June 2008 - Posts

30 June 2008
Upcoming Northeast Developer Events - July

Summer at last!  Time for vacations and relaxation, but there's also plenty going on in the .NET developer community.    Know of any other events or user group meetings?  Please let me know ! Connecticut July 1 Agile Project Leader Read More...

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

 

27 June 2008
Code Camp Hartford - Save the Date!

Fantastic news for northeast developers - a Code Camp is now coming to the Hartford, Connecticut area!  SB Chatterjeee (who runs the CT .NET User Group ), sends word that a venue has been secured and that Code Camp Hartford will be on Saturday, August Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Code Camp, Connecticut

 

27 June 2008
Office 2007 Search Commands Add-On

Prompted by recent feedback on a Roadshow visit, I set off to research a bit about the " Fluent " (ribbon-based) interface in Office 2007.  Though it surfaces more functionality to users, it can clearly take some time for those used to Read More...

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Filed under: Office, Tools

 

25 June 2008
June Boston XNA Meeting Canceled

Unfortunately, tonight's (6/23) meeting for the Boston XNA Developers Group will have to be canceled.  A last-minute scheduling problem has come up, so we're going to punt on this month's meeting. We'll continue as usual with the July meeting. If Read More...

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Filed under: User Groups, XNA, Gaming, Massachusetts

 

24 June 2008
Tech Telecommuters - What's Your "Third Place"?

Adventures in Telecommuting At Microsoft, I'm classified as a "mobile" employee.  That's code for "work where you can be productive".  Much of the time, that means home, and sometimes our Waltham, MA office where we have Read More...

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Filed under: Miscellany, Careers

 

23 June 2008
Northeast XNA Game Developer Featured on CNN

[Thanks to Lindsay for the heads-up!] Currently featured as the lead Tech story is an article featuring the Northeast's own James Silva and the story of his creation of a game called "Dishwasher: Dead Samurai" using XNA (coming later this year Read More...

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Filed under: New York, XNA, Gaming, XBox

 

19 June 2008
Northeast Roadshow - Summary and Resources

We've put the wraps on another great Northeast Roadshow, having visited with hundreds of developers and architects in five cities across the northeast. See the bottom of the post for the content and resources .  But first... The Play-By-Play of Our Read More...

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

 

11 June 2008
Special "Meet the Authors" Event Next Week

A free event has been arranged for next week to celebrate the release of three books featuring work by local Microsoft staff (including yours truly). Microsoft’s own Scott Jamison, Steve Resnick, Richard Crane, Chris Bowen, and Rob Walters, along Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Books, Massachusetts

 

09 June 2008
Northeast Roadshow Concludes This Week

This week we have the final two stops for our fifth Northeast Roadshow . June 10 - Rochester, NY Rochester Institute of Technology Building 70, Room 1400 1 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY Rochester is the essence of Roadshow - piling in the car and driving Read More...

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Filed under: Events, New York, Roadshow, Connecticut