Out Of The Box
The blog of Jon Box, an Architect Evangelist in Developer & Platform Evangelism, based in Tennessee
Announcement: Popfly Explorer for Visual Studio
The Popfly team continues the momentum at TechEd EMEA. Announcing Popfly Explorer beta, the VS...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 11/06/2007
Our 2008 Launch Gadget
At this point of the year, me and my Microsoft friends (in DPE) are focused on the launch. So,...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 11/05/2007
Charles Petzold Coming to Memphis
As stated in previous posts, the Memphis .NET Users Group will be hosting the Memphis Day of .NET on...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 11/01/2007
Those Pesky Off-Screen Application Windows
Even with all of the innovation that is happening today, little flaws still happen in our ever...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/30/2007
Upcoming Events in NOV/DEC
ArcReady focuses on S+S. If you haven't heard this term, then you're not reading this blog. HA HA!...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/30/2007
Carl Franklin - Silverlight Fool or Musically Talented
Carl Franklin is well known for .NET Rocks, but I've always said that there is an argument that is...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/29/2007
User Experience Guidelines from Microsoft
I didn't even know that this site existed. From the Windows Vista developer center, here is the...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/24/2007
Will your Mobile Device be impacted by DST?
Check out this link to make sure you're ready.
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/24/2007
Announcement: Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008
Just announced today at CTIA... Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is a flexible,...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/23/2007
Nerd Humor
Most of my social friends would not appreciate or understand this, but I thought it was slightly...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/23/2007
MOSSCamp - In Chicago on NOV 9th
MOSSCamp (a devcamp focused on WSS and MOSS) will be happening on November 9th in Chicago, IL. ...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/22/2007
Next week, Ballmer is making some Announcements at CTIA
Folks, if you're going to CTIA, go by and see HLD's own Gordon Bennett. He is always showing off the...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/18/2007
interesting reading and activities this week
Updates to Live Search and Live Maps Check out the maps Updated Live Search for Mobile app XBOX...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/18/2007
Unified Communications starts officially today
Check out the UC site, and do a quick read on the end user stories. This is good stuff and it's...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/16/2007
This is a test of Live writer on Vista 64 bit
Installed from a hack, not sure of ramifications yet, but wanting to live on 64...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/06/2007
.NET is going open source?
No, not exactly. Today, we are announcing the release of the source code for the .NET Framework...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/03/2007
Vista at the latest BlueHat Event
Christoph pushed this out, and I found it to be interesting. The subtitle of the article says "At...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 10/03/2007
ODC 2008 - coming to San Jose in FEB 2008
When: February 10-13, 2008 Where: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA Who: 2000 developers and...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 09/19/2007
Windows Live Translator. Hola?
Thought this was cool. Not a new concept by any means but cool. https://translator.live.com
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 09/11/2007
Community Kit for SharePoint
Ran across an interesting project on CodePlex. This is a project that provides enhanced...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 09/06/2007
A New Chapter for Silverlight
You probably have already seen this, but it's a big day for Microsoft, and for our...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 09/05/2007
More Silverlight information
First, saw a cool Halo3 video site that uses Silverlight. The video's are cool! I'm ready to buy the...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/28/2007
New DE in Heartland
How would you ever replace Drew Robbins, one of the district DE's? Drew is now headed to Redmond to...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/27/2007
Social Networking, and Interesting Applications
As some of my Microsoft friends are doing, I'm checking out Facebook and trying to understand why I...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/27/2007
Command Prompt Here in Vista?
When ever I start getting into some development, I soon return to needing my old "Command Prompt...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/21/2007
Looking for Browser Usage Stat's
Market Share has a site that looks at browser version market share. For July, IE6 had 45% and IE7...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/21/2007
Another Very Cool Silverlight Application - Tafiti
I'm not sure why this is so cool - but it is. All I can say is WOW!. Go to www.tafiti.com and check...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/21/2007
ArcReady is kicking up again - Memphis next week
This quarter's message at ArcReady is taking advantage of Web 2.0. Register at www.arcready.com for...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/21/2007
MSDN Whirlything?
Yep, I thought it was a strange name too - until I saw it. This is an example of how Silverlight...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/20/2007
Final Episode of the .NET Show
Wow! The last one? I can't believe it. I've learned a lot over the years from this show. This was...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/19/2007
Jerry Dixon blogging again
Jerry is an old friend of mine, and we've worked together at various points of our careers (like 6...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/19/2007
How I Explained REST to My Wife
I just read this article and I thought it was an interesting way to explain this topic. I found it...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/18/2007
External Control of a Device Emulator
Mohit Gogia talked about the programmatic interface to the new Device Emulator v3. The enhancements...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/18/2007
KY - Day of .NET, AUG 31, Louisville
Email Chad Campbell for details and registration.
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/18/2007
What's more important? SaaS vs. S+S
I've spent the week in Redmond doing some research with some teammates. We were looking at a...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/11/2007
MLB officially using Silverlight this week
Just saw an article at InfoWorld that shows that MLB is now really using Silverlight (before v1.0 is...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/08/2007
IASA Starts in Nashville in August
Dear Nashville TN area architect, Floyd DePalma, an architect at HCA, is starting an IASA chapter in...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 08/02/2007
Thoughts to end the week
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Downloads Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 RC2 Nicer interface Love the...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/29/2007
Love the potential of Silverlight
Silverlight is cool. It has great potential. It's made a lot of noise, and I can't wait for the 1.0...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/26/2007
A Good Read on Jim Gray's Impact and the Search
Saw this go by today, and just had to read it. It is a very interesting writing. There is a who's...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/25/2007
Another RD gets a Blue Badge
Famed RD, Scott Hanselman, joins the fold to work work for Scott Guthrie. This is a good thing. As a...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/23/2007
Next ArcReady events
[Jon Note: My hat is off to Josh Holmes (fellow DPE architect evangelist) for organizing these...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/16/2007
One Cool FREE Windows Mobile Application
The latest version of our popular Live Search for Windows Mobile client is out! New features...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/16/2007
Looking for a Developer Evangelist
DPE is looking for a Developer Evangelist (DE) to work in my district, Heartland. If you're...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/11/2007
The Best Recipe for Mobility Development
In my mobile talks, I always promote a combination of elements that make for the best mobile...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/08/2007
Microsoft raises the bar of mobility again - Microsoft oFone
I've meant to mention this when the phone was shown at MEDC 2007. But, check out this video about...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/06/2007
Why doesn't this CHM work on Windows Vista?
I recently downloaded the Silverlight 1.1 SDK. I wanted to start reading the doc's which come in...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/06/2007
Oops! Who did I just send that email to?
Have you ever had an experience where you his the SEND button in Outlook and then had a meltdown...
Author: Jon Box, MSFT Date: 07/06/2007