<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>JrzyShr Dev Guy</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/default.aspx</link><description>Peter Laudati's bits + bytes from exit 117...</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><image><url>http://www.structuretoobig.com/map/getmap.aspx?userid=3bcaeff2-9057-4c35-bbfe-cb571cbd5f2f&amp;size=thumb_0</url><title>World Maps</title></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/peterlau" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><title>MSDN Roadshows coming to an East Coast city near YOU!!!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/M-q2LiMD4og/msdn-roadshows-coming-to-an-east-coast-city-near-you.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:21:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9915272</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9915272.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9915272</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Last week I announced the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/19/msdn-metro-roadshow-fall-2009-series.aspx"&gt;MSDN “Metro” Roadshow&lt;/a&gt; coming to the NY &amp;amp; NJ metro areas in November &amp;amp; December.&amp;#160; While I think we have one of the finest roadshow tours here in the tri-state area, I thought I’d let you know about the other MSDN Roadshow events that will be going on up and down the US east coast.&amp;#160; My team at Microsoft is hosting 5 different Roadshow series in different major cities on the east coast.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Visit &lt;a href="http://www.msdnevents.com"&gt;http://www.msdnevents.com&lt;/a&gt; to register for any of the roadshows.&amp;#160; Alternatively, you can click through on the links to each one to learn more about the varying topics that will be covered on each tour.&amp;#160; Check them out below:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" width="818"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="200"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/NortheastRoadshow"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="n_east_roadshow_120x120" border="0" alt="n_east_roadshow_120x120" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/peterlau/WindowsLiveWriter/MSDNRoadshowscomingtoanEastCoastcitynear_9174/n_east_roadshow_120x120_3.png" width="120" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="607"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/NortheastRoadshow "&gt;MSDN “Northeast” Roadshow&lt;/a&gt; – Piloted by &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/cbowen/"&gt;Chris Bowen&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jimoneil/"&gt;Jim O’Neil&lt;/a&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;p&gt;Cities &amp;amp; Dates:&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;ul&gt;           &lt;li&gt;11/10/2009 – Burlington, VT &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;11/12/2009 – Albany, NY &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;11/13/2009 – Rochester, NY &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/3/2009 – Farmington, CT &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/8/2009 – Waltham, MA &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/9/2009 – Providence, RI &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/15/2009 – Augusta, ME &lt;/li&gt;         &lt;/ul&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="200"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/19/msdn-metro-roadshow-fall-2009-series.aspx"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="metro_roadshow_120x120" border="0" alt="metro_roadshow_120x120" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/peterlau/WindowsLiveWriter/MSDNRoadshowscomingtoanEastCoastcitynear_9174/metro_roadshow_120x120_3.png" width="120" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="607"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/19/msdn-metro-roadshow-fall-2009-series.aspx"&gt;MSDN “Metro” Roadshow&lt;/a&gt; – Piloted by &lt;a href="http://www.peterlaudati.com"&gt;Peter Laudati&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://www.slingalibi.com/"&gt;Asli Bilgin&lt;/a&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Cities &amp;amp; Dates:&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;ul&gt;           &lt;li&gt;11/12/2009 – Parsippany, NJ &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/10/2009 – East Windsor, NJ &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/15/2009 – New York, NY &lt;/li&gt;         &lt;/ul&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="200"&gt;&lt;a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/MidAtlantic"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="mid_atl_roadshow_120x120" border="0" alt="mid_atl_roadshow_120x120" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/peterlau/WindowsLiveWriter/MSDNRoadshowscomingtoanEastCoastcitynear_9174/mid_atl_roadshow_120x120_3.png" width="120" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="607"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/MidAtlantic "&gt;MSDN “Mid-Atlantic” Roadshow&lt;/a&gt; – Piloted by &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie"&gt;G. Andrew Duthie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.smallandmighty.net/"&gt;Dani Diaz&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://coolstuffwith.net/"&gt;Dave Isbitski&lt;/a&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Cities &amp;amp; Dates:&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;ul&gt;           &lt;li&gt;11/12/2009 – Pittsburgh, Pa &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/1/2009 – Harrisburg, Pa &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/3/2009 – Reston, Va &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/8/2009 – Roanoke, Va &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/10/2009 – Malvern, Pa &lt;/li&gt;         &lt;/ul&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="200"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/SouthernFried"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="s_fried_roadshow_120x120" border="0" alt="s_fried_roadshow_120x120" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/peterlau/WindowsLiveWriter/MSDNRoadshowscomingtoanEastCoastcitynear_9174/s_fried_roadshow_120x120_3.png" width="120" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="607"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/SouthernFried "&gt;MSDN “Southern Fried” Roadshow&lt;/a&gt; – Piloted by &lt;a href="http://www.structuretoobig.com/home/"&gt;Brian Hitney&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/glengordon/"&gt;Glen Gordon&lt;/a&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Cities &amp;amp; Dates:&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;ul&gt;           &lt;li&gt;11/4/2009 – Greensboro, NC &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;11/5/2009 – Raleigh, NC &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;11/6/2009 – Columbia, SC &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/8/2009 – Atlanta, GA &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/9/2009 – Montgomery, AL &lt;/li&gt;         &lt;/ul&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="200"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.devfish.net/fullblogitemview.aspx?blogid=709"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="tiki_roadshow_120x120" border="0" alt="tiki_roadshow_120x120" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/peterlau/WindowsLiveWriter/MSDNRoadshowscomingtoanEastCoastcitynear_9174/tiki_roadshow_120x120_3.png" width="120" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="607"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.devfish.net/fullblogitemview.aspx?blogid=709"&gt;MSDN “Tiki Hut” Roadshow&lt;/a&gt; – Piloted by &lt;a href="http://www.devfish.net/"&gt;Joe Healy&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/rfustino/"&gt;Russ Fustino&lt;/a&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Cities &amp;amp; Dates:&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;ul&gt;           &lt;li&gt;11/30/2009 – Tampa, FL &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/2/2009 – Fort Lauderdale, FL &lt;/li&gt;            &lt;li&gt;12/14/2009 – Orlando, FL &lt;/li&gt;         &lt;/ul&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9915272" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/M-q2LiMD4og" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/MSDN+Events/default.aspx">MSDN Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/MSDN+Roadshows/default.aspx">MSDN Roadshows</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/30/msdn-roadshows-coming-to-an-east-coast-city-near-you.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Update</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/LvLlszgXsD0/professional-developers-conference-pdc-update.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:20:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9914919</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9914919.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9914919</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;A little PDC &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/cbowen/archive/2009/10/29/professional-developers-conference-pdc-update.aspx"&gt;update from my teammate Chris Bowen&lt;/a&gt; from up in New England…&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/"&gt;&lt;img title="PDC09Bling_BeforeAfter_240" border="0" alt="PDC09Bling_BeforeAfter_240" align="right" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/cbowen/WindowsLiveWriter/ProfessionalDevelopersConferencePDCUpdat_FA89/PDC09Bling_BeforeAfter_240_3.jpg" width="138" height="184" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/"&gt;Professional Developers Conference (PDC)&lt;/a&gt; is November 17-19 in Los Angeles, and will be one of the best ways to get your fill of the latest developer tech:&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;     &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/"&gt;PDC Site&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;      &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/BehindTheScenes"&gt;PDC Behind the Scenes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;      &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/WhatsHappening"&gt;PDC What’s Happening&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;      &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/pdc09"&gt;PDC on Twitter&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;      &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/PDC09/"&gt;Content Tagged PDC09 on Channel9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;   &lt;/ul&gt;    &lt;p&gt;I went last year (and just confirmed I can make it again this year) and it’s several intense days of conversations and content.&amp;#160; You can get an idea of what’s in store by reviewing the &lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/"&gt;session recordings from PDC 2008&lt;/a&gt;, available for free.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;h4&gt;Birds of a Feather Sessions&lt;/h4&gt;    &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.pdcbof.com/"&gt;Birds of a Feather (BOF)&lt;/a&gt; sessions are a great way to connect with other attendees and build from each others’ experiences. (&lt;a href="http://www.pdcbof.com/post/172509928/what-is-a-birds-of-a-feather-session"&gt;&amp;quot;What is a Birds-of-a-Feather Session?&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;#160; A number of BOF sessions will be selected and scheduled throughout PDC.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Though &lt;a href="http://www.pdcbof.com/post/205494397/bof-session-topics-selected"&gt;some sessions have been scheduled&lt;/a&gt;, it’s not too late to &lt;a href="http://www.pdcbof.com/post/176823551/proposal-form-and-instructions"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;propose a session idea&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; of your own&lt;/strong&gt;!&amp;#160; Submissions are open through tomorrow (Friday 10/30) at 5PM PDT.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;You can also follow &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/pdcbof"&gt;BOF on Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;h4&gt;Free Pre-Conference Windows 7 Bootcamp&lt;/h4&gt;    &lt;p&gt;The day before PDC (11/16) is an opportunity to attend a number of excellent paid pre-conference workshops on a &lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/Tags/Workshop"&gt;variety of topics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Win7" border="0" alt="Win7" align="right" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/cbowen/WindowsLiveWriter/ProfessionalDevelopersConferencePDCUpdat_FA89/Win7_3.png" width="52" height="38" /&gt;You can also sign up for a &lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/WKSP08"&gt;free Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp&lt;/a&gt; that’s open to everyone (not just people attending PDC.)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;h4&gt;Other Goings On&lt;/h4&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;     &lt;li&gt;Hands-on Labs, Ask the Experts, The Big Room &lt;/li&gt;      &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tweetvite.com/event/pdc09tweetup"&gt;PDC Tweet Up&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;      &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/WhatsHappening/Women-In-Technology-Networking-Luncheon-Nov-18"&gt;Women in Technology Networking Luncheon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;      &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/endpoint/archive/2009/10/26/going-to-pdc-want-to-meet-the-team.aspx"&gt;Meet the WCF, WF, and “Dublin” Teams&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;      &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/WhatsHappening/Is-Your-App-Windows-7-Compliant-Get-Logod-at-PDC09"&gt;Windows 7 Application Compatibility Testing and Logo Program&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;      &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/WhatsHappening/PDC09-to-Feature-Screening-of-Visual-Studio-Documentary"&gt;Screening of the Visual Studio Documentary&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;   &lt;/ul&gt;    &lt;h4&gt;$300 Discount Ends Friday, 10/30&lt;/h4&gt;    &lt;p&gt;There’s a &lt;strong&gt;tiny window remaining &lt;/strong&gt;to &lt;a href="http://microsoftpdc.com/Registration"&gt;register for PDC&lt;/a&gt; with a $300 discount.&amp;#160; Make sure you register by the end of Friday, 10/30.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;-Chris&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9914919" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/LvLlszgXsD0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/PDC+2008/default.aspx">PDC 2008</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/PDC+2009/default.aspx">PDC 2009</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/PDC/default.aspx">PDC</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/29/professional-developers-conference-pdc-update.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Connected Show #19 – User Experience: It Ain’t Lipstick Baby!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/sxfvuUSVcPA/connected-show-19-user-experience-it-ain-t-lipstick-baby.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:14:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9914342</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9914342.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9914342</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 3px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" border="0" align="right" src="http://connectedshowpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/podcast/connectedGuest_19.png" /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In this episode guest co-host and Interviewee Dave Crawford of Microsoft UK joins Dmitry to discuss News such as Windows 7, Windows Stores, ZuneHD development, Java Bridge, Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and many more stories. Finally Dave tells us all about the User Experience project role, how development projects can benefit from it and how Developers and Designers need to play nice together.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.connectedshow.com/default.aspx?Episode=19"&gt;CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Related resources and show notes are now hosted directly on the &lt;a href="http://www.connectedshow.com"&gt;ConnectedShow.com&lt;/a&gt; website when you view &lt;a href="http://www.connectedshow.com/default.aspx?Episode=19"&gt;this episode’s post directly&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9914342" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/sxfvuUSVcPA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Visual+Studio/default.aspx">Visual Studio</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Tech+Interop/default.aspx">Tech Interop</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/WPF/default.aspx">WPF</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/User+Experience/default.aspx">User Experience</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Expression+Blend/default.aspx">Expression Blend</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Expression+Web/default.aspx">Expression Web</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Expression/default.aspx">Expression</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Silverlight/default.aspx">Silverlight</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Java/default.aspx">Java</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Podcast/default.aspx">Podcast</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connected+Show/default.aspx">Connected Show</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Sketchflow/default.aspx">Sketchflow</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/28/connected-show-19-user-experience-it-ain-t-lipstick-baby.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Fairfield/Westchester Code Camp – Saturday 11/7/09</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/cTDeLAfuufA/fairfield-westchester-code-camp-saturday-11-7-09.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:48:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9914321</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9914321.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9914321</wfw:commentRss><description>Code camp is coming! Code camp is coming!!&amp;#160; The time is NOW to register for the upcoming 3rd annual Fairfield/Westchester Code Camp in Stamford, CT!&amp;#160; Looks like a great line up of speakers and sessions!&amp;#160; Read on below for the details:&amp;#160; &lt;p style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="5"&gt;Fairfield / Westchester Code Camp&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="5"&gt;Saturday, November 7th, 2009&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="5"&gt;8:00 AM to 6:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;The Fairfield / Westchester User Groups are proud to present our 3rd Annual Fairfield / Westchester Code Camp!&amp;#160; As in the past, this event will be held at the University of Connecticut, Stamford Campus.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;We will once again hold 24 sessions (75 minutes each) across 4 tracks, given by some of the best regional and local developers, and will include topics such as &lt;strong&gt;LINQ, Azure, C# 4.0, PowerShell, F#, SQL Analysis Services, MVC, Silverlight&lt;/strong&gt;, and so much more!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;As usual, we will have giveaways, food, and coffee.&amp;#160; More details, and the schedule, will be posted on the &lt;a href="http://fwcodecamp.net" target="_blank"&gt;Code Camp&lt;/a&gt; website as they are solidified.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Please help us spread the word!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Seating is limited and our focus is technology.&amp;#160; No Recruiters, please.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;As you may have guessed from our prior Code Camp events, it takes the efforts of a lot of people to help run the event smoothly.&amp;#160; So, we are looking for your help in running this year's Code Camp.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;We're looking for someone to monitor each of the four rooms throughout the day, for technical support, if needed (rare), reminder announcements, and to help direct attendees to other sessions before and after each session.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;In addition, we're looking for people to help our existing staff handle the registration desk in the morning, and to help us setup and coordinate the food at breakfast and lunch.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;In total, we're looking for about 8 volunteers to help us run this as smoothly as possible.&amp;#160; Anyone's help would be greatly appreciated.&amp;#160; We will brief you way ahead of time, and we will coordinate with everyone to make sure you get to work the same sessions you want to attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;If you are able to help out, please email Mark Freedman at Mark@FairfieldWestchester.net.&amp;#160; Thanks!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;Session Schedule (Last Updated 2009-10-22)&lt;/font&gt;         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;


