September 2008 Entries
As I'm writing this I'm ten thousand feet in the air on my way to the 2008 Buenos Aires Code Camp. When I found out the airplane was going to be a Boeing 777, I went to consult the Seat Guru to see if the airplane had power outlets. I selected American Airlines, Boeing 777 and the great gurus provided me with a seat layout of the aircraft specifying which seats are the best, worse, what to watch out for, and which seats had power outlets. I decided I wanted a good seat where I could work and be able...
Today I learned something new about ASP.NET. I learned that you can have multiple default buttons based on where you are in the form. For example if you have a form with a Save button and other buttons to do some server side checking you can set the default button of the form to be the Save button and use the DefaultButton property of the Panel container to specify which button should be the default button for that specific part of the page. <form id="form1" runat="server" defaultbutton="btnSave">
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So I am testing the new Windows Live Beta suit of products. I’ve only decided to test the products I used the most: Windows Live Writer, Outlook Connector, and Windows Live Messenger. Out of those 3 products I found that the most hidden gem is the Outlook Connector. A lot of people don’t know about it and it really is simple and powerful. What does it do? It synchronizes your Hotmail, Live, MSN, and Custom Domains email accounts with Outlook 2003 and 2007. One of the bad things I found with it was that it did not allow...
If you haven't seen it in TV yet, the new Microsoft commercial starring Bill Gate and Jerry Seinfeld is out. It's a very "Seinfeld" humor so if you've never watched "Seinfeld" then you might not understand it. I wonder whether they did the right thing by going that direction, but I do know they did one thing right: they never mention a Mac. As funny as the Mac commercials might be, they never tell you anything good about the Mac; all they do is bash Windows. And like I always said: "tell me why I should use your product, not...
Here's the code and presentation for the WCF and WAS session that I gave at the South West Florida Code Camp this past weekend. Although I couldn't stay until the end, the event was really good. A special thanks to John Dunagan for putting the event together.
Being an MVP made me realize that Microsoft really listens to their customers. Of course you don't need to be an MVP to be able to communicate with Microsoft regarding bugs or future enhancements. Anyone can use the Microsoft Connect site and to do so all you need to do is have a live id and register with them. Of course there are many other ways to have your voice heard. You can connect with your local evangelist, local Microsoft Office, local User Group, MVPs in the area, or simply by posting comments on blogs or forums. Today Scott Hanselman...
My good old friend John Dunagan from the Naples .Net Developer Group has organized the 2008 South West Florida Code Camp. There is a line up of impressive speakers ranging from amazing speakers to MVPs to Microsoft employees. I will be presenting my new session: Host your WCF App with WAS and take advantage of multiple endpoints, where I will demonstrate how to host a WCF service with the new Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) and take advantage of all your HTTP and non HTTP transport within one hosting environment. I'll see you there...