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Annoying Teasing About the Virtual Earth ASP.NET Server Control
Many of us were quite excited to hear (and see) that Microsoft has a Virtual Earth ASP.NET control that allows " ASP.NET developers to easily drag and drop a VE map onto the canvas and then interact with it, 0 JavaScript ". Windows Live Platform MVP John...
My Energize IT Dynamic Data Talk Resources
Hey folks, I had a blast at Energize IT in Toronto on the weekend. I also found a great way to lighten my bookshelves. My donation of a couple dozen free .NET books caused a minor feeding frenzy in one of the Ask the Experts areas! As promised, here are...
Come Say 'Hello' at Energize IT 2008 in Toronto!
Hey folks, Along with a number of other MVPs, regional directors, and community leaders, I've signed up to help out in the Ask the Experts area of Energize IT 2008 in Toronto on Saturday, May 24, 2008. It's a free event (including lunch) sponsored by...
Honorary Canadian MVP
At the MVP Summit, Canadian MVPs carried valuable hockey pucks. It was an unannounced, "viral" contest where attendees who collected a full set of pucks won a genuine, Canadian Olympic Team hockey jersey. At lunch at the closing day Japanese MVP Takako...
What's In a Name? A Lot in the Aspose Suite!
Aspose is one of the major component vendors, and famous for creating controls that read and write files in the formats of the Microsoft Office suite. I downloaded the Aspose.Total bundle today and noticed something odd. I didn't recognize the names of...
ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies Published
I hope you'll forgive a bit of self-promotion. I haven't blogged much about my book ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies because it's a beginner's book. Most readers here are ASP.NET experts who could (and do) write advanced books and articles on ASP.NET. That said...
LINQing Up at the Victoria Code Camp
I'll be speaking on the topic "LINQ: Simplifying Data Handling in ASP.NET" at the Victoria .NET CodeCamp on January 26th. It's going to be a great (free!) day with expert presenters that include Beth Massi and Richard Campbell . Here's the abstract...
DevTeach: Beth's Beer Demo
We're having lots of fun at DevTeach , and the mood was bubbly at Beth Massi 's presentation on the new features in VB 9.0. You see, the big boss of DevTeach, Jean-René Roy, opened the beer cooler for the whole crowd in mid-afternoon. You can imagine...
DevTeach: Getting Control Over VStudio 2008
After Aaron Marten's talk on Visual Studio 2008 extensibility this afternoon, we were chatting about some possible examples and power tools for the shell. I piped up that I'd like something that would give me some control over the recent files/projects...
Free Rich Text Editor ASP.NET Control Includes Source Code
Wow! Check out the free Rich Text Editor control for ASP.NET on CodePlex. What a great contribution to the community. You can download the source code here .
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