Category Archives: Code Longhouse

A few behind-the-scenes photos from our Azure talk at Pittsburgh Code Camp: Matt, Shaun and Nathan working like crazy in the speaker lounge. Nate, putting the finishing touches on while Matt and Shaun are presenting just inside the door. Shaun … Continue reading →

I wish I wasn’t going to be out of town this weekend!  Ugh–looks awesome! Full details and registration at http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032402422 Saturday, February 28, 2009 8:00 AM – Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Welcome Time: … Continue reading →

Full details and registration at https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&eventid=1032402405&flag=1 Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:00 PM – Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Welcome Time: 12:30 PM Theater – Loews Waterfront 22 300 Waterfront Drive W. WEST HOMESTEAD Pennsylvania … Continue reading →

I can’t believe I’ve been back for a week, this week has been a blur. I have to say thank you to the Montreal .NET Community, JS Tougas, Eric Moreau and Guy Barrette in particular.  JS was my personal tour … Continue reading →

Umm, yeah.  That could turn into a conference unto itself.  After you run through the little wizard, you have something pretty easy to use, but under the covers, it’s amazing how much functionality and control they’ve baked in to a … Continue reading →

Today I got to meet Nitin, publisher of the awesome and free cheat sheets at http://www.refcardz.com/.  All free PDF downloads, covering a range of topics.  They’re introducing 12 new .NET cards next year, but already have Silverlight 2, Core .NET, … Continue reading →

I’m in Markus Egger’s (Pubisher of CoDE Magazine) “Intro to Silverlight” talk, and he just dropped the bombshell that the next version of Silverlight will support out-of-browser experiences!  In 2.0, the browser is required to host the controls, but the … Continue reading →

Keynote was a thoughtful talk by Ted Neward of Thoughworks.  Ted say’s we’re in a perfect storm of development due to the emergence of tools, virtualization, processors and something else I couldn’t note because he flipped the slide so fast.  … Continue reading →

Preconferences started today, but today was my travel day.  Just the usual–circling Philadelphia for over 30 minutes, then a mad sprint to the flight to Montreal.  I barely made the plane, but my luggage didn’t.  Fortunately, US Air got my … Continue reading →

A huge thank you to everyone who voted for Scrumr in the Community Coding Contest– were #2 by two votes.  The #1 project was CCConfig, and given the growing interest in agile development methodologies, we’re humbled but not terribly surprised … Continue reading →