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Great quote from Steve Ballmer on Apple’s “Cult Following”
I attended a TechNet event today called “Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow’s Strategies Today”. It was primarily geared around Microsoft’s virtualization stories and SQL Server 2008, but I attended to see if...
Happy To Be... An MVP.. Again...Again!!!
I am once again honored to announce that I have received a Microsoft MVP (Visual Developer - Visual Basic) award for 2008. Much thanks to Akim and Vicki my new MVP Leads here in the UK. As I look back to when I made a similar announcement last year I...
Tech-Ed (Developer) Barcelona Bound
An observant reader looking at my blog directly and not in their favorite feed reader may have noticed that several months ago the image at the top changed from the skyline of Chicago to that of London. That's because in July my wife and I threw all expectations...
CKS:Internet/Extranet Edition - SharePoint 2007 Forms Based Authentication Solution Released
I'm very happy to announce that our first pre-Beta release of the SharePoint Forms Based Authentication features that the Community Kit for SharePoint Internet/Extranet edition has been working on is available for download on CodePlex . This solution...
.NET Humor
In my prevous life as Editor for TheServerSide.NET, one of my favorite duties was to come up with ideas for .NET humor. This took the form of several cartoons, "Top 10" lists, and one April Fool's news post that got MASSIVE linkage. Unfortunately...
Vista and Office 2007 Launch Happenings...
While Windows Vista and Office 2007 are generally available to the public now, Microsoft is hosting launch events all of the USA over the next month. But last week several MVPs got the opportunity to visit local retailers and give demos and offer advice...
5 Things About Me...
Many of you may have seen the recent game of blog tag going on called "5 Things...". I got tagged by David Walker from Tulsa and so here are some things about me that you probaby don't already know. I was born in Xenia, OH. Weather fans...
.NET Predictions for 2007 - The Magic 8-Ball Rides Again
While I was editor for TheServerSide.NET, one of the more fun things I got to do was to write up humorous (hopefully) articles and cartoons. I've been missing that lately so I've decided to cut loose here in blogland. So here now are my predictions...
Happy to Be... An MVP... Again!!!
I am honored to say that I have received the Microsoft MVP (Visual Developer - Visual Basic) award for 2007. I want to thank Ed Hickey, my MVP lead, for once again considering my efforts in the community worthy of recognition. This time last year I mentioned...
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...
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