Rockford LhotkaAuthor of Expert C#/VB 2005 Business ObjectsMy Vista Experience (thus far)- May 30, 2008 I have hesitated to publicly discuss my experiences with Vista, acting under the theory that if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all. But at this point I have some nice things to say (though not all nice), and I think there's some value in sharing my experiences and thoughts. On the whole, my experience with Vista has been decidedly mixed. Vista is very pretty. It is clearly the future in many ways (especially around IIS 7 and WAS and security in general). And it..http://www.lhotka.net/weblog/MyVistaExperienceThusFar.aspx Three weeks to the Magenic Technology Summit- May 28, 2008 Magenic is holding a full-day, two-track mini-conference on June 20. That is just 3 weeks away, but there are still some open seats, so reserve yours now! Our first keynote speaker is Jay Schmelzer, GPM of the RAD tools group at Microsoft. He'll be talking about the future of RAD tools (Visual Studio and more). Our second keynote speaker is me, Rockford Lhotka. I'll be talking about the future of CSLA .NET and CSLA Light, a version of CSLA that will run in Silverlight. The rest of the..http://www.lhotka.net/weblog/ThreeWeeksToTheMagenicTechnologySummit.aspx Walk for the Cure- May 28, 2008 Sue, my wife's best friend, and mother of my goddaughter, was diagnosed with breast cancer late last year. Fortunately they caught it early and with surgery and radiation she beat the cancer. It was a rough period of time, but she got through it. Sue has convinced my wife to do a three day, 60 mile, Walk for the Cure this fall. It is a fundraiser for cancer research, and a worthy cause. I would think there must be better ways to raise money than to walk 20 miles a day for three days, but...http://www.lhotka.net/weblog/WalkForTheCure.aspx The inbetween event - very cool!- May 22, 2008 OK, this is really cool: http:www.devfish.netarticlesinbetween It appears that Microsoft, having reserved the convention center for the two weeks of Tech Ed (Dev week and IT Pro week), is allowing the user groups in the region to take advantage of the idle space in the intervening weekend. That is so cool!! But now, to be fair, Microsoft should provide two days of conference center space and AV in <insert your city here>, don't you think :)http://www.lhotka.net/weblog/TheInbetweenEventVeryCool.aspx |