JRoxe's WebLog
New Challenges
After 5 years in DevDiv marketing, I’ve recently made a change to the Windows Mobile group where...
Date: 10/27/2008
I'm Hiring: Are you passionate about professional developers?
Are you passionate about helping to address the challenges that face professional developers? Do you...
Date: 02/15/2006
Show your pride: Visual Basic 2005 Case Studies
Have you done some really cool development with Visual Basic 2005 that you've already rolled into...
Date: 09/26/2005
Great Partner Content on VBRun
Almost five months ago, we launched VBRun: the Visual Basic 6.0 Resource Center. Since then quite a...
Date: 08/12/2005
.NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 (beta) Compatibility
There have been a number of press articles recently about application compatibility between the .NET...
Date: 05/26/2005
Meet with the VB Team at TechEd!
Are you going to be down at TechEd in Orlando in a couple of weeks? Are you interested in meeting...
Date: 05/23/2005
VBRun: The Visual Basic 6.0 Resource Center
I'm happy to announced that we launched a new subsite for the Visual Basic Developers Center today:...
Date: 04/05/2005
An Open Letter to the Community
Author's Note: Earlier today, I sent the attached note to each of the MVPs who signed the petition...
Date: 03/17/2005
More on VB6 Support
There have been a lot of questions raised about the “end” of support for Visual Basic 6.0 recently...
Date: 03/11/2005
Partially-trusted applications?
We're running a survey (only takes about 3 minutes) to get some feedback on partially-trusted...
Date: 03/03/2005
Interesting Commentary
Richard Grimes posted his final column in Dr. Dobbs the other day. Dan Fernandez replied to part of...
Date: 02/25/2005
Interview with VBUG in the UK
I recently did a chat with Graham Parker, George Gallagher, Richard Costall and Geoff Hirst with...
Date: 02/21/2005
I need .NET Framework 2003 Applications!
I'm working to create a library of applications that we can use for testing compatibility between...
Date: 02/17/2005
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Happy Chinese New Year! (well, a couple of days late). As a part of my Chinese New Year resolutions,...
Date: 02/16/2005
Great Migration Content
Jackie Goldstein, the Regional Director from Israel, did a migration tour through Europe last year...
Date: 08/20/2004
Soma's Blog
Have any of you checked out Soma's blog ? For those of you who don't know Soma, he's the VP who owns...
Date: 08/03/2004
Hiring for VB
We're looking for a new writer/programmer to join the VB team. If you're passionate about helping...
Date: 08/03/2004
Some more on Express
If you haven't already checked it out, take a look at the Express blog You should also go download...
Date: 07/02/2004
Some more on Express
If you haven't already checked it out, take a look at the Express blog You should also go download...
Date: 07/01/2004
Say Hi to Visual Basic Express
This blog enty’s a little late because I’ve been running around like mad at TechEd...
Date: 07/01/2004
Who wants a migration community site?
From time to time, we host migration labs in Redmond where we invite some large customers to bring...
Date: 06/07/2004
UG Tour Photos from Boston
We've got some photos from the UG Tour! The reverse user group tour in Boston. Steven during the...
Date: 06/04/2004
Not going back
In talking to developers down at TechEd, I got the overwhelming feeling that those who had made the...
Date: 06/01/2004
TechEd User Group Tours
While we were down in San Diego for TechEd, we stopped at the San Diego .NET User Group and did a...
Date: 06/01/2004
Favorite Starter Kit Ideas
I've heard a lot of feedback that we should put together some starter kits in VB that people can use...
Date: 05/23/2004
Best VB Blogs
This seems to be a relevant question with TechEd going on...What are your favorite VB Blogs,...
Date: 05/23/2004
Five Years and Counting
Yesterday I hit my 5 year anniversary with Microsoft...the hard way. I was a dev and a dev lead on...
Date: 05/20/2004
VB Team Blogging
The VB team has just started a blog for the team: https://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam. Now, this won't...
Date: 05/18/2004
Looking for training?
One of the things that I spent a lot of today thinking about was the best way to provide training...
Date: 05/12/2004
Looking for training?
One of the things that I spent a lot of today thinking about was the best way to provide training...
Date: 05/12/2004
Are you using the community technical previews?
One of the new things that we're doing during this product cycle is releasing a series of Community...
Date: 05/11/2004
VB @ The Movies Has Gone Live
Check out VB @ The Movies - We've got 101 short videos of how to do everything from creating a...
Date: 05/01/2004
VB World User Group Tour Kicks Off In Portland
Presenting to the Portland Area Dotnet User Group (PADNUG) was an absolute blast…despite...
Date: 04/13/2004