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PostSharp now supports Silverlight 2!

While I was over in Poland a few weeks (or is it months now?) ago I met Gael Fraiteur, creator of the awesome Open Source .NET AOP container called PostSharp .  We had a great talk about development, trends, history and music, as I recall, but one Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:42 AM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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Houston TechFest Registration is Now OPEN!

Registration is now open for Houston TechFest 2008 !  Scheduled for September 13, 2008 at the University of Houston, there are 40 sessions currently listed with more being added all the time.  According to the agenda , the list of speakers is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:20 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Live Mesh Simplifies Signup and Adds More Users

If you’re not already on the Mesh – now is a great time to join.  Here’s a recent post from the Live Mesh Blog: Interested in trying out the Live Mesh Technology Preview? The process for joining just became a lot easier. From the Live Mesh forum Read More...
Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 12:26 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Ann Arbor GiveCamp a HUGE Success!

Congratulations to Jennifer Marsman and the team running the Ann Arbor GiveCamp event last weekend.  What an amazing experience!  Read all about it on Jennifer’s blog .  I know from my personal experiences helping to organize and run a Read More...
Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 9:07 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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User Group Meetings in South Central Distrct

According to last count , we’ve got about a bazillion user groups in South Central (that’s Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana).  Here’s some info on some upcoming user group meetings that you might be interested in: Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:00 Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:42 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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More than you care to know about me…

I don’t usually go in for these things, but since it was Dave O’Hara that tagged me, I have to respond: What I was doing ten years ago I was working as a Senior Microsoft Development Consultant at Step Consulting in Greensboro, NC.  I had been working Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:27 AM by Chris Koenig | 4 Comments
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First Dallas XNA Community User Group Meeting

Tonight marked the first ever Dallas XNA User Group meeting at the SMU Guildhall.   Most of the core group of us, as well as some new friends, were able to get together tonight to check out the venue, discuss what the group was going to cover, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:48 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Ann Arbor, Northwest Arkansas and Houston GiveCamp Events

  It looks like the GiveCamp phenomenon is really starting to catch on! This weekend is the first ever Ann Arbor GiveCamp event.  Jennifer Marsman , a friend and fellow Developer Evangelist from the Michigan area, planned a GiveCamp event for Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:48 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Dallas XNA User Group

Just a reminder to everyone that the first ever Dallas XNA User Group meeting will be held on July 15th, 2008 at the SMU Guildhall .  The first meeting is all about getting to know the people who are interested in developing an XNA community in Dallas.  Read More...
Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 4:58 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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GiveCamp Houston Needs Your Help!

My buddy and fellow DE J Sawyer is organizing a GiveCamp event over in Houston and needs your help .   Putting on a GiveCamp event takes a lot of work – coordinating charities, participants, volunteers, venue, food, prizes can easily become Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 2:31 AM by Chris Koenig | 5 Comments

Silverlight + Virtual Earth = VIEWS

My teammate Jared Bienz informed me the other day about a CodePlex project he just helped finish called VIEWS , which is a really cool Virtual Earth Wrapper for Silverlight. It's released as a a managed layer for integrating mapping in your Silverlight Read More...
Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 8:05 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Northwest Arkansas Trip

For those of you in the Northwest Arkansas area, I'l be visiting there on Monday-Wednesday of this week visiting various user groups and customers. I've put up a calendar of my travels so that everyone can see where I'll be and if I'll be speaking. If Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 06, 2008 10:39 AM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments
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