Port Elizabeth.NET

WinDirStat

iwandebeer@gmail.com (Iwan de Beer) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST

Somehow my hard drives are always filled to capacity, a lot of times with useless files like 700 MB movies, or ISO images, etc. I've been looking around for a good tool that can locate the big files easily and after searching for a while, a friend at work (Hamish McDermit) showed me this little gem. It gives you a very useful graphical view of your file system, which enables you to locate big files and folders. It's freeware. Check it out - you won't be disappointed.

View list of database statistics using T-SQL – MSSQL 2005

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:20:00 PST

I had to get a list of all the existing statistics of our database for our ‘improved’ project documentation. Here is a script that will do just that.

SELECT s.name AS statistics_name
    ,t.name as table_name
    ,c.name AS column_name
    ,sc.stats_column_id
FROM sys.stats AS s
INNER JOIN sys.stats_columns AS sc
    ON s.object_id = sc.object_id AND s.stats_id = sc.stats_id
INNER JOIN sys.columns AS c
    ON sc.object_id = c.object_id AND c.column_id = sc.column_id
INNER JOIN sys.tables t
    ON c.object_id = t.object_id
ORDER BY statistics_name

It will produce output as follows:

Statisics_name	table_name	column_name	stats_column_id
_dta_stat_1285579618_5_2	tblAssocTran	BalTranID	1
_dta_stat_1285579618_5_2	tblAssocTran	SourceTranID	2
_dta_stat_1333579789_1_10_13_2_5	tblTran	TranID	1
_dta_stat_1333579789_1_10_13_2_5	tblTran	IsPosted	2
_dta_stat_1333579789_1_10_13_2_5	tblTran	DateCreated	3
_dta_stat_1333579789_1_10_13_2_5	tblTran	TranMasterID	4

… etc.

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Microsoft DevChats in Port Elizabeth

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:12:00 PST

The event will provide guidance to developers on how to make applications Windows 7 Ready and how to leverage off the new and enhanced features of Windows 7.

We will start off with a brief overview about compatibility issues that may cause Windows XP or Vista applications to perform incorrectly on Windows 7, and understand how to remediate those issues. These include topics like User Access Control, Version Detection, Data Redirection and Session 0 Isolation. The majority of time will be spent on discussing the most important opportunities for developers to enhance their applications with functionalities that are new to Windows 7. These include features like taskbar and library integration, multi-touch, ribbon and the sensor and location platform. The training is primarily targeted at developers and application architects of existing Windows XP and Vista application

Details:

25 November 2009 03:30PM
The Paragon
Auditorium
15 Mangold Street
Newton Park
Port Elizabeth

To find out more info or register for the event, please click here (http://bit.ly/E7Btb)

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SQL Server Integration Services service failed to start - ERROR

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:37:00 PDT

If you get the “SQL Server Integration Services service failed to start” error when starting up your pc it means SQL cannot connect to the internet to check for revocation certificates. Search for the event id in the event log and you should find more info on it. To rectify, make sure SQL Integration Services can connect to the internet or disable the check by making a change in the registry. For a solution and explanation you can read more here –> http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=125768

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Presentations uploaded – September SnackBox Session

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:54:00 PDT

I’ve uploaded the presentations for the September SnackBox session. The presentations where:

jQuery

“In this presentation I will introduce jQuery, a lightweight Javascript library and how you can use jQuery to enhance your web based projects. You will have to download WAMP server to view this presentation -> http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php

By Justus Meyer from Ion Media – http://www.ionmedia.com

Microsoft Azure

This talk will give you a brief introduction into Windows Azure and an understanding of cloud computing and how the hosted architecture will impact the way organizations host, deploy, and maintain their solutions.

by Mohamed Cassim (currently an honours student Nelson Mandel Metropolitan University)

Go here to view and download the latest presentations and all previous events’ resources as well -http://bit.ly/rzQ7h

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October session - Error in notification email

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:26:00 PDT

I have the date wrong on the latest Port Elizabeth.NET session mailout for October, the date says 29 September, but should be October .. My sincere apologies! I will sent it out again after I've made the correction...which will be tomorrow morning (9 Oct) first thing.

