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May 2007 - Posts

How do you like your ASP.NET??
One thing I love about blogs is the informal, “instant”, raw feedback it enables. While I would not bet my next 4 billion dollar product plan on the feedback I get on my blog, I certainly let it influence my, and my teams, opinions on a wide range of Read More...
Posted 29 May 07 09:11 by BradA | 24 Comments   
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Ready for Teched '07
I am pretty excited about Teched '07 June 4-8th in Orlando (if you are not already attending, you can still register). Here are a few of the sessions that I think will be very cool. WEB319 - A Lap around Silverlight - Scott Guthrie If you are making it Read More...
Search engine optimization for Silverlight and Ajax
Check out your referral logs.. notice a pattern? If your logs are like mine, a HUGE percentage of your hits are coming through a search engine (Google, Yahoo, MSN)... Here is 3 minutes worth of referral logs from my blog... In a world where a good percentage Read More...
Posted 24 May 07 09:20 by BradA | 4 Comments   
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.NET Client Application Services
Update: hree are some MSDN docs that cover this topic: Exposing Web Services to Client Script and ASP.NET Application Services Overview One of my favorite features in Orcas is the ability to leverage the ASP.NET Application services from any client application Read More...
VB6 Applications just got a bit cooler!
A while back I talked about Bringing new life to your VB6 apps with the Interop Forms Toolkit and now they have shipped Version 2.0... If you have a VB6 app and you are looking to take incremental advantage of .NET, you should check this out. Here is Read More...
Posted 22 May 07 11:16 by BradA | 4 Comments   
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The Wisdom of Crowds: Rethinking consensus
I am a HUGE believer in building consensus , but The Wisdom of Crowds is starting to make be rethink the approach a bit. I just finished reading, ok listening to the audio version on my bike ride into work, James Surowiecki's latest book. His point is Read More...
Exploiting Silverlight with PopFly
One of the reasons I love working in the developer platform space is that I get to see the amazing solutions people build with our product. I am very impressed with what the Popfly team has been able to create on top of Silverlight 1.1 Alpha in just a Read More...
Posted 18 May 07 08:22 by BradA | 9 Comments   
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Demo code for Mix07 talk: Silverlight: Creating and Delivering Amazing Video Experiences on the Web
FYI -- I just posted the demo code for my Mix07 talk ... It uses VS Orcas Beta1 , Silverlight 1.0 Beta and the ASP.NET "Futures" . I'd love to have feedback and comments! MySilverlightTV.zip [24MB] -- Without example videos mySilverlightTV(WithVideos) Read More...
Posted 17 May 07 10:45 by BradA | 12 Comments   
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ASP.NET "Futures" Release
I am super excited about the ASP.NET Futures release we did recently. I think it shows off some cool new thinking in the ASP.NET space, for Ajax applications and of course Silverlight support. I demoed much of this stuff as part of my Mix talk , but I Read More...
Posted 16 May 07 03:00 by BradA | 25 Comments   
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Creating API Documentation
Some customers have asked my how we create our API docs internally and what tools they can use... Some of you may have already heard about Sandcastle, but I thought I'd spread the word even more.. Sandcastle enables managed class library developers throughout Read More...
Silverlight on the Ireland PodLeaders podcast
It was my great fortune to meet Tom Raftery at Mix .. I am very excited to be a guest on his PodLeaders podcast . He is taking questions now ... Send in a few easy ones as well as hard questions ;-) thanks! Read More...
Posted 09 May 07 07:57 by BradA | 4 Comments   
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Free Refactoring tool for ASP.NET
I just watched a very cool demo of Refactor! for ASP.NET by Developer Express . This is a free code refactoring tool includes tons of refactorings that are truly timesavers... Here is a blog post with the details... Powerful/Free Download: Refactor! for Read More...
Posted 08 May 07 10:03 by BradA | 19 Comments   
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PM Tip #12: Don't waist keystrokes
At Mix I ran into Jeff Atwood who reminded me about a my post on the "Be More Visible" Sham . He also told me I should take a look at Jon Udell's post Too busy to blog? Count your keystrokes [via Jeff's blog ] While I don't think every PM has to be a Read More...
Posted 06 May 07 07:54 by BradA | 4 Comments   
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Mix Session Video -- Silverlight: Creating and Delivering Amazing Video Experiences on the Web
I just noticed that they got the video for my Mix talk posted ... Silverlight: Creating and Delivering Amazing Video Experiences on the Web It is completely free! You don't have to have been an attendee to see it. Please take a look and let me hear your Read More...
Posted 05 May 07 03:06 by BradA | 8 Comments   
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Silverlight @ Mix: The Home Games
I know many of you are following all the excitement here at Mix from home. I am super happy that they already have several of the sessions posted for live streaming or downloading. Here are a few that I think are worth watching first.. Mike Harsh : Deep Read More...
Posted 02 May 07 12:16 by BradA | 5 Comments   
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Silverlight 1.1 "Airlines" managed code sample published
Wow -- less than a day after they keynote we have the source code for the "Silverlight airlines" application posted. Check out David Anson blog on it which includes a live link and of course full source code ! Check it out and build your own! I can't Read More...
Mix Session Overview -- Silverlight: Creating and Delivering Amazing Video Experiences on the Web
I had a great time in my Mix session today... there was great buzz in the room. Silverlight download ASP.NET Futures download Live demo site [ Demo Steps ] Update: Video of the the talk Here are a few highlights... I started off talking about the importance Read More...
Silverlight on .NET Rocks
I had a chance to talk to the great folks over at .NET Rocks about a couple of the big Silverlight announcements we did here at the show. Check it out and let me know what you think! Show #233: Brad Abrams Announces Silverlight The whole think is great, Read More...

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