Philly Pluralsight Study Group
Do you know much about Pluralsight? They offer hardcore development training. The training they provide is by some of the best in the business and from people you can hear on the .NET Rocks, The … more
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2012
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Day 4 //build/
Today is a sad day. It is the last day of //build/. I learned a lot, met a lot of great people and look forward to learning more as I watch some of the videos online. 8:30 session Building Windows 8 … more
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Day 3 //build/
It is winding down. Only one more day. 8:30 session I had the opportunity to have breakfast with Glenn Block (@gblock), Aaron Stannard (@Aaronontheweb) and Laurent Bugnion (@LBugnion). We had a cool … more
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Day 2 //build/
Two days down. Two days to go. Keynote The second day keynote was focused on Windows Azure with Satya Nadella leading the presentation. There were presentations / demos for 3 specific topics / … more
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Day 1 //build/
Wow! What a day! The keynote was amazing being in the the “Big Tent”. Here is what I did today and who I met. Keynote After standing in line for about an hour we were left into the “Big Tent” for the … more
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//build/ Registration
Monday night attendees were able to register for //build/. I was smart and walked to the Microsoft campus (about a mile / 15 minutes) as opposed to waiting for the shuttles. This allowed me to get … more
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Microsoft //build/ and hurricane Sandy
This week I am at Microsoft’s Build Windows event aka //build/. It is taking place at their headquarters in Redmond, Washington. At the same time hurricane Sandy (category 1) is coming up the east … more
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Doctor Who mid-season finale 2012
So, Doctor Who had its mid-season finale – after 5 episodes and making us wait until the fall to come back on. In any event, the episode was great. Don’t expect a detailed recap of the episode.& … more
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Upgrading My Blog Site
I had been avoiding upgrading my site from Orchard 1.3 for many reasons. The main reason was the lack of a clear and easy upgrade path or tool. Unfortunately, due to Arvixe upgrading their servers to … more
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A New Chapter
Yesterday, I started at iPipeline. Friday was my last day at LiquidHub. Let’s start off with why leave a company where you may have seniority or routine or any number of other things. Obvious … more
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An evening with Scott Hanselman
Last night (May 31), I got to meet someone I respect very much – Scott Hanselman. In fact, I did not only meet him, I got to talk with him for about an hour as we drove from the airport the Philly . … more
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Are you a Rockstar developer?
Or “Superhero” developer? Or “Ninja” developer? Or “501” developer? These are terms people use to either label themselves or other label others. I am not a big fan of labels … more
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Philly .NET Win 8 and VS 11 Recap
Thank you to everyone who came to Philly .NET’s March meeting. It was a huge success because you came. I hope that you learned something great from John, Ken and myself. So what did I cover and what … more
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Performing A Job Search
I have been known to change jobs / companies often. Initially, I thought this was an unfair characterization of me. As I thought through how many companies I worked at (5 not counting … more
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My first weekend with Windows 8 Consumer Preview
As many people have done since February 29, I downloaded, installed and started playing with Microsoft’s latest incarnation of their Windows operating system (OS) – Windows 8 Consumer Preview. If you … more
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Windows 8 Metro style app recap
This has been a long time coming. Really only 6 months, but it took me a bit to get my site up, finalize a theme that looks good online and decent on mobile and then document the journey. … more
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Protesting SOPA and PIPA - Jan 18
You have not heard! Where have you been? Under a rock? SOPA (HR 3261) stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. You can read more about it on Wikipedia or Library of Congress. PIPA (or PROTECT IP Act) … more
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How to create a RSS feed
This should be fairly straight forward. However, I found it a bit confusing. I am hoping this simple post will make it easier for someone else. Step 1 – Create your feed in Google … more
