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Tablet PC Day 2: Installing...
I spent some time this morning installing software on my new tablet -- then I had to get to work (you know -- "billable" work -- the stuff that pays the bills). I think I'll be able to switch to the tablet full time in about a week.
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Tablet PC Day 1: Blogging in Ink.
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The updates begin...
So my new Lenovo X60 tablet is here and I'm stoked!! I played around with the pen functionality for just a few minutes. It's docked now in the UltraBase downloading a ton of updates (Updated 22 of 43...). Yikes -- this is grueling...
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50 More Miles
It shipped!! According to UPS tracking, my new Lenovo X60 Tablet is only 50 miles away from me. Scheduled delivery date is this Monday the 26th. As (bad) luck would have it, I'll be at a client site most of the day. Must be patient...
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GottaBeMobile.com
Dennis Rice from GottaBeMobile.com commented on my choosing the Lenovo X60. While Dennis doesn't know me, I'm familiar with his work as GottaBeMobile and its InkShows have been a big part of my research into the Tablet PC world. I read a number of positive reviews on the X60 (they're easy to find), but seeing Warner Crocker and Dennis Rice actually using the X60 and showing its features was really nice.
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So Excited!
After months of research, the time was right. Lenovo was having a nice St. Patrick's Day sale on their notebooks, my wife's old 866mhz P3 was showing its age and my 4 1/2 year-old Thinkpad (while still working fine) was just too slow to be useful for any development.
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Congratulations Darrell!
I linked to this in my last post but I wanted to officially congradulate fellow SRT-consultant Darrell Hawley on being elected the new VP of Marketing for INETA NorAm. Darrell was the original secretary for GANG when it first started and is now Program Chair of the Ann Arbor .NET Developers group. I know he'll do an excellect job in his latest position. Congratulations Darrell!
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Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation
At this month's GANG meeting, we'll have Darrell Hawley (new VP of Marketing for INETA NorAm) giving us an introduction to WCF -- Windows Communication Foundation. He's going to get into the Where, Why and How to use WCF in your .NET 3.0 applications. If you're in the area, stop by for some free pizza and a great talk!
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Day of .NET
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Local Type Inference, Anonymous Types, and var
Bill Wagner explains a bit about C# 3.0's local type inference:
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Day of .NET Pushed Back 1 Week
Jason Follas announced that Day of .NET in Ann Arbor, MI will be pushed back one week to May 5, 2007. The University of Michigan (also in Ann Arbor) is holding commencements at the same time as Day of .NET. Consequently, a hotel room for visiting speakers/attendees is nigh impossible to find.