Rob Zelt - Lighting Up The WebAJAX, Silverlight, WPF & More"Jaw-dropping" Photosynth Demo from TED- February 27, 2008 Was this the Microsoft Research showing at TED that had Scoble in tears See the video HERE of Photosynth and related technologies that they're working on. Very cool. UPDATE: Sounds like a Microsoft Word Wide Telescope Project was this actual thinghttp://www.robzelt.com/blog/2008/02/27/quotJawdroppingquot+Photosynth+Demo+From+TED.aspx Call For Topics - TechEd Birds-of-a-Feather- February 26, 2008 Are you thinking about going to Tech Ed in Orlando this June One of the best parts of the event are the Birds-of-a-Feather sessions put on by the INETA and Culminis communities. They're a lot of fun, and a great chance to chat face to face with peers in the community. Go ahead an submit a topic if you have some ideas, and plan to attend if you're in the neighborhood! The official info.... Submit your ideas as topics for Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) discussions and volunteer to be a moderator!..http://www.robzelt.com/blog/2008/02/26/Call+For+Topics+TechEd+BirdsofaFeather.aspx The Week That Will Be- February 24, 2008 It's going to be an interesting week ahead, with a number of events in the developer world. On Wednesday Feb 27th, Microsoft will begin the "Global Wave" of launch events around the world, starting with a large scale event in Los Angeles. At this event we will see Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 officially launched. One week later is the Microsoft MIX08 conference where it is anticipated that Microsoft will be showing Silverlight 2 and IE8 for the first time, as well as well as...http://www.robzelt.com/blog/2008/02/24/The+Week+That+Will+Be.aspx Congratulations New Microsoft RD's!- February 20, 2008 I'd like to take this opportunity to say congratulations to two very deserving friends of mine that were recently awarded Regional Director status by Microsoft, Daniel Egan and Jim Duffy. Without going into all the details, (You can learn more here) but let's just say it's a pretty big deal and these guys should be feeling pretty good about their accomplishments. Good job guys! You both deserve it! Jim received a big round of applause at the Raleigh Code Camp when our DE Brian Hitney made...http://www.robzelt.com/blog/2008/02/20/Congratulations+New+Microsoft+RDs.aspx MIX08: Sold Out Again- February 19, 2008 All I can say is that I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to attending Microsoft's MIX08 conference this year in Vegas. One of the coolest things about MIX is how fast they get the sessions videos up online. Last year I remember downloading sessions I missed at the airport to watch on the flight home. Some current highlights from the schedule that have me tingling are: Microsoft Silverlight and Dynamic Languages - Learn how the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) works in Silverlight....http://www.robzelt.com/blog/2008/02/19/MIX08+Sold+Out+Again.aspx Last Chance to Register!- February 12, 2008 Registration for Code Camp RDU on Feb 16, 2008 is almost full. If you're planning to attend this free day of .Net developer training, make sure you register over on the www.trinug.org website. This year's event has a speaker list including Richard Campbell, Carl Franklin, Mark Dunn, Ken Spencer, Don Demsak, Miguel Castro, Steve Avery, Scott Forsyth, Jim Wooley and many more. Topics include LINQ, SharePoint, MVC, SIlverlight, ASP.NET AJAX and more. The last spaces will likely fill up...http://www.robzelt.com/blog/2008/02/12/Last+Chance+To+Register.aspx |