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Intro to Virtual ALT.NET

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:46:03 GMT

Introduction to Virtual ALT.NET

VAN meeting for 1/14/09

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:28:27 GMT

AN Meeting for 1-14-08

New ASP.NET Charting Control

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:31:03 GMT

From ScottGu's blog. Brand new, Free, ASP.NET 3.5 chart control. It looks very nice!

5 Reasons I Love TweetDeck

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:00:05 GMT

During the time I've used Twitter, I've tried quite a few clients including Twhirl, Digsby, and Witty, but my favorite by far has been TweetDeck. This post discusses the Groups, Local Search, and Global Search features and how I use them.

Episode 23: Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release (part 1)

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:16:12 GMT

Phil haack interviewed about ASP.NET MVC Beta 1, answering questions like: will it make it this solar year? what's about components? And more...

Free Winforms and ASP.NET Chart Controls

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Directly from Microsoft

SVN-Monitor is finally out for free download!

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:31:02 GMT

A full-featured .net application that integrates SubVersion, TortoiseSVN and all your checked-out folders and repositories. Use it to perform all your svn commands and monitor all your projects' activities in a single place. Access all commands from the tray menu or from the main window. This is a must-have tool for every windows+svn user!

Screencast - SQL Examiner Suite 2008

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:18:13 GMT

SQL Examiner Suite consists of a couple of tools, SQL Examiner and SQL Data Examiner, that allow the user to compare and synchronize database schemas and data. This is a brief screencast introducing those tools.

Path to .NET 3.5 Developer Certification

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:31:05 GMT

If you are trying to figure out the new certification exams for Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) or Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) for .NET Framework 3.5 / Visual Studio 2008 then you may be interested in a diagram that I put together to helped me to visualize the path through the required certification exams.

Welcome to User Group Radio!

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:34:43 GMT

Over the last serveral years I have been involved with the developer community that has been growing in Northwest Arkansas.

The Complete Reference for Any jQuery Developer

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:31:02 GMT

If you ever to do something with jQuery, you should find it in this extensive list.

Foundations of Programming - Learning Application

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:46:10 GMT

If you're anything like me, you probably learn a lot better by going through code rather than reading books. I'm happy to release the Foundations of Programming Learning Application - it's a complete solution meant to show what was covered in the Foundations series.

MSDN Ramp Up and Certification Exam Discount

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:30:57 GMT

MSDN has a developer learning program called Ramp Up. The award for finishing the program is a 50% discount on certification exam 70-536 and other discounts.

Scale Cheaply - Sharding

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:16:05 GMT

There are a lot of expensive ways to scale your database - all of which are highly touted by the big three database vendors because, well, they want to sell you all types of really expensive stuff. Despite what an "engagement consultant" might tell you though, most of the high-traffic websites on the web (google, digg, facebook) rely on far cheaper and better strategies: the core of which is called sharding.

Foundations of Programming Ebook

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:46:04 GMT

Covering the basics of good programming.

Deep Fried Bytes: Episode 3: Twitter War Stories

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:31:06 GMT

A group of Twitter power users met up on the last day of the TechEd 2008 Conference. They sat down with Deep Fried Bytes host and Twitter user Keith Elder to discuss their ideas, experiences and observations of the online service. Each person has their own reason for using Twitter but they all share a common theme. They all use Twitter to keep in touch with their friends and stay connected to keep relationships thriving.

AjaxControlToolkit TabContainer Theme Gallery

Fri, 23 May 2008 03:56:17 GMT

A catalog of multiple themes created by Matt Berseth for the AjaxControlToolkit's TabContainer control. Themes include "Google Analytics", "Opera", "LinkedIn", and more.

Bulk Inserting Data with the ListView Control

Fri, 23 May 2008 03:53:25 GMT

Great looking demo of Excel-styled grid to allow bulk inserting of data.

Technology Round Table Podcast - "Hello World" Edition

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:37:57 GMT

Looking for feedback for our new podcast.

Create In-line Data Editing with the ASP.NET 3.5 ListView Control

Thu, 22 May 2008 10:17:22 GMT

I am lovin' the total control the ListView control is giving me. This past week a link to Telerik's new RadGrid control was floating around the office - and the general consensus was that the in-line editing capabilities control was pretty cool. And I completely agree - the in-line edit feature is pretty useful. But ... you don't need to buy the RadGrid to create a grid like this. ASP.NET 3.5's ListView control provides excellent out of the box support for scenarios like this.

11 Top Tips for a Successful Technical Presentation

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:16:02 GMT

Over five years ago I posted Tips for a Successful MSFT Presentation. Yesterday I watched the video of my Mix Presentation all the way through. It's always very painful to hear one's own voice but it's even worse to watch yourself. I never listen to my podcast and I avoid watching myself. It's like watching a person in parallel universe and it inspires self-loathing. However, if you are someone who values continuous improvement - and I am - you need to do the uncomfortable.

Visual Studio Usability Tip: Highlight Current Line

Sun, 18 May 2008 07:01:02 GMT

A small tweak you can make to your Visual Studio color scheme to help you navigate your code faster... maybe.

Using a Windows Service just to run a scheduled process is Wrong!

Sun, 11 May 2008 01:46:02 GMT

A classic post by Jon Galloway: A Windows Service is the wrong solution to scheduling one-off custom processes. The right solution for scheduling simple processes is the Windows Task Scheduler.

Google AdSense Advertising - eeech...

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:46:02 GMT

Rick Strahl has a great post questioning how much fraud Google actually lets through with AdSense.

6 steps to successful Continuous Integration

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:46:04 GMT

Very good of concrete steps which should be performed to enjoy continuous integration