One of the things I found out about at Tuesday’s MSDN Northeast Roadshow stop in Augusta is the first New England GiveCamp, June 11-13 at Microsoft’s Northeast Research and Development center in Cambridge, MA. I’m attending, and I’d urge you to do so. A GiveCamp is basically a gathering of developers, DBAs, project managers, designers [...]
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The Visual Studio Launch 2010 Boston Event, Reconsidered
Now that I’m a day or so removed from the Visual Studio “Launch 2010″ event in Boston, have plenty of sleep under my belt, and the benefit of hindsight, I’d like to recap my impressions. I still consider Launch 2010 a significant disappointment, especially compared to the “Heroes Happen Here” launch of Visual Studio 2008 [...]
Live From The Microsoft Launch 2010 Event In Boston
6:50 PM: The event ended at 4:45 PM, following Chris Bowen’s very interesting overview of Windows Phone development. I was desperate to get out of there, and this is the first access to the Web (wifi on the Concord Coach bus) I’ve had since making a beeline for Copley Square. On Windows Phone: It leverages [...]
Visual Studio 2010 / .NET 4 Events For Maine-Based Developers
On Monday, Microsoft set its Internet volume knob to 11, announcing the official release of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET 4 framework. If you haven’t seen it, take a look at Scott Hanselman’s comprehensive rundown of where to get the tools (including free Express editions) and what those new tools have waiting for you. [...]
An Open Letter To A Programming Noob
Recently received in my e-mail: Hi There Found your email on your blog via the contact me which is linked to on your [Yahoo! Answers] profile. I was curious as to what languages you program in as I am keen to get into programming and wanted any advise or recomendations for books. I have done [...]
