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German VFP, SQL Server and .NET conference in October

Posted Saturday, September 08, 2007 10:51 AM by YAG
I'll be speaking at a conference in Frankfurt, Germany on November 8-10. I'll be keynoting the VFP conference and doing a session on VB.NET (including things like LINQ, Silverlight and future releases). This is one of my all time favorite conferences Read More...
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Off to Prague!

Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:31 PM by YAG
I'll be leaving this week for the annual VFP Devcon in Prague , Czech Republic. This is the largest VFP conference in the world and I had a great time there last year. Great speakers, great price. Read More...
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How I feel about making the VFP announcement

Posted Monday, March 19, 2007 2:53 PM by YAG
I said earlier that I wasn't really ready to talk about how I feel about the announcement. I did, however, post something on the Universal Thread last week in response to a question that a few folks have told me I should post here. Interestingly enough, Read More...
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More thoughts and comments

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:05 PM by YAG
Had a few more questions come up. I'm still at the MVP summit, but keeping up as much as I can. What about the MVPs? The MVP program is tied to the communities, not to the products…so to the extent there are active/vital communities, we would expect to Read More...
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Thoughts and comments

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:50 AM by YAG
Since we made the announcement, I’ve been reading comments on this blog and others as well as various community sites like the Universal Thread . The comments have ranged from the good to the, er, not so good <g>, to the challenging. I’ve also personally Read More...
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Twenty years and counting...

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:33 PM by YAG
I was talking to some of the MVPs today about the VFP announcement that we've made and we started talking about some of the things we've shared over the years. I've been involved with Fox since Foxbase days back in 1986 or so. Many of my best friends Read More...
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MVP Summit!

Posted Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:46 PM by YAG
Tomorrow afternoon, the fun begins. First, a BBQ at Rod Paddock's house, followed by the Palermo Party . Lots of folks from my team will be at the latter - should be great. Then, on to business, our Community team is throwing breakfasts on Monday and Read More...
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CoDe Focus Magazine: Sedna

Posted Saturday, January 27, 2007 7:31 PM by YAG
We've been working with CoDe Magazine to put out another free CoDe Focus issue - this time centered around Sedna and post-VFP9 information. The magazine articles will all be available online, and you can get a free copy just by asking! Click here to sign Read More...
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Off on another speaking tour

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:11 PM by YAG
I'm heading out tomorrow morning to Atlanta and Knoxville where I'll be speaking at the following locations: Atlanta FoxPro Users Group - speaking about Sedna Atlanta Code Camp - speaking about Test Driven Development East Tennessee .NET User Group - Read More...
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Calvin's got another cool utility

Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2006 5:29 PM by YAG
Calvin has written a blog crawler with both VFP and VB.NET versions that allows you to back up your own blog posts. The post that started it all with the VFP version The post with the VB.NET version One comment on the utility And one more ... I particularly Read More...
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Interviews online

Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2006 4:36 PM by YAG
I was interviewed by Level Extreme for two of their online magazines: .NET Magazine and Universal Thread Magazine. In the .NET Magazine interview , we talked about my new position here on the Communities Team, .NET in general, Linq and a number of other Read More...
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SednaX renamed to VFPX and is now on CodePlex

Posted Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:29 PM by YAG
Just a quick note that VFPX is now on CodePlex . Looks like things are still being moved over - but this is exciting to see... Read More...
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SednaX and CodePlex

Posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:20 AM by YAG
Well, the news is finally out . SednaX is moving to CodePlex . I'm really excited to have the community helping to not only move VFP forward (as a number of efforts are doing), but also to help us get our new site tested. My thanks to everyone involved Read More...
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Drinking from a firehose

Posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:17 PM by YAG
I'm still drinking from a firehose, learning all about working in this new world that I find myself in. Had a meeting with an architect in MSDN search - turns out he used to work in Fox support - he used to recommend Codebook a lot. Small world. Anyway, Read More...
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yag's new gig, VFP and community

Posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:11 PM by YAG
So, let’s talk a little more about my new position and what it means for Visual FoxPro and the community. As you know, I spent the last few years as Group Manager for VS Data – that meant that I had two major products that I worried about: Visual Studio Read More...
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