Guy Barrette

If you make Smart apps (C# or VB), check the Visual Basic Power Pack on GotDotNet.  It's a set of 8 user controls that will add some sizzle to your apps.

I finally recovered from DevTeach where I gave two talks.  One on Mobile development with the .NET Compact Framework and the other one on the new SQL Server 2005 features for developers.

Marcie (the DataGrid Girl or the Femme de Grille d'informatique)  is speaking at this moment at DevTeach in Montreal and we're having so much fun.  She's an unique individual.  If you look at her Website, you get a good idea of her personality.  If she's speaking at a conference that you attend, make sure you catch her sessions.

Can't live without OneNote anymore.  It's such a nice tool, simple and right to the point.

Slightly out of topic but technologically (and musically) interesting…

I discovered Sysprep recently while discussing with some Virtual PC product team members at the MVP Summit.  Basically I wanted to install and set one XP virtual machine and use it multiple times.  The problem is when you need to run two virtual machines at the same time; they have the same name.

I you live in the Montreal, Canada area and want to convert some Java developers friends to .NET, tomorrow there's a free MSDN event:

Yes I know that I'm late but here are my thoughts about the MVP Summit 2004.