Jackie Goldstein's Weblog

Predictions for 2010 #2 – Three MS Technologies to Watch in 2010

Jackie Goldstein — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:34:20 GMT

While we can expect a lot of excitement, attention, and noise around the April release of VS 2010 and .NET 4, there are a few other strategic (i.e. longer term) technologies that I think we need to be paying attention to as well: 1. Windows Azure – Scalable...(read more)

The Origin of Job Interview (Humor)

Jackie Goldstein — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:13:04 GMT

Have you been subjected to a job interview like this? (from http://www.resumark.com/blog/ )...(read more)

Predictions for 2010 #1 – ASP.NET MVC Goes Mainstream

Jackie Goldstein — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:19:19 GMT

While originally an “interesting” technology for the fringe of ASP.NET developers, the Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework is clearly destined to become mainstream. Version 2.0 will be included as part of VS 2010 / .NET 4 and has smoothed some of the...(read more)

January 2010 Meeting of Israel Dot Net Developers User Group (IDNDUG)

Jackie Goldstein — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:20:28 GMT

The January meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group will be held on Wednesday January 20, 2010. This meeting will focus on real-real issues and practices in developing unit tests, with a variety of tools. Our...(read more)

Save 40% on All Microsoft Press Books and 50% on Ebooks

Jackie Goldstein — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:16:00 GMT

You can currently get tremendous discounts on Microsoft PRess books as part of a special promotion celebrating their new relationship with O'Reilly. Select your books from their site http://microsoftpress.oreilly.com/ anf then use discount code MSINT...(read more)

Israel: Leader of Business Innovation

Jackie Goldstein — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:09:00 GMT

Here is a short video clip from CNBC, Israel: Leader of Business Innovation , that is an interview with one of the authors of the recently published book “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle”. You can also read a Newsweek excerpt from...(read more)

Microsoft Sync Framework 2.0 Released

Jackie Goldstein — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:44:13 GMT

While the release of Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 is getting all of the attention this week, version 2.0 of the Microsoft Sync Framework was also released this week and can be downloaded from here ....(read more)

Workplace socializing is productive?

Jackie Goldstein — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:52:59 GMT

An interesting article published in the Gallup Management Journal posits that workplace socializing actually increases work productivity. Here’s the sides of the debate: Every March, we hear dire warnings about workplace productivity lost to water cooler...(read more)

Outsourcing R&D as a Strategy to Grow Your Business

Jackie Goldstein — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:53:26 GMT

Included below is an article regarding strategic outsourcing of R&D that I recently came across. I’d be very interested in hearing your thoughts and/or plans in this area. Technology companies are increasingly partnering with Offshore R&D providers...(read more)

Creating a Profitable Startup Company

Jackie Goldstein — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:49:41 GMT

If you are involved, or considering starting, your own technology business, I strongly recommend you invest half an hour to watch this video by David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Ruby on Rails framework and Partner at 37Signals. It is full of sound...(read more)

Top 10 Tips Working Developers Should Know about Windows 7

Jackie Goldstein — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:06:30 GMT

Check out all of the details on Scott Hanselman’s blog Windows 7 includes .NET 3.5SP1 Visual Studio 2008 works great on Windows 7 You can write a single app for XP, Vista and Windows 7 You can code to Windows 7 features today using the .NET Framework...(read more)

Windows 7 Training Kit For Developers

Jackie Goldstein — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:44:23 GMT

The Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos designed to help you learn how to build applications that are compatible with and shine on Windows 7. Overview The Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers...(read more)

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)