Contagious Curiosity : MOSS

SoCalDevGal is heading over to Europe

llangit — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:37:34 GMT

Yup, I am taking a little work trip - leaving shortly for 20 days in Europe. During this time I'll be speaking at TechDays Belgium in Antwerp, TechDays Sweden in Vasteras and more. Although I've been to other European countries in the past, this will be my first trip to both Belgium and Sweden. I'll be taking a bit of a break from blogging, other than to post my slide decks after presenting for this month.

Catch up with my European adventures by following me on facebook or twitter.

Big shout out to my counterpart in Belgium, Microsoft Developer Evangelist Katrien De Graeve (whom I met in person at PDC08 in LA last year) and who was kind enough to get my trip approved.

I have to say the conference logos are pretty cool too - first for Belgium

then for Sweden

Oh, if you are wondering just what topic(s) I am speaking on - here's the list:

1) SQL Server 2008 New Features for .NET Developers

2) SQL Server 2008 SSAS Data Mining

3) Using Kodu to Introduce Programming to Kids

4) Best Practices around DigiGirlz Events

5) WomenBuild SeriousPlay - new directions in Women's Networking events at Microsoft

I also have some tentative talks setup with customers and more. So it will be a busy and fun trip! Immediately after I return, I'll head up to Microsoft's SVC campus in San Jose, to teach some classes for their DigiGirlz event on March 24. Then I'll be heading over to Tuscon to record some presentations on SharePoint and SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence integration for the SSWUG (SharePoint Virtual Conference).

SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard

llangit — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:03:32 GMT

During my talk today on SharePoint for Developers, the most common question was 'how do I move items from one environment to anther one (i.e. dev to production, etc...)?'. It looks like this tool (which I have not yet tested), might just do the trick.

I'd be interested to know your thoughts on how well this works.

Also, Chris has written a couple of entries on the concept of features in SharePoint. He's also written about 'ghosting', which was another question asked today.

Enjoy!

Chris O'Brien's blog: Introducing the SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard

SharePoint Developer Education Day in Palo Alto

llangit — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:20:21 GMT

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SharePoint Developer Education Day Deck

FAQ link page here http://blogs.msdn.com/socaldevgal/pages/sharepoint-2007-developer-resources.aspx

Education Day - SharePoint for Developers in NorCal on Feb 16

llangit — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:23:08 GMT

I'll be presenting a full-day seminar on SharePoint for Developers in Palo Alto on Feb 16th (from 9am to 4pm). This is hosted by the Bay.NET UG. I am looking forward to seeing interested .NET and SharePoint developers there!

We know where Developers like to eat

llangit — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:37:41 GMT

I hope to see a bunch of my SoCal developer friends at CodeCamp this Saturday and Sunday (Jan 26/27) - www.SoCalCodeCamp.com
There are a bunch of great technical presentations, great conversations with developers, swag...and, or course the whole this is FREE. AND there is another event for SharePoint developers running at same place! - more here http://www.infusion.com/sleepless/Home.aspx

I'll be presenting a session of using Data Mining (for developers) from SQL Server 2005 at 4pm on Saturday (in room MH 121), and I'll be hanging out both days, catching some sessions myself.

The website shows presenters, sessions, directions - even a map of local restaurants (shown below). Oh, and if you are wondering, Starbucks is my snack shop of choice - bring on those Chai Tea Lattes (particularly in this winter-like weather that we've been having!)

Code Camp Directions

All about SharePoint Search for Developers

llangit — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:51:01 GMT

As I prepare for yet another talk I will give on SharePoint for Developers, I found this cool site devoted to explaining the intricacies of SharePoint Search.

I think one of the reasons I enjoy working with SharePoint so much, is that I literally discover a new capability nearly every time I work with it, and that's just heaven for this curious one. Why do like it? I'd be interested to know.

SHAREPOINTSearch.com - SharePoint Focused Enterprise Search Community Site

Caling all SharePoint Developers - Register for a cool event in LA on Jan 26-27 (other cities too!)

llangit — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:30:00 GMT

A few months ago, we held our fist first "Sleepless" event in New York City, which had been billed as the Ultimate SharePoint Weekend and organized by Infusion Development, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Here's the synopsis and promo video for that event.

Based on the tremendous success of the NYC event, we have partnered with Infusion to call on all insomniacs, who are Office and/or SharePoint developers, to apply to one of six upcoming Sleepless events happening in the following U.S. cities:

Washington D.C. and Atlanta (GA): January 19-20
Dallas (TX) and Los Angeles (CA): January 26-27
Mountain View (CA) and Chicago (IL): February 2-3

The events will feature:

Training from Infusion's top trainers, SharePoint MVPs, and Microsoft SharePoint product team members
A mystery game show with exciting prizes
An overnight (literally!) application development competition that will be judged
An all expense paid trip for the winning team to San Jose (CA) for the U.S. National Championship Sleepless event at the Microsoft Office System Developer 2008 Conference

So, if you think you've got mad dev skills and can "bring it" to collaborate and compete with others like you, then apply now before you take off for the year-end holidays! The deadline for applications is January 6, 2008.

