March 10, 2005 .net

New Community Web Site: XAML.net

A new XAML web site enters the fray: XAML.net. How did we miss the boat acquiring this domain name? : )

March 7, 2005 .net

Day of Indigo Videos from VSLive

Did you miss the Microsoft’s Day of Indigo at VSLive? Have no fear — you can trade your personal details for free access to the entire day of videos from the FTP web site, including:

Keynote: Introducing Indigo, Eric Rudder, Senior VP of Servers and Tools
Programming Indigo, Don Box and Steve Swartz
Building Secure Services, Doug Purdy
Building Reliable, Asynchronous Services, Shy Cohen
Orchestrating Service-Oriented Apps With Indigo and BizTalk, Michael Woods (Microsoft) and Curt Peterson (Neudesic)
Indigo Upgrade and Interoperability, Steve Swartz and Anand Rajagopalan
Building Service-Oriented Applications Today, Rich Turner

Enjoy!

March 3, 2005 .net

MS Survey: Partial Trust and Code Access Security

As Microsoft gets nearer the gate on the .NET Framework 2.0 and ClickOnce, we want to make double-sure we understand if and how you’re using/would like to use partial trust and code access security (CAS). It would be a great help for anyone building .NET applications, whether they’re web or Windows, whether you’re using partial trust and/or CAS or not, to take this survey so that we can make sure that we’ve got your needs covered. With ClickOnce, we’ve come a long way from my initial set of No-Touch Deployment complaints, but that doesn’t mean we’re where we need to be. Thanks for helping!

March 2, 2005 spout

IT Industry’s Own Jobs Training Program

My brother graduated from college with a BS in EE in 2000 and was, predictably, unable to find a job competing with certified, experienced engineers willing to work for the same money after the bubble burst. He was fortunate enough to be able to move into his Mom’s basement and get an interest-free loan for an MS in EE that lead to a wonderful job, but if you’re not so lucky (hey! I’ve got next dibs on my Mom’s basement!), then check out TechEngage:

“TechEngage is a community-based non-profit organization founded to provide unemployed and under-“employed technical professionals with an affordable opportunity to obtain the high quality training they need to be competitive in today’s tough job market.”

[via Rod Paddock]

March 2, 2005 fun

Super Friends + Office Space == Hilarity

What could possibly be better than a snippet of the old Super Friends cartoon with dialog from the movie Office Space? Life is good. : )

[via Shawn Morrissey]

March 1, 2005 .net

Clemens Weekend with Indigo

Clemens Vasters, international man of mystery, has given up his normal weekend activities of partying and espionage to give us three pieces exploring Indigo:

Thanks for helping to make the world safe for messaging, Clemens! : )

March 1, 2005 fun