Thoughts about .NET. Thoughts about code.
Posted in .NET on Jul 27th, 2005
It’s finally happening. I’ve been talking to everyone I know at Microsoft about the benefits of distributing beta software releases as Virtual PC images. See this post from last year. Yes, nearly a year since I first thought of the idea and it has become a reality.
I’d like to think that I had something to [...]
Posted in .NET on Jul 24th, 2005
I’m really impressed with .NET 2.0. We’ve all seen the big changes (ASP.NET WebParts, Improved DataGrids, Generics, etc.) I’m constantly finding a new improvement or little nugget of goodness when coding.
Help
Case in point. The MSDN help files. Everyone always makes jokes about how badly the MSDN .NET help are written. It seems that the help [...]
Posted in Conference on Jul 22nd, 2005
I’m heading for Portland later today (Friday) to attend my first ‘Code Camp‘. I have a couple of talks on the roster, including my new, improved VSTO talk.
The Camp is growing. As of today there are 290 registrations, seven presentation rooms and nearly 60 different talks. There are eleven different tracks, so there should [...]
Posted in General on Jul 22nd, 2005
I’m about 90% sure that Microsoft has chosen the real name for the next version of Windows. They certainly can’t sink lower than the awful ‘Windows Me’ label applied a few years ago. I have it from a few usually reliable sources that the new name is ‘Windows Vista’. How’s that grab you?
Hmmm. Still thinking…
Posted in Conference on Jul 18th, 2005
Code Camps are coming to the West Coast. My friends in Boston have been bragging about their Code Camps, how fun they are, how they are strengthening ties in the community. They also sure to point out that Code Camps started on the East Coast, that they’ve had several successful camps and why hasn’t anybody [...]