January 2008 - Posts

30 January 2008
Essential WCF to the Printer!

In the rush of the past week, I forgot to post that "Essential Windows Communication Foundation" has gone to the printer and will be shipping soon! I joined up with fellow New England area Microsoft guys Steve Resnick and Rich Crane (whose post reminded Read More...

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Filed under: Books, WCF

 

28 January 2008
Code Camp 9 - Save the Dates!

"One, Two,... Nine, Sir!" Can you believe we're on Code Camp Nine ?! Code Camps began in New England in 2004, and here we are, with Code Camps now happening all around the world ! A great testament to the motivation and strength of our global .NET developer Read More...

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Filed under: New England, Code Camp

 

25 January 2008
Icons and Images for Your Apps in VS 2008

[File this under Cool Tips That Are News to Me] Thanks to Julie Lerman for pointing out a nifty little feature of the Visual Studio 2008 distribution that includes a library of image and icon files that you can use when creating your own applications. Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Studio

 

22 January 2008
MSDN/Architecture Journal Readers and the Reader SDK

Some very cool news if you're a fan of the WPF-based New York Times reader or Seattle P-I reader . We've just released the Reader SDK which you can use to quickly create similar rich applications for your own purposes. In addition, the MSDN Magazine Reader Read More...

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Filed under: Architecture, Development, WPF, Applications

 

18 January 2008
Congratulations to our New and Continuing Northeastern MVPs

I'd like to pass along congratulations to our new and re-awarded MVPs ( Most Valuable Professionals ) in New England and upstate New York for the first quarter of 2008: Ho Yin Au: Windows - PC Games Mark Blomsma : Visual Developer - Visual C# Peter Blum Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft, New England, New York, MVP

 

16 January 2008
.NET Framework Source Now Available

Scott Guthrie has just posted the excellent news that everything is now in place for people to access the source code for the .NET Framework! You can now configure Visual Studio 2008 to step through your code and directly into the source for classes in Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Studio, Development, .NET

 

14 January 2008
Volunteers Needed for Connecticut .NET UG

SB Chatterjee of the Connecticut .NET User Group just sent the following across the wire: CTDOTNET is expanding - more events & more attendees need more organization. Volunteer! We need: Treasurer - Keep track of donations & sponsorship payments Read More...

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Filed under: User Groups, Connecticut

 

14 January 2008
Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter Now Online

Silverlight Fire Starter was a one-day event held in Redmond late last year to cover a wide range of Silverlight topics. Now you can access the same content for the hard-to-argue-with price of free: www.visitmix.com/University/silverlight/firestarter/ Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, Training

 

10 January 2008
New User Group in Maine!

I'm happy to say that Maine will be getting a brand new user group in Bangor! The well-named BAND (Bangor Area .Net Developers) will meet (for "gigs") monthly to talk about current developer topics with a focus on current technology that's ready for practical Read More...

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Filed under: User Groups, Maine

 

08 January 2008
Special Multi User Group Event with David Chappell

I'm excited to announce that we've organized a special evening event for developers and architects featuring David Chappell . David (bio below) is an industry veteran, well-respected for his ability to consistently convey technical content and insights Read More...

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Filed under: User Groups, Events, Architecture, Massachusetts

 

08 January 2008
Upcoming Northeast Developer Events - January/February

It's time to welcome in the new year by pulling together a summary of the events and meetings for .NET developers coming up in the northeast. Know of any other events or user group meetings? Please let me know ! Connecticut January 9, 6:30 - 9 PM Fairfield/Westchester Read More...

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Filed under: New England, User Groups, Events, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island

 

08 January 2008
Speaking on VS2008 with Western MA .NET - 1/8/08

For those of you in the Springfield, MA area tonight (Jan 8th), I'll be visiting with the Western Mass .NET Users Group to speak on "What's New in Visual Studio 2008?" . Now that Visual Studio 2008 is released and available, it's important to understand Read More...

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Filed under: User Groups, Events, Visual Studio, Massachusetts

 

03 January 2008
New MSDN and TechNet Series in the Northeast

The next series of MSDN and TechNet events is coming in January and February, and there are ten events planned for the northeast. Each day is split with TechNet in the morning (8-12) and MSDN in the afternoon (1-5). MSDN: " Explore IIS7, ASP.NET and Tackle Read More...

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Filed under: New England, Events, Development, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, Security

 

03 January 2008
Congratulations to SB Chatterjee!

Some great news to welcome in the new year! Long-time community leader SB Chatterjee has just been awarded Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for Groove ! For years, SB has been doing great work both in Connecticut with the CT .NET User Group Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft, User Groups, Office, Connecticut