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Tips/Tools for Technical Presenters

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:21:50 GMT

A short list of battle-tested tips (for Visual Studio and in general) and tools (ZoomIt!) for anyone who finds themselves presenting technical content.

Make Silverlight Games with Popfly Game Creator

Fri, 09 May 2008 23:46:02 GMT

Just released on the Popfly site is alpha of the new Popfly Game Creator feature, which provides a great way to create and share some interesting games without having to deal with some of the complexities normally associated with game creation, all using Silverlight.

Windows Vista / Mac debugging a Silverlight app using VS 2008

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:42:05 GMT

This blog post shows you how to remotely debug a Silverlight application running on a Mac, from Visual Studio 2008 running on Windows Vista.

World of Warcraft Meets Visual Studio 2008

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:18:21 GMT

The AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft project has just been released on CodePlex, enabling you to create WoW addons using LUA and FrameXML from a customized Visual Studio 2008 based environment (based on the Visual Studio 2008 Shell.)

List of Technology Posters on MSDN

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:00:46 GMT

Here's a list of developer and technology posters you can download from MSDN. .NET Framework, C#, VB, BizTalk, Silverlight, and others.

TechEd 2008 Now Two Events with IT and Developer Specializations

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:25:16 GMT

As announced on the TechEd 2008 site, TechEd will be run as two week-long back-to-back conferences, the first focused on developers and the second on IT professionals.

.NET Framework 3.5 Namespace poster

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:31:03 GMT

The .NET Framework 3.5 Commonly Used Types and Namespaces poster

Acropolis Transitions to Patterns & Practices Team

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:56:26 GMT

The Acropolis project (for building composite applications) is being transitioned to the Patterns & Practices group for development of guidance going forward. Also, Glenn Block has unveiled plans around the WPF Composite Client.

Want to Help Shape Multiple Monitor Support in Visual Studio 10?

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:31:02 GMT

Here's a chance to give your ideas on features that would make multiple monitor support awesome in Visual Studio 10 (after VS2008) - before product plans are set.

Upcoming Northeast (USA) Developer Events

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:35:29 GMT

Here's a listing of many of the upcoming events in the New England and upstate NY regions potentially of interest to .NET developers.