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October 2010 meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group

Jackie Goldstein — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:50:45 GMT

Our October 2010 meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group will focus on application development for the Windows Phone 7. Our speakers will be Tzvia Gitlin Troyna and Maxim Vainstein of Microsoft Israel. Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development...(read more)

Microsoft and WordPress – I Knew it !

Jackie Goldstein — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:54:16 GMT

Well, almost … :-) Although yesterday’s Announcement by Microsoft that they are going to partner with WordPress to replace the Windows Live Spaces blogging platform, was quite a surprise, my intuition seemed to be moving me in that direction. Over...(read more)

12 Breeds of Clients and How to Work with Them

Jackie Goldstein — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:56:28 GMT

This is a one of those cute but oh-so-true blog posts that describes several typical types of clients we often encounter. I know that I have encountered many of them at least once over the years that I have been in business. I have been fortunate...(read more)

September 2010 meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group

Jackie Goldstein — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:42:54 GMT

Our guest speaker for our September 2010 meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group is Oren “Ayende“ Eini. We will take a look at developing applications without a SQL database – why and how. Developing .NET applications without a SQL database...(read more)

August 2010 meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group

Jackie Goldstein — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:16:50 GMT

For our August 2010 meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group we will take a look at the “Iron” technologies – IronRuby and IronPython. Session #1: Introduction to IronRuby Speaker: Shay Friedman Ruby has been a home for some great innovative...(read more)

Why I am looking to get out of the Software Outsourcing business…

Jackie Goldstein — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:58:02 GMT

http://www.newtechusa.com/ppi/talent.asp...(read more)

Blasts from the Past – 30 Old PC Ads That Will Blow Your Processor

Jackie Goldstein — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:03:24 GMT

http://www.informationtechnologyschools.org/blog/2010/30-old-pc-ads-that-will-blow-your-processor/ These ads certainly brought smiles to my face – even if it is a reminder of how long I’ve been in this industry …...(read more)

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

Jackie Goldstein — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:41:29 GMT

Note the special date of this meeting - Thursday April 29, 2010 The April 2010 meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group will be held on Thursday April 29, 2010 . This meeting will focus on parallel programming – in general and the...(read more)

Lessons on Software Development – From Bruce Lee!

Jackie Goldstein — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:11:19 GMT

While we as software developers are used to learning lessons and adopting techniques from other disciplines, it is not often that we look to the martial arts for new ideas on development approaches. However, this blog post does just that. The author...(read more)

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

Jackie Goldstein — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:24:13 GMT

Note the special date of this meeting - Wednesday March 24, 2010 For our March 2010 meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group we have the opportunity for a special meeting with Brad Abrams from Microsoft Corp, who will in Israel for the Developer...(read more)

Prehistoric Steve Jobs Introduces The New Apple iRock Tablet

Jackie Goldstein — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:51:01 GMT

(from onstartups.com)...(read more)

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

Jackie Goldstein — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:54:37 GMT

Please Notice Change in dates The February 2010 meeting of the Israel Dot Net Developers User Group will be held on Sunday, February 21, 2010 . This meeting will focus on Refactoring Principles in developing cycle. Our speaker will be...(read more)

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)