Dave

jQuery animations using the user friendly GUI called Glimmer

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:43:00 PDT

In follow up of the recent presentations. I thought I’d share this little gem. Use Glimmer to create jQuery animations and effects without writing any code. You create the effect and Glimmer creates the code for you, which you then copy and paste into your project J Couldn’t be easier...

To check-out Glimmer go here -> bit.ly/Ym7hG

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September SnackBox Session & new features on Community website

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:01:00 PDT

Don’t forget about the September SnackBox Session tomorrow. We have two enthusiastic presenters presenting on jQuery and finally a presentation on Microsoft Azure! :D I can’t want! See you guys there.

You will notice that all event reminders I sent this morning where sent as meeting invites and should have the event information attached. Hopefully this way you will not have to send me a mail if you’re coming and you can use the meeting confirmation included in the mail. Just click on ‘Yes’/’No’/’Maybe’ to let me know if you’ll be attending :) Great stuff!

We also have a calendar you can view with all the upcoming events and the event details (apart from the usual ’Events’ section) –> http://www.pedeveloper.net/calendar.aspx

Please feel free to add yourself to the email notifications for events/sessions using the section on the right. I NEVER spam and NEVER give the email addresses out to ANYONE. Not even the other community lead at this stage (sorry Iwan). I take personal information very seriously and respect that you have allowed me to email you up until now.

XBox Project Natal – Website officially Launched

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:22:00 PDT

The US website for Xbox Project Natal has been launched! The Natal experience is something out of a sci-fi movie and beats the Nintendo Wii by 100 miles! (Sorry guys!). Do the following search on Google:

site:youtube.com project natal

This will bring up a list of videos you HAVE to see! No more controllers, wires and you can even scan in your own items like skateboards for a skateboard game etc. I have two words “mindblowing” ;)

You HAVE to see the official website:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/

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August SnackBox Session – Content Uploaded

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:10:00 PDT

I’ve uploaded the Extension Methods presentation presented by Iwan de Beer to the http://www.pedeveloper.net website. It contains the code samples as well as the presentation. I haven’t received the other presentation details yet, but will upload it ASAP! :)

Please feel free to download and distribute it from here –> http://www.pedeveloper.net/events/resources.aspx

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27 Dinner

iwandebeer@gmail.com (Iwan de Beer) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:16:00 PDT

I love talks! And this looks like a good one. Let's all go and support Mattew Larter and 27 Dinner. Next event in Port Elizabeth is on the 27th, 18:30 for 19:00, but not sure of the venue yet.

I have VS2010 Beta1 with me if anyone wants a copy, let me know please

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:47:00 PDT

I have a copy of VS2010 Beta 1. If anyone doesn’t want to download the 1GB+, let me know and I’ll make you a copy which you can pick up from me.

Gimme a call or email me:
084 548 0077
dcoates at qzcreative.co.za

Google Wave – The basics in review

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:47:00 PDT

I’ve worked with Google Wave for about 4-5 hours in total so far. I thought it only fitting to give my initial view on it. There are plenty other reviews on the interweb, so have a browse and read a few others as well before making up your mind about it. Firstly I’d recommend watching the Google Wave announcement video here –> http://wave.google.com. I’ll refer to the video from time to time, but will try to write it so you will get what I mean without having to have watched the video. I also won’t go into too much detail, but I will provide an overview of the functionality I have tested.

UI

The UI is divided into 3 columns. Starting from left to right, the first column has two sections, one with the recognizable, yet different label management of Gmail and the other is a list of your contacts. The centre column lists all the waves (like your inbox list). This view displays all the waves in your search criteria (“in: inbox”, being the most used). The third,most right, column displays the wave. It has very much a ‘Google’ feel with a clean, uncluttered look.

