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Random Coolness: 30-Second Bunnies Theatre -- Superman

zainnab — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:30:59 GMT

This shizzle rocks! ...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit

zainnab — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:58:48 GMT

If you haven't downloaded it already, what's your problem? Just kidding :) Seriously get your hands on this stuff and start playing with our latest and greatest! The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit includes presentations,...(read more)

Houston-Area D2 SIG Meeting for Silverlight & WPF Designers and Developers

zainnab — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:29:23 GMT

Where: Microsoft-Houston Offices (2000 West Sam Houston Parkway) When: August 4 (first Tuesday of each month) - 6:00 – 8:00PM Why: A free discussion on the latest Microsoft designer and developer technologies...(read more)

Regular Expressions Webcasts are Live Once Again!!

zainnab — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:55:21 GMT

So, it looked like #1 and 2 of my 10-part webcast series went AWOL. Thanks to Emily G in Redmond for finding them again and hooking me up with the URL's to get them fixed. If you haven't seen them then you need to check them out they...(read more)

SQL Saturday in Baton Rouge

zainnab — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:00:42 GMT

What: An all day FREE training event with SQL Server and .Net sessions spread out over three tracks of Business Intelligence, Database Administration, SQL Development, and .Net. When: Saturday, August 1, 2009. Attendee check-in will begin at 8:00am...(read more)

Houston SharePoint User Group Meeting on Wednesday July 15th @ 6pm

zainnab — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:00:04 GMT

The Houston SharePoint User Group is pleased to present a two track presentation Please make sure you select the correct presentation, they occur during the same time. 7.15 For the next meeting, our door prizes are: From Wrox : Professional Microsoft...(read more)

Random Coolness: Patricia Burchat -- The search for dark energy and dark matter

zainnab — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:33:00 GMT

One of the best treatments of the subject I have seen on dark matter....(read more)

Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Expression Studio are out today!!!!

zainnab — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Check out the goodness at: http://www.seethelight.com/...(read more)

Thrive is Live!!

zainnab — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:55:04 GMT

We understand that today’s economy is challenging for developers. You’re stretching your skills, looking for work, or searching for efficient solutions to unfamiliar tasks. That’s why we created Thrive. It’s a one-stop community...(read more)

LIDNUG: Advanced Developer Features in Visual Studio 2010 July 21st @ 10:30am Pacific

zainnab — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:52:14 GMT

From Brian Madsen at the LinkedIn .NET User Group (LIDNUG): === Experience a tour of what’s coming soon in Visual Studio 2010 for debugging, profiling, analyzing and diagnosing your applications so they are capable of 24x7 reliability and...(read more)

Community Soup... Virtual Worlds!

zainnab — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:32:09 GMT

Check me out on my friends' (Dmitry and Peter) seriously cool show! From the site: === In this episode we start by talking about Cutting the cable, DTV conversion, Internet Explorer 8 and Drinking the Kool-Aid. Finally we jump into...(read more)

Seriously Cool VS2010 Extension: RegEx Editor

zainnab — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:16:00 GMT

Everyone who knows me knows that I’m totally in love with regular expressions. They rock! Seriously. However, I have been less than pleased with regex editing support not only in our own products but pretty much in every product...(read more)

An "Autopsy" on SOA

zainnab — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:14:22 GMT

Denny Boynton wrote a great article a while back on SOA and its demise. === On Monday, January 5, 2009, Anne Thomas Manes, a well respected analyst at the Burton Group, wrote a post on her blog pronouncing SOA to be DOA. My colleague, Hanu...(read more)

Call for Speakers for Houston TechFest 2009, Sept. 26, 2009

zainnab — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT

From Mike: ===== The 2009 Houston TechFest will be on Saturday Sept. 26. They are looking for speakers on a range of topics on .Net. If you would like to speak please send Michael Steinberg an email with an abstract of the topic you are interested in...(read more)

SharePoint Saturday - Dallas - July 25th!!!

zainnab — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:59:27 GMT

Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for the first ever SharePoint Saturday Dallas. SharePoint Saturday is an educational, informative & lively day filled with...(read more)