Once again, for the 4th year in a row, I enjoyed the one conference I make sure to book well in advance. I haven't traveled to conferences as much this year, instead focused on client-related work. This was one conference, however, I was really looking forward to attending and presenting. I am originally...

I have posted my slides on my site for last week's talk on Introduction to Windows CardSpaces at the Southern CT .NET Users Group meeting on June 12. It was a good meeting, but there were a lot of questions about how well will this technology be adopted. Unfortunately, at the moment, it is still a sparse...

I have posted the slide decks and demo code I used for my talks this past weekend at the New England Code Camp 7 - Deer in Headlights conference. You can find the files here . My talks were: How to Perform a Secure Code Review Protecting Data with SQL Server 2005 Both talks went really well, I think...

I have been blog-tagged by Sam , so here is my list of 5 things others may not know about me: I grew up with my grandparents in Tulsa, Oklahoma and learned a great deal from them about past eras. I feel I have many outlooks and tastes (i.e. music) of their generation. I played string bass in the Tulsa...

I have been busy with a great architecture project lately that I have mentioned previously . I have also been finalizing slides and demos and making travel arrangments for upcoming speaking events. October 24-27 - VSLive!, Boston, MA - "Leveraging .NET 2.0 Security Features" (Black-Belt session...

I will be speaking at the Beantown .NET User Group meeting, Boston, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Thursday, September 7. Here is the topic and abstract: Topic: The Why and How of Secure Code Reviews Abstract: Writing secure code should be the goal of every development shop. Security can never be an add...

I am working in Western Massachusetts these days and I had a chance to check out the local Western Mass .NET Users Group meeting last night. Julie Lerman gave a great talk on the new asynchronous features of ASP.NET 2.0. Here is her write up . It's been awhile since I looked at some of these features...

I have posted slides and demo code from my talks this month at Code Camp 5, DevTeach, and VSLive! on my site here . I have also posted each of these individually on the respected sites for the conference. Each of these conferences went well. There were lots of great questions, and as with all speaking...

I haven't blogged for awhile (missed a month! -- wow, where does the time go?). I have been working various short-term gigs for several months now, typically flying onsite to a few locations, as well as one-three week assignments. I also spent a couple of days teaching a VB 2005 class at a company. Those...

A little late (voting ends today at 5:00 pm), but I have submitted a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session for TechEd 2006: Developing as a Non-Administrator with XP and Vista There has been lots of talk lately about the importance of running and developing software with least privilege accounts (LUA). Unfortunately...