How it works

If I had to describe a wave in my way (keeping in mind that I am simple individual :P) I would describe it as a combination of a rich text chat room where you chat inline and a Microsoft Word-like document (or Open Office or any other document type you prefer). You can write in rich text using all the familiar formatting options i.e bold, italic, underline, alignment, indent, lists etc. with the limitation of not being able to change the actual font.

You add people to the wave in the area above the actual wave and at the moment it has to be people you have in your contacts (column on the left). If you want additional functionality in a wave, like spellchecking, language translation etc. You have to add the robot as a participant to the wave. Each robot is identified by an email address. What is absolutely awesome is that all waves are pretty close to real-time. You can see what the others on the wave are typing as they type and they can also edit your text as you type (which makes for a bit of fun when you don’t agree with what the other person is typing :P) You can add images to the wave and other’s can see each image pretty much immediately after it’s done uploading. Adding people to the contact list was a little tricky for me at first, because I don’t know anyone else on Google Wave and I also didn’t know about how to search for public waves. Once I added a few people and searched for a couple public waves I was on my way. Being part of a wave with a lot of people (200+) get’s really confusing, because you have to try and follow the conversation, but it’s actually rather easy in Wave, because of the indentation, you can follow a particular conversation by following a specific indent ‘depth’ (if that makes any sense). It does get a little slower the more people you add to the Wave, and I do believe they’re working on it, but in saying that who in their right mind will collaborate with 200+ people at the same time?! I waved with a single person and it was rather intuitive and truth be told, quite a lot of fun too :P

There are a few very prominent bugs at the moment, but I can see they’re aware and working on it, for example, the posting a bug extension doesn’t work and I wasn’t able to copy and paste more than 2 contacts into Polly the Pollster robot (she creates polls and sends them to the contacts in a wave). I looked at the bug list and they’re busy pushing through bugs at a speed unbeknownst to man. So it probably won’t be too long now…which I’m kinda hoping, cause I can’t wait to Wave with my friends and family. (no more email back and forth and trying to remember in which part of the back and forth emails who said what etc.)

Viewing your inbox is al little different from what we’re use to. This makes sense as this is not an email system, but a collaboration system. You search your own waves as well as public waves using the search bar. You can save search expressions so you don’t have to remember/redo it everyday i.e. if you’re following a particular wave or series of waves you haven’t participated in. You search using the same Gmail technique i.e. in:Inbox , is:read, is:unread etc. You can search for waves contained certain participants, waves between certain dates, waves with attachments etc. It is exceptionally powerful and flexible. You have to specify when searching public waves however, so by default it only searches waves in which you are a participant

I haven’t tested the creation of public waves or embedding waves in websites etc.

Pros

It’s so much fun! :D
Once you get your head around the difference between a Wave and email it’s really easy and intuitive
Easy to follow conversations even with 200+ people
Web interface means you can use the web browser your familiar with and there’s no need to download a separate application (this also has a con however)
The possibilities are endless, especially because Google Wave is open source and there are already a number of developers with phenomenal ideas and robots on the way.
There’s no need for a ‘Pre-approval’ for robots/extensions like Apple store. It follows the same principal as Google always does, which is basically it’s a free for all open sourced system and the more the better (this also has a con)

Cons

With a whole bunch of people in a Wave it slows down everything, not to the point of stand-still, but enough to notice and annoy you, if you’re a ‘gotta get it done now’ person.
There is currently no ‘Tutorial’ system (which they are working on apparently) so if you’re a first time Waver(?!) it’s a little tricky to know what terms to use when searching and how to get maximum use out of your Waves.
Being a web interface, it has it’s limitations and is a little less responsive than a locally installed application
Because there is no need for any robot/extension to be approved, you will no doubt have to wade through a list of useless, pointless and sometimes very buggy applications once it goes live. I haven’t heard of any such process, but I’m hoping there will be some way of making sure the robots/extensions are useful in some way and actually work.

