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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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Microsoft Canada Wants to Pick Your Brain!

June 1, 2009

Microsoft Canada’s Audience Marketing Team wants to pick your brain!

If you’re a reader of this blog, Global Nerdy, chances are that you write software, manage computer systems or do some kind of work in the realms of software, IT or the internet. If that’s the case, the folks on my team at Microsoft – the [...]

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Evangelist, Immigrant and Shaman

May 24, 2009

This week, Microsoft Canada’s Developer and Platform Evangelism team is getting together to do its planning for the upcoming financial year, which runs from July to June in The Empire. There’s a lot to talk about, especially in a year that combines the Credit Crunch, the releases of new versions of Windows, Windows Mobile, Visual [...]

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“Canada’s Next Top Model View Controller” Presentation at Metro Toronto .NET User Group Next Thursday

May 21, 2009

This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection.

If you’re going to be in the area of downtown Toronto next Thursday, May 28th, you might want to check out my presentation, Canada’s Next Top Model View Controller at the next Metro Toronto .NET User Group meeting. I’ll be talking about the ASP.NET MVC Framework, Microsoft’s answer [...]

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PHP on Windows: The Undiscovered Country

May 12, 2009

This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection.
I’m doing a lot of running around today. First, I’m off to the University of Waterloo to talk to students about PHP on Windows and the PHP FTW! contest. Then, it’s back to Toronto, where I’m headed downtown to catch up with Garrett Serack from Microsoft’s Open Source [...]

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Got Time Tuesday After Work?

May 11, 2009

If…

you’re a PHP developer or curious about what Microsoft is doing in the world of open source
you’re in the downtown Toronto area tomorrow (Tuesday, May 12th) after work
you like free food and drink

…then drop me a line. I’m helping out at an event that you might be interested in.

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