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A new developer community-like Web Portal was officially launched during Tech-Ed. Do yourself a favor and register now at www.codezone.com. It was a pleasure meeting Trisha Lacey, who runs the web site. Trisha Lacey is doing a great job getting the word out to as many Techies as possible. She hosted a CodeZone party last night at which they gave all attendants a cool Digital Compass! As a registered user you can personalize your MyCodeZone page to display content that only relates to your personal preference (make sure you select the right personal pre... [More]

Ok, I know, I am about to rant and complain, but you will understand after you hear me out. First, allow me to give those of you who could not make it to TechEd an idea of the size and layout of the convention. The session rooms are located at each extreme of the building - North and South. North and South have 2 floors each. The distance between one end to another is probably 3 football fields! Let me tell ya its a hike. Anyway how would you feel if you showed up at say North Side Room310 only to be told that the session was moved to South Side 320? Ok, now mul... [More]

I was honored to be invited to attend INETA's User Group Leader Summit at the JW Marriot Hotel the morning of June 5th. One of the keynote speakers was a favorite of mine Ari Bixhorn. Ari gave a us a short presentation on Indigo. Needless to say, its amazing what Indigo is going to enable us to do with Web Services, but it was particularly amazing that Ari was able to write a chat application in under 5 minutes leveraging it! The future is bright, very bright; If only Microsoft would give us specific delivery dates! [SIGH]