SharePoint (WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007) SP1 released today

llangit — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:46:59 GMT

In case you missed it - download from the link below

SharePoint Products and Technologies Service Pack 1 Resource Center

MSDN geekSpeak - whole 'lotta shows for Dec 2007/Jan 2008

llangit — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:51:53 GMT

We've got great guest experts - join us live Wednesdays from 12 to 1pm PST for the virtual chalktalk - geekSpeak. If you can't make the live show, catch recorded shows at http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/geekSpeak.

Dec12 - Brian Loesgen - BizTalk Adapters

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359319&Culture=en-US

Dec19 - Shaun Walker - DotNetNuke

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359088&Culture=en-US

Jan 2 - Michele Leroux Bustamante - CardSpace – Why should you care? Who’s using it today and how?

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362458&Culture=en-US

Jan 9 - Kevin Goff - SQL Server 2008 Programming for Application Developers

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362462&Culture=en-US

Jan 16 - Kate Gregory - The Vista bridge for .NET programmers

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362711&Culture=en-US

Jan 23 - Paulo Morgado - The Web client software factory in action

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362714&Culture=en-US

Jan 30 - Jim Wilt - Best Practices for Private Security from a Public, Anonymous WSS 3.0 Site

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362721&Culture=en-US

Download details: Search Server 2008 Express VHD

llangit — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:15:25 GMT

This is test environment for the newly-released Search Search (a version of SharePoint Server that we've licensed for search, plus a few other interesting changes). Check it out

Download details: Search Server 2008 Express VHD

from me (SoCalDevGal) to you : SharePoint 2007 Developer Links on one page

llangit — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:17:17 GMT

Many of you have asked for one 'all-up' list of the various SharePoint Developer links and resources that I've posted on my blog over time. Here you go - note the first link is to the 12-part webcast series Mike and I recorded (intro to development on SharePoint).

Contagious Curiosity : SharePoint 2007 Developer Resources

SharePoint Coding - Avoid common problems

llangit — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:13:00 GMT

Do YOU have a disposal problem? This is a well-written reference to fix this, and other common issues.

SharePoint for Developers at Silicon Valley Code Camp 2007

llangit — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:28:42 GMT

Thanks to the group at my session this morning on the basics of SharePoint as a development platform. If you are a first-time visitor to my blog (based on this session) be sure to search on the 'SharePoint' tag to see all the links and resources that I referenced in my talk today - also check out the recorded geekSpeak shows on Channel 9.

Particular thanks to the two women who helped me get set up, since I was 'almost' late for presenting! :)

SiliconValley CodeCamp 2007

geekSpeak: LINQ to SharePoint with Bart de Smet

llangit — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:10:33 GMT

Join us Wed, Oct 31 at noon PST to talk with Bart about his implementation of LINQ to SharePoint (on CodePlex). Here's his bio -

A former Visual C# MVP, Bart De Smet now works at Microsoft Corporation on the WPF dev team in an SDE role. Prior to this new challenge, Bart was active in the Belgian community evangelizing various Microsoft technologies, most of the time focusing on CLR, language innovation and frameworks. In his evangelism role, he's been speaking at various events and attended several international conferences including TechEd Europe, IT Forum and the PDC. In 2005, Bart graduated as a Master of Informatics from Ghent University, Belgium. Two years later, Bart became a Master of Computer Science Software Engineering from the same university.

MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: Using LINQ to SharePoint with Bart de Smet (Level 200)

I'm in NorCal next week == busy!

llangit — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:04:52 GMT

Monday / Tuesday, I am scheduled to do something really different for me - attend a technical conference where 'no boys are allowed' - it's called She's Geeky and will be held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. The attendee list is pretty darn interesting. I think I'm going to have fun at this one!

Wednesday, I am off to an internal meeting north of San Francisco, so I can enjoy my new Foo Fighters CD as I drive up there from SVC. Because of this, I'll miss this week's geekSpeak - Glen and a substitute co-host will talk with High-Performance Compute Clustering expert (and recently hired Microsoft Developer Evangelist) Dariusz Parys from Germany.

Then back to SVC (Microsoft campus) on Th/Fri to speak at the internal Microsoft Women's conference both days. My session is called 'Curiosity will get you Everywhere' and will be available on the post-conference DVD for Microsoft employees. Depending on how it goes, I may start presenting a variant of this to external audiences as well.

It looks like I am getting interviewed for Channel9's WM_IN (Women in Technology) series while I am there too, so I'll post that link once it's available.

I'm still at it on Saturday, speaking at the SVC code camp on SharePoint for Developers -- looks like a good crowd too, with nearly 70 people indicating interest already. Again, it will be interesting to meet SharePoint developers from a geography other SoCal.

After this whirlwind week, I'm home for a couple of days, and then off to TechEd/Developers Barcelona - where I'll be speaking on VSTS in Africa, Data Mining in Excel, and will be moderating a panel of Women Developers.