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Separating RSS Feeds from Email using Send/Receive Groups
One of the nicer new features in Outlook 2007 is the ability to subscribe to RSS feeds and read them just like emails. There's been a bit of confusion lately though about how RSS is tied to the Email Send/Receive in Outlook 2007. So for those people with huge bloglists, here are detailed instructions on how to separate the retrieval of RSS feeds from your normal email by using Send/Receive groups.
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Soma Hits the Nail On The Head!!
I tend not to "syndicate" another blogger's work but this blog post from S. Somasegar is such a dead-on anology of the gap between Business and IT thinking that I had to pass it along to my readers... both of you. :-)
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Multithreading Demo Code from VSLive Dallas
I have placed the source code from my VSLive Dallas talk on Multhreading in Windows Forms on my corporate website. There are three solutions, each showing a different aspect of multithreading specific to Windows Forms. The first is called AsyncDemo and shows how to wrap a slow process in the .NET asynchronouse programming model. The second solution is BGWDemo and shows how you can use the BackgroundWorker component. The last demo is called TimerDemo and shows the difference between the three types of timers available. in the .NET Framework. This code is currently in C#, I'll try to get a VB version done as soon as I can.
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Vista Compatibility: Getting Prepped for Friday and Looking For Help
As you may have already heard, Windows Vista will be available for download on MSDN this Friday, November 17th. WooHoo!! While I'm looking forward to using the new OS full time (I've been beta testing off and on for several months) I understand that there are some issues with with running my usual list of software on the brand spanking new platform. In particular, here's a list of software that I know I'm going to have problems with.
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Attending VSLive Dallas? Win Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Edition with Premium Subscription
If you are planning to attend VSLive in Dallas, stop by the Rochester Consulting booth for a chance to win a fully licensed copy of Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Edition with a 1 year Premium subscription. That's a $10,000+ prize for some lucky developer. And don't forget to check out my presentations on Office 2007 for Developers and Mutlithreading in Smart Client apps! See you there!