Ken Levy's Blog
Bird's Eye View of The Venetian Hotel at MIX 06
I'll be posting several blog posts later today with news and information announced in the afternoon...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/20/2006
Speaking in Windows Live Platform session at MIX 06
I'll be speaking at the MIX 06 event next week in Las Vegas, doing the demos in the Windows Live...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2006
NET4COM - .NET Toolkit for COM
A few weeks ago I spoke at the Seattle .NET Developers Association user group. I did a demo-centric...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2006
Don't judge co-workers by their book's cover
I went into a Barnes & Noble bookstore over the weekend to browse what is new, which I generally...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/06/2006
Updated bio for new role on Windows Live team
I added my bio to the About section of my blog to reflect my new role as a product planner on the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/06/2006
February 2006 letter on Visual FoxPro web site
The February 2006 letter by Milind Lele contains information about recently released FFC source for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/03/2006
From product manager to product planner
After working as a product manager in the developer division for the past 4.5 years, I've decided to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/31/2006
January 2006 letter on Visual FoxPro web site
The January 2006 letter contains information about the newly released XSource for VFP 9.0 SP1, plus...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/09/2006
December 2005 letter on Visual FoxPro web site
The December 2005 letter contains information about the newly released SP1 for Visual FoxPro 9.0,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2005
Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1 Released
Download Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1). SP1 provides the latest updates to Visual FoxPro...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2005
Channel 9 Behind the Scenes video
There is a new video interview on Channel 9 called Channel 9 Behind the Scenes, where I take my...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/28/2005
New super.fi universal fit headphones from Ultimate Ears
Ultimate Ears provides the custom headphones used by nearly all professional musicians and bands,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2005
Behind the camera on Channel 9
Recently, at the suggestion of Robert Scoble, I started going behind the camera on Channel 9 doing...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2005
Back from fall 2005 European event tour
I arrived home yesterday from my fall 2005 European event tour. I spoke at the Visual FoxPro...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2005
VFP based Crew Chief Pro user wins award, demo shown to Bill Gates
Jeannine Johnson of Puyallup, Washington is a Start Something Amazing Awards Winner - Sports &...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2005
November letter on Visual FoxPro web site
The November 2005 letter contains information about new content online about Visual FoxPro 9.0 and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/31/2005
VB and VFP, teams and technologies working together
For many years, Microsoft has stated that there probably will never be a new VFP.NET language nor...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
VB and C# considerations for VFP developers
A few weeks ago, there was a thread on the Universal Thread asking which .NET language VFP...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/27/2005
Microsoft After Dark on Launch 2005 webcast
Microsoft After Dark on Launch 2005 webcast, an educational and entertaining conversation over a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/27/2005
Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 now available
The final versions of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 are now at manufacturing. MSDN...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/27/2005
Visual FoxPro added to MSDN Product Feedback Center
Visual FoxPro is now available in the Product/Technology drop down selection list on the MSDN...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/26/2005
Southwest Fox 2005 keynote slides available for download
The complete unedited as-was-presented keynote slide deck on the Visual FoxPro Roadmap and community...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/25/2005
Extracting the VFP 9.0 report system XSLT document
When any VFP 9.0 report uses HTML output, the VFP 9.0 report system creates an XML output file and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/25/2005
Scuba-Man speaks at Seattle Code Camp
In late August, I got into scuba diving by getting PADI open water certified just before my first...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/25/2005
PDC 2005 video and slide content online
The session content for PDC 2005 is now online (slides and videos of each session). The 250 hours of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/25/2005
New book: Taming Visual FoxPro SQL
A new Visual FoxPro book has announced, authored by Tamar E. Granor and Della Martin's latest titled...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/25/2005
Microsoft Windows Mobile case study highlights VFP 9.0
New case study from Microsoft Windows Mobile software for Pocket PCs team highlights use of Visual...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/24/2005
October letter on Visual FoxPro web site
The October 2005 letter contains information about new content online about Visual FoxPro 9.0, news...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/03/2005
September letter on Visual FoxPro web site
The September 2005 letter is now online on the Visual FoxPro web site.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/02/2005
August letter on Visual FoxPro web site
The August 2005 letter contains information about Microsoft's roadmap for Visual FoxPro, new content...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/02/2005
Two new Visual FoxPro 9.0 case studies on microsoft.com
Microsoft has just released two new Visual FoxPro 9.0 case studies on the Customer Evidence web site...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/21/2005
July letter on Visual FoxPro web site
The July 2005 letter contains information about Microsoft's roadmap for Visual FoxPro, new content...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2005
Channel 9 video on VFP 9.0 interop with VS 2005
A new Channel 9 Video interview has been posted titled Visual FoxPro 9.0 interop with VS 2005 with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/17/2005
June letter on Visual FoxPro web site
This month's letter contains information about Microsoft's roadmap for Visual FoxPro, new content on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/01/2005
Visual FoxPro VFPCOM utility updated for Visual FoxPro 9.0
The VFPCOM utility is a COM server that provides additional functionality when you use ADO and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/24/2005
Ultimate Ears starts line of consumer in-ear-canal headphones
PCWorld.com released an article on Friday called Well-Priced In-Ear Stereophile Headphones with an...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/24/2005
Wandering bear takes dip in family's pool
This photo of a bear in someone's backyard pool in L.A. is one of the funniest I've seen in awhile.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/23/2005
More on blogging benefits and Ultimate Ears
It wasn't that long ago when querying a top search engine on my name (Ken Levy) resulted in many top...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/20/2005
JFast - Joint Flow and Analysis System for Transportation
JFast is a currently based on Visual FoxPro 8.0, and DPRA developers are currently working on an...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/20/2005
Good things come to those who blog
There are many stories about people who have great blogs and as a result have had a door opened for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/20/2005
Ultimate Ears deliver on how music is meant to be heard
Do you remember the time you heard the quality of audio coming from a digital music CD and realized...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/19/2005
Call for Visual FoxPro 9.0 case studies
If you visit the Microsoft Customer Evidence web site, you will find that there has been nothing new...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/19/2005
Visual FoxPro 9.0 event tour in June
Some members of the VFP team and myself will be speaking at Advisor VFP DevCon 2005 June 12-15. On...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/19/2005
Plans for Visual FoxPro beyond version 9.0 coming in June
A formal Microsoft Visual FoxPro Roadmap as well as my June letter with additional news is scheduled...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/19/2005
TechTarget.com: Visual FoxPro 9.0 more SQL Server friendly
VFP MVP Andy Kramek blogged about his interview with TechTarget.com for the resent article Visual...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/19/2005