Brad Abrams
Design Guidelines, Managed code and the .NET Framework
Acropolis CPUMemory Watcher
One of the cool things about acropolis is that you can define different views for the same business...
Author: BradA Date: 06/17/2007
Silverlight usage on Microsoft.com
Oh, yea... even more usage of Silverlight on the microsoft.com homepage... if you are seeing this...
Author: BradA Date: 06/15/2007
ScottGu's Lap Around Silverlight
I just noticed that the Virtual TechEd folks recently published ScottGu's "A Lap Around Silverlight"...
Author: BradA Date: 06/14/2007
.NET Framework 3.5
Daniel Moth has a good post describing .NET Framework 3.5... I though i'd share part of it here as...
Author: BradA Date: 06/12/2007
New Acropolis Videos posted
We heard loud and clear at Teched that folks wanted to see more of Acropolis... So here we are the...
Author: BradA Date: 06/11/2007
Silverlight in the TechEd Keynote
I just noticed that they posted the full keynote from Teched 07... I encourage you to watch the...
Author: BradA Date: 06/10/2007
Professional ASP.NET AJAX
Just got a copy of this new book on ASP.NET AJAX and it looks great. It should be because Matt is...
Author: BradA Date: 06/10/2007
Silverlight, ASP.NET, Expression and Windows Server 2008
I had a great time this morning with Sam and Mai-lan from the IIS and Windows Media Server teams....
Author: BradA Date: 06/07/2007
Silverlight1.1ASP.NET PhotoViewer Application
Chung Webster gave a great talk at TechEd today about how to use Silverlight and ASP.NET today... in...
Author: BradA Date: 06/07/2007
Bonus Acropolis Information: Video, Live docs and More!
Oh, cool, I just learned that if I work fast I can have a blog post of mine featured prominently in...
Author: BradA Date: 06/07/2007
TechEd '07 Feedback for Wednesday
Well, after taking the red-eye from Seattle last night I made it to TechEd in time to get some...
Author: BradA Date: 06/06/2007
Some common Acroplis questions
Wow – there has been some really good buzz on acropolis in the last 24 hours… Reading over the blogs...
Author: BradA Date: 06/05/2007
Hello Acropolis!
Back in 2005 I spent a week with our Product Support professionals “helping” to answer support...
Author: BradA Date: 06/04/2007
Are you ready to make a change?
The ASP.NET team is looking to fill some senior Program Manager positions and you might be just the...
Author: BradA Date: 06/02/2007
Silverlight Hosting
I just noticed what I believe to be the first 3rd party commercial hoster of Silverlight content....
Author: BradA Date: 06/01/2007
How do you like your ASP.NET??
One thing I love about blogs is the informal, “instant”, raw feedback it enables. While I would not...
Author: BradA Date: 05/30/2007
Ready for Teched '07
I am pretty excited about Teched '07 June 4-8th in Orlando (if you are not already attending, you...
Author: BradA Date: 05/29/2007
Search engine optimization for Silverlight and Ajax
Check out your referral logs.. notice a pattern? If your logs are like mine, a HUGE percentage of...
Author: BradA Date: 05/25/2007
.NET Client Application Services
Update: hree are some MSDN docs that cover this topic: Exposing Web Services to Client Script and...
Author: BradA Date: 05/23/2007
VB6 Applications just got a bit cooler!
A while back I talked about Bringing new life to your VB6 apps with the Interop Forms Toolkit and...
Author: BradA Date: 05/23/2007
The Wisdom of Crowds: Rethinking consensus
I am a HUGE believer in building consensus, but The Wisdom of Crowds is starting to make be rethink...
Author: BradA Date: 05/19/2007
Exploiting Silverlight with PopFly
One of the reasons I love working in the developer platform space is that I get to see the amazing...
Author: BradA Date: 05/18/2007
Demo code for Mix07 talk: Silverlight: Creating and Delivering Amazing Video Experiences on the Web
FYI -- I just posted the demo code for my Mix07 talk... It uses VS Orcas Beta1, Silverlight 1.0 Beta...
Author: BradA Date: 05/18/2007
ASP.NET "Futures" Release
I am super excited about the ASP.NET Futures release we did recently. I think it shows off some cool...
Author: BradA Date: 05/16/2007
Creating API Documentation
Some customers have asked my how we create our API docs internally and what tools they can use......