This is not a reflection on the product, but more the current status, and it’s a little buggy at the moment. I think there are quite a few things to sort out before they go live to public, but they are certainly getting there at a proper pace, although I don’t quite know if they will be ready to launch in September as I’ve read in a couple places.

This is definitely going to revolutionize how we communicate.

Tech-Ed Africa 2009 – Presentations available

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:43:00 PDT

Everyone who attended and wanted to attend Tech-Ed and even those that weren’t keen at all, you can now download all the presentations here -> -> http://www.teched.co.za/presentations.aspx

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CSharplet #2 – Object Initializers

iwandebeer@gmail.com (Iwan de Beer) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:43:00 PDT

public class Coordinate
{

int _X;
int _Y;
int _Z;

public int X
{
  get
  {
      return _X;
  }
  set
  {
      _X = value;
  }
}

    public int Y
{
  get
  {
      return _Y;
  }
  set
  {
      _Y = value;
  }
}

public int Z
{
  get
  {
      return _Z;
  }
  set
  {
      _Z = value;
  }
}

}

You can create and initialize an instance of the Coordinate class using the following syntax:

Coordinate coordinate = new Coordinate { X = 10, Y = 20, Z = 30 };

Or you can use:

var coordinate = new Coordinate { X = 10, Y = 20, Z = 30 };

It is equivalent to:

Coordinate coordinate = new Coordinate();

coordinate.X = 10;

coordinate.Y = 20;

coordinate.Z = 30;

It’s also possible to only partly initialize the instance, like this:

Coordinate coordinate = new Coordinate { X = 10 }

(Source: C# Language Specification Version 3.0)

VS.NET 2005/2008 specific: Debugger Visualizers

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:29:00 PDT

Let’s start with VS.NET 2005. Visual Studio offers the ability to enable visualizer objects for given types during debugging sessions called Debugger visualizers. If you've already done some debugging inside VS.NET 2005 or VS.NET 2008 you've seen some of them already: the string debugger visualizer for example is one of the debugger visualizers shipped with VS.NET which can be activated when the execution is paused and you hover over a type with the mouse and click the magnifyer glass icon.
For several types in the LLBLGen Pro generated code and runtime library, Debugger Visualizers are developed so debugging code using LLBLGen Pro generated code is easier.

Installation

Copy the SD.LLBLGen.Pro.DebugVisualizers.dll from the folder RuntimeLibraries\DotNET20\DebugVisualizers to the folder:
C:\documents and settings\your user name\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Visualizers\ Also copy the ORMSupportClasses dll and the DQE dll of your choice to that folder.

Note:

VS.NET 2008 users, should copy the VS.NET 2008 specific build of SD.LLBLGen.Pro.DebugVisualizers.dll, located in the RuntimeLibraries\DotNET20\DebugVisualizers\VS.NET 2008\ folder.

You have to restart VS.NET 2005 or 2008 to make them available to you. In a debug session, when you hit a breakpoint, you can hover your mouse over a variable of a type of any of the supported types below and you'll see a magnifyer glass which allows you to open the debug visualizer for that type with the data in that instance.

Debug visualizers included

Predicate/PredicateExpression
The predicate / Predicate expression visualizer visualizes the predicate as a WHERE clause. It will use a pseudo DQE and pseudo DB specific creator to create a string which is displayed in a viewer. Also displayed are the parameters of the complete filter and the values of these parameters.
EntityCollection (Selfservicing/adapter)
Simple form with a DataGrid set to readonly/AllowNavigation set to false (to avoid lazy loading) for SelfServicing entity collections and with AllowNavigation set to true for Adapter, which displays the collection using normal databinding. The form also shows a textbox with the type the collection is set for, which is typically the type the factory produces.
RelationCollection / Relationpredicatebucket
Similar to PredicateExpression, though it will show the actual SQL generated. The RelationPredicateBucket visualizer has a tab control with both a visualizer for the PredicateExpression as for the RelationCollection.
SortExpression
Simple visualizer which shows the sort expression in a textbox, similar to the predicate expression visualizer
GroupByCollection
Simple viewer which views the grouped fields, one on each line and the HAVING clause as a normal predicate expression.
PrefetchPath
The visualizer for prefetch paths displays the path as nodes in a tree. To handle polymorphic paths, the path element is represented by a node, and all nodes added to that path element are added as nodes. The visualizer uses reflection to get a hold on the EntityType type definition to produce proper names for the node destinations/types to fetch.
Expression
The visualizer for the expression is similar to the PredicateVisualizer: it shows the expression without beautification and the parameters.

