AM | llangit | 9 Comments   

Come on over to our Irvine office on April 30 from 8:30 to 5:00 pm to learn about how your SDL can be improved using Visual Studio Team System and have a chance at winning a signed copy of my new book .  I’ll be signing at least 5 copies , so the Read More...

SoCalDevGal has an idea…Virtual DigiGirlz
11 April 09 09:11 PM | llangit | 5 Comments   

Inspiration does come from unexpected places, doesn’t it?  I’ve been thinking, for well over a year now, on how to take the Microsoft DigiGirlz program to the next level – that is beyond live events to scale it online.  Well, I think I’ve got Read More...

Filed under: Fun, Helping

To blog, to facebook, to tweet…SoCalDevGal wonders
09 April 09 08:35 PM | llangit | 7 Comments   

What is the difference?  Should these things be the same, different, differentiated, what?  How much is simply TMI?  Blog readers – what do you like best about blogs that you do NOT get from social media (facebook, etc..)?  Does it Read More...

Filed under: Fun

Windows 7 Incubation Week in Irvine, CA starting April 27
05 April 09 05:46 AM | llangit | 2 Comments   

**UPDATE - The final presentations will be judged by a panel which will include VCs and Angel investors. There will be potential opportunities to connect with VCs and angels to raise capital for your entrepreneurial ventures.** The incubation week will Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Windows 7

MSDN Unleashed in San Diego on April 8
04 April 09 04:04 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   

Join my colleague, Daniel Egan, at from 2pm to 5pm at the Microsoft, San Diego office to hear about the following.  The session is free, but you must register here in advance. “We will be reviewing some technologies first discussed at PDC -- such Read More...

Filed under: MSDN events, ASP.NET development

Oh really? I think there’s at least one error in the calculation
02 April 09 06:13 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

sqrt(2 / (((((pi * 18 000) / (mi^2)) * 80) / year) * (30 minutes))) = 141.683342 meters What do you think? Read More...

Filed under: Fun

SQL Server BI UG meeting in San Diego on April 2
02 April 09 04:12 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

If BI is your thing, check it out – here There are also SQL Server UG’s in LA and OC and a SQL BI UG in OC.  For a list of all UGs in SoCal check here .  If your UG is missing from my list – let me know and I’ll add it! Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, SQL Server 2008