Jennifer Marsman
Machine Learning, Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Windows Development
Live Blogging from the 2009 Give Camp
Today, we kicked off simultaneous Give Camps in Ann Arbor, Columbus, and Knoxville! I'm at the...
Author: jennmar Date: 07/18/2009
Azure Pricing Announced!
Everyone has been waiting for this for a long time (if I had a dime every time I was asked the...
Author: jennmar Date: 07/15/2009
Upcoming Give Camps on July 17-19: Geek Out for a Good Cause!
Those of you who know me well have probably heard me gush about Give Camps at one time or...
Author: jennmar Date: 07/09/2009
Work-Stealing in .NET 4.0
There is some truly amazing support for parallel programming in .NET 4.0. One of the...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/26/2009
Architecture Summit in Southfield, MI
nPlus1.org is hosting its fourth Architecture Summit on July 31st at the Microsoft office in...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/26/2009
Parallel.For in .NET 4.0
In version 4.0 of the .NET Framework, there is a lot of support for parallel programming. One cool...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/19/2009
XBOX Project Natal
I am completely psyched about XBOX Project Natal. How sweet is that? Without a controller, the...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/18/2009
.NET User Groups in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee
Michigan Michigan Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group Third Wednesday of the month, Southfield, MI Ann...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/11/2009
Events hosted by SRT Solutions
SRT Solutions is running a number of events next week, which may be of interest to those in the...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/11/2009
Interview on Windows Azure, hosted by David Giard
David Giard hosted me on his webcast series. The topic was Windows Azure. Links:...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/09/2009
Queues in Windows Azure Storage
This warrants calling out - the queues in Windows Azure aren't your typical FIFO queue/dequeue...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/05/2009
Windows Azure Developer Contest - Win Fame and Fortune (literally)!
This new CloudApp() contest looks extremely cool: the objective is to create a cloud application...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/05/2009
Surface Development Part 5: Futures and Resources
Hopefully you've learned a little about Surface development this week! I didn't originally...
Author: jennmar Date: 05/22/2009
Surface Development Part 4: Reacting to Physical Objects
Surface has the ability to recognize and respond to actual physical real-world objects placed on the...
Author: jennmar Date: 05/21/2009
Surface Development Part 3: ScatterView
One of the special facets of Surface applications is that they are highly collaborative, because you...
Author: jennmar Date: 05/20/2009
Surface Development Part 2: Surface Controls
Are you familiar with WPF? If so, you’re most of the way there with Surface...
Author: jennmar Date: 05/19/2009
Surface Development Part 1: What is the Microsoft Surface?
This post is the beginning of a four-part series on developing for the Microsoft Surface. But...
Author: jennmar Date: 05/18/2009
Lansing Give Camp 2009: Coding for Charity!
I am truly proud of the amazing people in our software development community. The Lansing Give...
Author: jennmar Date: 04/27/2009
Missed MIX?
Yes, so did I. :) I attended PDC this year, and my colleague Jeff Blankenburg covered...
Author: jennmar Date: 04/02/2009
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
I'm giving a number of upcoming public presentations. If any of the below topics interest you,...
Author: jennmar Date: 04/02/2009
Featured Woman in Technology: Rebecca Norlander
Rebecca Norlander is one of my personal heroines. Microsoft holds an annual Women's Conference, and...
Author: jennmar Date: 03/24/2009
Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day!
Tuesday, March 24 is "Ada Lovelace Day". Ada Lovelace is credited with being the...
Author: jennmar Date: 03/19/2009
Building Applications with SQL Server 2008
Yesterday I gave a webcast on developer functionality in SQL Server 2008. I covered SQL Server...
Author: jennmar Date: 03/11/2009
MSDN Developer Conference Video
Andy Erickson attended the MDC in Atlanta, and created this amazing video that truly captures the...
Author: jennmar Date: 01/16/2009
My Favorite Feature in Windows 7
It's the little things that matter most. My favorite new feature in Windows 7 is this dialog...
Author: jennmar Date: 01/13/2009
Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010: Making Testing Easier
During the Mark Mydland tour, we got a glimpse of the new features in VSTS 2010, with an emphasis on...
Author: jennmar Date: 12/05/2008
What is Windows Azure?
Today, during the opening keynote of the Professional Developers Conference (PDC), Ray Ozzie...
Author: jennmar Date: 10/27/2008
Watch the PDC Keynotes Live!
You may have heard about the Professional Developers Conference (PDC), happening October 27–30...
Author: jennmar Date: 10/22/2008
"More Effective C#" Book Signing in Ann Arbor
This week, Bill Wagner will release his second book, More Effective C#. (Can you guess what...
Author: jennmar Date: 10/15/2008
The Thirsty Developer Toasts Women in Technology
At our team's recent offsite meeting, I was interviewed for a "Women in Technology"...
Author: jennmar Date: 09/18/2008
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 released today
The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 was released today. You can download it from...
Author: jennmar Date: 08/11/2008
Where have you been, Jen?
I haven't blogged in awhile (other than "come to this event" posts, which don't...
Author: jennmar Date: 08/05/2008
Write your own games for the XBOX: XNA Development Videos
Back in September, I did a series of webcasts for Code To Live on XNA Development, which allows you...
Author: jennmar Date: 07/25/2008
Celebrate Contribupendence Day on July 3!
My fellow developer evangelist for Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee - the great Jeff...
Author: jennmar Date: 07/01/2008
Register for the Ann Arbor Give Camp!
The local software development community, in partnership with Microsoft, is throwing a Give Camp in...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/20/2008
Lansing Day of .NET
The Lansing Day of .NET will be held this Saturday, June 21, 2008. Like previous Days of .NET,...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/18/2008
CodeStock 2008 - registration open!
CodeStock is a software development conference held in Knoxville, Tennessee on August 9, 2008. ...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/18/2008
Featured Woman in Technology: Dianne Marsh
Dianne Marsh co-owns a software consulting company called SRT Solutions, with Bill Wagner. ...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/13/2008
Software Development Meme
I did not line up a Featured Woman post for today, but as luck would have it, I was tagged by Jeff...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/07/2008
Is your website ready for Internet Explorer 8?
In IE8, some default settings are changing in order to be more standards-compliant. Make sure...
Author: jennmar Date: 06/05/2008
Featured Woman in Technology: Katy Kneale
Katy Kneale is a Test Lead for the Online Management Platform and Solutions group at...
Author: jennmar Date: 05/30/2008
PDC registration is live, baby!!!
The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the definitive Microsoft event targeting influential...
Author: jennmar Date: 05/28/2008
Featured Woman in Technology: Toi B. Wright
Toi B. Wright owns her own consulting business, One Stop Designs, which does web development for...
Author: jennmar Date: 05/23/2008
Where is the Events tab in the WPF Designer?
Here's a good question that I got the other day: "How do I, in Visual Studio, wire up an...
Author: jennmar Date: 05/21/2008