&lt;!--
table



	{mso-displayed-decimal-separator:".";



	mso-displayed-thousand-separator:",";}



.font59570



	{color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;}



.font69570



	{color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;}



.font79570



	{color:black;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;}



.font89570



	{color:black;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;}



.xl639570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#dbe5f1;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl649570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:white;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl659570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	mso-background-source:auto;



	mso-pattern:auto;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl669570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	mso-background-source:auto;



	mso-pattern:auto;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl679570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#dbe5f1;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl689570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	mso-background-source:auto;



	mso-pattern:auto;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl699570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#dbe5f1;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl709570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:general;



	vertical-align:bottom;



	mso-background-source:auto;



	mso-pattern:auto;



	white-space:nowrap;}



.xl719570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	mso-background-source:auto;



	mso-pattern:auto;



	white-space:nowrap;}



.xl729570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:bottom;



	mso-background-source:auto;



	mso-pattern:auto;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl739570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:black;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#dbe5f1;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl749570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:black;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:white;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl759570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:black;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#dbe5f1;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl769570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:black;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#dbe5f1;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl779570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	background:#d8d8d8;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl789570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	background:#d8d8d8;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl799570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	background:#d8d8d8;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:nowrap;}



.xl809570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:white;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl819570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:white;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl829570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:black;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:white;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl839570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:black;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#dbe5f1;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl849570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#dbe5f1;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl859570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:black;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:top;



	border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#dbe5f1;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl869570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:none;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	background:#d8d8d8;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:nowrap;}



.xl879570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:none;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:none;



	background:#d8d8d8;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:nowrap;}



.xl889570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:none;



	background:#d8d8d8;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:nowrap;}



.xl899570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:none;



	border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:yellow;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl909570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:none;



	border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:none;



	background:yellow;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl919570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:none;



	background:yellow;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl929570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:none;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:yellow;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl939570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:none;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:none;



	background:yellow;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl949570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:700;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:scientific;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:none;



	background:yellow;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:normal;}



.xl959570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:none;



	border-right:none;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:.5pt solid windowtext;



	background:#d8d8d8;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:nowrap;}



.xl969570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:none;



	border-right:none;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:none;



	background:#d8d8d8;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:nowrap;}



