Lorenzo Barbieri @ Weblogs.Asp.Net

Campioni del mondo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

barbilor — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Sorry for the OT, but I'm too happy!!!

while (true) {

Console.Writeline("Campioni del mondo!!!");

}

And the party is just begun!!!

Community Credit: Stupid Prizes to Smart People

barbilor — Sun, 28 May 2006 01:06:00 GMT

This month I decided to partecipate to www.community-credit.com.

It's a really interesting site, that gives stupid prizes to smart people.

If you're a blogger, usergroup leader or member, book or article writer, forum/newsgroup poster or if you do some community activites, take a look at it. When you do something, you can submit your activities and gain points, and you can win the monthly prizes...

At the moment there are 3499 members... you could be the 3500th... :-)

I'm very happy because from today I'm in the All Time list of community points earners...

MSF Resources online again

barbilor — Mon, 22 May 2006 20:43:00 GMT

You can find them here:

The only thing I changed was to rewrite the "_" character in the URL of the articles...

Tags are not the right solution...

barbilor — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:48:00 GMT

Which tag can I use for posts related to TechEd? Or for posts related to MSF, or about Team Foundation Server, or???

I know that this tag system used for the main feed is a hack... but it forces us to use unrelated tags... and to hack it at the end...

What will happen when a new technology is announced?

Uhm... perhaps I've to wait and see what happens.

BTW thank you very much for the transition to CS2.1. I've to adapt myself to the news system, but it's much better than .Text...

New version of MSF 4 resources list

barbilor — Sat, 20 May 2006 21:34:00 GMT

I've updated my list of MSF 4 resources, with download links for the final versions of the Process Guidance.

You can find it here: MSF 4.0 Resources list).

TechEd 2006: If you don't go to the Influencer Party you can go to the Double-Take Software Rocks!

barbilor — Sat, 20 May 2006 13:01:00 GMT

Here is the info for another TechEd party:

Double-Take Software Rocks!

When: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Time: Party starts at 8:00pm ~ The band plays at 9:00pm
Where: Hennessey's Pub, 25 Union St., Boston, MA - 617-742-2121 (Located upstairs and next to Union Bay Oyster House)

You can go here for more info...

InVirtus VM Optimizer 2.0 Corporate Edition review - this time with working links...

barbilor — Wed, 17 May 2006 02:38:00 GMT

Some months ago I reviewed the final version of InVirtus VM Optimizer 2.0. For that review I used the "traditional" version of VM Optimizer, where the user has to interact with various steps of the wizard. That version also requires a reboot during the preparation of the virtual disk.

Today I reviewed the Corporate Edition of InVirtus VM Optimizer 2.0. This version is completely automatic, and it doesn't require a reboot during the process (a reboot is required in both versions, but only at the end, to compact the virtual disks from the host OS).

You can read everything here. As with the "traditional" version, I'm really impressed with the results, but I've to say that the ease of use of this version is really good.

InVirtus VM Optimizer 2.0 Corporate Edition review

barbilor — Sun, 14 May 2006 16:22:00 GMT

You can read everything here. As with the "traditional" version, I'm really impressed with the results, but I've to say that the ease of use of this version is really good.

TFS available in other languages

barbilor — Wed, 03 May 2006 16:30:00 GMT

I'm really happy because I don't want to translate the MSF templates and documents from English to Italian...
I'm looking forward to download the trial from MSDN

My "MSF in the real world" BoF session was accepted for TechEd...

barbilor — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:33:00 GMT

I'm very happy because I've received the confirmation for one of the BoF sessions that I proposed for TechEd:

Congratulations, your Birds of a Feather session, “Microsoft Solutions Framework in the real world”, has been accepted for TechEd 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts, in June. Thank you for your enthusiasm, your willingness to share, and your commitment to building community that make the Birds of a Feather discussions shine. [CUT]

Your BoF session is scheduled for Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 7:45 PM. [CUT]

See you there, and thanks for all your votes!

Visual Task Tips

barbilor — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:26:00 GMT

Thanks to my friend Fabio for the link of a little (88kb) but really useful tool: Visual Task Tips.
It shows a "live" preview of the items in the taskbar... really cool!
Sorry to my italian readers for the crosspost...

Waiting for BOF sessions selections...

barbilor — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:26:00 GMT

I don't have too much hope, considering all the great submissions.

But I hope that with two submissions on two topics that I really like, at least one will be selected.

I'll cross my fingers!

Need to use USB from Virtual PC or Virtual Server?

barbilor — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:22:00 GMT

It seems that from today it's possible:

March 29, 2006
USB over Network v2.2 has been released. Full compatibility with VMware, MS Virtual PC and MS Virtual Server is added.

I've not yet tried it... I'm pretty busy at the moment, buy if you try it, please let me know!

TechEd BOF sessions posted... please vote for me... :-)

barbilor — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:06:00 GMT

I submitted two BOF sessions proposals for TechEd 2006 in Boston.

Microsoft Solutions Framework in the real world Have you used MSF 4.0 (Agile or CMMI) in the real world? Do you plan to use one flavour in the future? In this BOF sessions we'll discuss practical experiences of real implementations of MSF Agile and CMMI, including customization, changes, and integration with other methodologies.
Developing better software using Virtual Machines Virtual PC, Virtual Server and other virtualization platforms are changing the way distributed applications are developed, tested and deployed. In this BOF session we can discuss practical implementations, improvements, tips and tricks from the field, and we can share the experiences in this new way of developing better software.

If you're interested in one or both topics, please vote for me here. Thank you very much in advance... and see you in Boston!

How to be a good listener

barbilor — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:47:00 GMT

Everybody wants tips on how to deliver great presentations...
Here there are tips from Culminis on how to be a good listener.
It applies to user group meetings, but also to a lot of other kind of events.