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Silverlight 2
Surely by now you've heard that Silverlight 2 is being released tomorrow (Tuesday, October 14).  Coincidentally, the WI .NET Users Group is having a Silverlight 2 presentation the same night. There has been a lot of interest in this meeting and...
RTLB #3: Pain Is The Best Teacher
This is the third in my " Rules to Live By " series.  Like every other professional, in every other field, over the years I've picked up a lot of things that make my life easier, or better, both professionally and personally. ...
RTLB #2: I'm No More Important Than You Are
This is the second in my " Rules to Live By " series.  Like every other professional, in every other field, over the years I've picked up a lot of things that make my life easier, or better, both professionally and personally. ...
Finding Passion
Passion is elusive.  It's sneaky and slippery.  It hides and taunts you.  For those lucky enough to have found it, you are truly fortunate.  For years now, I've been looking for something to be passionate about.  Something...
RTLB #1: Always Assume Good Intentions
"Rules to Live By" (RTLB) is a new series that I will occasionally be writing here on my blog.  Like every other professional, in every other field, over the years I've picked up a lot of things that make my life easier, both professionally...
GiveCamp MKE
I'm very excited to announce that we are planning the first ever GiveCamp in the Milwaukee area: GiveCamp MKE .  In fact, it's one of the first GiveCamps anywhere. "What's a GiveCamp?", you ask.  In short, it is an opportunity...
I Am Excited About... A Conference Call?
For the first time since -- ummm -- since ever, I am looking forward to an upcoming conference call.  And I'm really looking forward to it.  I don't want to say too much, yet, because I want to get some very basic details ironed out...
Community Coding Contest
This is pretty exciting.  Chris Pietschmann , an MVP, a friend of mine, a committee member of the WI .NET Users Group , developer of Virtual Earth controls , and an independent consultant I have worked with in the recent past, has three MSDN Premium...
Deeper in .NET 2008 -- Today!
If you're in the Milwaukee area and have nothing to do today (4/5/08), why not come to Deeper in .NET ?  It starts at 8AM and will go until right around 6PM.  We have 5 great speakers on the agenda so come on by and see what's going...
Less Than 72 Hours Away
Deeper in .NET 2008 is 3 days away -- this Saturday!  I can't believe it myself.  The time has flown by and I'm amazed that everything managed to get worked out.  If you haven't already, go register to attend -- you won't...
WI Social .NETworking
Chris just mentioned this so I thought I'd write a follow up post. Several months ago I created a Facebook group for the WI .NET Users Group, although I never really publicized it, and had actually forgotten about it until today.  Well, today...
Fox Valley Day of .NET
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the first ever Fox Valley Day of .NET in Appleton, WI.  I'm planning to attend, and if you're anywhere in the area, and are a software developer, I'd recommend you go as well.  They have a good looking lineup...
Banjo and Open Source
I don't remember how I found it in the first place anymore, but I recently started listening to a new podcast called PC Load Letter .  It's two guys that used to work together on Subversion (and now work together at Google) talking about...
Three Years Of Mind Tapping Gooeyness
So I've been writing on this site for just over three years now, and this post is #230.  I really enjoy it and wish that I had more things to say and more time to say them.  That said, I've got a few goals for the blog for the upcoming...
VS2008 DVDs From InstallFest
If you attended a VS2008 InstallFest in the last couple months and registered your trial copy of VS2008, you have probably received the final media in the mail in the last day or two (or probably will in the next day or two).  Someone sent me a note...
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