Jackie Goldstein's Weblog

I’m a VB !

Jackie Goldstein — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:08:12 GMT

Check out the growing set of video and text interviews with leading VB developers at the I’m A VB site. You can find my interview at Jackie VB ....(read more)

How Clients Negotiate with Software Vendors

Jackie Goldstein — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:04:12 GMT

I came cross this video on Antonio Chagoury . It is one of those “Very funny, but painfully true” videos that depicts how ridiculous it would be if the same negotiating tactics used with software vendors were used in other scenarios. How many of you deal...(read more)

Using Speech Recognition to Program in Microsoft Visual Studio

Jackie Goldstein — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:34:00 GMT

We have just posted a very cool video showing off some of the work we have been doing with Voice Recognition. At Renaissance, we try to allocate time for our developers to explore new tools and technologies that are not necessarily related to their current...(read more)

Meetings, Version 2.0, at Microsoft

Jackie Goldstein — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:24:17 GMT

A very interesting interview with Steve Balmer in yesterday’s New York Times. Particularly good advice on how he now likes to run meetings, which is applicable to technical meetings as well....(read more)

Renaissance April 2009 Newsletter now available

Jackie Goldstein — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:45:04 GMT

The April 2009 edition of the Renaissance Computer Systems Ltd. newsletter is now available at http://www.renaissance.co.il/newsletters/NewsApr09.pdf In this Newsletter: Renaissance sponsors Internet and Mobile Boot Camp Speaking of Startups… Tools...(read more)

Word Mail Merge with Attachment

Jackie Goldstein — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:19:01 GMT

UPDATE #2: Thanks to the comment by Tony, making 2 simple changes to the code eliminates the need for step (3) below. I’ve commented out the line Set oOutlookApp = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application") and changed Set olNS = oOutlookApp.GetNamespace...(read more)

Innovation = Execution

Jackie Goldstein — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:07:03 GMT

I recently listened to a podcast with Guy Kawasaki , where he talked about successful companies and innovation. His position is that successful innovation is not necessarily revolutionary breakthroughs – but rather, the execution of new/improved...(read more)

A Different View of Twitter

Jackie Goldstein — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:41:07 GMT

If you are tired of being abused by your friends and neighbors for not Twittering enough (or at all), you can send you tormentors the link to the video below. This video humorously presents a different view of the Twitter phenomenon. Enjoy! via...(read more)

Just Released – Visual Basic QuickStarts and How-to Topics for PrismV2 (Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight)

Jackie Goldstein — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:55:18 GMT

The Microsoft Patterns and Practices group just Released a set of Quick Starts and How-To documents for using Prism in Visual Basic - Visual Basic QuickStarts and How-to Topics for PrismV2 (Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight) This...(read more)

Giving Presentations – From 1 Hour Down to 2 Minutes

Jackie Goldstein — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:55:57 GMT

As someone who has been been on the developer conference speaking circuit for over 10 years, the standard session time of an hour and a quarter (75 minutes), including time for Q&A, is pretty much ingrained in me. Even VSLive conferences, who...(read more)

The Official Release Version of ASP.NET MVC 1.0 is Now Available

Jackie Goldstein — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:31:34 GMT

The official version of ASP.NET MVC 1.0 is now available for download here . I’ve already suggested that you check out the free 184-page book chapter on building an app with MVC by Scott Guthrie....(read more)

Everything's amazing, nobody's happy

Jackie Goldstein — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:20:07 GMT

This is a great video clip from comedian Louis CK’s appearance on the Conan Show. Sometimes we takes things, especially technology, too much for granted…...(read more)

Renaissance to Sponsor Internet & Mobile Boot Camp

Jackie Goldstein — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:01:17 GMT

My company, Renaissance Computer Systems , just posted a press release announcing that we are sponsoring a special event for startup companies next week – the Internet & Mobile Boot Camp , being run by Boot Camp Ventures on March 16 th 2009, in Tel...(read more)

Free Scott Guthrie ASP.NET MVC chapter download

Jackie Goldstein — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:42:52 GMT

If you want an amazing hands-on look at the new ASP.NET MVC framework, you must download this free 184-page book chapter Scott's NerdDinner.com chapter . This chapter is written is Scott’s usual clear and graphic style – lots of screen shots and clear...(read more)

March 2009 Meeting of Israel Visual Basic User Group

Jackie Goldstein — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:59:09 GMT

This month we take a look at design and architecture, rather than specific technologies. Konstantin Triger, a Senior Consultant at Sela, will take a look at the deadly sins of performance, particularly from the design perspective. It is important...(read more)