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Rich Internet Application Architecture
Rich Internet Applications Rich Internet Applications (RIA’s) combine the maturity, stability and...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 04/04/2008
High Performance Computing Course @ Boston MTC
5/19/2008 Location information: Waltham, MA Here is the information:...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 04/04/2008
Calling All Microsoft ProDev Partners In The US East Region
If you are a Microsoft Partner with a competency in building custom development solutions on the...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 03/28/2008
Training: Developing Publishing Sites with SharePoint Server 2007 WCM
The Ted Pattison Group is offering a 50% discount on their Publishing with SharePoint course. Here...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 03/25/2008
Heroes Happen Here {architect} Breakfast
It was good to see everyone at the Architect Breakfast event at the Heroes Happen Here event in...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 03/18/2008
MIX08 - Silverlight 2.0
According to Scott Guthrie, Microsoft is seeing a steady increase in the download rate of...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 03/06/2008
MIX08 - Internet Explorer 8
Dean Hachamovitch was on stage during the MIX08 Keynote to announce Internet Explorer Beta 1 and...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 03/05/2008
MIX08 - Ray Ozzie lays out the vision...
Ray Ozzie took the stage at MIX08 and talked about the Microsoft/Yahoo merger,the 3 core principals...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 03/05/2008
MIX08 - And it begins...
I am in Las Vegas attending MIX08 and the air is thick with the pungent aroma of newly released...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 03/05/2008
Bringing the universe to your desktop :: The WorldWide Telescope
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a rich visualization environment that functions as a virtual...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 03/02/2008
Training: Applied Visual Studio Team System 2008
Pluralsight is running a great course at the Boston MTC on Visual Studio Team System 2008. Here are...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/28/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Get Ready Event - UX Track Session Content
It was a pleasure to present at the Waltham, MA Visual Studio 2008 Get Ready Event. I presented the...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/12/2008
Microsoft Research opens a new lab in Cambridge, MA
Microsoft Research (known as MSR) is announcing today that it will open a new lab in Cambridge,...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/04/2008
Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture Blog Series
Keith Pijanowski has an excellent on-going series of posts on the topic of Enterprise Service...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/29/2008
Parallel Extensions for the .NET Framework 3.5 Explained...
Jeff Barnes has an excellent screencast posted on Channel9 on a new feature of .NET Framework 3.5...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/22/2008
Introducing the Syndicated Client Experiences Starter Kit & Reader SDK!
Ever wonder how the New York Times Reader, MSDN Reader or the Architect Journal Reader deliver a...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/21/2008
MIX08 Only 7 Weeks Away!!!
Now in its third year, MIX is an intimate opportunity for cutting-edge technical, creative and...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/14/2008
Microsoft Office System Developers Conference Feb 10-13, 2008
ODC 2008 is the premier event for Microsoft Office and SharePoint developers, bringing together...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/14/2008
Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter - Free On-Line Training
The Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter is a one-day event providing developers and designers information...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/14/2008
Released: Windows Live Tools December 2007 CTP
December 2007 CTP for Windows Live Tools is released! This release is compatible with Visual Studio...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/14/2008
PDC 2008 Announced
October 27–30, 2008 Pre-conference October 26, 2008 Los Angeles, California We are delighted...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/14/2008
The Architecture Journal
The Architecture Journal is an independent platform for free thinkers and practitioners of IT...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/14/2008
Bob and Chris' MSDN Roadshow - December 2007 Recap...
Well another Roadshow has come and go and this one was a quite an adventure. Chris and I braved a...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/20/2007
Dev2Dev Facebook Group
Dave Isbitski, a Developer Evangelist based in Philadelphia, has started a group up on Facebook...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/17/2007
Announcing Partner Huddle for Professional Developers
Technorati Tags: PartnerHuddle Are you a Professional Developer or Architect working for a Microsoft...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/14/2007
PopFly Goes To College
I recently interviewed Professor Mark Frydenberg of Bentley College of Massachusetts. Professor...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/13/2007
Office Developers Conference - February 2008, San Jose CA
ODC at a Glance When: February 10-13, 2008 Where: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/05/2007
Microsoft Technology Center's Hiring...
Steve Resnick, Technology Director for the Microsoft Technology Centers in the US has a post about...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/05/2007
Visual Studio 2008 Install Fests Here In the Northeast!!!
Chris Bowen and I will be hosting 4 Visual Studio Install Fests in conjunction with our MSDN...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/03/2007
Silverlight 2.0 Roadmap
Scott Guthrie announced on his blog the product roadmap for ASP.Net, IIS7 and Silverlight. With the...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/29/2007
Bob and Chris December Roadshow - Register Today!!!
It's that time again! Chris and I will be heading back out in December for our fourth Roadshow...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/16/2007
Expression Studio Training Goes On-Line
Are you looking for training on Expression Web? Expression Design? Expression Blend? Total Training...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/15/2007
Automatically Publish to Silverlight Streaming using the Expression Encoder Silverlight Streaming Plug-In
Jeff Barnes has posted the information you need to get started with publishing Silverlight content...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/14/2007
SOA and Application Lifecycle Management - Dec 6th in Waltham, MA
Real-world Perspectives: Delivering Business Value using SOA and Application Lifecycle Management...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/05/2007
Popfly for the People
The PopFly team has recently announced that If you find that are a member of the so called "general...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/19/2007
Toolshed Alert #23 - Russ Fustino Back In Town
Oct 23rd Tues (6-9PM). Russ Fustino on It's All About The Tools'. Event to be held at Microsoft...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/16/2007
Silverlight Gadget for Radio/TV Playback
Michael Scherotter is doing a web cast on the topic of creating a Vista Gadget that leverages...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/15/2007
Silverlight 1.1 Audio Player Deconstructed
In my last post I announced the ReMIX07 Boston Soundtrack application and provided the iframe for...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/12/2007
The Music of ReMIX07
Remember ReMIX07? Seems like just a few days ago. In order to relive those thrilling keynotes,...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/12/2007
Great Pictures from ReMIX07 Boston
Mark Magliocco took some great pictures at ReMIX07 Boston. To stay on top of all the latest from...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/12/2007
Applied BizTalk Server 2006 R2 @ the Boston MTC
The folks over at Pluralsight are offering an intensive 4-day course on BizTalk Server 2006 R2 at...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/10/2007
ReMIX07 Boston ReCap
While the main event may be over the conversation continues on-line. You can stay on top of the all...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/10/2007
Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries
Did I read that right? Yes you did. Microsoft is releasing the source code to the.Net Framework...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/03/2007
Russ' Tool Shed is back in town...
You won't want to miss this. Russ is trading in his Hawaiian shirt for plaid once again and bringing...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/01/2007
Bob and Chris MSDN Roadshow September Content Posted...
Chris Bowen and I have emerged from our respective Halo 3 induced seclusion long enough to zip up...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 09/27/2007
Activating a Technorati Claim
This post is content free! My Technorati Profile
Author: bob.familiar Date: 09/26/2007
ReMIX07 Boston Attendees to receive Microsoft Store Vouchers
See Jeff Barnes blog on this great offer for ReMIX07 attendees. Each attendee will receive a $120...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 09/13/2007
Bob & Chris MSDN Roadshow Reminder...
Chris and I will be in Burlington VT on Monday Sep 10th and Rochester NY on Sep 12th. Then we will...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 09/09/2007
Developer and Architect Events Fall 2007
I wanted to let you know about the upcoming events for developers and architects happening here in...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 09/04/2007
Adopting Silverlight - An Architects Point of View
Abstract A very common deployment scenario for Silverlight 1.1 Applications is to be hosted from...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 08/30/2007