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Well I'm back from vacationing in New York and Connecticut for a week (which was great) and I just found out that I passed the 553 and 554 exams which I took while they were in beta. Passing these two exams not only gives you a MCPD:EA cert, it also gives...
From Andy May : OK, so again it's nothing to do with Sharepoint but I've got to give a shout to Flagr which just has to be my favourite Googlemap mashup to date. Very easy to use and very cool. That is a very cool site. I played with it a little yesterday...
GDN is still down, but I was able to get a copy of EntLib 2.0 from my fellow Avanadian Tim Shakirian . I'm using the data access portion and it is working in my application, but I was unable to turn on instrumentation. In the docs it says: To install...
Today I needed an Internet connection on my laptop to send in my time report, but I couldn't plug it into the network at the client. After some searching I found this article on Smart Phone Thoughts which worked perfectly: Smartphones, in spite of their...
I am at the PDC have a great time. I haven't posted anything simply because I've been way too busy and so I'm just soaking everything in. I'm planning on posting my thoughts soon (if you care). In the meantime here are a few links that point to things...
Here is my current schedule for the PDC. Most of the time slots have two sessions only because I either haven't had time to decide or I want to keep my options open. I'm hoping to take notes and post them here. Schedule for Bryant Likes Monday, September...
From Clemmens talking about technology overload: Enter VS2005 and the summary of trying to achieve the same knowledge density is: “Frustrating”. I feel his frustration. I remember going to PDC 2003 and realizing that it was getting very hard...
Euan posts about the new SQL Server 2005 forums: http://forums.microsoft.com/msd n/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=19 Along with Visual Studio we are adding the option of support of the CTP program via Web Based forums in addition to the traditional newsgroups...
I've been working for Avanade for about two months now, and I really like it. I've gotten a few emails from people who are interviewing with the company and want to know what it is like. It is a great company to work for, especially if you like working...
My request to attend TechEd just got approved! Mmmmm... Kool Aid ! :)
Another note to myself on some misc programs that I found to be useful and might not remember the name or url of: .Net Component Inspector (and ActiveX/COM) Clippath CopySourceAsHtml ieHTTPHeaders LClock QuickCode.Net Sysinternals Utilities Jeff Key's...
Since I'm starting at Avanade on Monday, I've been doing some reading and watching to prepare myself a little for the job. Namely, I've been watching all the Enterprise Library webcasts. Enterprise Library Overview Enterprise Library Configuration Application...
Well I am excited to announce that I accepted an offer to work for Avanade . Thanks to everyone who answered my questions in the last few days about the company and about SharePoint work in general. I think the job is going to be very exciting and I'm...