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Stonehenge: WS-* Interop in the Real World
There's a great writeup on Port25 by Peter Galli that talks about the Stonehenge Incubation Project....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/21/2009
Dynamically Invoking Web Services... With WCF This Time
Awhile back, I posted on Dynamically Invoking Web Services using ASMX. To do this, we used a little...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/20/2009
PhotoSynth on CNN.com
Sticking with my stance of not talking politics on a technical blog, I only offer the following as a...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/20/2009
Virtual Earth Now Supports Pin Clustering
Very cool... Virtual Earth now supports pin clustering. You can see a sample that shows pin...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 12/21/2008
WSRP Toolkit for SharePoint Announced
I have worked with many customers on understanding WSRP and the producer vs. consumer discussion. We...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 12/16/2008
Understanding Tracking in Windows Workflow Foundation
This post will show how to create a simple console application that executes tracking queries in...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 12/11/2008
Truly one for the Guitar Hero faithful: Bike Hero
This had to be a lot of work, putting the dots all over the street... and keeping...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 12/08/2008
Windows Server 2008 - The only web server you'll ever need.
I just learned about a new site that we have put together, Microsoft.com/web. This is a very...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 12/03/2008
The PDC That Took Weeks to Digest
I was there: PDC 2008, when Windows Azure was announced. Reactions in the crowd, admittedly, ranged...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/19/2008
Visual Studio 2010 Tools for SharePoint Announced
Some seriously cool stuff, I was lucky enough to see a preview of this a few months ago. it drew...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/12/2008
DotNetShoutOut.com
My friend Faisal pinged me to let me know about a project that he has been working on with Kazi...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/09/2008
Opening on Our Team - PSA
We have a really cool opening on our team at Microsoft - Platform Strategy Advisor. The PSA role is...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/20/2008
Getting the Most Out of SharePoint - October 31st, Alpharetta, Georgia
I just got this in my email inbox from my friends at ThreeWill, looks like a great opportunity to...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/10/2008
Control PowerPoint Slide Shows with Windows Mobile
Rob Cameron on my team posted a very cool and geeky tidbit that shows how you can control PowerPoint...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/09/2008
Hosting Silverlight in a SharePoint Webpart
This post will show how to host a Silverlight control in a SharePoint 2007 web part. This post uses...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/08/2008
Vista and Zune Underrated at PCWorld
Interesting to see someone besides Microsoft employees calling out Vista and Zune as underrated....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/05/2008
Transitioning Customers to .NET
Every once in awhile, the obvious jumps up at me. It happened today when thinking about how to get...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/19/2008
Enabling Long Running Conversations in Workflow Services
Somehow I was lucky enough to get 2 speaking slots in both TechEd New Zealand and TechEd Australia....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/01/2008
Building Human Workflows with Windows Workflow Foundation State Machines
I am fortunate to be a speaker at TechEd New Zealand and TechEd Australia this week. One of the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/31/2008
Creating SharePoint Workflows with Visual Studio 2008
My friend Doug is having some problems with SharePoint workflows and using the OnTaskCreated...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/30/2008
iPhone UI With Silverlight
Pretty cool... Faisal Khan recreated the iPhone UI with Silverlight and shows how you can do it,...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/29/2008
Free Silverlight and WPF Workshop in NYC 9/3/2008
Next week, my teammate Michael Scherotter will be holding a free half-day mini-workshop at the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/29/2008
Palm Treo Pro - I want.
The new Palm Treo Pro phone looks like exactly the phone I have wanted. Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro,...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/21/2008
XmlWriterSettings Encoding Being Ignored?
I had an interesting exchange in an internal mailing list today, and thought that my readers could...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/11/2008
Creating SharePoint Workflows for WSS with Visual Studio 2008
I just ran across one of those nuisance things with Visual Studio 2008 that I haven't seen before....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/08/2008
Looking at Blackpoint with Shaun and Sebastian from K2
Kirk Evans talks with Shaun Leisegang and Sebastian Garrioch from K2 to learn more about K2...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/07/2008
Security Guidance for WCF Available
Just released: patterns & practices Improving Web Services Security: Scenarios and...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/07/2008
Windows Workflow Foundation Patterns resources
I spoke at TechReady 7 in Seattle this week on Windows Workflow Foundation Patterns. I got so many...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/31/2008
Andrew Coates on VSTO Deployment
Andrew Coates has posted a great set of resources on VSTO v3 Deployment, including his PowerPoint...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/26/2008
Creating a REST Twitter Client With WCF
Since the TwitterSync Facebook app is broken, I wanted to have a client that updates both Twitter...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/26/2008
How to Sync Your Favorites Folder Using Live Mesh
OK... how to do the Favorites trick that I just talked about in my post, "My Love Affair With Live...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/24/2008
My Love Affair With Live Mesh is Getting Deeper
The more I am using it, the more I am in love with it. You can now access your Live Mesh using your...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/24/2008
Microsoft Unveils "Mojave" OS
https://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9998336-56.html
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/24/2008
I Need Your Help Planning for SharePoint Training
It's time to submit our FY09 plans, and I am looking for your help. I've got a lot of really cool...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/02/2008
Abdi Modaressi on Bringing IMS and Web Services Together at AT&T
In this interview, Eric Troup talks with Abdi Modaressi, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/30/2008
Joe DeCarlo on the Microsoft Certified Architect Program
I had the opportunity to interview a good friend, Joe DeCarlo, about the Microsoft Certified...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/30/2008
RIP, Uga VI... One Heck of a Bulldog
Sad... Uga VI, the winningest Georgia Bulldog mascot, passed today. https://tinyurl.com/69jesg My...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/28/2008
Navic Networks to Microsoft: Will Television Ever Be the Same?
Interesting post from TVBoard. There are many in the media industry who assume that the operators...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/24/2008
Now a Standard Part of My Presentation Tools - ZoomIt
I have been using Magnifier.exe to magnify the screen during presentations. Before I do, I usually...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/23/2008
Hosting WCF in SharePoint
I was starting to write some demos on how to host WCF in SharePoint, and ran into some odd problems....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/22/2008
Webcast - Visual Studio for C++ Developers
Making sure everyone is aware that my colleague, Rob Cameron, is hosting a webcast on Friday, June...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/19/2008