Kim has posted some good comments and insights on what makes up a good working environment for software developers. Of course, the best part of it for me is that I seem to have succeeded in providing a great working environment that is also appreciated by my developers ...

Business Week reports - Disagreements over what should be included in the free software license's next version have pitted the movement's leaders against each other. I recall posting a comment on Somasegar's blog regarding the state of OpenSore - it is a business model, like any other.

Wow! I just read in Julia's blog posting that Thom Robbins is moving to Redmond WA for his new post as Director of .NET Platform Marketing! I know no other person who deserves more - congratulations Thom! Thom is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist extraordinaire - he was very instrumental in getting...

[From Thom Robbins .NET Weblog] Code Camp 6: Devs on a Plane Version 6.0 of the ever popular and "original" Code Camp promises to be the best yet! Oct 21 2006 9:00 AM - Oct 22 2006 4:00 PM Microsoft Waltham 201 Jones Road Waltham, Ma. Microsoft New England District: 201 Jones Rd, 6th Floor, Waltham MA...

CodeSmith 4.0 has been officially released today at the Dev Connections conference in Las Vegas! This is a huge release for us and has a bunch of great new features as well as countless minor enhancements and bug fixes all based on customer feedback. Here are some of the features in the new version of...

So Wally has tagged me and now I must reveal 5 of my most inner deep dark secrets, well 5 things you didn’t know at least. I’ll let you decide which ones are my deep dark ones. 1. Many years ago, I used to be in a breakdancing team called the “South American Breakers” (no, I am...

On January 31, Microsoft Israel is running its biggest event ever for developers and architects (and their managers). Under the slogan of "Microsoft Developer Academy", there are 5 session slots over the course of the day, each with 5 sessions to choose from. For various reasons, I had to bow out of...

Well, thanks to André Obelink , I've been tagged and am now a participant in the blogsphere version of Tag, as started by Jeff Pulver and explained here . So here are 5 things I am pretty sure you don't about me: (1) Although I am NOT someone who is necessarily impressed by degrees (I...

Yesterday's major developer event for Microsoft developers, Microsoft Developer Academy , was a great success. Over 2,000 developers attended the event, which offered a choice of 25 different breakout sessions, plus another 6 panel discussions. I sat in on several sessions, and was very impressed...

Virtual PC 2007 has been released to the web and is available for free download here . No major changes in this version - the most significant ones are (1) Support for Vista Images (2) Better performance (if you make sure to upgrade your VM Add-ins (3) G uest OS dynamically changes display resolution...