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November 2007 - Posts

Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69 - Yahoo! News

What a sad, sad day... I remember as a kid watching Evel on TV.  We were always amazed at what he could do, and what he attempted to do.  For Christmas one year, I received an Evel Knievel motorcycle toy and van - the motorcycle fit in the back, Read More...
Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 5:46 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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.NET Web Product Roadmap (ASP.NET, Silverlight, IIS7)

Some very important stuff announced today on Scott Guthrie's blog around the collective futures of ASP.NET, Silverlight and IIS7.  You should read the whole post to get all the details, but here are some of the key, important points: Silverlight Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:46 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music

Although I never actually encountered the problem described in this KB article, a friend of mine sent this to me to remind me how important it is to have a good sense of humor when developing software... Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music Technorati Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:13 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest Update

Over the past few weeks, I've been mentioning the Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest parties on my blog and have received a lot of great questions and comments about it.  Here's the latest version of "what's what" on the InstallFest, including Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:30 AM by Chris Koenig | 13 Comments

Silverlight 1.1 Tools Alpha just went up for VS2K8 RTM

Phil Wheat just posted that the update to the Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 RTM just became available.  All of you who jumped on the RTM once it was available soon found that you could no longer use the Silverlight project templates!  Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:02 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

Goodbye Mr. Click-To-Activate

I'm not sure how I missed this one, but for those of you not following Tim Heuer's blog, he's recently blogged about an announcement from Pete LePage of the Internet Explorer team about an update to Internet Explorer that will eliminate those "Click Read More...
Posted Monday, November 26, 2007 9:20 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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Texas vs. A&M - Big 12 Football

As a graduate of The University , we always look forward to the Texas vs. Texas A&M game on Thanksgiving.  This year, I was a little surprised to find out that the game is actually not on Thanksgiving, like it was when I was in school, but is Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:20 PM by Chris Koenig | 6 Comments
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Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!! Here's wishing you and yours a very happy, healthy, fun and full-filling Thanksgiving!    GO TEXAS - BTHOOAM!!! Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 22, 2007 11:02 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Expression Video Contest

My good friend, and Expression Web MVP Cheryl Wise has launched an Expression Video Contest over on her blog.  The basic premise is this - you create a tutorial video for one of the products in Expression Suite, and enter it in her contest for a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:29 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Another great reason to attend MIX08

With a tagline like this, who wouldn't want to attend MIX08? Sign up today , before all your friends make fun of you for waiting too long to register... Technorati Tags: MIX08 , GuyKawasaki , SteveBallmer Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:12 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Upcoming ArcReady events near you

Make sure you carve some time out of your Thanksgiving holidays for the upcoming ArcReady series: Software + Services (or S+S as we call it).  These events are a great opportunity for you to meet with other architects, aspiring architects and lead Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:39 AM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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SQL Server 2008 November CTP Released Today

Wow - today seems to be the day for product updates...  If you're following the story of SQL Server 2008 (formerly codename "Katmai") you'll be pleased to know that a new update was released today on Microsoft Downloads ! Technorati Tags: Read More...
Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 4:38 PM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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Visual Studio 2008 RTM

Well, the day we've all been waiting for has finally arrived.  Visual Studio 2008 has now been released to manufacturing, and is now available from a few sites for download! If you're an MSDN subscriber, you can get Visual Studio 2008 - Team Suite Read More...
Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 12:35 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest Updates

Quick update for those of you interested in attending the Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest parties in SCD - we now have registration links available for you - Dec 3rd in Tulsa - Registration Link | User Group Web Site Dec 5th in Dallas - Registration Link Read More...
Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 11:49 AM by Chris Koenig | 13 Comments

Who's your Evangelist?

No sooner had I started talking about building an app to help people find their local evangelists, than someone at Microsoft beat me to the punch: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/events/bb905078.aspx Now you can find the Evangelists in your area quickly Read More...
Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 12:54 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Dallas Silverlight DevCamp - Recap

Yesterday was our first ever Silverlight DevCamp here in Dallas.  Our goal was to get as many people as possible to "experience" Silverlight first-hand by getting them write code instead of only listening to lecture.  The format, more Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:13 PM by Chris Koenig | 5 Comments
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Microsoft Central Region - Who (and where) are you?

