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July 3, 2008

Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:21 PM/EST

Software Development Meme

There's a new meme going around the blogs and I've been called out by Shawn Wildermuth to participate - it's the "my programming career" questionnaire. My history is not quite as illustrious as Shawn's when it comes to programming, but...

June 26, 2008

Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:18 PM/EST

The Reincarnation of Bill Gates

Yesterday morning the phone rang and I saw it was my sister calling. I answered the phone and she asked "Julie, did Bill Gates die?". I was a little startled by the question. I had been listening to NPR a...

June 11, 2008

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:28 PM/EST

Going Solo - The BOF and the Email List

Steve Smith from ASPAlliance and I moderated another very lively birds of a feather session called Going Solo at TechEd last week. There was a great mix of solos and "solo curious" and even someone who had just gone back...

May 24, 2008

Saturday, May 24, 2008 3:19 PM/EST

Are you going to TechEd?

I'll be at TechEd Developers (US) from June 1 - June 5 and have a pretty busy schedule with two sessions, two Birds of a Feather Sessions, and Ask the Expert Session, the women in IT panel and of course,...

May 2, 2008

Friday, May 02, 2008 5:57 PM/EST

CSI (yes the tv show) and Microsoft Research

In the April 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, there is an End Bracket essay called The Magic of Software, which I wrote back in January that was inspired by a recent trip to Microsoft where I learned about how Microsoft...

April 12, 2008

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:38 PM/EST

Stockholm's DevSummit got me thinking

I've been in Stockholm this past week at the Developer Summit presented by Cornerstone. In addition to the familiar tracks there were two very interesting tracks: People Matter Too and Dynamic Languages. The People Matter Too track had talks that...

April 4, 2008

Friday, April 04, 2008 3:42 PM/EST

Spring Conference Season begins!

I've had a nice winter at home, but I'm about to embark on a bit of travel, as are many of the folks who speak at conferences. Next week, I'll be presenting in Stockholm Sweden (and I'm not complaining about...

April 2, 2008

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:30 AM/EST

April Fool's Fun

Here are some of the silly things about .NET and related topics posted on April Fool's day by : Breaking News! AdventureWorks abandoned for Katmai in favor of Northwind, pubs and... Team Suite Vnext will be FREE (but ad supported)...

March 4, 2008

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:52 PM/EST

Surface computing shows up on C.S.I. Miami

This may have been a re-run given the recent writer strike, but it was new to me. Last night, I came upstairs from my office where I had been toiling over the Entity Framework book I am writing (will need...

January 5, 2008

Saturday, January 05, 2008 1:47 PM/EST

What to expect from Microsoft in 2008

Steven Bink has a frighteningly long list of products and services that Microsoft is planning to (or one can make a good guess that they are planning to) release or update in 2008. "What to Expect from Microsoft in 2008"...

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