I gave a presentation on Atlas to the Central Ohio .NET User Group last night. About 50 people were in attendance and I thought the presentation went pretty well, especially considering it was my first time presention on this subject. I’ve posted my slides and samples on the ASPAlliance Resource...

Here’s a list of a bunch of webcasts that are coming up in the next few months (starting next week), related to ASP.NET: Date Title Speaker Registration URL 25-Jul ASP.NET: An Overview of ASP.NET and Windows Workflow Foundation Integration Kashif Alam Click here 3-Aug ASP.NET: Building Real-World Web...

I’ll be speaking to the Cleveland .NET SIG tomorrow night about .NET Caching Best Practices, my current (and somewhat longstanding) favorite topic. If you’re in the area, stop by and say hello. The details: Next Meeting: .NET Caching Best Practices Presented by Steve Smith - Founder ASPAlliance...

Scott Guthrie presented on Atlas and BLINQ this afternoon at TechEd. The latest Atlas bits seem to be coming along very nicely, allowing standard ASP.NET controls to be decorated with functionality without the need to replace or modify the original controls. One nice concequence of this “add on”...

Earlier this month was the ASPInsiders Summit at Microsoft. As finishing the QA cycle for, deploying, and supporting a project at work has kept me busy, followed immediately by the holidays, I haven't had much chance to blog about it until now. This is partly a good thing, since it means others more...

While I was walking up the slopes with Frans to watch the World Championships Big air qualifications in Arosa, Switzerland during our annual Software Architecture Workshop, we talked about the support for Domain Model patterns in his product LLBLGen Pro. I shared my thoughts on language extensions and...

Andrew Conrad announced project "Jasper" earlier this week at Mix '07. Jasper is different from typical O/R frameworks that often require data classes to be written by hand, or generated at development-time using a tool. Jasper on the other hand connects to the database, determines the database schema...

While I was walking up the slopes with Frans to watch the World Championships Big air qualifications in Arosa, Switzerland during our annual Software Architecture Workshop, we talked about the support for Domain Model patterns in his product LLBLGen Pro. I shared my thoughts on language extensions and...

Earlier this month was the ASPInsiders Summit at Microsoft. As finishing the QA cycle for, deploying, and supporting a project at work has kept me busy, followed immediately by the holidays, I haven't had much chance to blog about it until now. This is partly a good thing, since it means others more...

I have just returned from the Software Developers Conference 2007 in Arnhem. Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is getting more popular in the Netherlands. My session on DDD applied in .NET, the conference room was packed with people standing, sitting on the ground and peeping from the door. We had a lively...