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Ray Ozzie and Steve Ballmer
So Ray Ozzie announced  few days ago that he is leaving Microsoft and then followed up with a typical Ozzie blog post this weekend…. Yeah… Please make sure to clean out the office, we wouldn’t want you to leave any of your “vision” behind. Sorry...

Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:41 PM by MarcLaFleur | with 4 comment(s)

New MSDN Format
I really like the new layout for MSDN, but I especially enjoy the nod to Steve Ballmer’s infamous “Developers, Developers, Developers” speech in the header.

Posted: Thursday, July 01, 2010 12:02 PM by MarcLaFleur | with no comments

A Talk by jQuery Creator, John Resig
I’ve you’re going to be in the Boston area this Wednesday the Boston .NET User Group is offering a talk by jQuery creator John Resig. It isn’t often that you have an opportunity see hear a talk by someone with this much influence. And it is even rarer...

Posted: Sunday, February 08, 2009 1:22 PM by MarcLaFleur | with 1 comment(s)

SIP Monitoring with Wireshark
Wireshark is a free tool for capturing network traffic. It is an invaluable resource for troubleshooting problems with VOIP calls. It is available for download from www.wireshark.org (current version for Windows as of this post is 1.05). ... Read full...

Posted: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:48 PM by MarcLaFleur | with 1 comment(s)

Mono 2.0
The Mono Project has hit 2.0 . They seem to have done a lot of work around ASP.NET, Windows Forms, and ADO support. It has been a while since I've poked around with Mono. Maybe it is time for me to take another look. Time to steal my children's Mac for...

Posted: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:37 PM by MarcLaFleur | with no comments

I Snapped My Chrome!
One of the more interesting features in Google’s new Chrome browser is “Application Shortcuts”. These are web site links that Chrome places on your Start menu, Desktop and/or Quick Launch bar. When launched they open with a trimmed down...

Posted: Thursday, September 04, 2008 11:33 AM by MarcLaFleur | with 3 comment(s)

My First Chrome Experience
My inbox has been flooded with emails asking me to blog about my opinion of Chrome . That is if you consider "flooded" to be one more than zero. And you include the email I sent to myself from work as a reminder to give it a shot... Ok fine...

Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:51 PM by MarcLaFleur | with 15 comment(s)

Scoble Scale?
Robert Scoble has an interesting post in response to Om Malik's suggestion that Twitter start charging "Super Users". Scoble would qualify as an edge-case when comes to social network . He has a history of hitting the limits like these on MSN Messenger...

Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:07 AM by MarcLaFleur | with no comments

Notiva
Around 18 months ago I started a new position with Parlance Corporation. I’m proud to say I've delivered my first product - Notiva . Essentially Notiva is an outbound messaging service which gives developers the ability to add voice, email, and...

Posted: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:57 PM by MarcLaFleur | with no comments

Outlook 2007 Doesn't Work with Exchange 5.5
Not that I'm really very surprised but Outlook 2007 will not connect to Exchange 5.5. I found a note about this on the TechNet Forums : "Microsoft continuously strives to provide a consistent and predictable end-of-life-cycle experience for all of its...

Posted: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:41 PM by MarcLaFleur | with 10 comment(s)

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