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My Video Plugging Visual Studio 2010
A few months ago I got an email asking me if I was available to talk about on camera what I liked about Visual Studio 2010 and how it made me more productive. I said sure and a week or so later spent a few hours at the Microsoft video studio at Redmond recording a video. I only spent a few minutes beforehand considering what I was going to say and frankly I thought it came out pretty well with me espousing some great new features without sounding like a total Microsoft rah-rah fan boy.
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Call for Abstracts for Spring 2012 Microsoft ASP.NET Connections
Please realize that while we want a lot of the new and the cool, it's also okay to propose sessions on the more mundane "real world" stuff as it pertains to ASP.NET. -
Give Back at GiveCamp!
What? Seattle GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations.
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Give Back at Give Camp, Oct 21-23!
Let's be frank...Most of us developers have it pretty good. We happen to have hung our hats on an industry that has plenty of work, even in the midst of a protracted recession. (Okay, this might not be true for every developer but as a general rule, employment for software professionals is better than many other sectors. If you are currently unemployed, I wish you the best in locating a job.)
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Make the Move to MVC at DevConnections, Oct 31-Nov 3 in Las Vegas
I will be presenting three sessions at Microsoft ASP.NET Connections, one of the conferences that is part of DevConnections. Two of my talks are especially targeted at ASP.NET Web Forms developers who are in the process of learning or coming up to speed with ASP.NET MVC.
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Use MVC Scaffolding in Database First Scenarios
Steve Sanderson's MVC Scaffolding NuGet package is awesome and goes far beyond the very good scaffolding available from the Add Controller dialog in Visual Studio 2010 (after installing the MVC 3 Tools Update).
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Getting & Staying Current with Visual Studio 2010 for Web Developers
I don't know about you, but I find it kind of crazy at times figuring out if I have the latest of everything there is for the Visual Studio 2010 developer from Microsoft. (This does not include any third-party components, just recommended updates from Microsoft.) And the be honest, the msn.microsoft.com and asp.net sites are not that helpful in figuring this out.
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Call for Abstracts Now Open for Fall Microsoft ASP.NET Connections (Closes Apr 22)
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My Session Slides & Samples from DevConnections Orlando 2011 Talks
I just uploaded my slides and samples for my 4 talks from DevConnections Orlando.
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Open Spaces Returns to DevConnections in Orlando, March 29
Now, in its 14th year, DevConnections has grown from a small conference originally focusing on Microsoft Office to a blockbuster family of co-located conferences focused primarily on Microsoft Technologies. One of the great things about DevConnections is the breadth of technologies the conference covers. For example, at the upcoming event in Orlando (March 27-30), for a single registration fee, attendees can choose to attend sessions on ASP.NET, Visual Studio .NET, WPF, WCF, Silverlight, SharePoint, and SQL Server. That doesn't even count the more IT-focused Windows and Exchange sessions. Sessions are presented by seasoned professional presenters, both from Microsoft and third-party gurus who are experts at using these technologies.
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Couple of Very Cool Things to Do at the Upcoming Microsoft MVP Summit
If you are coming to town for the Summit, I want to suggest you get involved in doing some good while you are here. In this post, I outline two such options. I mean how often do you get to do charitable work? Well, we've made it easy for you.