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Holy Cow! Silverlight on WinForms!

I have been trying to tell everyone I know that Silverlight will have as much impact on our lives as HTML!  And a company has allready implemented Silverlight alpha on Winforms!

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Shared Resource Files in VS

That should capture your attention.  Anybody who has dealt with resource files across projects has been easily frustrated because there is no directly visible way to share resources across projects. Well, surprise, there is.  There is a simple entry in … Continue reading

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Great Article on MH-HA Architectures

MSDN has a great article on Mass-Hosting High-Availability Architectures.  Anyone who has been even close to MH-HA environments knows the complexity (not to mention pain) that comes with living in this space.  However, for those not as familar with this … Continue reading

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More info on Silverlight

Silverlight v1.1 Alpha is available and includes the full CLR running in the browser!  Check out the Hanselminutes postcast with extra info.  Very worth putting on your Zune and listening to.  (Notice I didn’t say the "I" word). If you … Continue reading

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Project = (Met Expectations ? Success : Failure)

Sometimes the developer within us gets so excited and wrapped up in doing a project that we don’t always keep the lines of communication going.   Even worst, we see an easy project and we don’t make sure the customer is … Continue reading

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Very Cool Stuff

Microsoft has put together a very cool web site giving you some information about Microsoft Technology.  It’s informative and VERY entertaining!  Check it out!

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EXCITEMENT OVERLOAD! EXCITEMENT OVERLOAD!

Warning!  The following content can cause uncontrollable excitement in developers and web designers. Please attempt to remain seated and please avoid screaming (it will cause chaos in the cubicles next to you). Expression has gone Beta! Download your free trial … Continue reading

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Quick Tip for Newbies

Here is a very good and very quick demo of using the Report Viewer control.   It also demonstrates the TableAdapter and adding charts to a report.  Worth the 5 min to watch.

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Scrum, Waterfall, Spiral, SDC, Chaos, Modelling, …

In a recent discussion about project development techniques (or more appropriately ‘styles’), it became evident that what worked for one team didn’t necessarily work for the next team.  We all came to this conclusion without any territorial resentment, just the … Continue reading

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Just when you thought they’d slow down….

Here comes Acropolis and Hawaii! And if that wasn’t enough, this little tidbit… What an exciting time to be in the software business!!!!

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