November 2007 - Posts

30 November 2007
Visual Studio 2008 InstallFests in the Northeast!

Visual Studio 2008 has now been released to manufacturing, and as a "thank you" to the community, we're collaborating with area user groups to host a series of Visual Studio InstallFests. I'm happy to announce that we'll have four InstallFests in the Read More...

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Filed under: User Groups, Events, Visual Studio, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont

 

29 November 2007
GameDev Day '07 Agenda and Additions

GameDev Day '07 is this Saturday at Harvard and I'm very pleased with how well the agenda has come together. We have an incredibly strong group of presenters from the gaming industry with interesting sessions throughout the day. First, a change in logistics. Read More...

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Filed under: Development, XNA, Gaming, Second Life, Massachusetts, Cambridge

 

26 November 2007
New Deitel Resource Centers: ASP.NET 3.5, LINQ, Popfly, WPF, and SharePoint

Deitel recently released more topics of interest to .NET developers in their excellent Resource Center series . Created to help you find articles, tutorials, blogs, downloads, FAQs, and more, here are the new centers: ASP.NET 3.5 LINQ Popfly WPF SharePoint Read More...

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Filed under: SharePoint, LINQ, WPF, .NET 3.5, Popfly

 

21 November 2007
Waltham Roadshow Registration Limit Increased

A note for those of you who recently tried to register for the December 13th Bob & Chris' MSDN Roadshow in Waltham, only to find it had (quickly!) sold out. We've just increased the capacity (we've got all three MPR's), so please try to register again. Read More...

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Filed under: Roadshow, Massachusetts

 

19 November 2007
C# Day Goes Virtual on December 8th in Second Life

Why should we keep all the fun for ourselves here in New England? Michael de la Maza is taking his successful C# Day series to the virtual world of Second Life ! I've blogged about Microsoft and Second Life before, but now we'll have one of our own northeast Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Second Life, C#

 

19 November 2007
Visual Studio 2008 and Training Kit Released!

Visual Studio 2008 & .NET 3.5 We've just announced the RTM (release to manufacturing) of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5! MSDN subscribers can download the English versions now, plus there are trial editions and the Express editions available Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Studio, .NET 3.5, Training

 

18 November 2007
GameDev Day '07 Boston - XNA, Gaming, and Game Development

Like games? Wonder how they're made? Want to know how to make them yourself? Come to GameDev Day '07 , a free event being hosted at Harvard University on December 1st, sponsored by Microsoft in association with the Harvard Interactive Media Group ( HIMG Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Development, XNA, Gaming, Second Life, Massachusetts, Cambridge

 

16 November 2007
Bob and Chris' MSDN Roadshow - December Edition

It's that time again! Bob and I will be heading back out in December for our fourth Roadshow series, bringing another batch of technical goodness to cities across the northeast (hopefully in time to beat the snow!) If you haven't been to one of our events Read More...

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Filed under: New England, Events, New York, Roadshow, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont

 

12 November 2007
C# Day in Waltham Tomorrow! (November 13)

A reminder that Michael de la Maza is running his well-received C# Day event at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA tomorrow from 8:30-4:00. There's still room available if you're interested (but RSVPs are required,) so head to http://learn2learn2program.com Read More...

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Filed under: Events, C#, Education, Massachusetts

 

10 November 2007
MIX08 Registration Open and Site Updated

Thanks to a heads-up from Brad, I took a look at the newly updated MIX08 website . I like the site design - simple and easy to navigate, but with some nice effects. MIX08 will be at The Venetian in Las Vegas on March 5-7 and registration is now open. Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Mix

 

09 November 2007
Reminder - Fairfield/Westchester Code Camp Tomorrow (Nov. 10)

For those of you in the southern Connecticut area, just a reminder that tomorrow (November 10th) is the first Fairfield/Westchester Code Camp . There is a great lineup of speakers and sessions . I was just at the UConn Stamford facility this week (speaking Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Code Camp, Connecticut

 

05 November 2007
Major Visual Studio 2008 Announcements Today

We've taken the wraps off some big announcements related to Visual Studio 2008. As Soma mentions on his blog , he made the announcements at TechEd Developer Europe today. The highlights: Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 are expected to ship before the Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Studio, .NET 3.5, Popfly

 

05 November 2007
TechEd 2008 Now Two Events with IT and Developer Specializations

Just announced on the TechEd 2008 site , TechEd will be run as two back-to-back conferences, the first focused on developers and the second on IT professionals: TechEd U.S. 2008 Developers - June 3-6, Orlando, FL TechEd U.S. 2008 IT Professionals - June Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft, Events, TechEd

 

02 November 2007
What's It Like to Be a Developer Evangelist?

The "Evangelist" title has come into more common use within the technology industry and many larger companies now have some forms of evangelism roles. Want to get an idea of what's involved with the role of Developer Evangelist (DE) at Microsoft? Watch Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft, Careers

 

02 November 2007
MIX University Expands with a Free WPF Bootcamp Course

Tim Sneath posted about a great new addition to the already strong lineup of training available at MIX University . Now you can access a full three-day WPF training course (over 20 hours) for the low cost of free. From Tim : "You'll hear a keynote from Read More...

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Filed under: Mix, WPF, Education, Training