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My March of 2006

Jon Box — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:09:41 GMT

Jon Box writes "I just received a gift for having the most popular post on http://msdneventsbloggers.net/ in February. Remember the one on relaxed presenters?"

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How much can I learn?

Jon Box — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:09:49 GMT

Jon Box writes "If you've spent anytime lately looking at WinFX and the related technologies and products, it is exciting and overwhelming. I'm still trying to learn .NET 2.0. And as I'm learning to apply these 2.0 technologies today, there are so many things in WinFX that I'd like to have today. But, how in the world can I learn these now? "

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How Many Types in .NET 2.0?

Jon Box — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:09:08 GMT

Jon Box writes "Anyway, Kent Sharkey, one of the best people that I ever met at Microsoft, recently talked about his doing this - including how he did it. The short version is that .NET 2.0 had over 28,600 types. Kent then wonders if the geometric progression will continue, i.e. will WinFx include over 85,000 classes? If WinFx encompasses all of Win32 and all of the development technologies, it could be possible... "

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Windows OneCare Pricing Announced

Jon Box — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:48:39 GMT

Jon Box writes "Microsoft has announced the pricing plans for Windows OneCare. I've been participating in Windows OneCare beta for several weeks now, and I really like it. You should check it out since it's free. For beta users who join before April 30th, check this out... "

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Will Hanselman add THIS to Presenter Tip List?

Jon Box — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:32:09 GMT

Jon Box writes "Fellow RD Scott Hanselman has a technical presentation tip list that the RD's refer to all the time. I wonder if he'll add this latest one from NewScientist.Com. Following this tip provides the most relaxed presenters..."

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VS2005 Snippets - More, More, More!

Jon Box — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:02:46 GMT

Jon Box writes "Visual Studio has been the leader in development tools for a long time now. Things like Snippets are the reason why. It's a shame that it's just a code thing. I did notice that there is some support in the XML editor - for example do a Ctrl-K, Ctrl-X in Web.Config or a sitemap file. But, I would really like it in Markup View of an ASPX page. I can still rely on the abilty to drag-n-drop code with the toolbox - a technique that I use for demo's where there is a lot of code to type..."

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MIX 06 = Meet, Interact, and eXplore

Jon Box — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:48:35 GMT

Jon Box writes "Microsoft invites you to MIX, our 72 hour conversation live in Vegas, to discuss with industry leaders such as yourself high-fidelity commerce, media, services and security for the World Wide Web. Join Bill Gates of Microsoft, Amazon, and web thought leaders such as Tim O’Reilly on March 20-22 at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas to learn about the web’s next generation of content and commerce, plus the customer experience that is beyond the browser. Registration is open! "

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ASP.NET Membership Provider and Different Servers

Jon Box — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:00:38 GMT

Jon Box writes "Thanks to an article in the patterns & practices ASP.NET 2.0 Security How To's, I found a snippet that would generate the keys for me. I converted it to a Windows app so that I could just copy/paste the key into the Web.Config file in my development project."

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Ever looked at System.Net.Mail?

Jon Box — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:53:15 GMT

Jon Box writes "Dave Wanta, my old friend from way back, has created a resource site for System.Net.Mail called www.systemnetmail.com. Now, this is not just a rehash of the MSDN doc's. Dave does a wonderful job of explaining how to use this namespace (samples, dependencies, infrastructure requirements) and also explains the strengths and weaknesses - like BCC's are not so blind... "

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Who says Microsoft does not listen?

Jon Box — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:38:43 GMT

Jon Box writes "On the Mobility front, I noticed where Redmond decided to add .NETCF 2.0 and SQL Mobile support to Widwos CE 4.2. This was is in response to customer feedback and specifically one of the MVP mobility discussion lists where we are allowed to interact directly with Microsoft Mobility team members. I saw the process in action where some Windows Mobile guys explained why they took the position to not support this, listened to the reasoning from some wise MVP's, went back to their teams, and came back with a change in direction.... "

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Orange County Choppers

Jon Box — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:31:11 GMT

Jon Box writes "See the guys from the famous Orange County Choppers show talk serious about their business systems. Includes commentary on GP Dynamics and SQL Server 2005. And a comment on Oracle! OC Choppers Updated Accounting System..."

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Configuration Management Best Practices

Jon Box — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:33:31 GMT

Jon Box writes "Back in August, I had an opportunity to preview the manuscript of The Build Master, Microsoft's Software Configuration Management Best Practices, by Vincent Maraia. This is not a dry book at all. Vince obviously is an intellectual guy and can articulate in entertaining form..."

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.Net Compact Framework V2 (English) is Ready For Download

Jon Box — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:35:29 GMT

Jon Box writes " blogged already that VS2005 had appeared on the MSDN Subscriptions. YES! Now, Mike Zintel reports that .NETCF 2.0 End User Redistributable is out for download..."

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Microsoft WSYP Project?

Jon Box — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:09:16 GMT

Jon Box writes "Check out this video on the new WSYP project at Microsoft. Our workplace may never be the same."

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Special Pricing on VS 2005 - Ends soon!

Jon Box — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:28:35 GMT

Jon Box writes "On October 20th at 9am CST, Jerry Flynn, Microsoft Developer Solution Specialist, will host a Microsoft webcast presentation on the Visual Studio Team System and the transition plan to the new products... "

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How Microsoft Does IT - Webcast Series

Jon Box — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:28:15 GMT

Jon Box writes "Microsoft has this series, How Microsoft Does IT, that has caught my eye recently. Each webcast talks about how Microsoft's IT group is applying different Microsoft technologies internally..."

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Incorporating COM Object into Your .NETCF 2.0 Application

Jon Box — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:35:09 GMT

Jon Box writes "Ahhhhhh, I love .NET 2.0. There is a bunch of new features that will allow us developers to make better applications. Furthermore, there are a ton of improvements in the Compact Framework. Throw in Windows Mobile 5.0 and you have the application platform that I've wanted in Smart Devices for a while now..."

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LINQ to show up in several places

Jon Box — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:22:52 GMT

Jon Box writes "Consider this snippet in C# 3.0 that queries for a specific length, orders the result set, and returns in an enumerable reference..."

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Security Guidance for ASP.NET V2

Jon Box — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:52:24 GMT

Jon Box writes "Whenever I see J.D. Meier's name on a document, I immediately check it out. For example, way back when, "Building Secure ASP.NET Applications" appeared on the ASP.NET 1.0/1.1 scene and it is chalked full of good information that all ASP.NET developers should know. It's a 600+ page book and you can download the PDF for FREE! "

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VS 2005 RC1 and TFS B3 Announced

Jon Box — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:45:28 GMT

Jon Box writes "Today, Soma announced that VS2005 Release Candidate (RC1) will ship in early September. "

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