This article was written by another party and not by me. Please feel free to leave a comment if you would like to contact the author and I will pass your details on.

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Free ebook for all .NET Developers (from Microsoft even)

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:31:00 PDT

17 useful articles by developers for developers and comics? And available as a free download? And released under a Creative Commons license? And it’s from Microsoft?

Yup!

Download Now

In the book:

Working with Brownfield Code by Donald Belcham (Microsoft MVP)
Beyond C# and VB by Ted Neward (Microsoft MVP)
Remaining Valuable to Employers featuring Barry Gervin, Billy Hollis, Bruce Johnson, Scott Howlett, Adam Cogan, and Jonathan Zuck
All I Wanted Was My Data by Barry Gervin (Microsoft Regional Director and MVP)
Efficiency Upgrade by Derek Hatchard (Microsoft Regional Director and MVP)
Getting Started with Continuous Integration by Sondre Bjellås (Microsoft Regional Director and MVP)
On Strike at the Software Factory by Daniel Crenna (Microsoft MVP)
C# Features You Should Be Using by Ted Neward (Microsoft MVP)
Accelerate Your Coding with Code Snippets by Brian Noyes (Microsoft Regional Director and MVP)
Is Silverlight 2 Ready for Business Applications? by Jonas Follesø (Microsoft Regional Director and MVP)
Innovate with Silverlight 2 by Daniel Crenna (Microsoft MVP)
Real World WPF: Rich UI + HD by Gill Cleeren (Microsoft Regional Director and MVP)
Hidden Talents by Peter Jones
Creating Useful Installers with Custom Actions by Christian Jacob
Banking with XML by Peter Jones
Sending Email by Derek Hatchard (Microsoft Regional Director and MVP)

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Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 09 – Registration Open

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:25:00 PDT

Registration for Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference has opened -http://microsoftpdc.com. Early bird offer ends on 15 September.

What you'll get at the PDC:

Hear from keynote speakers who help set the direction for Microsoft and the industry, and see them unveil our new products and technologies
Immerse yourself in four days of deep, technical session and workshop content delivered by Microsoft and industry luminaries
Get one-on-one access to more than 1,000 Microsoft experts at the Ask The Experts reception and on-site throughout the conference
Try out the latest platform technologies in our Hands-on-Labs and get a jump start on planning your company's products and technology investments
Network with other leading-edge developers and architects
Walk away with the pre-release bits

Check it out guys! If you can be there it will be more than worth the money…

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This year's Tech-Ed well worth the effort

iwandebeer@gmail.com (Iwan de Beer) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:04:00 PDT

We all got very "Tech-ed up" at Tech-Ed, held again at the Durban ICC, in early August. All the great IT players in South Africa got together.

Dave Coates, from the PE .NET developer community ran the Community Lounge, which was a huge success. Most of the MVP's hang out there, and it is also often frequented by the speakers, so it's the definately place to be. Mouth-watering prizes were given away at the community louge, including an XBox 360, a Guitar Hero set for XBox, as well as books and stress-balls.

The opening and closing parties were hits, as you can imagine. It allowed us to relax a bit, but for me it was also an opportunity to meet old friends in person - whom I've only know "online" before.

