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  • UG : VANTUG presents .NET Enterprise Library

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:33:00 PM
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    Date: Apr 12, 2006 - 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Location: SFU Downtown Campus, 515 West Hastings, Rooms 1400-1410 Main Floor, Vancouver Registration: http://www.mollyguard.com/event/26617614 Keith Pleas ( … more

  • Wake up and smell the subversion...

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:33:00 PM
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    Chad Ernst gives you the 13 steps needed to convert your Visual Source Safe (VSS) repository over to Subversion (svn). Now do it!   more

  • Community Credit...

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:19:00 PM
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    David Silverlight and Alex Januschewsky, two Microsoft MVP's, have teamed up and created a site dedicated to recognizing and awarding those active members in the community by their actual … more

  • UG : NetBC : What is new in ADO.NET 2.0? - Carl Prothman

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:12:00 PM
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    Title: What is new in ADO.NET 2.0? Date and Time: Wednesday, April 5 2006, 7:00 PM [Welcome Time: 6:30 PM] Location: Building SW5 room 1840, BCIT Burnaby Campus, 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, BC, V5 … more

  • DIY : CCNET Automation Kit.

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:08:00 PM
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    So you want to have some sort of funky lights display the status of your builds via CruiseControl.NET.  Here is a quick shopping list of the things you will need to pick up. The first thing that … more

  • Canadian MVP's on Frappr.com

    Monday, March 27, 2006 8:31:00 PM
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    If your a Canadian MVP, be sure to add yourself. http://www.frappr.com/canadianmvps   more

  • Vancouver Code Camp : Photos now online

    Monday, March 27, 2006 4:55:00 PM
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    Last night I finally got around to it and posted up the photos on the site via a niftly flash gadget from flickr.com. Here is the direct flickr set. If you have more to add feel free and let me know.& … more

  • IT Pro Breakfast – Expand your knowledge 2006

    Monday, March 27, 2006 2:08:00 PM
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    Date: May 05, 2006 9:00AM - May 05, 2006 11:00AM Location: The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver   Hear Barnaby Jeans speak on the evolution of operating platforms. Gain insights into how Linux and … more

  • Atlas Doc's : Browser Support & Compatibility

    Friday, March 24, 2006 2:32:00 PM
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    So lately I bitched about the documentation for Atlas lacking a simple browser compatibility matrix (example here).  List the browser, version, os (and version) which Atlas is currently … more

  • Rotor supports Generics now!?!?

    Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:32:00 PM
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    From Jason Zanders blog via Wilco.. Generics implementation Lightweight Code Generation (LCG) Stub-based dispatch support New reflection and reflection emit New C# features like Anonymous Methods, … more

  • Canadian IT Manager & Vancouver Code Camp...

    Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:00:00 AM
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    Graham from Vantug has some real nice words about the Vancouver Code Camp. "This last Saturday we had our first Code Camp in Vancouver [snip], which, for a first time event, was a great success. We … more

  • XSD vs DTD - So what's the difference?

    Tuesday, March 21, 2006 6:35:00 PM
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    Here are a number of differences.  Some are not important, some are real important and easy to understand, some are real important and hard to understand.  This list is not exhaustive.DTD's … more

  • Vancouver : In-Depth Training in a Small Class Setting

    Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:51:00 AM
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    TDWI Seminars offer a broad range of courses focused on the skills and techniques at the heart of successful business intelligence and data warehousing implementations. The small class-size and … more

  • "Atlas" Client Library Browser

    Monday, March 20, 2006 10:13:00 AM
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    Using Atlas to show Atlas is such a great idea.  Check it out in their documentation here. Although, it seems a big buggy only working some of the time in IE and not at all in FireFox but this … more

  • Atlas documentation falls short...

    Monday, March 20, 2006 9:57:00 AM
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    Way back when Atlas was first annouced and Microsoft was just starting to get into the game I posted a HUGE request to the forums (which has been since deleted) that the single, most important piece … more

  • The March CTP of Atlas is now online

    Monday, March 20, 2006 9:41:00 AM
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    Stolen from Nikhil's Blog, more on the http://atlas.asp.net website.   "The latest bits of Atlas, the March CTP, are now online...." Atlas can now be used in deployed sites…" more

  • Baseline Magazine is annoying me

    Monday, March 20, 2006 8:53:00 AM
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    Anyone else having any issues with Baseline magazine’s call center contacting you like 3 times in a row to do their survey over and over again? The second time I had at least some patience and got a … more

  • Vancouver Code Camp : Survey Results

    Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:12:00 PM
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    Getting sick of hearing about the Vancouver Code Camp?  Too bad!  Dont worry, this should be one of the last I do for a while. The top referrer to the event goes to .NET BC and in … more

  • Vancouver Code Camp : Wrap up and downloads...

    Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:47:00 PM
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      So the first annual Vancouver Code Camp is finally over.  I personally had a great time at the event meeting and greeting all the speakers and guests that were able to make it.   & … more

  • Vancouver Code Camp : Morning Sessions

    Saturday, March 18, 2006 9:14:00 AM
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    The big morning registration is done!  Medhat and I kicked off the day with a quick keynote and housekeeping issues.  The first session is coming to a close in about 5 minutes, everything … more

  • Vancouver Code Camp : One more sleep

    Friday, March 17, 2006 8:06:00 PM
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      So tomorrow is the big day.  We are putting the finishing touches on the sponsor display signs, printing out “Registration” signs and I’m finishing off the code for my presentation.   … more

  • VanSBS - Thu April 6th - Windows Server 2003 Release 2

    Friday, March 17, 2006 7:54:00 PM
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    Registration Required. (If you don't register and show up at the event the security at BC LDB will not let you in so please register first). Register Now! Date: Thursday, April 6th, 2006 Time: 6:00pm … more

  • Microsoft presents "Web Development Security"

    Friday, March 17, 2006 7:43:00 PM
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    Date & Time: Thursday, 2006/06/08, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, 999 Canada Place - Exhibit Hall A, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6C 3C1 … more

  • Vancouver MVP’s

    Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:35:00 AM
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    Here is my list of known Microsoft MVP’s in the Vancouver area. Rob Chartier in ASP/ASP.NET Michael Li in C# Stephen Ibaraki in Windows Server Customer Experience Canadian MVP's on Frapper Did I … more

  • The Vancouver development community...

    Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:41:00 AM
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    I decided to gather a list of links with as many community user groups and events that I could find for Vancouver.  If your group doesnt appear on the list just let me know and I will add it. … more

  • Vancouver C++ Users Group Meet

    Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:38:00 AM
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    The Vancouver C++ Users Group (VanCPP) is a group of professional developers and hobbyists living and working in and around Vancouver, BC, who meet monthly to discuss techniques, technology and … more

  • Vancouver Code Camp Countdown

    Monday, March 13, 2006 3:17:00 PM
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      So we are under one week left until the first ever Vancouver Code Camp.  To tell you the truth, one year ago I would have never imagined that I would be putting on a conference, let alone … more

  • Agile/XP Book List...

    Monday, March 13, 2006 10:33:00 AM
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    Owen sent me a list of recommended reading I wanted to share... Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams, 2nd Ed. by Tom Demarco, Timothy Lister Rapid Development by Steve McConnell Lean Software … more

  • TeamPlain Web Access for Team System

    Monday, March 13, 2006 8:21:00 AM
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    This was posted to my comments on my blog and I felt it was pretty cool to share out to the community.  I'm currently not using Team System so I cant give it a try.  I love the idea of … more

  • ASP.NET V2 Installed, still get a 404?

    Thursday, March 9, 2006 1:12:00 PM
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    So you got a fresh new box and just installed ASP.NET V2 on it but you are seeing a 404 error in your V2 application.  The default installation of ASP.NET V2 does overwrite existing … more

  • CI : del.icio.us for CCNET

    Thursday, March 9, 2006 1:04:00 PM
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    Owen posted this to the ccnet-user list yesterday... http://del.icio.us/tag/ccnet RSS: http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/ccnet Subscribed! more

  • Visual Studio 2005 : Code Snippets...

    Thursday, March 9, 2006 12:28:00 PM
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    Wanted to bookmark these links for later."IntelliSense Code Snippets are reusable, task-oriented blocks of code. Visual Studio 2005 includes code snippets covering tasks ranging from creating a … more

  • CI: TFS & Windows Task Scheduler

    Thursday, March 9, 2006 12:24:00 PM
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    Charles Young discusses Team Foundation Server & CI : http://geekswithblogs.net/cyoung/articles/71713.aspx Also noted: Solutions Build Framework (SBF)Overview:Sdc.Tasks is an MSBUILD tasks … more

  • Scott Hanselman is in town...

    Monday, March 6, 2006 3:17:00 PM
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    Are you going to the netbc.ca meeting tonight?  Scott is going to be talking about DasBlog. I will be there!   more