Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET

So I'm working on StudioBlogger today, and I have to say that as a WebForms guy, I'm really frustrated at the WinForms architecture. It's extremely obvious that this whole WindowsForms thing was not throught out as well as the ASP.NET side was, and the two teams definitely did not talk to each other. I'm trying to cycle through a CheckedListBox to populate another CheckedListBox with the categories from the selected blogs, and there are like 9 different properties for accessing selected items. None of these properties have any examples whatsoever in the MSDN documentation, and information on the web is scarce at best. Even with all these MSDN developers blogging on this site, real-life WinForms scenarios are not being addressed. They're too busy writing YAGA (Yet Another Generics Article) to pay attention to the basic everyday stuff that app devs need to be able to do. What's the deal?

Brian Desmond posts about a student at his school that was is now involved in quite a controversy because of her comments in her weblog. The Chicago Sun-Times picked up the story. Microsoft's Mac blogger redux. Just another instance in how free speech does not negate the freedom (and responsibility) to practice common sense.

WOO HOO! Brian Goldfarb tells us that he got the ASP.NET Roadshow extended to 6 new cities, including Phoenix. They say the dates are TBD, I just hope that it's not during the MVP Summit. That would really suck. At any rate, Rob Howard's giving this presentation, and it should be a blast.... Rob's a great guy.

I try not to post off-topic here, but my friend recently took a really cool picture of the moon.

Yesterday I posted a test from a new tool I was working on. Well, over on my corporate blog, I let the cat out of the bag, along with some details on why I've been AWOL lately. If you were curious as to what my 'Test Post' yesterday was all about, head on over for more info.

Wednesday, I sat down with Ryan Nariane of InternetNews.com and we had a lengthy discussion about security. He caught wind of PatchDayReview.com from Robert Scoble, and wanted to get the skinny on how it came about. It was my first real big interview, and I had a blast. It's a great shot in the arm for PatchDayReview, as we're working on some new technologies to help increase patch awareness. Towards the bottom, I gave a little hint on some of the stuff we're working on. Go check it out!

This is a test post from a new blogging tool I'm writing. What is it? I'll give you a hint. It's called BlogStudio (name already taken). You figure out what it is from there.

Did you know that you have web service access to your blog? You can find it at http://weblogs.asp.net/yourblog/services/simpleblogservice.asmx. I've been experimenting with it for my new BlogStudio tool, and I wanted to inform you of a couple things you'll need to know to get it working.