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Dr. "Z" lives in Northern Virginia with his family. He tries to stay in touch with developers and architects in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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jQuery, ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC
Good news for javascript fans. Microsoft has recently announced that it is going to make jQuery part of its official devevelopment platform. That is, JQuery will come with Visual Studio in the long term, and in the short term it'll ship with ASP.NET MVC. Read More...
Join us for a 3-day TechDays event in the DC area, Oct. 28-30, 2008
If technology is the backbone of your business, you won't want to miss out on the TechDays '08 event in Washington DC. Filled with exclusive product information presented by insider experts, TechDays '08 will show developers, IT professionals, IT executives, Read More...
Microsoft's .NET framework on Linux, Mono 2.0, Released
Novell's Mono 2.0, an implementation of the .NET framework on Linux, has just been released. According to the Mono project leader Miguel de Icaza , the latest release supports most used .NET features, thus leaving some features including WPF unsupported. Read More...
Silverlight 2 RC0 Is Released!
You can find the latest info on Silverlight 2 RC0 at http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/sl2rc0.aspx An important note: you can only use the RC for development right now - you can't go live with the new APIs until the final release is shipped (which will Read More...
Microsoft Invites You to the MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow at Roanoke VA and Baltimore MD
8:30-9:00 Registration and Welcome 9:00-10:15 Web Development Basics 10:15-10:30 Morning Break 10:30-11:45 What's New in the .NET 3.5 Framework for Web Developers and Intro to ASP.NET MVC 11:45-12:30 Lunch Break 12:30-1:45 AJAX Development and Troubleshooting Read More...
How to Create Silverlight Business Application
One of my local influentials Manish Dalal has recently blogged about how to build a business application using Silverlight. He documented in detail how to add, delete and synchronize items in a data driven application. While Silverlight has been widely Read More...
Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Beta 2
IE8 Beta 2 is available for download. To get a feel for the new IE8 experience, check out the videos here . D ownload the product, and try it out. Read More...
ASP.NET MVC Preview 5 Just Released
This ASP.NET MVC CodePlex Preview 5 is an interim release that contains some new features and some feature improvements. Note: Before you run the ASP.NET MVC CodePlex Preview 5 installer, be sure to uninstall any earlier previews of ASP.NET MVC that you Read More...
Are Organizations Adopting Technologies Fast Enough?
Companies are adopting technologies at a much slower rate than that of technical changes, according to a recent video interview of Juval Lowy with Builder AU . Mr. Lowy points out that most organizations do not realize that they need a visual designer Read More...
Measuring Experience - A Presentation by John Whalen in Washington DC, August 19, 2008
How is user experience being measured today and what is on the horizon? Join John Whalen, Director of User Experience at e.magination, on August 19 th and learn how you can move from routine usability testing to cutting edge user experience measurement Read More...
Philadelphia IT Architect Regional Conference, Sept. 23-24, 2008
The IT Architect Regional Conference by IASA is the largest event in the Philadelphia area to address the pressing needs of IT architects today. There are over 15 seminars and two tracks separated by specialty: Enterprise and Software Architecture. Architects Read More...
.NET 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Released!
I just downloaded the full package of .NET 3.5 SP1 (231 MB) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 , and installed them on my Vista machine. It took about 16 minutes to install .NET 3.5 SP1, and the setup required a restart. It took much longer time to install VS Read More...
ARCast.TV - Greg Galipeau on ASP.NET MVC
In this interview, Greg Galipeau of RDA discusses with me three different patterns -- MVC, MVP and ASP.NET MVC . He articulates the advantages and disadvantages inherent in each pattern, and explains when to use one versus another when creating Windows Read More...
NBC Will Stream Beijing Olympics Using Microsoft Silverlight Technology
A CNET article provides some interesting detail on how NBC will use Microsoft Silverlight Technology to stream live video contents from Beijing Olymic Games to your PCs through Limelight Networks and ISPs. You can view some videos now at http://www.nbcolympics.com/ Read More...
Microsoft TechFest Silverlight Event -- Recorded Sessions
I finally completed encoding all videos from the one-day Microsoft TechFest Silverlight Event , and uploaded them to my Silverlight Streaming account. Due to file size limit, I have broken each session into multiple parts and posted five of them. The Read More...
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