.xl979570



	{padding-top:1px;



	padding-right:1px;



	padding-left:1px;



	mso-ignore:padding;



	color:windowtext;



	font-size:10.0pt;



	font-weight:400;



	font-style:normal;



	text-decoration:none;



	font-family:arial, sans-serif;



	mso-font-charset:0;



	mso-number-format:general;



	text-align:center;



	vertical-align:middle;



	border-top:none;



	border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;



	border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext;



	border-left:none;



	background:#d8d8d8;



	mso-pattern:black none;



	white-space:nowrap;}
--&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table style="width: 570px; border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed" class="xl709570" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr style="height: 25.5pt" height="34"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 25.5pt" class="xl799570" height="34"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none" class="xl689570"&gt;Track 1&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none" class="xl739570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Track 2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none" class="xl689570"&gt;Track 3&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none" class="xl859570"&gt;Track 4&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 13.5pt" height="18"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 13.5pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="18"&gt;8:00 - 8:15&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid" class="xl929570" colspan="4"&gt;General Session&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt" height="17"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 12.75pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="17"&gt;8:15 - 8:25&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-right: black 1pt solid" class="xl869570" colspan="4"&gt;Break&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 64.5pt" height="86"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 64.5pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="86"&gt;8:25 - 9:40&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl649570"&gt;&lt;font class="font69570"&gt;New Debugging Features in Visual Studio 2010&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;David Douglass&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl679570"&gt;Keeping Pulse on Your Site With ASP.NET 2.0 Health Monitoring          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;Milan Negovan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl819570"&gt;Object Creation and Destruction with C#&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Edwin Ames&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-top: medium none" class="xl639570"&gt;&lt;font class="font69570"&gt;Reporting Services 2008 R2            &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;Sunil Kadimdiwan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt" height="17"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 12.75pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="17"&gt;9:40 - 9:50&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-right: black 1pt solid" class="xl869570" colspan="4"&gt;Break&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 64.5pt" height="86"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 64.5pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="86"&gt;9:50 - 11:05&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl749570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Interactive Media in Ur RIAz with Silverlight!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Peter Laudati&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl699570"&gt;Azure Platform          &lt;br /&gt;end-to-end Demo           &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;Dmitry Lyalin &amp;amp; Shrenik Jhaveri&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-top: medium none" class="xl649570"&gt;&lt;font class="font69570"&gt;Unit Testing in .NET and Rhino Mocks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Ivan Krivyakov&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl639570"&gt;&lt;font class="font69570"&gt;SQL Server Integration Services 2008 - What Every DB Developer Should Know            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;Kevin S. Goff&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt" height="17"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 12.75pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="17"&gt;11:05 - 11:15&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-right: black 1pt solid" class="xl869570" colspan="4"&gt;Break&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 76.5pt" height="102"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 76.5pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="102"&gt;11:15 - 12:30&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl649570"&gt;&lt;font class="font69570"&gt;Silverlight 3: Taking Line of Business Applications Out Of The Browser&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Evan Hutnick&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl769570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Why F#?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Richard Minerich&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl829570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Professional Client-Side Development with Microsoft AJAX Library and jQuery&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Milan Negovan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-top: medium none" class="xl839570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Groove for .NET Developers            &lt;br /&gt;(In Stereo)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Supriyo &amp;quot;SB&amp;quot; Chatterjee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt" height="17"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 12.75pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="17"&gt;12:30 - 1:15&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid" class="xl959570" colspan="4"&gt;Lunch&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 77.25pt" height="103"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 77.25pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="103"&gt;1:15 - 2:30&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl659570"&gt;WinForms to Silverlight – Making the Switch          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;John Baird&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl759570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Introduction to SQL Azure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Chris Rolon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-top: medium none" class="xl749570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Extending .NET Applications with the Dynamic Language Runtime&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;John Zablocki&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl839570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Integrating MDX with the Microsoft BI stack&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Kevin S. Goff&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt" height="17"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 12.75pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="17"&gt;2:30 - 2:40&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-right: black 1pt solid" class="xl869570" colspan="4"&gt;Break&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 64.5pt" height="86"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 64.5pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="86"&gt;2:40 - 3:55&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl809570"&gt;PowerShell Deep Dive          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;Doug Finke&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl849570"&gt;&lt;font class="font69570"&gt;Custom LINQ Providers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Ben Poserow&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl669570"&gt;&lt;font class="font69570"&gt;Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) .NET Development&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Supriyo &amp;quot;SB&amp;quot; Chatterjee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl759570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;F# for Testing and Analysis            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;Richard Minerich&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt" height="17"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 12.75pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="17"&gt;3:55 - 4:05&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-right: black 1pt solid" class="xl869570" colspan="4"&gt;Break&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 64.5pt" height="86"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 64.5pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="86"&gt;4:05 - 5:20&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl819570"&gt;C# 4.0 Language Changes          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;Chris Rolon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-top: medium none" class="xl839570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Extending ASP.NET MVC with MVCContrib and Custom Code            &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;John Zablocki&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl749570"&gt;&lt;font class="font89570"&gt;Beginning Mobile Development&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font79570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;John Baird&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none" class="xl849570"&gt;&lt;font class="font69570"&gt;Preparing your ASP.NET sites for Globalization and Localization&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="font59570"&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Phil Denoncourt&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt" height="17"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 12.75pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl779570" height="17"&gt;5:20 - 5:30&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-right: black 1pt solid" class="xl869570" colspan="4"&gt;Break&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 13.5pt" height="18"&gt;       &lt;td style="height: 13.5pt; border-top: medium none" class="xl789570" height="18"&gt;5:30 - 6:00&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid" class="xl899570" colspan="4"&gt;General Session&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9914321" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/cTDeLAfuufA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/User+Groups/default.aspx">User Groups</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Code+Camps/default.aspx">Code Camps</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Community/default.aspx">Community</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connecticut/default.aspx">Connecticut</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/28/fairfield-westchester-code-camp-saturday-11-7-09.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>MSDN “Metro” Roadshow – Fall 2009 Series</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/AouOWyHFSBE/msdn-metro-roadshow-fall-2009-series.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:54:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9909622</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9909622.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9909622</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 3px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="metro_roadshow_120x120_Blog Button" border="0" alt="metro_roadshow_120x120_Blog Button" align="right" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/peterlau/WindowsLiveWriter/MSDNMetroRoadshowFall2009Series_1422F/metro_roadshow_120x120_Blog%20Button_3.jpg" width="120" height="120" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I’m happy to announce the upcoming Fall 2009 Series of the MSDN Roadshow events for the Tri-State area!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Formerly known as ‘The MSDN Suburban Roadshow’, the team has changed its name to more accurately reflect where their travels are taking them these days. Join New York/New Jersey Developer Evangelists &lt;a href="http://www.peterlaudati.com"&gt;Peter Laudati&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.slingalibi.com"&gt;Asli Bilgin&lt;/a&gt; as they once again bring you an afternoon of cutting edge presentations and demos to boost your development productivity and skills.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Learn about Silverlight’s options for Data Access and Networking, a fun and exciting look at the latest on Microsoft’s Mobility platform, and end the day with new Windows 7 features for Developers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Free admission and a chance to score some surprise giveaways to boot!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reservations are required, and seating is limited. Register today to reserve your seat. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Agenda:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Data Access and Network Options in Silverlight &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Wondering about the most effective way of getting data into your Silverlight application? Trying to sort out the different options available? Then this session is for you. We’ll open up with an overview of the different networking and data access techniques available in Silverlight. Then, we’ll dive into examples of using each of these technologies, and along the way we’ll also examine the role these technologies play in other .NET applications. Finally, we’ll show you the Sample Data feature in Expression Blend 3, and the best method for transitioning from Sample Data to production data in your applications.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Windows Phone and Windows Live&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Interested in the latest enhancements on the Microsoft mobility platform? We’ll end the day with a sneak peak for developers and consumers alike at the new Microsoft mobility platform, including integration with Windows Live services. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Enhancing Developer Productivity with the new Window7 features&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Targeted at developers who are new to Windows7, we will focus on demonstrations highlighting the latest and greatest features of the Windows operating system, to emphasize how you can develop applications more productively. We will cover Snap, Shake, Libraries, Problem Recover, and the use of HomeGroups as they pertain to software development, as well as tips and tricks to optimize your applications on the Windows7 operating system.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Here’s the schedule with registration links:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 30.2pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 419.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #f79646; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="559" colspan="2"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: white; font-size: 14pt"&gt;REGISTER NOW – Space is limited!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #f79646; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 13.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 288.9pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 13.4pt; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="385"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Location&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 13.4pt; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="174"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Date &amp;amp; Time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 13.4pt; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Registration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 39.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 288.9pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 39.5pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="385"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt"&gt;North Jersey - Set Focus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;blockquote&gt;           &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;4 Century Drive&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Parsippany, NJ 07054&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;/blockquote&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 39.5pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="174"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;November 12, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;1:00 PM - 5:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 39.5pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032429497&amp;amp;Culture=en-US"&gt;Click here to Register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;Or call 877.673.8368              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;With Event ID: 1032429497&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;; color: blue; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 37.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 288.9pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 37.25pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="385"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt"&gt;Central Jersey - Infragistics Headquarters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;blockquote&gt;           &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;50 Millstone Rd                &lt;br /&gt;Building 100&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;East Windsor, NJ 08520&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;/blockquote&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 37.25pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="174"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;December 10, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;1:00 PM - 5:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 37.25pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032429514&amp;amp;Culture=en-US"&gt;Click here to Register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;Or call 877.673.8368              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;With Event ID: 1032429514&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;; color: blue; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 38.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 288.9pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 38.15pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="385"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt"&gt;Microsoft New York Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;blockquote&gt;           &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;New York, NY 10104 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;/blockquote&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 38.15pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="174"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;December 15, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;1:00 PM - 5:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 38.15pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032429515&amp;amp;Culture=en-US"&gt;Click here to Register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;Or call 877.673.8368              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;With Event ID: 1032429515&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;; color: blue; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" mce_src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9909622" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/AouOWyHFSBE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Silverlight/default.aspx">Silverlight</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/MSDN+Events/default.aspx">MSDN Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/MSDN+Roadshows/default.aspx">MSDN Roadshows</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Windows+7/default.aspx">Windows 7</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/19/msdn-metro-roadshow-fall-2009-series.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Connected Show #18 – Claudio Caldato on PHP &amp; ADO.NET Data Services</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/hzc104nf-lU/connected-show-18-claudio-caldato-on-php-ado-net-data-services.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:22:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9907112</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9907112.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9907112</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 3px; display: inline" title="connectedGuest_18" border="0" alt="connectedGuest_18" align="right" src="http://www.lyalin.com/Blog/images/www_lyalin_com/Blog/WindowsLiveWriter/ConnectedShow18ClaudioCa.NETDataServices_839/connectedGuest_18_thumb.png" width="94" height="115" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In this episode, guest Claudio Caldato joins Peter to discuss interoperability at Microsoft and how his team is working to make Windows Azure cloud services more accessible to PHP developers.&amp;#160; Claudio provides us details on the PHP Toolkit for ADO.NET Data Services.&amp;#160; Guest host &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie"&gt;G. Andrew Duthie&lt;/a&gt; joins Peter to discuss Office Starter 2010, the wonders of VHDs, Red Hat &amp;amp; Microsoft interoperability, the ASP.NET MVC Firestarter, and “Are we really smarter than you?”.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=" http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=18"&gt;CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Claudio Caldato &amp;amp; Interoperability at Microsoft:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://phpdataservices.codeplex.com/"&gt;PHP Toolkit for ADO.NET Data Services&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/"&gt;Interoperability @ Microsoft&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.interoperabilitybridges.com/Default.aspx"&gt;Interoperability Bridges &amp;amp; Labs Center&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://port25.technet.com/"&gt;Port 25 on Technet&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/OpenAtMicrosoft"&gt;OpenAtMicrosoft on Twitter&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/interoperability/"&gt;Interoperability on MSDN’s Channel 9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Office Starter 2010&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft-to-replace-Works-with-adsupported-Office-Starter-2010/1255022321"&gt;Ad supported Office Starter 2010 in the press&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/10/07/new-ways-to-try-and-buy-microsoft-office-2010.aspx"&gt;New Ways to Try &amp;amp; Buy Microsoft Office 2010&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Introducing-Microsoft-Office-Starter-2010/"&gt;Introducing Microsoft Office Starter 2010&lt;/a&gt; on Channel 9 &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The Wonder of VHDs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://lifehacker.com/5377399/disk2vhd-turns-your-pc-into-a-virtual-machine"&gt;Disk2VHD Turns Your PC Into A Virtual Machine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Microsoft &amp;amp; Red Hat Interoperability&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/100709-microsoft-red-hat-interoperability.html?hpg1=bn"&gt;MS &amp;amp; RedHat seal the deal on interoperability&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/10/07/microsoft-and-red-hat-complete-cooperative-technical-support.aspx"&gt;Microsoft &amp;amp; Red Hat Complete Cooperative Technical Support&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;MS Patterns &amp;amp; Practices Identity Guide&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/archive/2009/10/02/claims-based-identity-access-control-guide-early-drafts-available.aspx"&gt;MS P&amp;amp;P group working on Claims Based Identity &amp;amp; Access Guide&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://claimsid.codeplex.com/"&gt;Claims Based Identity &amp;amp; Access Control Guide on CodePlex&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;ASP.NET MVC Stuff&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msdnevents.com/firestarter/"&gt;NYC ASP.NET MVC Firestarter On-Demand&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://unhandled-exceptions.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/04/aspnet-mvc-firestarter-thats-a-wrap/"&gt;NYC ASP.NET MVC Firestarter Content&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2009/10/06/Exploring-the-ASPNET-MVC-2-futures-assemby.aspx"&gt;Martin Balliauw Explores the MVC 2 Futures&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caffeinedi.com/2009/09/29/how-to-build-your-first-azure-powered-asp-net-mvc-app/"&gt;Nate Dudek on How To Build An Azure Powered ASP.NET MVC App&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://elijahmanor.com/webdevdotnet/post/ASPNET-MVC-Cheat-Sheets.aspx"&gt;ASP.NET MVC Cheat Sheets linked by Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor"&gt;Elijah Manor – Cutting through the noise on Twitter with great ASP.NET links!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/webapptoolkits/default.aspx"&gt;All new Web Application Toolkits for ASP.NET&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Are We Smarter Than You? – More on Duct Tape Programming!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/09/23.html"&gt;Joel Spolsky on the Duct Tape Programmer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie/archive/2009/10/08/open-hand-or-closed-fist.aspx"&gt;G. Andrew Duthie on Open Fist vs. Closed Fist Evangelism&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.wekeroad.com/smackdown/200-page-manual-on-inversion-of-control-plus-or-minus-199/"&gt;Rob Conery’s 200 Page Manual on Inversion of Control (plus or minus 199)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;G. Andrew Duthie&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie/default.aspx"&gt;DevHammer’s blog&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/devhammer"&gt;DevHammer on Twitter&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9907112" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/hzc104nf-lU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/ASP.NET+AJAX/default.aspx">ASP.NET AJAX</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/PHP/default.aspx">PHP</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/patterns+_2600_amp_3B00_+practices/default.aspx">patterns &amp;amp; practices</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/ADO.NET/default.aspx">ADO.NET</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Firestarter/default.aspx">Firestarter</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Windows+Azure/default.aspx">Windows Azure</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Podcast/default.aspx">Podcast</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connected+Show/default.aspx">Connected Show</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Dependency+Injection/default.aspx">Dependency Injection</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Open+Source/default.aspx">Open Source</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/14/connected-show-18-claudio-caldato-on-php-ado-net-data-services.