Jim O'Neil - Technology Evangelist
Providing practical developer content on Windows 8, Windows Phone, and Windows Azure
Windows Azure at Cloud Services Meetup
The February Meetup was cancelled due to the ‘winter storm that wasn’t’, so I’ll be presenting on...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/16/2010
What’s Up at Mix: IE9, JQuery and Open Data
It’s day 2 of MIX 10, and today’s keynote was all about the Web: from the browser, to standards, to...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/16/2010
PowerShell at Southern New England User Group
Here’s a great opportunity to get in the know about one of the hidden gems for streamlining...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/15/2010
Roadshow Right ‘Round the Corner
I’m taking a quick break from geeking out with Azure storage, SQL Azure, and the like to remind...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/02/2010
I Don’t Think We’re In Dallas Anymore
The topic was “Dallas”, but the weather was all New York winter… This week, I took a trip...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/26/2010
Windows Phone 7 Series Announced at MWC
Rumors have been flying for weeks, but today it became official as Microsoft introduced a new...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/15/2010
Still On Windows 7 Release Candidate?
If you’re running the release version of Windows 7 now, thank you, and you can move right along…...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/11/2010
Visual Studio 2010 RC is Here
This evening, Soma announced the availability of Visual Studio 2010 RC! The release candidate...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/08/2010
The I-90 Tour of “Dallas”
Ok, so I-90 doesn’t exactly go through Dallas, but I’m not going to let simple things like geography...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/08/2010
Azure at Cloud Services Meetup
Next Wednesday, June February 10th, I’ll be presenting at the Boston Cloud Services Meetup on the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/04/2010
SQL Saturday a Smashing Success
What possesses 350+ people to venture out at 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning with temperatures in...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/31/2010
Registration Open For SharePoint Saturday – Feb. 27th.
Register Today! Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/27/2010
WordCamp Boston 2010
This past Saturday, January 23rd, the New England Research and Development (NERD) Center played host...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/24/2010
February is SharePoint Month
Not that I have any power to name a month, but if there’s a “Talk Like a Pirate Day,” I say why...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/19/2010
Pluralsight ASP.NET MVC + AJAX Course in Waltham
Just got word from my friends at Pluralsight about an upcoming course at the Microsoft MTC in...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/15/2010
Announcing the Northeast Roadshow "Driving Toward a New Horizon" Tour
Join Chris and me this March as we kick off a new decade of the “Northeast Roadshow,” a quarterly,...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/15/2010
Crowdsourcing QA: Building a Community
One of the cool (and sometimes overwhelming) things about being a Developer Evangelist is keeping up...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/13/2010
(MyPain) => Your.Gain: BitLocker and Bootable VHDs
Whenever I spend more than a couple of hours trying to figure something out - even with the help of...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/07/2010
Code Mastery Event - February 11th
Get your head around what’s coming up with Visual Studio 2010, .NET 4, TFS, Sharepoint and more in...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/07/2010
Ten Weeks to 10 - MIX10, that is!
Are you ready to MIX it up? MIX10 is moving down the Vegas strip a bit to the Mandalay Bay...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/06/2010
Northeast Roadshow Screencasts
I just put the finishing touches on two screencasts covering the presentations I delivered at the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/05/2010
PowerShell, Virtually
Joel Bennett, one of the co-founders of the Upstate New York PowerShell Users Group that meets in...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/03/2010
Hartford Marriott, Farmington CT
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Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/02/2010
Hyatt Regency, Rochester NY
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Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/02/2010
Hilton Garden Inn, Troy NY
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Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/02/2010
Happy New Year, Happy New MVPs
The New Year brings us a few new MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) as well in the Northeast...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/02/2010
Data Camp v2.0 – Call for Sessions Ends 12/31
Below is a reminder from Adam Machanic, organizer of New England Data Camp v2.0 (AKA SQL Saturday...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 12/30/2009
WIN (an HP TouchSmart) with Windows 7
Did Santa forget to leave that multi-touch notebook computer you’d been asking for? Well, with...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 12/30/2009
Discovering Dallas: Part 3
This is the final post of a trifecta examining Microsoft “Dallas”, a marketplace for data services...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 12/21/2009
Discovering Dallas: Part 2
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks, so I haven’t had a chance until now to dig back into Microsoft’s...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 12/14/2009
Thank You Providence
I’m stealing a line from Alanis Morissette to offer my (and Chris’) appreciation for the turn out at...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 12/11/2009
Parallel Programming For Newbs: F# User Group 12/7
Developing applications for multicore machines is no longer an “if”, but rather a “when”, and the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 12/06/2009
Data Camp v2.0
Shake off the winter chill, and join your fellow data geeks for the second edition of Data Camp (aka...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 12/01/2009
Isn’t That Spatial: Dec 2nd
No, Church Lady won’t be there, but a lot of folks interested in location-aware application...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/27/2009
SharePoint 2010 Experience: Dec 2nd and 3rd
One of the highlights at PDC 09 was the availability of the SharePoint 2010 Beta. Coming on...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/23/2009
Bring a Friend, Get a Book
As you know, Chris and I are in the middle of our Fall/Winter 2009 Northeast Roadshow, with four...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/22/2009
PDC: Pretty Darn Cool!
I got back from PDC yesterday and have managed to (mostly) make up for my sleep deficit. ...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/21/2009
Northeast Roadshow: 3 Down, 4 to Go
Thanks to the folks in Burlington, Vermont, and Troy and Rochester, New York, for coming to the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/16/2009
NEW! Boston Business Intelligence User Group
I have yet another new user group to announce! The Boston Business Intelligence User Group –...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/16/2009
PHP Elite Web Optimization Event – Dec. 9th
Microsoft and NaviSite are co-hosting a free event at the New England Research and Development...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/16/2009
Not at PDC?
I’m waiting for my last load in the dryer, so I can finish packing for my first PDC, in Los Angeles...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/15/2009
Getting Up to Speed With .NET 4.0
You’re probably aware that the Beta 2 release of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 became available a...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/08/2009
Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth
With all the talk about Windows Azure and hosting your application in the “cloud”, it’s easy to...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 11/02/2009