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It is with great sadness that I announce..........
that at approximately 4:10 am this morning, I turned 41 years old. I'm tired of running, so I have had my crystal permanently removed. Previous post about my crystal.
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INETA Community Champions (Champs) Program
What is the INETA Community Champions (Champs) Program?
INETA has partnered with Microsoft and Community Credit to offer INETA members the Community Champions Program. We want to recognize, encourage and reward the developers who routinely devote their time, expertise and passion to the benefit of the community.
As we all know, volunteers are the heart of INETA and of our user groups. We all benefit from their passion for technology and their dedication to helping others. People like our officers, newsletter contributors, presenters and all those who pitch in to make the meetings run smoothly. Every person makes a difference ... YOU make a difference.
If you take a moment to add it all up, you would be surprised by what it takes to make things happen ... and by how much INETA members are doing every day. That is where the INETA Community Champions program comes in. The Champs program is designed to help recognize what volunteers are doing, including the many tasks that others may not even be aware of. It allows volunteers to record their contributions, to see what others are doing, and to be inspired by the results. The program also provides two very special recognition processes, the Community Champion Award and the Community Excellence Award.Community Champions Award
Once a quarter, INETA will recognize leading contributors as Community Champions. In addition to claiming this prestigious title for twelve months, awardees also receive a letter of commendation, a certificate of achievement, much deserved online recognition, and a few great prizes. Of course, we want this award to motivate even more involvement, so we encourage everyone, including winners, to record your activities. After all, you are eligible to win every twelve months. Find out more and see what others are doing.
Community Excellence Award
In recognition of their lifetime achievements, INETA is proud to present our most dedicated leaders with the Community Excellence Award. You know the people that we mean, so we are counting on YOU to start the award process by nominating them for this elite honor. These are the outstanding individuals who, year after year, have gone above and beyond to lay the foundation and provide the structure for building our community and to keep it vibrant and growing. They step up when called upon; they are our leaders and mentors; they inspire us to stretch our horizons; and they help provide us with resources along the way. Read about past recipients and find out more about the award.
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ASP.NET Podcast Show #118 - Paul on Peer-To-Peer with Windows Communication Foundation
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CodeStock (August 9) Registration is now open
Yes, that's right the registration for CodeStock is NOW OPEN! CodeStock will be the biggest software development conference in the world (the weekend of August 9). There will be world class speakers at the event. Jeff Prosise will deliver the keynote. We have speaker's coming from all over the eastern United States. Heck, we even let some blond guy from Knoxville in. I figured we had to since his company provided the MSDN Premium Subscription with Team Suite ($10k value, or so I am told), which will be the grand prize in the giveaway portion of the event. And registration for the event is NOW OPEN!
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ASP.NET Podcast Show #117 - Using the History Functionality with the ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel in .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta 1
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ASP.NET Podcast Show #116 - TechEd Developers with Kim Matlock
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Final pics from TechEd 2008 Developer Week
My final pics from the Saturday ]inbetween[ weekend are at:
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ScriptManager EnableSecureHistoryState
It appears that the History that is saved in .NET 3.5 sp1 beta1 is encoded by default and not human readable. I haven't figured out how secure it is.
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Sql Server 2008 RC0 for MSDN Subscribers
If you are an MSDN Subscriber (MVP or otherwise), you can go get the RC0 release of Sql Server 2008.
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Interesting findings on History in .NET 3.5 sp1 beta 1
When you encode the parameters to save the page state, you can't use complex objects. You have to save strings or nulls. Complex objects can't be saved out.
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TechEd Pictures from Wednesday and 1 funny story
Based on no particular rhyme or reason, here are the pictures from TechEd on Wednesday. http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/photos/random_pics/tags/TechEd+2008/day+3/default.aspx
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Community Question: How to Monetize Maps?
As some of you know, I've been working with mapping for the last 18 or so months. These maps have points on them that are supplied by a service my customer has. The question is, what are some ways to monetize maps? We've got 4 or 5 ways that we have thought of, but I'd like to get the thoughts of the community. So, feel free to comment in this post with your ideas. Yes, we already have the idea of placing google ads around the pages. Do you have other ad services, better ad services, licensing ideas, or other ideas that might generate income? If so, I'd like your feedback and thoughts.
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TechEd 2008 Day 2 Pictures (or is it Day 1)
Enjoy some of my photos from TechEd 2008 Day 2(or 1) They are at: http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/photos/random_pics/tags/TechEd+2008/day+2/default.aspx
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ASP.NET Podcast Show #115 - Interview with Josh Holmes RIA Evangelist for Microsoft
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Teched 2008 Pics
If you are looking for pics from Teched 2008 for Developers, or just need some pics to blackmail a friend with, check out my archive that I am uploading to the podcast site. The pics just from Day 1 are here.
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Laugh at Development with Complexitor
Scott Fletcher's comic strip: http://www.unthinkability.com/. He is secretly Complexitor, maker of overly complex software. During the day, Scott is "Director or Technology and Software Engineering" but read and follow his secret life as "Director of Complexity and Over-Engineering"
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ASP.NET Podcast Show #114 - ADO.NET Data Services in .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta1 with ASP.NET AJAX
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Deep FriedBytes
Keith Elder and Chris Woodruff have just gone live with Deep Fried Bytes, a podcast on the subject of technology. Check it out at http://deepfriedbytes.com/ .