Glen's old blog
Malkovich Malkovich? Norcross Norcross?
I was a bit amused today when I went to use our internal Microsoft travel site. Apparently, the form...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/20/2005
It's banner time!
As if you don't already have enough banners on your site, we now have standard MSDN Events banners...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/19/2005
What's up with the MSDN events schedule this year?
Now that I've put forth the upcoming Southeast MSDN events here in my blog, I need to explain how...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/13/2005
Upcoming MSDN Events in the Southeast
Following our brief event hiatus in July, we're coming back with even more great content - the focus...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/13/2005
It's all in the game
I just read this wonderful article by Eric Sink. In it he uses the rules and strategies of games to...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/13/2005
Gadget envy
I've been using an HP h6315 for a while. Despite occassional annoyances, I think it's a pretty cool...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/24/2005
Starting July 25th: Five days of ASP.NET Mobile Web Development
Creating mobile web applications with ASP.NET is so engrossing that I am spending a whole week in...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/20/2005
Randy Miller to speak at Atlanta SPIN on July 20th
Randy Miller is a program manager in the Visual Studio 2005 Team System group. He has been at the...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/17/2005
My birthday present to me - a new hybrid wireless router (runs on water)...if it only worked!
I gave myself a nice little present last night: I spilled water on my Linksys router. Now I...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/16/2005
I'm almost in a new age bracket
Some late-night/early morning birthday observations: Next year on this day, I’ll have to begin...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/15/2005
(Bald) Man on the Street
My colleague Joe Stagner gave the Tech-Ed Podcast team a piece of his mind, and a glimpse at his...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/13/2005
TechEd is exhausting but fun
I'm halfway through my second day of helping staff the booth with the Windows Mobile team. I'm...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/07/2005
Tech-Ed Orlando just opened some slots
If you weren't able to get into Tech-Ed and wanted to, some overflow slots opened up. You'll have...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/01/2005
Sometimes nothing beats a whiteboard
Imagine you showed up to one of the Microsoft offices in Redmond with a question on CLR...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/01/2005
Looking for something to do in the evening at Tech-Ed Orlando? Get Mobilized!
Here’s a great way to blow of steam after you’ve sat through hours of technical...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/01/2005
Overture, curtains, lights! This is it, the night of nights!
Looks like I've hit the big time, being featured on the Events section of MSDN. I'll make sure I...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/31/2005
I'm Mario???
I am Mario.I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/27/2005
Soliciting feedback on event descriptions...
We're putting together some of our marketing materials for next quarter's MSDN Events. I'm...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/24/2005
Defending the republic
At the MSDN Event in Atlanta yesterday, we had an intruder so I had to defend the Microsoft Across...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/20/2005
If I didn't have to get up early tomorrow...
I am getting old. I know it for 2 reasons. 1. I have to be at the MSDN event at 7:00 am on Thursday....
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/18/2005
Atlanta MSDN Event on 5/19 - Registration full (but come anyway)
Wow. I’m not even a dark lord of the Sith but I’ve sold out. If you’ve tried to...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/14/2005
Cool article about usage scenarios for web services in SQL Server 2005
I just read this recent article on MSDN that covers some neat aspects about how native XML web...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/10/2005
Need a GUID?
These days it’s less frequent that you’ll need a GUID. But sometimes you do. I remembered a little...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/10/2005
Flash Survey
I appreciate you clicking on the link in the MSDN Flash! Please leave comments below about what...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/09/2005
Server offline
Hmm, it appears that the server hosting my graphics and sample code files is offline. I'll have to...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/09/2005
End Experiencers
I have noticed that more and more the word experience comes up in relation to a person interacting...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/05/2005
David Chappell to speak in Atlanta 5/18
I just picked up from Doug Turnure’s blog that David Chappell will be speaking at the May 18th...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/04/2005
I'm flattered...
So last week I spent a little time with Michael Earls collaborating on two webcasts we’re...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/04/2005
Kicking and screaming
I have some friends of mine that run an on-again, off again blog site called ShiftyEye. The engine...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/04/2005
I can hear the breathing in my head when I read it...
Have you seen Darth Vader's Blog? Very well written, and several comments are really funny. I don't...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/29/2005
Attend an MSDN Event, Win A Car!!!
Really. Win a car. It actually happened to someone in Greensboro, NC who attended my event. The...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/27/2005
What if you have WebTV? Should you still turn it off?
This is National TV Turnoff Week. So turn it off, and get out and do something. Come to think about...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/25/2005
Atlanta Traffic on my PocketPC
Often I have to seriously evaluate the usefulness of mobile versions of many websites. Not so with...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/25/2005
MSDN Events coming to North Carolina next week
Just a friendly reminder that next week I'll be in North Carolina with some awesome content for MSDN...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/15/2005
A good day
Today was a good day. Although I woke up early to catch a flight from Atlanta to Raleigh, NC, I took...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/13/2005
Webcast Friday 3/18: Building Applications for the PocketPC
I'm doing a cool intro webcast on mobile development today. Bill Steele will be my sidekick,...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 03/18/2005
OOP in VB.NET webcast - demo code
I've just added the demo code from my webcast Object Oriented Fundamentals in VB.NET to my...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 03/02/2005
Webcasts this week: OOP with VB.NET and Optimizing ASP.NET Applications
Hey out there. Just wanted to alert you to my 2 webcasts this week. They are reprises of topics we...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 03/01/2005
Passing the buck
One of the nice things about sharing the stage with local .NET personality Michael Earls during my...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 02/25/2005
Hey, website developers! Give me a standard mobile URL please!
sigh Why can’t web developers agree on a standard naming convention for accessing...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 02/24/2005
Secure that trace.axd file
In our current series of MSDN Events, we are spending a good bit of time on ASP.NET tracing and...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 02/22/2005
Webcast: SQL Mobile and .NET Compact Framework 2.0
This Thursday, join me for an interesting webcast where I’ll be covering creating mobile...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 02/22/2005
.NET Pub Club from Atlanta on 2/17 - follow up
Thanks to the great number of you that stuck around after the MSDN Event in Atlanta on 2/17. I hope...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 02/21/2005
At the movies...
I had a strange experience the other night. My wife and I were at a theater getting ready to watch...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 02/21/2005
Greenville, SC Double Header!
For my upcoming MSDN Event in Greenville, SC I’m branching out a bit and having Michael Earls...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 02/11/2005
Atlanta .NET Pub Club following MSDN Event
First, come to the Atlanta MSDN Event at Phipps Plaza AMC theater. Local expert Michael Earls with...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 02/11/2005
Code Camps are coming, and they're intense, not in tents
Sorry about the groaner of a title, but I just wanted to let folks in the Southeast know about these...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 02/11/2005
When is a door not a door...
OK, I just got into a little debate with my cohort Bill Steele over a few lines of code. Why don't...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 01/24/2005