Although the opening keynote was a bit long (it lasted about 2 1/2 hours), it was good to see new technology show-cased. The most exciting of which must be "Project Natal", a technology for XBox that is only 9 months away from release. The player becomes the controller - it has the capability to recognise the players, as well as scan real-world objects into the virtual environment. They also showed us the trailer of "Office 2010 - the Movie", which you absolutely have to check out on Youtube. Sad news for the country is that we don't even feature in the 100 most connected countries in the world. Internet connectivity in South Africa is a dismal picture. Even with the new Seacom cable, and many others to come, which will lead to much more available bandwith, it looks like around 80% of people in South Africa still won't be connected by the end of 2014.

Windows 7 impressed tremendously, especially the multi-touch capabilities, and because it's hardware requirements are less than Vista. Bing seems to be giving Google Search a run for its money, and Virtual Earth is mind-blowing. Look at an aerial view of Cape Town, you'll see what I mean.

Greetings to Dave Coates, Craig Nicholson, Ruari Plint, Hilton Giesenow, Pieter Germishuys, Ernst Kuschke, Veronique Palmer, Martin Venter, Marc Lenferna-Del-La-Motte, Robert Maclean, Zlatan, Gail Shaw, Peter Wilmot, Paul Somers, David Hill, Shyam Pather, Thomas Hilmer and all the others I met or got together with again. Keep up the good work!

I can't wait for Tech-Ed !

iwandebeer@gmail.com (Iwan de Beer) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:31:00 PDT

I had a very interesting electronic conversation yesterday with Hilton Giesenow, one of the speakers at Tech-Ed, and one of only 3 C# MVP's in South Africa. He's very busy doing his final preparations for the event and mentioned to me that:

"I'll be doing a lot of stuff at Tech Ed - 3 talks, 1 panel, and recording 4 or more episodes for my podcast as well - busy busy busy!"

If you're attending, be sure not to miss the jQuery talk - I'm looking rather forward to that one.

CSharplet #1 – Implicitly Typed Local Variable Declarations

iwandebeer@gmail.com (Iwan de Beer) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:22:00 PDT

var i = 10;

This is an implicitly typed local variable declaration, which is equivalent to:

int i = 10;

The compiler infers the type from the value.
The following restrictions apply:

You must initialize the variable
The initializer must be an expression
The initializer expression cannot be null

The following is invalid:

var i;
var j = {1,2,3};
var k = null;

(Source: C# Language Specification Version 3.0)

CSharplets

iwandebeer@gmail.com (Iwan de Beer) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:03:00 PDT

As we all know, C# is a wonderful programming language!

I'll be posting some CSharplets - little code snippets and information relating to C# and what it is capable of.

Hope you enjoy it.

Tech-Ed Africa 2009 - 224 breakout sessions, 40 whiteboard sessions... - http://www.tech-ed.co.za

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:04:00 PDT

I’ve just received an email from Microsoft. The Tech-Ed schedule has been finalised.

2 keynotes, 224 breakout sessions, 13 lunch box sessions, 40 whiteboard sessions, 15 instructor-led Hotlabs, 10 Self-paced Hotlabs and so much more….

The final agenda is now live on the website for you to review the full list of activities. You can use the Event Calender (‘Session Scheduler’ found in ‘My Tech-Ed’) to plan which sessions you want to attend and add it to your outlook calendar.

Don’t forget to come on over to the Community Lounge to say hi to Community Leaders, MVP’s and speakers of Tech-Ed that will be hanging out with us J

I can’t wait! J

Blogdesign - Images missing

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:13:00 PDT

It seems the images I used in the design have gone missing. The blog will be fixed over the weekend…sorry guys!!

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Post to Tech-Ed SA 2009 twitterwall (http://www.twitterwall.met/techedsa2009). Use #TechEdSA2009

Tech-Ed SA 2009 - Twitterwall - Live twitterfeed

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Coates) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:33:00 PDT

Post to the Twitterwall at this year’s Tech Ed South Africa by using the #TechEdSA2009 hashtag. Check out the twitterwall here - > http://www.twitterwall.me/techedsa2009