Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

Series Post #40

I won’t be posting anything tomorrow due to the US holiday of Independence Day on Saturday. I will be taking the day off.

Daily Oddball – The Best Way to Photograph Fireworks (Tweeted by Dana Coffey)

.NET Framework

• Azure – How we built Twittermatic.net – Tweeted by Maarten Balliauw
• General - Exploring Code Contracts: Taking a look at Object Invariant Conditions – Tweeted by Derik Whittaker
• General - Successful Cross Platform .NET Development - Mono and Banshee with Aaron Bockover – Tweeted by Miguel de Icaza
• IronRuby - IronRuby 0.6 Released! – Tweeted by Javier Lozano
• Open Source - 23 .NET Open Source Projects – Tweeted by Keyvan Nayeri

Alternate Languages – Java, Rails, and other Languages

• PHP - AjaxCRUD: a PHP API for easier create/read/update/delete operations on MySQL – Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu
• Python - Python Web Framework Series – Pylons: Part 5 Testing Models – Tweeted by Los Techies

Architecture and Projects

• ORM – DES Dynamic Data – Tweeted by David Ebbo
• Testing - From NUnit to MSTest – Tweeted by Elijah Manor

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

• ASP.NET - ASP.NET WebForms: Taking Back the HTML – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• ASP.NET - Three IIS Concepts ASP.NET Developers Should Know – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• ASP.NET MVC – MiniUrl Project – Tweeted by Javier Lozano

Desktop and Server Technology

• Cloud - CSC to Resell Cloud-Based Microsoft Online Services – Tweeted by Mary Jo Foley
• Cloud - Microsoft 'mega data centers' to support Azure, Bing – Tweeted by Wally McClure
• SharePoint - Fixing MOSS Search Crawler issue for "The specified address was excluded..." – Tweeted by Tom Hearn
• SharePoint - SharePoint Search-as-You-Type with jQuery – Tweeted by Jan Tielens
• Virtualization - How Do I: Backup Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup? – Tweeted by Laura Rogers
• Windows - Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium – Tweeted by Jason Percival

Gaming

• Book – New - Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0: Learn Programming Now! – Tweeted by Microsoft Press

JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries

• JavaScript - Text Escaping and Unescaping in JavaScript – Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu
• jQuery - Dissecting JQuery text() – Tweeted by jQuery
• jQuery - Identifying & locating mouse position in jQuery – Tweeted by jQuery
• jQuery - jQuery Example - Using cookies to save draft information – Tweeted by jQuery
• jQuery - List of Really Useful Plugins For jQuery Developers – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• jQuery - Playing with Select (DropDownList/ComboBox) – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• jQuery Plugin - New jQuery plugin targeting usability for password masking on forms – Tweeted by Elijah Manor

Mobile Devices

• Netbook - Inspiron Mini 10v now available at Dell Outlet – Tweeted by Dell Outlet
• Netbook - Jolicloud, a cool new OS for your netbook – Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu

Silverlight, WPF, and RIA

• Silverlight - 10 Things to Know About Silverlight Prism – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• Silverlight - Blend 3 + Silverlight 3 = Luv (video demo) – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• Silverlight - Composite Web Apps With Prism – Tweeted by Peter Bromberg
• Silverlight - Countdown to Silverlight 3 #4: Element binding – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• Silverlight - Countdown to Silverlight 3 #5: ChildWindow (Modal, Non-modal, Templated) – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• Silverlight - Creating NikeClone With Silverlight Part-3 – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• Silverlight - Creating NikeClone With Silverlight Part-4 – Tweeted by Silverlight News
• WPF - Creating a Simple RSS Reader Using Windows Presentation Foundation – Tweeted by Mohammad Azam

Social Networking and Community Platforms

• Community Platform – Telligent Analysts 3.0 – Tweeted by Josh (Telligent)
• Community Platform – Telligent Community 5.0 – Tweeted by Josh (Telligent)
• Twitter – Final version of Twittermatic is Online – Tweeted by Maarten Balliauw

Visual Studio and Other IDEs

• Visual Studio - VS 10 beta 1 extensibility model (Part 1) – Tweeted by Keyvan Nayeri
• Visual Studio - VS 10 beta 1 extensibility model (Part 2) – Tweeted by Keyvan Nayeri

Web Design and Graphics

• CSS - 20+ Resources and Tutorials for Creative Forms using CSS – Tweeted by Smashing Magazine
• Graphics - Make a Vintage Magazine Ad in Photoshop – Tweeted by Smashing Magazine
• Web Design - 50 Free High-Quality and “New” (X)HTML/CSS Templates – Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu
• Web Design - Modernizr: HTML5 and CSS3 detection – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
• Web Design – XHTML FAQ – Tweeted by Dana Coffey

Miscellaneous Technology News

• General - This Week C9: Revolution 9 - The Future of Channel 9 – Tweeted by PDC 09

Today’s Birthdays

• Sam Gentile – New Jersey, USA

Job Opportunities (Sorted by State)

• Boston, MA – Nuxeo –Tweeted on 7/1/2009
• Redmond, WA – Project Natal, Microsoft – Tweeted on 7/1/2009
• Redmond, WA - Software Development Engineer in Test Job, Microsoft - Tweeted on 7/1/2009

Upcoming Technology Events (Sorted by State) – Want something listed? Post your comments. Also, what’s the best way for me to list these events? By date order or by state, then city, then date?

• Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix – August 29th, 2009
• Des Moines, IA – Iowa Code Camp – November 7th, 2009
• Boston, MA – jQuery Conference 2009 – September 12th-13th, 2009
• New Orleans, LA – MS Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 – July 13th-16th, 2009
• Ann Arbor, MI - 2nd Annual Michigan Give Camp - July 17th-19th, 2009
• Southfield, MI – 4th Annual Architecture Summit – July 31st, 2009
• Columbus, OH - PyOhio: Python-related Event - July 25th-26th, 2009
• Allentown, PA – TECHbash 2009 – September 26th, 2009
• Philadelphia, PA - PhillyXAML.org – July 23rd, 2009
• Nashville, TN – devLINK – August 13th-15th, 2009
• Austin, TX – Monospace Conference – October 27th-30th, 2009
• Dallas, TX – SharePoint Saturday – July 25th, 2009
• Appleton, WI – Fox Valley .NET Users Group – September 9th, 2009