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Connected Show #17 – Please Pass The Duct Tape!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/67wp3Qac9fU/connected-show-17-please-pass-the-duct-tape.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:17:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9903243</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9903243.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9903243</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 3px; display: inline" alt="" align="right" src="http://misfitgeek.com/JoeStag.jpg" width="105" height="110" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;This week, guest &lt;a href="http://www.misfitgeek.com/"&gt;Joe Stagner&lt;/a&gt; joins Peter to discuss the future of ASP.NET, what it means to be the Misfit Geek at Microsoft, what Plan 9 means for web developers and some comparisons to PHP.&amp;#160; Dmitry and Peter discuss the news with Windows Azure management, Courier tablet rumors, the new Website Spark program, and duct tape programming. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;(Due to some technical glitches that were resolved through the use of duct tape, we’re bringing you episode 17 a week later than we planned to, hope you enjoy it and sorry for the delay)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=17"&gt;Click Here To Listen!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://misfitgeek.com/"&gt;Joe Stagner Blog&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://misfitgeek.com/blog/aspnet/php-versus-asp-net-ndash-windows-versus-linux-ndash-who-rsquo-s-the-fastest/"&gt;Stagner – PHP vs ASP.NET – Windows versus Linux – Who’s the Fastest&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dmitryr/archive/2009/01/21/asp-net-mvc-plan-9-sample.aspx"&gt;Dmitry Robsman on Plan 9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://misfitgeek.com/blog/aspnet/php-linux-windows-asp-net-performance-ndash-redux/"&gt;Stagner – PHP Linux Windows ASP.NET Performance – Redux!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/09/23.html"&gt;Joel Spolsky – The Duct Tape Programmer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/archive/2009/09/17/introducing-the-windows-azure-service-management-api.aspx"&gt;Azure Management API Released&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Courier/"&gt;Microsoft Courier tablet?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/messenger/archive/2009/09/24/announcing-windows-live-messenger-web-toolkit-v3-5-better-ui-faster-development-richer-experience-for-non-messenger-users.aspx"&gt;Messenger Toolkit v3.5&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pnpguidance.net/Post/DevelopingSharepointApplicationsGuidanceReleased.aspx"&gt;Developing Sharepoint Applications Guidance Released from Microsoft Patterns &amp;amp; Practices&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9903243" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/67wp3Qac9fU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/ASP.NET/default.aspx">ASP.NET</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/PHP/default.aspx">PHP</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Windows+Azure/default.aspx">Windows Azure</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Podcast/default.aspx">Podcast</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connected+Show/default.aspx">Connected Show</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Sharepoint/default.aspx">Sharepoint</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/10/05/connected-show-17-please-pass-the-duct-tape.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Inversion of Control (IoC) and Dependency Injection (DI) with Milan Negovan at Fairfield/Westchester .NET October 1, 2009</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/0T1Vd_nv2Rg/inversion-of-control-ioc-and-dependency-injection-di-with-milan-negovan-at-fairfield-westchester-net-october-1-2009.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:52:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9901396</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9901396.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9901396</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;A second bit of news from &lt;a href="http://www.fairfieldwestchester.net/"&gt;Fairfield/Westchester .NET&lt;/a&gt; today…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Unfortunately, the Microsoft Event site was in maintenance when we first sent out this announcement to the UG mailing list.&amp;#160; That event link is not valid!&amp;#160; It incorrectly states that the event is closed.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please note the new link, below.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thanks.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fairfield / Westchester .NET User Group Meeting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thursday, October 1, 2009, 6:00 to 9:00&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Inversion of Control (IoC) and Dependency Injection (DI) - Milan Negovan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Inversion of Control is a most fundamental yet least understood concept of software development. In this presentation, we’ll walk through several real-life examples of how an IoC container makes code more expressive, testable and maintainable.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;There are several excellent IoC containers for .NET. We will look into Spring.NET which injects dependencies into stubborn ASP.NET applications, HttpModules, HttpHandlers, WCF services, and more.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Milan is an independent consultant and founder of &lt;a href="http://aspnetresources.com"&gt;AspNetResources.com&lt;/a&gt;---a blog dedicated to ASP.NET, web standards, and usability. Being an ASP.NET junkie, he takes a radically contrarian stance toward Microsoft’s approaches of building web applications.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Milan is a frequent speaker at user groups and Code Camps. He shuns wholesale conferences due to their high level of noise, marketing hype, and excessive boozing.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Register Now!: &lt;a href="https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=141668"&gt;https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=141668&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9901396" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/0T1Vd_nv2Rg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/User+Groups/default.aspx">User Groups</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/patterns+_2600_amp_3B00_+practices/default.aspx">patterns &amp;amp; practices</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Community/default.aspx">Community</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connecticut/default.aspx">Connecticut</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Dependency+Injection/default.aspx">Dependency Injection</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/09/30/inversion-of-control-ioc-and-dependency-injection-di-with-milan-negovan-at-fairfield-westchester-net-october-1-2009.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Fairfield / Westchester Code Camp 2009 - Call For Speakers!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/iiwlA7pIQiY/fairfield-westchester-code-camp-2009-call-for-speakers.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:06:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9901368</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9901368.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9901368</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 3px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="FWDotNetLogo" border="0" alt="FWDotNetLogo" align="right" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/peterlau/WindowsLiveWriter/FairfieldWestchesterCodeCamp2009CallForS_AA57/FWDotNetLogo_3.png" width="60" height="79" /&gt; On Saturday, November 7th, 2009, from 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM, the &lt;a href="http://www.fairfieldwestchester.net/Code-Camp.aspx"&gt;Fairfield / Westchester developer community will be holding their third annual Code Camp&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;#160; Last year’s code camp in Stamford, CT was one of the best yet.&amp;#160; I can’t wait for this one.&amp;#160; Anyway, the call for speakers is now open.&amp;#160; Read on for details about the event and how you can volunteer to present…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;The event will be hosted by CITI, a unit of The University of Connecticut School of Business, on the Stamford, CT Campus. The continuing goal of the Code Camps series is to provide an intensive developer-to-developer learning experience that is fun and technically stimulating. The primary focus is on delivering programming information and sample code that can be put to practical use. The event is free.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;This is an event by the developer community, for the developer community. The content is original and developed by you. Let's work together to make this event a success.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;If you are interested in presenting this year, &lt;a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&amp;amp;pli=1&amp;amp;formkey=dDhJdHdKWFRBRTZVY2lCZXoyYllqc0E6MA.."&gt;please fill out the application form&lt;/a&gt;. Please submit your ideas for sessions by Friday, October 9th. The topic does not have to be completely .NET specific. Although we may primarily use .NET tools, we're often using other tools these days when they make sense for the job. We have about 20-25, 75 minute slots, so please submit only one or two sessions.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;The topic does not have to be completely .NET specific. Although we may primarily use .NET tools, we're often using other tools these days when they make sense for the job. We have about 20-25, 75 minute slots, so please submit only one or two sessions.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Don't forget, this is for developers. We're looking for examples, code, experiences, tips &amp;amp; tricks, sample projects, etc. Less PowerPoint, and more code, examples, and discussion.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href="http://fairfieldwestchester.net/Code-Camp-2008.aspx"&gt;read all about last year's Code Camp&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Thanks! – Fairfield/Westchester Code Camp Organizers&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9901368" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/iiwlA7pIQiY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/User+Groups/default.aspx">User Groups</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Code+Camps/default.aspx">Code Camps</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Community/default.aspx">Community</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connecticut/default.aspx">Connecticut</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/09/30/fairfield-westchester-code-camp-2009-call-for-speakers.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Connected Show #16 – Paul Thurrott on Windows Server 2008 R2</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/Awfzx4HbjBI/connected-show-16-paul-thurrott-on-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:02:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9895870</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9895870.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9895870</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 3px; display: inline" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="right" src="http://www.lyalin.com/Blog/images/www_lyalin_com/Blog/WindowsLiveWriter/ConnectedShow16PaulThurrottonWindowsServ_7AF9/image_thumb.png" width="174" height="186" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In this episode, guest Paul Thurrott joins us to discuss Windows Server 2008 R2 and Virtualization.&amp;#160; Also Peter and Dmitry discuss the news about Codeplex.org, a new open source software foundation created by Microsoft!