Author: BradA Date: 05/16/2007
Silverlight on the Ireland PodLeaders podcast
It was my great fortune to meet Tom Raftery at Mix.. I am very excited to be a guest on his...
Author: BradA Date: 05/09/2007
Free Refactoring tool for ASP.NET
I just watched a very cool demo of Refactor! for ASP.NET by Developer Express. This is a free code...
Author: BradA Date: 05/09/2007
PM Tip #12: Don't waste keystrokes
Update: See the full list of PM Tips. At Mix I ran into Jeff Atwood who reminded me about a my post...
Author: BradA Date: 05/06/2007
Mix Session Video -- Silverlight: Creating and Delivering Amazing Video Experiences on the Web
I just noticed that they got the video for my Mix talk posted... Silverlight: Creating and...
Author: BradA Date: 05/05/2007
Silverlight @ Mix: The Home Games
I know many of you are following all the excitement here at Mix from home. I am super happy that...
Author: BradA Date: 05/02/2007
Silverlight 1.1 "Airlines" managed code sample published
Wow -- less than a day after they keynote we have the source code for the "Silverlight airlines"...
Author: BradA Date: 05/01/2007
Mix Session Overview -- Silverlight: Creating and Delivering Amazing Video Experiences on the Web
I had a great time in my Mix session today... there was great buzz in the room. Silverlight...
Author: BradA Date: 05/01/2007
Silverlight on .NET Rocks
I had a chance to talk to the great folks over at .NET Rocks about a couple of the big Silverlight...
Author: BradA Date: 05/01/2007
Mix Sandbox in the Sky and my demo...
Have you checked out the Mix Sandbox in the Sky yet? It is a free web hoster that has all the cool...
Author: BradA Date: 04/30/2007
Silverlight Poster....
I love helping developers understand our developer platform... one of the fun ways I get to do that...
Author: BradA Date: 04/30/2007
O'Reilly Short Cut: Getting Started with Silverlight
I just ran into one of the editors from O'Reilly in the halls at Mix and he told me that they just...
Author: BradA Date: 04/29/2007
On my way to Mix....
I can't wait for Mix to start... Friday we locked down all the bits we are giving out (and it is a...
Author: BradA Date: 04/28/2007
The .NET Show: ASP.NET AJAX Extensions
A while back Matt, Bertrand and I filmed a .NET Show episode focusing on ASP.NET AJAX. The .NET...
Author: BradA Date: 04/26/2007
Continuous Improvements in the Docs
The "shipping software 101" class at Microsoft clearly talks about how we are not done shipping the...
Author: BradA Date: 04/24/2007
Defy All Challenges - More Videos
I noticed the full interview I did for the Defy All Challenges site got posted. To watch the videos,...
Author: BradA Date: 04/21/2007
Orcas Beta1 Success Story
Wow -- it is great to be done with Orcas Beta1... I can't wait to see what the feedback is like......
Author: BradA Date: 04/20/2007
Paint.NET Creator on DNR
It was very cool to run across one of the creators of Paint.NET (a very cool replacement for...
Author: BradA Date: 04/18/2007
ASP.NET AJAX Podcast from TheServerSide.NET
I just noticed that TheServerSide.NET posted a couple of podcasts I did with Jack Vaughan about...
Author: BradA Date: 04/17/2007
New ClickOnce Case Study Posted
We just finished a very interesting case study on ClickOnce right here at Microsoft. The study...
Author: BradA Date: 04/16/2007
Hello Silverlight!!!
Having been involved in a few of the notably-mediocre names such as "Windows Presentation...
Author: BradA Date: 04/16/2007
Defy All Challenges - Video Posted
I love the new VS "Defy All Challenges" theme.. One of the thing that gets me up in the morning (ok,...
Author: BradA Date: 04/11/2007
VB "Orcas" What's new Web Cast
Kit just forwarded me some information about a cool set of webcasts covering what is new from the...
Author: BradA Date: 04/10/2007
Framework Design Papers
Steven Clarke (a usability researcher here at Microsoft) has published a set of very interesting...
Author: BradA Date: 04/09/2007
Free online class: Designing .NET Class Libraries
Krzysztof Cwalina (co-author of Framework Design Guidelines) recently did a talk for the Microsoft...
Author: BradA Date: 03/29/2007
Reason #73 that JavaScript is mainstream...
Well, I knew that JavaScript was becoming more mainstream, but I didn't realize it had reached this...
Author: BradA Date: 03/28/2007