Jim O'Neil - Technology Evangelist
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Thank You, Buffalo
Thanks to all that came out for the first ever Greater Buffalo IT/Dev Day at Daemen College this...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/24/2009
Microsoft Tag API Released
If you’ve been at one of my presentations, including the most recent one I did on Mobile Development...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/23/2009
Release News from the Microsoft Front
To complement our presentations at the last Northeast Roadshow, I wanted to let you know of a few...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/22/2009
Northeast Roadshow and More!
Get those calendars out! Chris and I will be hitting the road again this September bringing...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/20/2009
More Microsoft Research Releases
Those of you that attended our Winter Roadshow might recall we did a rapid fire lunch time session...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/17/2009
Code 7 and Say Hello to LA and PDC
“…there must be 7 ways to get to PDC” (apologies to Paul Simon) Just announced, yet another...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/15/2009
User Group Hiatuses (Hiati?)
For the most part, summer is a slower time in terms of User Group meetings, and since I got notices...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/15/2009
Summer 2009 Roadshow Screencasts
I just posted the last of four screencasts covering the sessions I presented at the Summer 2009...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/14/2009
See the (Silver)Light
Today marks the release-to-web (RTW) of Silverlight 3 as well as the release candidate of Expression...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/10/2009
Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology
I just got word via the Software Association of New Hampshire (SwANH) about a series of five...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/09/2009
Thrive For Developers
On Monday I posted on some ways to stay informed of .NET happenings within your area. Just...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/07/2009
Summer of Silverlight – Win $10K
I missed the mark on this one, but thanks to a recent posting from Dino Esposito, I just became...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/07/2009
.NET from A to Z – The Index
As you might be aware, this week ended my A-Z series exploring various facets of Microsoft and .NET...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/30/2009
Z is for… Zermatt
Zermatt is, well actually was, the code name for Microsoft’s next generation identity and access...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/29/2009
Windows 7 Pricing Announced
Talk about timing! We just finished up our Summer 2009 Northeast Roadshow Series yesterday at...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/25/2009
Windows 7 Beta Expires July 1st
Well, it’s really August 1st, but if you’re still running Windows 7 Beta, you’ll see your machine...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/23/2009
Y is for… Yield
Before we talk specifically about the yield keyword, let’s review a few constructs you probably use...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/22/2009
Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers
Looking to dive into coding with Windows 7? The RC Training Kit is a great resource for...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/19/2009
X is for… XML Literal
XML Literal(s) is a feature that Visual Basic developers can call their own! The XML Literal syntax...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/15/2009
Awesome WPF/Silverlight Guidance
I don’t casually throw around words like ‘awesome', but this is indeed it. If you’re building...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/12/2009
W is for… WeakReference
With most of the major development technologies from Microsoft beginning with a “W” – Windows...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/08/2009
Hartford Code Camp Schedule – June 13th
The tentative schedule of presentations for the 2nd CTDOTNET CodeCamp has been posted, and it looks...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/07/2009
Windows 7 Available October 22nd
In case you hadn’t heard yet, today (or yesterday depending on your timezone), Steve Guggenheimer,...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/03/2009
VB Samples For Entity Framework
One of the more frequent frustrations I’ve heard is how so much sample code is based on C#, leaving...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/03/2009
Greater Buffalo IT/Dev Day: July 21st
Mark your calendars! MSDN and TechNet in conjunction with the Western New York .NET Users...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/02/2009
V is for… Velocity
Velocity is the code name (and a cool code name at that) for a highly-scalable, in-memory cache...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/01/2009
Bing: The Big Broadcast
If the only things Bing connotes to you are White Christmas, Friends, or cherries, that will be...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/30/2009
Atta Boy, Andy
Congrats to the Northeast’s own Andy Beaulieu (MVP and leader of the Central New York .NET Developer...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/29/2009
U is for… unchecked
Welcome to the Memorial Day edition of the A-Z series! As I flipped through the index of Pro...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/25/2009
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1
While you’re downloading, check out the following: 10-4 series on Channel 9, What’s...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/20/2009
T is for… Tracepoint
I’ve presented various sessions on Debugging Tips and Tricks as part of the Northeast Roadshow and...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/18/2009
It’s For-IE-day: Week 7
This week let’s take a look at some of the document model (DOM) extensions added into IE8, like DOM...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/15/2009
NERD to Host XAML Fest - May 27th - 28th
My colleague, John Pelak, is bringing another edition of the XAML Fest series to the Boston area,...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/11/2009
S is for… sqlmetal
sqlmetal is one of the rare cases where a Microsoft utility or application ends up seeing the light...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/11/2009
It's For-IE-day: Week 6
Complementing accelerators, which I talked about last week, Web slices are the other significant...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/08/2009
ASP.NET Dynamic Data Preview 4 Available
The latest preview release of ASP.NET Dynamic Data is now available from CodePlex. These...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/07/2009
Enterprise Developer Conference at a Stream Near You
The Enterprise Developer and Solutions Conference being held in New York City tomorrow and Wednesday...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/04/2009
R is for... REST
REST stands for Representational State Transfer, an acronym coined by Dr. Roy Fielding in 2000 as...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/04/2009
2009 Summer Northeast Roadshow
Chris, Bob, and I are hitting the road again in June to bring the developer and architect community...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/02/2009
It’s For-IE-day: Week 5
Last week when I wrote about some of the new search capabilities in IE8, I touched on the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/02/2009
OpenService
Host page for OpenService Description file shrink.xml
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/02/2009
Windows 7 @ Boston Area Windows Server User group
So in case you hadn’t heard, the Window 7 RC (Release Candidate) is now available to MSDN and...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/01/2009
Well, Slap my Tag and Color Me Cool
You’ve probably seen Microsoft Tag at one point or another. I’ve been using it in...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/27/2009
Dear Friend
I can’t help but think how much more successful Mrs Allen R Baker might be if she got herself a copy...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/27/2009