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Microsoft IT Pro and Developer Community in Vancouver
Recently, I have been receiving more and more emails asking about the local Microsoft community scene. I noticed more people emailing me directly so I just decided to post up an item to quickly cover it. Essentially, there are a few key groups that you...
Topic: JavaScript essentials for the ASP.NET Developer
I recently gave a presentation @ the local user group ( .NET BC users group http://www.netbc.ca ) on Javascript essentials for the ASP.NET Developer. I would like to thank Medhat Elmasry for the opportunity to speak to his fine group. ---- Here are the...
Microsoft Expanding Canadian Operations in Greater Vancouver Area
New software development center to be opened in fall 2007. Read the press release here.. A Microsoft software development shop in Vancouver? So close to the mothership...This will be interesting. As most of you know Vancouver is hosting the 2010 Winter...
DevTeach Vancouver – Open Call for Sessions & Early Registration
This is a call out to all the Vancouverites who want to participate in DevTeach . This is the first year it is being held in Vancouver and is really a premier event for us in Vancouver. If you want to give a presentation for the event be sure to hit http...
Vancouver Technology Festival - 1 week left...
We are in the final week before the Vancouver TechFest kicks off. If you live in Vancouver or are traveling near here be sure to drop us a visit and watch some of our top notch presenters .
Until Microsoft releases all of its source code they have to go sit in the WikiCorner
I really do not understand the point of view of Wikipedia, nor the very biased author of this silly little article: "Microsoft in hot water over Wikipedia edits" Let me summarize what I conclude after reading it: 1. Microsoft, alone, is not...
Single Code Base : Deploy on the Web and in Windows...
As you can tell I really love this VisualWebGui stuff from Guy Peled . Take a look at the latest ability, its called "Dual Mode" . Essentially you build your web site using their technology and you deploy to the Web normally, or deploy as a...
Ceedo, its not worth it just yet.
I managed to take a deeper look at the Ceedo product which I previously posted on . They have a pretty decent story about wrapping up the application -the whole “Application” or “OS” virtualization thing. From what I can tell it...
Ceedo, is it worth the $30?
I just stumbled across Ceedo . At first look it seems like a hybrid between U3 (without all the U3 mess), and a typical System Tray App Launcher (like PStart ), but much more pretty (like U3). They boast a huge set of portable applications , all of which...
Firefox, about:config
In Firefox you can manage a whole slew of configuration options just by loading the url "about:config" (not quotes nor http://). The MozillaZine KB Wiki has a complete description of all the entries . Mirror
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