Shake your thoughts... Confessions of a MSF and .NET addicted<br />        www.lorenzobarbieri.infohttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/atom.aspxCommunity Server2006-01-09T23:47:00Zhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/07/10/Campioni-del-mondo_2100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100_.aspx2006-07-10T00:00:00Z2006-07-10T00:00:00Z<P>Sorry for the OT, but I'm too happy!!!</P> <P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#000000>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;while (true) {</FONT></P> <P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#000000>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Console.Writeline("Campioni del mondo!!!");</FONT></P> <P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#000000>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}</FONT></P> <P>And the party is just begun!!!</P><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=456037" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/05/28/Community-Credit_3A00_-Stupid-Prizes-to-Smart-People.aspx2006-05-28T01:06:00Z2006-05-28T01:06:00Z<P>This month I decided to partecipate to <A href="http://www.community-credit.com">www.community-credit.com</A>.</P> <P>It's a really interesting site, that gives <A href="http://www.community-credit.com/CommunityCreditPrizePage.aspx">stupid prizes</A> to <A href="http://www.community-credit.com/DisplayCommunityCredit.aspx">smart people</A>.</P> <P>If you're a blogger, usergroup leader or member, book or article writer, forum/newsgroup poster or if you do&nbsp;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...</P> <P>At the moment there are 3499 members... you could be the 3500th... :-)</P> <P>I'm very happy because from today I'm in the All Time list of community points earners...</P><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=449399" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/05/22/MSF-Resources-online-again.aspx2006-05-22T20:43:00Z2006-05-22T20:43:00Z<P>You can find them here:</P> <UL> <LI><A id=_ctl0____ctl0___bs___lcl___Categories__ctl1_Links__ctl1_Link href="http://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/articles/MSF_Resources.aspx">MSF 3.0 Resources list (updated Oct 2005)</A> <LI><A id=_ctl0____ctl0___bs___lcl___Categories__ctl1_Links__ctl2_Link href="http://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/articles/MSF4_Resources.aspx">MSF 4.0 Resources list (updated May 2006)</A> </LI></UL> <P>The only thing I changed was to rewrite the "_" character in the URL of the articles...</P><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=448449" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/05/22/Tags-are-not-the-right-solution_2E002E002E00_.aspx2006-05-22T19:48:00Z2006-05-22T19:48:00Z<P>Which tag can I use for posts related to TechEd? Or for posts related to MSF, or about Team Foundation Server, or???</P> <P>I know that this&nbsp;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...</P> <P>What will happen when a new technology is announced?</P> <P>Uhm... perhaps I've to wait and see what happens.</P> <P>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...</P> <P>&nbsp;</P><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=448426" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/05/20/New-version-of-MSF-4-resources-list.aspx2006-05-20T21:34:00Z2006-05-20T21:34:00Z<FONT face=Verdana size=2> <P>I've updated my list of MSF 4 resources, with download links for the final versions of the Process Guidance.</P> <P>You can find it here: <A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/articles/MSF4_Resources.aspx">MSF 4.0 Resources list)</A>.</P></FONT><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=447809" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/05/20/447788.aspx2006-05-20T13:01:00Z2006-05-20T13:01:00Z<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Here is the info for another TechEd party:</p> <p>Double-Take Software Rocks!</p> <p><strong>When:</strong> Wednesday, June 14, 2006 <br /><strong>Time:</strong> Party starts at 8:00pm ~ The band plays at 9:00pm<br /><strong>Where:</strong> Hennessey's Pub, 25 Union St., Boston, MA - 617-742-2121 (Located upstairs and next to Union Bay Oyster House)</p> <div></div> <p>You can go <a href="http://www.doubletake.com/misc/lp-clusterfunk.aspx">here</a> for more info...</p></font><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=447788" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/05/17/446811.aspx2006-05-17T02:38:00Z2006-05-17T02:38:00Z<font face="Verdana" size="2"> <p>Some months ago I reviewed the <a href="http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/lbarbieri/articles/InVirtusVMOptimizer2Review.aspx">final version of InVirtus VM Optimizer 2.0</a>. 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.</p> <p>Today I reviewed the <a href="http://www.invirtus.com/content/view/16/32/">Corporate Edition of InVirtus VM Optimizer 2.0</a>. 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).</p> <p>You can read everything <a href="http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/lbarbieri/articles/InVirtusVMOptimizer2CorporateReview.aspx">here</a>. 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.