As an Evangelist, I'm constantly meeting new people.  There are a couple of questions I get asked by folks I've never met - especially those within the developer community in South Central District.  Here they are, in order of frequency: Do Read More...
Posted Friday, November 09, 2007 11:41 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest

  To celebrate the upcoming RTM of Visual Studio 2008 , we're going to host a few "InstallFest" parties in conjunction with some of our local user groups.  These parties will feature food, drink, Xbox and the opportunity for you to Read More...
Posted Friday, November 09, 2007 11:28 AM by Chris Koenig | 10 Comments
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The Water Hobo

Come one, come all, to the greatest show on earth!  If you ever wanted to know what the life of a Microsoft Evangelist was like, this is definitely it... Video: Weird Code: The Water Hobo Technorati Tags: Fun , Codetolive Read More...
Posted Friday, November 09, 2007 9:19 AM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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MIX 08 registration is now OPEN!

If you're planning on attending the MIX08 conference next year, you better sign up soon .  This thing sold out last year, and was THE place to be.  I'm planning on going, and I hope to see you there :) Technorati Tags: MIX08 Read More...
Posted Friday, November 09, 2007 8:42 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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We Are Microsoft - You are Microsoft

It's time to make a difference - are you ready?  I am... The We Are Microsoft - Charity Challenge Weekend is a 3-day volunteer charity event we're sponsoring that matches developers and their skills to the IT needs of local Charities.  The volunteer Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:51 PM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments
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Silverlight DevCamp Update

WOW! I am really excited about all the continued interest in the upcoming Silverlight DevCamp.  I wanted to post something here based on all the questions I've been asked over the past 2 days about the event - specifically the "registration Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 5:42 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Degrees of Influence

There is a lot of talk going on within my team about "influence".  We have people that blog, Twitter, podcast and do online video.  We have people that do none of these things.  How do we measure someone's "influence" Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:08 PM by Chris Koenig | 4 Comments
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Get Live.com!

For those of you with multiple personalities, or would like to have multiple personalities, or perhaps find *a* personality <grin>, you can have a Live personality now if you move quickly... Just jet on over to http://get.live.com/getlive/overview Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:05 PM by Chris Koenig | 10 Comments
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Silverlight DevCamp 2007 - Dallas, TX

Here's a quick (ok, not so quick) message to all of you attending the Silverlight DevCamp here in Dallas on Saturday, Nov 10th. If you're registered on Microsoft World Wide Events, then you already got this message. If not, here it is in its entirety. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:27 PM by Chris Koenig | 14 Comments

Oklahoma Innotech Conference Tomorrow!

Please join me tomorrow at the Oklahoma City InnoTech Conference for my session " A First Look at Silverlight ".  I'll be giving an overview of Microsoft Silverlight and doing some demonstrations of the product. Technorati Tags: Silverlight Read More...
Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 10:27 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Expression Blend and Design : Expression Design Service Pack 1 is now available!

Head over to the Microsoft web site to get your update for Expression Design.  From the original post: What's new in the Service Pack? Highlights of XAML Export improvements and fixes The XAML Export UI has been updated to make it easier and more Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 04, 2007 11:12 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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Seadragon and Photosynth

If you haven't already seen Seadragon or Photosynth , then you need to watch this video from TED 07 . The speaker, Blaise Aguera y Arcas , is an Architect at Microsoft, and responsible for the Seadragon product. This is AMAZING technology - absolutely Read More...
Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 1:49 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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Tablet PC Fun

Everyone always tells me how great the mac is for doing music. Here's a video of Hugh Sung, a concert pianist, using his Tablet PC for doing his music. Hugh Sung Website I'd like to see a mac do this :-) Read More...
Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 1:08 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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Guidance and examples for Service Oriented Architecture

Some really exciting stuff coming from our friends @ MCS (Thanks Phil) - Definitely something for those of you interested in SOA to check out. Body: Chris Madrid (former co-worker from a number of various companies) just let me know that his team at MCS Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:35 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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