February 2008 - Posts

My Presentations Now Available in PPT Format
26 February 08 03:46 PM | tmancini | 1 Comments   

I know some of you prefer the PPT format over PPTX. I have updated my presentations to be available in PPT format. However, due to a disk-space limitation that I am currently facing, I had to remove the PPTX files...oh well, you can't win 'em all. If Read More...

All New MSDN Event Page
08 February 08 08:54 PM | tmancini | 1 Comments   

One of the things I love about my job is the fact that my team has a mission to continuously make it easier for you to connect with us and be aware of the multitude of resources at your disposal. In particular, we have a lot of events. A real lot of events. Read More...

Do you find the WPF Editor to be too fuzzy?
07 February 08 11:28 PM | tmancini | 3 Comments   

Several years ago, Microsoft introduced ClearType . I've generally been a big fan of ClearType since it's introduction. However, if you are visually impaired, have high color sensitivity, are not using an LCD monitor, or just don't like the 'feel' of Read More...

Having proxy problems with a web test in Visual Studio 2008?
04 February 08 09:55 PM | tmancini | 1 Comments   

One of the features of a Visual Studio web test (in the Tester edition or in Team Suite) is to specify the outbound proxy server. You may have even successfully used this feature in VS2005. If you upgraded to VS2008, you may have found that these tests Read More...

VS2008 'Get Ready' Event Presentations
01 February 08 08:02 PM | tmancini | 1 Comments   

[EDIT: I've finally replaced my pptx presentations with ppt versions.] Phew! I'm still mentally exhausted from our Visual Studio 2008 Get Ready that we had in Waltham yesterday. I plan on posting my thoughts on the event soon. All in all, I think it was Read More...