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=16"&gt;CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/"&gt;Windows Server 2008 R2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Paul Thurrott      &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.winsupersite.com/Default.asp"&gt;Paul Thurrott’s Supersite for Windows&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://twit.tv/ww"&gt;Windows Weekly Podcast&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;CodePlex Foundation      &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://Codeplex.org"&gt;CodePlex Foundation Website&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://codeplex.org/about.aspx"&gt;Interview with Codeplex Foundation interim-President Sam Ramji introducing the new foundation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/09/10/Sam-Ramji-is-leaving-microsoft.aspx"&gt;Bill Hilf announces on Port 25 that Sam Ramji is leaving Microsoft&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Tech Media on the Codeplex Foundation:      &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;Ars Technica – &lt;a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/new-microsoft-backed-open-source-foundation-faces-questions.ars"&gt;New Microsoft-backed Open Source Foundation Faces Questions&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;The 451 Group – &lt;a href="http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/09/10/microsoft-creates-codeplex-foundation-to-facilitate-open-source-contributions/"&gt;Microsoft creates CodePlex Foundation to Facilitate Open Source Contributions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;CNet – &lt;a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10350671-75.html"&gt;Microsoft Sets Up Open-Source Foundation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;eWeek – &lt;a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Microsoft-Open-Source-Efforts-to-Go-Mainstream-385307/"&gt;Microsoft Open-Source Efforts to Go ‘Mainstream’&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;eWeek – &lt;a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Microsoft-The-Great-Open-Source-Advocate-358970/"&gt;Microsoft: The Great Open Source Advocate?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Blog reactions:      &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;Scott Hanselman – &lt;a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MicrosoftCreatesTheCodePlexFoundation.aspx"&gt;Microsoft Creates the CodePlex Foundation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;Miguel deIcaza – &lt;a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Sep-10.html"&gt;CodePlex Foundation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;Scott Bellware – &lt;a href="http://blog.scottbellware.com/2009/09/analysis-codeplex-foundation-terms-of.html"&gt;Analysis: CodePlex Foundation – The Terms of Mutual Surrender&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;Phil Haack – &lt;a href="http://haacked.com/archive/2009/09/11/codeplex-foundation.aspx"&gt;What the CodePlex Foundation Means To The .NET OSS Developer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;Phil Haack – &lt;a href="http://haacked.com/archive/2009/09/13/more-on-the-codeplex-foundation.aspx"&gt;More on the CodePlex Foundation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;John V. Petersen – &lt;a href="http://johnvpetersen.com/?p=179"&gt;Thoughts on CodePlex Foundation for OSS&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;Jeremy D. Miller – &lt;a href="http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeremy.miller/archive/2009/09/11/some-quick-thoughts-about-the-new-codeplex-oss-initiative.aspx"&gt;Some Quick Thoughts About The New CodePlex OSS Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9895870" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/Awfzx4HbjBI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Community/default.aspx">Community</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connected+Show/default.aspx">Connected Show</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/CodePlex+Foundation/default.aspx">CodePlex Foundation</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Windows+Server+2008+R2/default.aspx">Windows Server 2008 R2</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Open+Source/default.aspx">Open Source</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/09/16/connected-show-16-paul-thurrott-on-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Connected Show #15 – C# 4, It Ain’t THAT Complex!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/ulMWriK_oNU/connected-show-15-c-4-it-ain-t-that-complex.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9889786</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9889786.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9889786</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 3px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" border=0 align=right src="http://www.dotnetrocks.com/dnr_photos/JonSkeet.jpg" width=69 height=92 mce_src="http://www.dotnetrocks.com/dnr_photos/JonSkeet.jpg"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In this episode, guest Jon Skeet joins Peter to discuss C# 4 in Depth.&amp;nbsp; Jon takes us deep into the guts of C# 4, including how the new dynamic features work. Guest host Glen Gordon joins Peter to discuss the Windows 7 API Code Pack, LINQ to Bing!, Unit Testing, and .NET Denial of Sleep attacks!&amp;nbsp; Has .NET gotten TOO complex?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.connectedshow.com/default.aspx?Episode=15" mce_href="http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=15"&gt;CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Related Resources:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Jon Skeet’s Links 
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;C# Articles: &lt;A href="http://pobox.com/~skeet/csharp" mce_href="http://pobox.com/~skeet/csharp"&gt;http://pobox.com/~skeet/csharp&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;C# in Depth websites: &lt;A href="https://mail.microsoft.com/redir.aspx?C=66a476fecda44ec49890b89403c4f034&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fcsharpindepth.com" mce_href="https://mail.microsoft.com/redir.aspx?C=66a476fecda44ec49890b89403c4f034&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fcsharpindepth.com"&gt;https://mail.microsoft.com/redir.aspx?C=66a476fecda44ec49890b89403c4f034&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fcsharpindepth.com&lt;/A&gt; / &lt;A href="http://manning.com/skeet2" mce_href="http://manning.com/skeet2"&gt;http://manning.com/skeet2&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Jon Skeet’s blog: &lt;A href="http://msmvps.com/jon.skeet" mce_href="http://msmvps.com/jon.skeet"&gt;http://msmvps.com/jon.skeet&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Jon Skeet Facts page: &lt;A href="https://mail.microsoft.com/redir.aspx?C=66a476fecda44ec49890b89403c4f034&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fmeta.stackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f9134%2fjon-skeet-facts" mce_href="https://mail.microsoft.com/redir.aspx?C=66a476fecda44ec49890b89403c4f034&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fmeta.stackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f9134%2fjon-skeet-facts"&gt;https://mail.microsoft.com/redir.aspx?C=66a476fecda44ec49890b89403c4f034&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fmeta.stackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f9134%2fjon-skeet-facts&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2009/08/07/windows-7-code-pack-v-1-0-released.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2009/08/07/windows-7-code-pack-v-1-0-released.aspx"&gt;Windows 7 Code Pack V1.0 is released&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.codeville.net/2009/08/24/writing-great-unit-tests-best-and-worst-practises/" mce_href="http://blog.codeville.net/2009/08/24/writing-great-unit-tests-best-and-worst-practises/"&gt;Steve Sanderson on Unit Testing Patterns &amp;amp; Anti-Patterns&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://randomactsofcoding.blogspot.com/2009/08/finally-understanding-merits-of-tdd.html" mce_href="http://randomactsofcoding.blogspot.com/2009/08/finally-understanding-merits-of-tdd.html"&gt;The TDD light bulb comes on for J. Eggers&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.nikhilk.net/BLinq-Silverlight-RIAServices.aspx" mce_href="http://www.nikhilk.net/BLinq-Silverlight-RIAServices.aspx"&gt;Nikhil Kothari’s Linq to Bing&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~dun3/archives/net-continues-to-dos-attack-me-seriously/148.html" mce_href="http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~dun3/archives/net-continues-to-dos-attack-me-seriously/148.html"&gt;.NET DoS Attack&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=476" mce_href="http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=476"&gt;.NET Rocks panel on complexity&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;New ASP.NET MVC Videos: 
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;What: &lt;A href="http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-8143.aspx" mce_href="http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-8143.aspx"&gt;http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-8143.aspx&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Why: &lt;A href="http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-8144.aspx" mce_href="http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-8144.aspx"&gt;http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-8144.aspx&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;How: &lt;A href="http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-8145.aspx" mce_href="http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-8145.aspx"&gt;http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-8145.aspx&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/08/25/clean-web-config-files-vs-2010-and-net-4-0-series.aspx" mce_href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/08/25/clean-web-config-files-vs-2010-and-net-4-0-series.aspx"&gt;Scott Gu talks about one part of .NET 4 that is bit LESS complex&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/glengordon" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/glengordon"&gt;Glen Gordon’s Blog&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/geekspeak/" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/geekspeak/"&gt;MSDN GeekSpeak&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://stackoverflow.com/" mce_href="http://stackoverflow.com"&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width=1 height=1 mce_src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fblogs.msdn.com%2fpeterlau%2farchive%2f2009%2f09%2f01%2fconnected-show-15-c-4-it-ain-t-that-complex.aspx"&gt;&lt;IMG border=0 alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fblogs.msdn.com%2fpeterlau%2farchive%2f2009%2f09%2f01%2fconnected-show-15-c-4-it-ain-t-that-complex.aspx"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9889786" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/ulMWriK_oNU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/ASP.NET/default.aspx">ASP.NET</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/LINQ/default.aspx">LINQ</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Dynamic+Languages/default.aspx">Dynamic Languages</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/ASP.NET+MVC+Framework/default.aspx">ASP.NET MVC Framework</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/ASP.NET+MVC/default.aspx">ASP.NET MVC</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/.NET+4.0/default.aspx">.NET 4.0</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Podcast/default.aspx">Podcast</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connected+Show/default.aspx">Connected Show</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Unit+Testing/default.aspx">Unit Testing</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/C_2300_/default.aspx">C#</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/09/01/connected-show-15-c-4-it-ain-t-that-complex.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Connected Show – Episode #14 – Rob Greenlee on Zune Podcasting</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/ryYOaeMg5J0/connected-show-episode-14-rob-greenlee-on-zune-podcasting.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:32:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9884435</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9884435.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9884435</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 3px; display: inline" alt="Rob Greenlee" align="right" src="http://media.linkedin.com/mpr/mpr/shrink_80_80/p/1/000/000/129/040ec81.jpg" width="97" height="97" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In this episode we talk about recent news including SQL Azure Keys and PHP support, the Death of Live Framework CTP / Virtual Earth ASP.NET control, PHP Bridge for ADO.NET Data Services and recent rumors and news around the ZuneHD. Finally we jump into our Interview with Rob Greenlee. During the Interview we discuss his long career in Podcasting, his work in the Zune Podcast team, how to make podcasts successful and finally the Zune HD.