</p> </font><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=446811" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/05/14/446380.aspx2006-05-14T16:22:00Z2006-05-14T16:22:00Z<font face="Verdana" size="2"> <p>Some months ago I reviewed the <a title="" target="">final version of InVirtus VM Optimizer 2.0</a>. 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.</p> <p>Today&nbsp;I&nbsp;reviewed&nbsp;the <a title="" target="" name="">Corporate Edition of InVirtus VM Optimizer 2.0</a>. This version is completely automatic, and&nbsp;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).</p> <p>You can read everything <a title="" name="">here</a>. As with the "traditional" version, I'm really impressed with the results, but I've to say that&nbsp;the ease of use of this version is really good.</p> </font><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=446380" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/05/03/444958.aspx2006-05-03T16:30:00Z2006-05-03T16:30:00ZI'm really happy because I don't want to translate the MSF templates and documents from English to Italian... <a title="" href="#" ><IMG SRC="http://messenger.msn.it/Resource/emoticons/regular_smile.gif" border=0></a><br/> I'm looking forward to download the trial from MSDN <a title="" href="#" ><IMG SRC="http://messenger.msn.it/Resource/emoticons/wink_smile.gif" border=0></a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=444958" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/04/21/443521.aspx2006-04-21T07:33:00Z2006-04-21T07:33:00Z<font face="Verdana" size="2"> <p> I'm very happy because I've received the confirmation for one of the BoF sessions that I proposed for TechEd:</p> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <p><em>Congratulations, your Birds of a Feather session, “<strong>Microsoft Solutions Framework in the real world</strong>”, 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]</em></p> <p><em>Your BoF session is scheduled for <strong>Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 7:45 PM</strong>. [CUT]</em></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">See you there, and thanks for all your votes!</p> </font><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=443521" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/04/18/443223.aspx2006-04-18T15:26:00Z2006-04-18T15:26:00ZThanks to my friend Fabio for the link of a little (88kb) but really useful tool: <a href="http://www.visualtasktips.com/">Visual Task Tips</a>.<br /> It shows a "live" preview of the items in the taskbar... really cool!<br /> Sorry to my italian readers for the crosspost...<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=443223" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/04/03/441796.aspx2006-04-03T20:26:00Z2006-04-03T20:26:00Z<font face="Verdana" size="2"> <p>I don't have too much hope, considering all the great submissions.</p> <p>But I hope that with <A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/03/15/440253.aspx">two submissions</a> on two topics that I really like, at least one will be selected.</p> <p>I'll cross my fingers!</p> </font><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=441796" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/03/29/441400.aspx2006-03-29T18:22:00Z2006-03-29T18:22:00Z<font face="Verdana" size="2"> <p>It seems that from today it's possible:</p> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <p><span class="Date">March 29, 2006</span><br /><a title="" href="http://www.usb-over-network.com/usb-over-network.html" target="" name="">USB over Network v2.2</a> has been released. Full compatibility with VMware, MS Virtual PC and MS Virtual Server is added.</p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">I've not yet tried it... I'm pretty busy at the moment, buy if you try it, please let me know!</p> </font><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=441400" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/03/15/440253.aspx2006-03-15T07:06:00Z2006-03-15T07:06:00ZI submitted two BOF sessions proposals for&nbsp;TechEd 2006 in Boston. <ul> <li><strong>Microsoft Solutions Framework in the real world</strong></span> <i>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.</i> <li><strong>Developing better software using Virtual Machines</strong></span> <em>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.</em></li></ul>If you're interested in one or both topics, please vote for me&nbsp;<a title="" href="http://www.msteched.com/cfp/bofvoting.aspx" target="" name="">here</a>. Thank you very much in advance... and see you in Boston!<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=440253" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/lbarbieri/archive/2006/01/09/434912.aspx2006-01-09T22:47:00Z2006-01-09T22:47:00ZEverybody wants tips on how to deliver great presentations...<br /> <a href="http://emea.culminis.com/Newsletters/200601_january/0106listen.htm">Here</a> there are tips from Culminis on how to be a good listener.<br /> It applies to user group meetings, but also to a lot of other kind of events.<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=434912" width="1" height="1">barbilorhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/barbilor.aspx