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Woohoo.I'm an Asp.net MVP.and a few questions for you

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:50:36 GMT

I was announced asp.net MVP today...and am asking for your suggestion as to what future articles / tutorials / videos should cover.

New FunkyGrunge Theme For BlogEngine.NET

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:45:37 GMT

Our third FREE BlogEngine.NET theme for the community - The design features and modern, funky grunge theme and uses SIFR to show the custom heading fonts. Everything is packed up in the download, so just unzip, upload and your away.

This Week on Channel 9: Revolution 9 - The Future of Channel 9

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:36:34 GMT

On a very special episode of This Week on Channel 9, Dan is joined by Jeff, Duncan, and Nishant to talk about the recent survey results, and the Revolution 9 project.

Revive your user group

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:18:29 GMT

stresses the importance of a good user group.

Dew Drop - June 25, 2009

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:29:35 GMT

Today's fresh links for .NET developers, courtesy of The Morning Dew.

Columbus GiveCamp - July 17, 18, 19

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:07:49 GMT

Jeff Blankenburg, a Microsoft developer evangelist, explains the idea of GiveCamp and why you should be at one of the two (Columbus, OH and Ann Arbor, MI) over the weekend of July 17-19.

Making internet start-up. Part 1: What to make?

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:26:54 GMT

Recently I have more free time so I decided that It is a good time to start small internet start-up. Why small? First of all It is just me that is going to work on it. For now :) Until it will get super successful.

Presentation at Microsoft Day @ Dhaka - Tanzim Saqib on .NET discovery

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:45:00 GMT

Presentation slide for the "Development in ASP.NET [WebForms, LINQ, Dynamic Data]" session on Microsoft Day @ Dhaka

What's good about your favourite IoC Framework?

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:57:22 GMT

Andrew Stopford asks what do you like most in your IoC framework of choice, what is lacking and what would you want to see?

Kevin Jones at Tech Ed North America

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:26:32 GMT

I sometimes hang out with Kevin at Code Camps in the Virginia area, and we've had some interesting discussions on .NET 4.0. Thanks to the wonders of video, you can get his perspective on Windows 7, Silverlight, and being an MVP. all without traveling to Virginia!

"If you build it, they will come" - Or how to start a community

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:38:53 GMT

I've always found that the best practices inside my field were not always respected. Doctors always wash their hands, architect follow all the rules to have a building that is safe for the people living/working inside it. However, with software, anyone can improvise himself "Software Architect" or "Software Developer" without having any problem to find a job. Most people in the .NET community will follow what is given to them by Microsoft. Be it SharePoint, Entity Framework, Linq To SQL, Visual Studio, or whatever. Sometimes, alternative is good because they offer you a different view on the state of things.

Speaking at Microsoft Day @ Dhaka- June 20, 2009

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:16:14 GMT

Microsoft is holding the first ever dev / IT pro event in Bangladesh on June 20, 2009. Read all about it...

How Can We Improve the Chicago-land MSFT/.NET Developer Community?

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:30:49 GMT

This article is biased towards the Chicago-land area, but could probably apply to any city with a sufficiently large, underground .NET developer population. (obscure?) Basically, with Microsoft's clout and the developer's passion, how can we make Chicago a developer community hub that attracts conventions and conferences?

Learning new Programmming Languages and Technologies

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Recently, I've read article after article about how part of being a good software developer is about being open to new technologies, and to "learn new things" - and I'd be foolish not to agree. However...

SharePoint RSS Reader & Yahoo Stock Quote Web Parts - Free Download

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:58:57 GMT

"RSS Reader" and "Yahoo Stock Quote" Web Parts for WSS 3.0 now available for Download ...

Bing goes Live!!

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:52:30 GMT

Bing goes Live!! Try it out now

Visual Studio in your browser?

Fri, 29 May 2009 09:37:47 GMT

CodeRun is a collaborative online IDE that supports ASP.NET and Ajax, with an extensive set of open source controls and code examples.

LIDNUG: Free Online Virtual Chat with Scott Guthrie Today

Wed, 27 May 2009 14:10:21 GMT

From ScottGu's blog: "LIDNUG (Linked .NET Users Group) is hosting an online chat with me today (Wednesday) from 11:30am to 1pm PST (Pacific Standard Time). Anyone is free to join and the agenda topic will be open - so bring your questions! Click here (http://events.linkedin.com/LIDNUG-ScottGu-talks-shop-developers/pub/60571) to learn more about how to register and attend it."

Live Twitter stream of notable people in the .NET community

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Built with ASP.NET MVC, jQuery and TweetSharp

Establishing team values

Mon, 18 May 2009 17:44:23 GMT

A shared identity and core set of values can only benefit a team. This is a brief explanation of how to establish some.

Gibraltar opens beta to new logging and reporting tool

Sun, 17 May 2009 10:26:07 GMT

Gibraltar Software has announced Beta 4 of their new application logging and reporting product as a public beta. Gibraltar is an end to end solution for logging, managing and reporting on your application. What you log is entirely up to your application. The product includes the ability to add trace listeners, log4net, and custom metric recording through custom code.

Kam starts his blog

Sat, 16 May 2009 01:48:33 GMT

The legendary Kam finaly starts to blog. Ping him and say hi!

Participating in the community and improving yourself

Fri, 15 May 2009 08:24:33 GMT

This post is sadly not going to be about code so much that it's going to be about the profession. Some professions have it easy. You can cut hairs without having to learn something new every 2-3 months. You can build houses without having to learn new methods every year. Of course, all professions are evolving and new ways to do the same task more effectively are created.

A Passion For Your Craft

Fri, 15 May 2009 01:02:22 GMT

Creating realiable, scalable, and useable software takes skill that is developed over many years of practice, study, and most importantly: failure. When you move on, where does all this experience go?

Why Joel Spolskey and Jeff Atwood are Brilliant A-Holes

Thu, 14 May 2009 01:16:47 GMT

So have you seen the latest from the FogBugz/StackOverflow partnership floating around? Yep I'm talking about StackOverflow Dev Days (crowd ooh's and ahh's).