November 2007 Entries
That's right, the InstallFest event in Des Moines has SOLD OUT! As of today, there are 13 people on the waiting list. For all of you that signed up, thanks! It is because of you that this event will be a success! Also, if you're interested, you should sign up to do a demo during the event! Those of you on the waiting list, you will be notified of an open spot if someone on the main list cancels. So if you're on the main list but can't make it, please cancel so somebody on the waiting list can...
Alright, earlier this evening I blogged about the Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest that our Des Moines .NET UG is hosting on December 12th, 2007. If you're interested in coming, please sign up!! If you would like to ensure a copy of VS2008, it is REALLY IMPORTANT that you sign up at
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032360733&Culture=en-US
Now the contest info! Have you been playing around with VS2008 beta1/beta2/RC1 or .NET 3.5 for a while? If you answered yes, then I recommend you strut your stuff by coming up with a 10-15 minute presentation you can share with the group during the InstallFest!
What do I need to...
Everyone in the Des Moines, sign up for this great event our UG is hosting in conjunction with Microsoft! We're also planning on having a presentation contest to see who can show off the best features VS2008. More to come on this, so stay tuned!!
Visual Studio InstallFest - Des Moines
Event Registration: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032360733...
ATTENTION DEVELOPERS! Are you ready to be one of the first to get their hands on Visual Studio 2008 when it RTMs? Join Microsoft and the Iowa DNUG for a Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest and Holiday Party on December 12th, 2007 at the Des Moines Area Community College!...
I about spilled my drink when I read this, it's freaking hilarious!! (I got this from Ryan Olshan):
That's right, you can now download the Silverlight 1.1 Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 RTM. Get it while it's hot!! One thing to notice is that this release does not work with the Express Editions.
Yeah, I know...I'm testing lots of blogging clients right now.
This is just another test...please ignore...
Testing this "blogging" tool for OSX....
I was looking at my blog posts numbers and I must say, they're pretty sad. In the past three months, I've had 15 posts...For those of you that are regular readers, thanks for sticking around. Honestly, I've been pretty busy with my workout routine and with my new job, that I've had little time to do interesting blog posts. Don't worry, I have some really good posts that I need to finish up and publish. Another reason, which is a little less obvious, is that twitter is taking up most of my "random" blog posts. If you follow my tweets,...
On Wednesday, November 7th, I will be presenting about Silverlight to our user group in Des Moines. Here's the info:
Abstract:
This is an overview presentation of the feature set that both Silverlight v1.0 and v1.1 have to offer to developers.
We will also cover some of the current tools available for both designers and developers to create Silverlight applications.
What is Silverlight?
Microsoft® Silverlight™ is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight offers a flexible programming model that supports AJAX, VB, C#,...