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Teaching Kids to Code – Graduating from SmallBasic
29 October 09 09:34 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   

Regular blog readers may know of my work with Microsoft’s free kid’s coding IDE, SmallBasic as a tool to introduce the fun of coding to DigiGirlz .  As I work with my volunteer developer teams on improving the way we work SmallBasic (more on that Read More...

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HTC TouchPro 2 – a beautiful phone
09 September 09 07:42 AM | llangit | 4 Comments   

The Windows Mobile team (thanks Loke!) sent me the new HTC Touch Pro 2 phone today– I am in heaven setting it up.  This is, by far, the most beautiful phone I’ve ever used.  I’ll just post the pictures from HTC’s website.  The touch capability Read More...

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DigiGirlz Summer Camp 2009
16 July 09 04:38 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   

We hosted around 20 girls over the past two days at Microsoft’s Irvine, CA office.   The global DigiGirlz program is funded by Microsoft and supports annual hosting of either one-day spring events or multi-day summer camps.  The goal of Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Fun, Helping

SoCalDevGal does the social
14 July 09 02:43 AM | llangit | 0 Comments   

What’s going on with my Windows 7 blog series, you might be wondering?  Well, I am still working on it, in fact I’ve broadened the scope of my studies to include ALL AREAS of Windows 7 development (in preparation for my upcoming trip and talks in Read More...

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SoCalDevGal shares…’Teaching Kids to Code’
26 June 09 09:04 PM | llangit | 0 Comments   

Here’s the deck from my prezo at SoCalCodeCamp in San Diego (UCSD) – enjoy!  Examples included have the following availability – SmallBasic is a free download, Kodu is NOT available to the general public on the PC.  Kodu will be released as Read More...

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Report from StepUp First Annual Career Conference in Carson, CA
20 May 09 04:29 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

On Saturday after TechEd, I attended the first-ever StepUp Career Conference for underserved high-school aged girls.  This event was put on by the national StepUp non-profit, based in Los Angeles and was hosted at the Dermologica HQ in Carson, CA.  Read More...

Filed under: Southern California, Fun, Helping

Report from TechEd – Jam on IT Community Party
19 May 09 03:19 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Thursday was community party night at TechEd.  In addition to the attendee party, we in SoCal were able to invite around 300 people from the local tech community (who weren’t registered to attend TechEd).  It was really cool to see who turned Read More...

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Report from TechEd – ITPros know how to throw a great party!
18 May 09 10:17 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

Well it wouldn’t be TechEd, if there weren’t one or more fun parties to attend, but I have to hand it to our corporate ITPro team this year.  Their Windows 7 SpringBoard party at the StandardLA was really great. The atmosphere was great – Stephen Read More...

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Post TechEd SoCal Tech Events
16 May 09 05:01 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

There are worse problems to have, but a person really needs stamina to keep up with all of the possible tech events in SoCal.  I had fun at TechEd, working in the Oslo booth with the team (finally met Don Box in person!), leading the WiT event, attending Read More...

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SoCalDevGal is a Twitter Evangelist
04 May 09 08:05 PM | llangit | 1 Comments   

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SoCalDevGal asks ‘Want 5k? – Can YOU code a killer Cloud app?’
04 May 09 05:08 PM | llangit | 3 Comments   

  From the site…GOOD LUCK and happy coding! “new CloudApp() is a US-based developer challenge for .NET & PHP developers creating cloud applications or services (hereafter "application") on the Azure™ Services Platform. Have your application Read More...

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SoCalDevGal plays…MSDN Code Gallery – Solver Foundation
01 May 09 12:51 AM | llangit | 1 Comments   

I know most of you know about CodePlex , but do you use the MSDN Code Gallery ?  Both are FREE code repositories – so what is the difference you may ask.  From the FAQ: Code Gallery is a community-enabled Web site where you can share developer Read More...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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