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=14"&gt;CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mobilcaster.com/"&gt;Rob Greenlees Podcast Site&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zune.net"&gt;Zune – Software and Devices Portal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zune.net/en-us/mp3players/zunehd/default.htm"&gt;ZuneHD&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mail.microsoft.com/OWA/redir.aspx?C=81448f2cf312453ea74d259a9afa9faf&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fblogs.msdn.com%2fssds%2farchive%2f2009%2f08%2f18%2f9874133.aspx"&gt;SQL Azure CTP – Ready for you and your feedback&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mail.microsoft.com/OWA/redir.aspx?C=81448f2cf312453ea74d259a9afa9faf&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fdev.live.com%2fblogs%2fdevlive%2farchive%2f2009%2f08%2f21%2f500.aspx"&gt;Live Framework CTP discontinued&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mail.microsoft.com/OWA/redir.aspx?C=81448f2cf312453ea74d259a9afa9faf&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fblogs.msdn.com%2finteroperability%2farchive%2f2009%2f08%2f21%2fa-new-bridge-for-php-developers-to-net-through-rest-php-toolkit-for-ado-net-data-services.aspx"&gt;PHP Bridge for ADO.NET Data Services&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/maps/archive/2009/08/21/the-future-of-the-virtual-earth-asp-net-control.aspx"&gt;Virtual Earth (Bing Maps) ASP.NET CTP Control discontinued&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/08/24/looks-like-zune-hd-supports-apps-too.aspx"&gt;ZuneHD Application Rumors&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.connectedshow.com%2fdefault.aspx%3fEpisode%3d14"&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.connectedshow.com%2fdefault.aspx%3fEpisode%3d14" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9884435" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/ryYOaeMg5J0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Podcast/default.aspx">Podcast</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connected+Show/default.aspx">Connected Show</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Zune/default.aspx">Zune</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/SQL+Azure/default.aspx">SQL Azure</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/08/25/connected-show-episode-14-rob-greenlee-on-zune-podcasting.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Connected Show – Episode #13 – SketchFlow in Blend 3</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/G9RTts94QKc/connected-show-episode-13-sketchflow-in-blend-3.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9870121</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9870121.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9870121</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://electricbeach.org/wp-content/plugins/random_image/BWPortraitSmall.jpg" mce_href="http://electricbeach.org/wp-content/plugins/random_image/BWPortraitSmall.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 3px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" border=0 alt="" align=right src="http://electricbeach.org/wp-content/plugins/random_image/BWPortraitSmall.jpg" height=150 mce_src="http://electricbeach.org/wp-content/plugins/random_image/BWPortraitSmall.jpg"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We’re back from summer vacation!&amp;nbsp; It’s those lazy hazy days of summer, but so much to discuss.&amp;nbsp; In this episode we talk about Windows 7, PDC 2009, SQL Azure, MSDN Roadshow Events, MVC 2 Preview 1, VS 2010, Channel9 and Microsoft’s recent contribution to the Linux kernel.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Finally we jump into our interview with Blend 3 Program Manager Christian Schormann about SketchFlow prototyping tool in Blend 3. Also we cover many of the new features of Blend 3 itself and discuss how designers can take advantage of this suites features within their existing workflow.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.connectedshow.com/default.aspx?Episode=13" mce_href="http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=13"&gt;CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Related Resources:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://electricbeach.org/" mce_href="http://electricbeach.org/"&gt;Christian Schormann’s Blog: Electric Beach&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/expression/" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/expression/"&gt;Blend 3 + SketchFlow&lt;/A&gt;(&lt;STRONG&gt;Update&lt;/STRONG&gt;: Blend 3 + SketchFlow has gone RTM!) &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://microsoftpdc.com/" mce_href="http://microsoftpdc.com/"&gt;Microsoft PDC 2009&lt;/A&gt; (November 17th to 19th) &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/azure/sql.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/azure/sql.mspx"&gt;SQL Azure&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/07/31/asp-net-mvc-v2-preview-1-released.aspx" mce_href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/07/31/asp-net-mvc-v2-preview-1-released.aspx"&gt;ASP.NET MVC 2 – Preview Release 1&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-C9-Microhoo-ATL-Security-VS-2010-Cut-List/" mce_href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-C9-Microhoo-ATL-Security-VS-2010-Cut-List/"&gt;VS 2010 Cut list&lt;/A&gt; – Part of the “This week on Channel9” series episode &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://channel9.msdn.com/" mce_href="http://channel9.msdn.com/"&gt;Channel9&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/07/23/the-linux-integration-component-drivers.aspx" mce_href="http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/07/23/the-linux-integration-component-drivers.aspx"&gt;Microsoft Contributes to Linux Drivers&lt;/A&gt; (Open Source) &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/07/21/summer-2009-msdn-suburban-roadshow-series.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/07/21/summer-2009-msdn-suburban-roadshow-series.aspx"&gt;Peter Laudati’s Blog&lt;/A&gt; (to get most recent info on upcoming MSDN Roadshow events) &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.lasandwicherie.com/" mce_href="http://www.lasandwicherie.com"&gt;La Sandwicherie&lt;/A&gt;(Miami sandwich heaven) &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width=1 height=1 mce_src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.connectedshow.com%2fdefault.aspx%3fEpisode%3d13"&gt;&lt;IMG border=0 alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.connectedshow.com%2fdefault.aspx%3fEpisode%3d13"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9870121" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/G9RTts94QKc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Expression+Blend/default.aspx">Expression Blend</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Expression/default.aspx">Expression</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Silverlight/default.aspx">Silverlight</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Podcast/default.aspx">Podcast</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connected+Show/default.aspx">Connected Show</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Sketchflow/default.aspx">Sketchflow</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/08/14/connected-show-episode-13-sketchflow-in-blend-3.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Connected Show – Episode #12 – SQL Compact &amp; WPC 09 News</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/unXXDNK9QaQ/connected-show-episode-12-sql-compact-wpc-09-news.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9844332</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9844332.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9844332</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG style="MARGIN: 3px; DISPLAY: inline" title=image border=0 alt=image align=right src="http://www.lyalin.com/Blog/images/www_lyalin_com/Blog/WindowsLiveWriter/ConnectedShowEpisode12SQLCE_A1EF/image_thumb.png" width=91 height=86 mce_src="http://www.lyalin.com/Blog/images/www_lyalin_com/Blog/WindowsLiveWriter/ConnectedShowEpisode12SQLCE_A1EF/image_thumb.png"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In this episode Peter and guest co-host Dani Diaz start by discussing the World Wide Partner Conference, Windows 7, Office 2010, Azure Pricing, Windows Mobile Marketplace and much more! &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Then we jump into Dmitry’s Interview with Microsoft Program Manager Himadri Sarkar to discuss SQL Compact and how it brings a light database option to devices and now Windows applications.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.connectedshow.com/default.aspx?Episode=12" mce_href="http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=12"&gt;CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Related Resources:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/"&gt;SQL CE Team Blog&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://digitalwpc.com/" mce_href="http://digitalwpc.com/"&gt;Catch all the keynote videos from the World Wide Partner Conference here:&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090708/putting-together-microsofts-big-announcement-monday/" mce_href="http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090708/putting-together-microsofts-big-announcement-monday/"&gt;Windows 7 Rumors abound…&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.aeroxp.org/2009/07/why-all-this-fussing-over-builds-is-meaningless/" mce_href="http://www.aeroxp.org/2009/07/why-all-this-fussing-over-builds-is-meaningless/"&gt;Bryant Zadegan explains the hype…&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/13/update-on-windows-7-rtm.aspx" mce_href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/13/update-on-windows-7-rtm.aspx"&gt;The Windows Team responds&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.office2010themovie.com/" mce_href="http://www.office2010themovie.com/"&gt;Office 2010 Web Videos&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/"&gt;Office 2010 Engineering Blog&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/"&gt;Office 2010 Tech Preview Released&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/azure/pricing.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/azure/pricing.mspx"&gt;Azure Pricing Announced&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3347" mce_href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3347"&gt;Mary Jo Foley covers Azure price announcement&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsphone/archive/2009/07/14/get-ready-windows-marketplace-for-mobile-offers-millions-of-potential-new-customers.aspx" mce_href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsphone/archive/2009/07/14/get-ready-windows-marketplace-for-mobile-offers-millions-of-potential-new-customers.aspx"&gt;Windows Mobile Marketplace to support 6.0 &amp;amp; 6.1 as well as 6.5!&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2009/07/17/windows-home-server-power-pack-3-beta-includes-enhancements-for-windows-7-based-computers.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2009/07/17/windows-home-server-power-pack-3-beta-includes-enhancements-for-windows-7-based-computers.aspx"&gt;Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta announced&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/jimmy_bogard/archive/2009/07/03/how-not-to-do-dependency-injection-in-nerddinner.aspx" mce_href="http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/jimmy_bogard/archive/2009/07/03/how-not-to-do-dependency-injection-in-nerddinner.aspx"&gt;Jimmy Bogard on How NOT to do Dependency Injection in Nerd Dinner&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.timbarcz.com/blog/WhyTheresNothingWrongWithDependencyInjectionInNerdDinner.aspx" mce_href="http://www.timbarcz.com/blog/WhyTheresNothingWrongWithDependencyInjectionInNerdDinner.aspx"&gt;Tim Barcz explains why he thinks nothing is wrong with DI in Nerd Dinner&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;[Update since show was recorded:] &lt;A href="http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/jimmy_bogard/archive/2009/07/14/when-is-poor-man-s-dependency-injection-appropriate.aspx" mce_href="http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/jimmy_bogard/archive/2009/07/14/when-is-poor-man-s-dependency-injection-appropriate.aspx"&gt;Jimmy explains when Poor Man’s DI is appropriate&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.smallandmighty.net/" mce_href="http://www.smallandmighty.net"&gt;Dani Diaz’s blog&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A href="http://twitter.com/danidiaz" mce_href="http://twitter.com/danidiaz"&gt;Twitter&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width=1 height=1 mce_src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.connectedshow.com%2fdefault.aspx%3fEpisode%3d12"&gt;&lt;IMG border=0 alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.connectedshow.com%2fdefault.aspx%3fEpisode%3d12"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9844332" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/unXXDNK9QaQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Windows+Azure/default.aspx">Windows Azure</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Windows+7/default.aspx">Windows 7</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Podcast/default.aspx">Podcast</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Connected+Show/default.aspx">Connected Show</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Office+2010/default.aspx">Office 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Dependency+Injection/default.aspx">Dependency Injection</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/SQL+Compact/default.aspx">SQL Compact</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/SQL+Server/default.aspx">SQL Server</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/07/22/connected-show-episode-12-sql-compact-wpc-09-news.