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Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2: RTM and FTW!

July 22, 2009

 
Windows 7 Released to Manufacturing
It’s been announced on the Windows Blog: Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing!
Brandon LeBlanc explained that “RTM” happens only after it’s been signed off. One of the release candidate builds becomes a contender for release to manufacturing after it goes through significant testing and passes all the validation tests [...]

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Thrive for Developers: Microsoft’s New Site for Developers Looking for Work

July 20, 2009

This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection.

If you’re a developer looking for a job – or if you already have a job and are looking for a better one – you’ll want to check out Microsoft’s new Thrive for Developers, which describes itself as a one-stop community hub for advancing your career, enhancing [...]

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Boo-Effing-Hoo

July 16, 2009

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Mini-Microsoft and the Sea Change

July 13, 2009

I’m happy to see that the anonymous blogger at Mini-Microsoft is seeing the same “sea change” that I was betting on when I first joined not quite nine months ago. I agonized over the decision all through the interview process (six interviews over the period of a week), pored over articles, books and reports about [...]

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“Silverlight on the Silver Screen”: Two Days Away!

July 7, 2009

Don’t forget that Silverlight on the Silver Screen, ObjectSharp’s free seminar on Silverlight 3, Expression and SketchFlow takes place in Toronto this Thursday at the Scotiabank Theatre. If you’d like to learn more about the rich-UI applications that you can build with Silverlight 3 and Expression and how quickly you can design and prototype [...]

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The Annual Reset

July 7, 2009

July marks the start of the year for a lot of organizations, and Microsoft is one of them. We may still have six months of 2009 left, but as far as Microsoft is concerned, it’s already 2010 – Fiscal Year 2010, that is. A new year is the time for doing some looking back at [...]

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SharePoint Saturday Toronto: July 11th

July 3, 2009

This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection.

SharePoint Saturdays are free events where you can learn about SharePoint from architects, developers, and other professionals who work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (a.k.a. MOSS). Filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & Microsoft MVPs, they’re day-long events covering a wide variety of SharePoint-oriented topics. [...]

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Silverlight on the Silver Screen: Thursday, July 9th in Toronto

June 24, 2009

The covers will be coming off our next generation of user experience tools and technologies on July 9th. That’s when Microsoft will be unveiling Silverlight 3, which gives you the all the goodness of RIA (Rich Internet Application, although you can use Silverlight to make desktop apps as well) with out the PITA (Pain [...]

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TechDays 2009

June 22, 2009

Summer may just be starting, but we’re already working on on Microsoft’s big conference for the fall, TechDays 2009. It’s our cross-Canada conference for Developers and IT Pros that covers Microsoft tools and technologies that are available right now.
I was a presenter at TechDays 2008, and this year, I’m in charge the Developing for the [...]

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Toronto Agile User Group Meeting: Thursday, June 25th

June 22, 2009

I kid because I care!
The Toronto Agile User Group’s next meeting takes place on Thursday June 25th at Microsoft Canada’s office in Mississauga (1950 Meadowvale Road – take the Mississuaga Road exit off Highway 401 and go north). This meeting will be hosted by Profile.com and will feature a panel discussion whose topic is: [...]

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There’s Still Time to Register for “Make Web Not War”

June 9, 2009

If you’d like to know more, see yesterday’s article about Make Web Not War. If you’d like to register, visit the registration page.

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Guelph Coffee and Code Tonight!

June 9, 2009

This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection.
If it’s Tuesday, it must be time for Guelph Coffee and Code. The Guelph edition of this gathering of developers over coffee — or any other beverage of their choice — is hosted by Cory “SyntaxC4” Fowler and takes place every Tuesday in Guelph at the Albion Hotel [...]

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“Make Web Not War” in Toronto This Wednesday!

June 8, 2009

About Make Web Not War
If you’re interested in web design and development, you should attend Wednesday’s Make Web Not War conference. It’s being presented by Microsoft Canada and is about the how open source tools like PHP and Microsoft technologies like IIS and SQL Server 2008 can be used together to make great web [...]

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The “Make Web Not War” Accordion Video

June 3, 2009

This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection.
The Make Web Not War event in Toronto takes place in exactly one week! We’ve been spreading the word about the event and I thought I’d do my part by helping out with a video, accordion-style:
MAKE WEB NOT WAR – VIDEO FOUR – TORONTO [...]

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A Busy Day

June 2, 2009

It’s a busy, meeting-filled day for Yours Truly down at the local headquarters for The Empire. Here’s a (slightly edited) photo that I took at our big Evangelism team meeting around 3:30 this afternoon:

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