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Yesterday, Microsoft announced a new program for startup companies called “ Microsoft BizSpark ”. My colleague Anand Iyer out on the west coast in San Francisco has all the details on his blog here . The official BizSpark site is here . Lots of other
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Welcome to November. The leaves are peaking, the Jets and Giants are having decent seasons so far, and the countdown is on to Thanksgiving. I probably sound like a broken record every time I say “it’s an exciting time to be a Microsoft developer,” but
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October is in full swing right now. The leaves are changing colors, and I’m even starting to hear the first of the annoying leaf blowers blow. There’s so much going on, I thought I’d provide a little mid-month update to my regular monthly
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Is that a rocket in your pocket? Or just a powerful new mobile computing device? I can’t believe all of the new mobile devices coming out. Competition surely is fierce. It’s hard to believe these pocket rockets have more computing power
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To our south, October 11 th was the Philly.NET Code Camp down in Fort Washington, Pa. Over 400 people turned out for what was a great learning event with over 50 different technology sessions on various topics! Never heard of a code camp before?
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Next month, Bill Zack and I are going to be kicking off a new series of live events throughout the tri-state area! Many of the great developer events you read about here take place in NYC. Does that leave you with the Lincoln Tunnel blues? Worry
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Thanks to everyone who attended the NJ SQL Business Intelligence event on October 4th! Over 65 folks came out to Microsoft office in Iselin, NJ and were treated to a great learning experience courtesy of speakers Mark Kromer and Kevin Goff.
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It’s just about that time again! Code Camp is returning to the Philadelphia area again on October 11th! The Philly.NET folks usually host one of the biggest code camps in the northeast. This one promises to be no different in that aspect.
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Via the Fairfield/Westchester .NET code camp organizers … On Saturday November 8th, 2008, the Fairfield / Westchester developer community will be holding our second Fairfield / Westchester Code Camp! The event will be hosted by The University of Connecticut
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Via Scott Watermasysk … Don and I (Scott) have been having “Dev Dinners” every couple of months over the last couple of years. We usually draw small crowd of bright .NET people and talk shop. However, this time we want to shake things up a bit and get
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October is here, and the crispness of Fall is in the air. Before you know it, Halloween will be here. But even sooner than that is the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 in Los Angeles, CA! I’m looking forward to heading to
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The NJ SQL Server user group is hosting a Business Intelligence event this Saturday, October 4th in Iselin, NJ. If BI is something you’ve been looking to get more insight on, come on out for this free event! NJSQL Business Intelligence Saturday Microsoft’s
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Tomorrow night is the kick-off meeting of the new NYC VSTS User Group . VSTS is a powerful tool for helping manage the world of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in a team environment. Implemented properly, it has the potential to improve developer
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Via Shawn Wildermuth , who is in town for the Silverlight Tour: UPDATE [9/23/08 – 9am]: Shawn has decided to cancel the dinner as he is feeling under the weather. He apologizes for the short notice. I’ll let Shawn know that he owes us some good
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Come and be there at the start of something special! The inaugural meeting of the New York City ALT.NET User Group will be held Thursday, September 25th, 2008 @ 6:30pm. Are you passionate about the profession of Software Engineering, always looking
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