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Summer 2009 MSDN “Suburban” Roadshow Series</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/peterlau/~3/eGD38GTSxlc/summer-2009-msdn-suburban-roadshow-series.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9835879</guid><dc:creator>peterlau</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/comments/9835879.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9835879</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;We’re coming back for another round of MSDN “Suburban” Roadshow stops throughout the tri-state area in August and September!&amp;#160; This time around, I’ll be joined on the roadshow by my new teammate, Asli Bilgin, who is also a Developer Evangelist from NYC.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;There’s a tendency for Microsoft (and other other companies) to host live events in NYC as it’s the center of our area.&amp;#160; But, we know it can be a pain to take a day off of work and fight the elements to trek into Manhattan.&amp;#160; One extra hassle can keep you from improving your skills and learning about the newest technologies.&amp;#160; Don’t let that hold you back any longer!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Our Summer 2009 series will be making stops throughout the ‘burbs in Jersey &amp;amp; Long Island.&amp;#160; Ironically, we also know that for urbanites in the big city, getting to the ‘burbs can be a major ordeal for you too!&amp;#160; Many Manhattan-ites don’t own cars, and the suburbs are not mass transit friendly.&amp;#160; So, in fact, we’ll kick off with our rehearsal edition of the “Suburban” Roadshow in NYC!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;We are scheduling the “Suburban” roadshow events to occur on the same day as the local user group in most locations. So, if you take a half-day off to join us at the roadshow, you’ll get a full day of content by sticking around for the user group sessions in the evening.&amp;#160; The Roadshows run 1pm – 5pm, and most of the user groups will run from 6-8pm.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Here’s the Summer 2009 agenda line up:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1st Down: Tips and Tricks with ASP.NET 4.0&lt;/strong&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;Whether you are coming from classic ASP or previous versions of ASP.NET, this session will help you understand what’s coming in ASP.NET 4.0.&amp;#160; We’ll provide tips and tricks on how you can leverage the newest features and design updates with ASP.NET Web Forms and controls. We’ll walk through the top tips for performance, caching, data access, as well as rich user interface creation. We’ll also cover the newest ASP.NET AJAX improvements and cover some tricks to help you take full advantage of all what’s available in ASP.NET 4.0 &amp;amp; Visual Studio 2010.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2nd Down: Dependency Injection/Inversion of Control&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Do you hate being tied down?&amp;#160; Does your code yearn to be set free?&amp;#160; Hate being stuck to a particular database or back-end implementation?&amp;#160; Want some flexibility in your design?&amp;#160; Then Dependency Injection may be for you!&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;You’ve probably seen DI/IoC posts and articles all around the Interwebs lately.&amp;#160; This design pattern is popular, especially in the Agile and TDD communities.&amp;#160; What is it?&amp;#160; An official definition of DI is: the process of supplying an external dependency to a software component.&amp;#160; We’ll cover the problems this pattern solves and how it works.&amp;#160; We’ll also explore samples of the pattern being used by various Inversion of Control containers on the .NET platform, including: Unity, Spring.NET, Structure Map, NInject, and Castle Windsor.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3rd Down - Silverlight 3: Serious for Business!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Silverlight 3 was released to the web in July.&amp;#160; That seems so quick after Silverlight 2’s release in late 2008.&amp;#160; We’ll explore some of the new features in SL3 &amp;amp; the corresponding Expression 3 tools including: Out of the Browser experience, Sketchflow, advanced media format support, and new controls.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Many of you have seen the spinning rectangle demo in the past. This time we’ll get down to serious business and explore data-binding, and connecting to backend services on both the Microsoft platform and non-Microsoft platforms.&amp;#160; If you like what you see here on the Roadshow, be sure to stay tuned for an upcoming Silverlight 3 Firestarter event in the area!&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4th Down: Score!&lt;/strong&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;We’ll collect your surveys, and you just might score one of the day’s giveaways. In some locations the event will be followed by a local user group meeting - stay tuned for details at each location.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p mce_keep="true"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Here’s the schedule with registration links:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 30.2pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 419.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #f79646; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="559" colspan="2"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: white; font-size: 14pt"&gt;REGISTER NOW – Space is limited!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #f79646; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 13.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 288.9pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 13.4pt; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="385"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Location&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 13.4pt; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="174"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Date &amp;amp; Time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 13.4pt; border-top: #f79646 1pt solid; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Registration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 38.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 288.9pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 38.15pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="385"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt"&gt;Microsoft New York Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;blockquote&gt;           &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;New York, NY 10104 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;/blockquote&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 38.15pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="174"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;August 20, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;1:00 PM - 5:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 38.15pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032421449&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" mce_href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032421449&amp;amp;Culture=en-US"&gt;Click here to Register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;Or call 877.673.8368              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;With Event ID: 1032421449&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;; color: blue; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 39.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 288.9pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 39.5pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="385"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt"&gt;Long Island - Hofstra University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;blockquote&gt;           &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;200 Hofstra University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Hempstead, NY 11549&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;/blockquote&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 39.5pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="174"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;September 10, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;1:00 PM - 5:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 39.5pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032421450&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" mce_href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032421450&amp;amp;Culture=en-US"&gt;Click here to Register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;Or call 877.673.8368              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;With Event ID: 1032421450&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;; color: blue; font-size: 10pt"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 37.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 288.9pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 37.25pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="385"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt"&gt;Central Jersey - Infragistics Headquarters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;blockquote&gt;           &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;50 Millstone Rd                &lt;br /&gt;Building 100&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;East Windsor, NJ 08520&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;/blockquote&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 37.25pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="174"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;September 14, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;1:00 PM - 5:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 37.25pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032421451&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" mce_href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032421451&amp;amp;Culture=en-US"&gt;Click here to Register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;Or call 877.673.8368              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;With Event ID: 1032421451&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;; color: blue; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr style="height: 39.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"&gt;       &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 288.9pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 39.5pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="385"&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt"&gt;North Jersey - Set Focus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;blockquote&gt;           &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;4 Century Drive&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Parsippany, NJ 07054&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;/blockquote&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 39.5pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="174"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;September 15, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt"&gt;1:00 PM - 5:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td style="border-bottom: #f79646 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 157.5pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 39.5pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: #f79646 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="210"&gt;         &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032421452&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" mce_href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032421452&amp;amp;Culture=en-US"&gt;Click here to Register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p style="line-height: 115%" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;#39;Segoe UI&amp;#39;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;Or call 877.673.8368              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 8pt"&gt;With Event ID: 1032421452&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;; color: blue; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" width="1" height="1" mce_src="http://www.myworldmaps.net/map.ashx/31241c92-b1f5-4fbb-a1c0-25b70c921fc4/ping" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9835879" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/peterlau/~4/eGD38GTSxlc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/ASP.NET/default.aspx">ASP.NET</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/patterns+_2600_amp_3B00_+practices/default.aspx">patterns &amp;amp; practices</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/Silverlight/default.aspx">Silverlight</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/MSDN+Events/default.aspx">MSDN Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/tags/MSDN+Roadshows/default.aspx">MSDN Roadshows</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/07/21/summer-2009-msdn-suburban-roadshow-series.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
