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A Trio of Windows Phone 7 Previews
Looks like some folks have been given the green light to talk publicly about their experience as...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 07/19/2010
Events This Week – July 12th, 2010
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 07/12/2010
Mid-Atlantic MSDN Flash Editorial for July 6th, 2010
For those who don’t subscribe, here’s my local editorial for the MSDN Flash newsletter for...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 07/06/2010
WebMatrix, a first tutorial application
Well that was quick…over at Mikesdotnetting, one of the first tutorials on building a simple book...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 07/06/2010
WebMatrix Introduced – Download Now Available!
I’ve noted a couple of recent blog posts by Scott Guthrie announcing some nifty new tech bits,...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 07/06/2010
Events This Week – July 6th, 2010
Hope all my U.S. readers had a great Independence Day weekend…I spent mine at a Washington Nationals...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 07/06/2010
No-Install Databases in ASP.NET with SQL CE 4
When I asked whether Scott Guthrie might have something else up his sleeve after the announcement of...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 06/30/2010
IIS Express Announced
For those who haven’t checked Scott Guthrie’s blog lately, something pretty exciting just showed...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 06/29/2010
Events This Week – June 29th, 2010
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 06/29/2010
Are you a developer? Want to get your hands on a Windows Phone 7 device?
Then you MUST read the following post from Brandon Watson, in which he discusses just how many...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 06/17/2010
Do You Attend User Groups? Run a User Group? We’d Like to Hear From You!
Microsoft wants to hear from the user group community, via a very short survey, to gauge how we’re...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 06/14/2010
The Internet is an Interruption System
The title of this post is a quote from a story in Wired, which was passed along to me by one of my...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 06/09/2010
Deploying Azure Apps Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
I noticed earlier this week, thanks to David Makogon, that a new release of the Windows Azure Tools...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 06/09/2010
Events This Week – May 31st, 2010
Happy Memorial Day to my US readers! Please remember those who have fallen in the service of freedom...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/31/2010
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes…
As you may have noticed, there’s been a big change to the MSDN blogs this week. We’ve been migrated...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/26/2010
Richmond Code Camp is 3 Days Away!
If you haven’t yet registered for Richmond Code Camp, you’re running out of time. What are you...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/19/2010
DC Visual Studio Launch Event
Today’s the day! We’re bringing a full day of Visual Studio 2010 and Office 2010 content to...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/18/2010
Events This Week – May 17th, 2010
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/17/2010
Richmond Code Camp is in ONE WEEK!
Given the pending upgrade of our blog servers, I wanted to make sure to get this info out ASAP, and...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/15/2010
Devhammer going dark for a bit…back soon!
FYI, the servers at blogs.msdn.com are about to undergo a major upgrade of our blogging platform...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/15/2010
Events this Week – May 10th, 2010
What a spring we’re having here in Mid-Atlantic! We’ve had visits from Scott Wiltamuth of the Visual...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/10/2010
The DNR Road Trip Mystery Guest Is…
Earlier today on twitter, I teased folks that I’d reveal the secret mystery guest for tomorrow’s...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/04/2010
Events This Week – May 4th, 2010
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/04/2010
Sample: Windows Phone 7 Panoramic Navigation in Blend
Aimee Gurl has posted a sample showing one way to implement panoramic navigation for Windows Phone 7...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 05/04/2010
The Windows Phone 7 Emulator and Multi-Touch
At the Orlando Visual Studio 2010 Launch event, I did the session on Windows Phone 7, and one of the...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/29/2010
See Visual Studio Languages Guru Scott Wiltamuth at Richmond.NET TONIGHT!
Are you ready to hear the backstory behind the latest version of Visual Studio? Do you have burning...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/29/2010
Mid-Atlantic MSDN Flash Editorial for April 26th, 2010
For those who don’t subscribe, here’s my local editorial for the MSDN Flash newsletter for...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/27/2010
Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 Now Available
Very cool news from the Windows Team Blog: The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 was first...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/21/2010
Quick bit.ly API tip – Usernames are Case-Sensitive
I was playing around with some updates I was making to Community Megaphone to add some simple...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/16/2010
Community Megaphone Podcast Updates
I’ve been rather remiss in blogging about the new episodes of the Community Megaphone Podcast that...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/16/2010
Scott "Clippy" Wiltamuth Comes to Richmond (And Northern Virginia!)
Kevin Hazzard has some fun news to share: Wow, what a month for the Richmond, Virginia developer...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/16/2010
Want to keep up with Silverlight 4 Launch info?
Silverlight 4 is going to be available this Thursday, but you can get lots more info right now…...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/13/2010
David Makogon on Azure: Staging and Compute-Hour Metering
One of our local Mid-Atlantic alpha-geeks, David Makogon, has been blogging about Windows Azure, and...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/13/2010
Mid-Atlantic MSDN Flash Editorial for April 12th, 2010
For those who don’t subscribe, here’s my local editorial for the MSDN Flash newsletter for...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/12/2010
Visual Studio 2010 RTM and Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP
If you are interested in starting to explore the Windows Phone 7 development environment, and you...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/12/2010
Events This Week – April 12th, 2010
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/12/2010
Events This Week – April 7th, 2010
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/07/2010
New Favorite Tool: Windows Live Writer Backup
If you’re blogging and not using Windows Live Writer to write your blog posts, stop reading NOW and...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/07/2010
The Channel 9 Live GeekLympics at MIX10
One of the fun things about MIX10 this year was that the folks from Channel 9 were broadcasting live...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/31/2010