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• Certified ScrumMaster

  As many of my close friends and family already know, I have been wanting to transition out of the full-time software developer position. Although I still love working with all of the new Microsoft Developer Technologies, the reality is that it is really... Posted Apr 15 2008, 04:47 PM by sswienton with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, Technical Community, Agile, ScrumMaster, Scrum

• Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Release Date Announced

  Microsoft officially announced today that it will release Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 by the end of November 2007. More details: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-05TechEdDevelopersPR.mspx Posted Nov 05 2007, 03:16 PM by sswienton with | with no comments Filed under: .NET, Tech News, Visual Studio

• Silverlight install experience

  Silverlight is still in its infancy, but its user experience needs to be top notch for it to gain traction and compete effectively against Flash. From my minimal exposure to Silverlight so far - my biggest complaint has to do with the installation experience... Posted Oct 30 2007, 11:26 AM by sswienton with | with no comments Filed under: .NET, Silverlight

• Google Spends $1.6 Billion so Microsoft can have FREE Advertising!

  BillG : All I want for Christmas is FREE Advertising on the one of the largest viral social networks on the Internet to promote Windows Vista and Office 2007 . Night in Shining Armor (Google): Your Wish is our Command . WARNING: Embedded link to 3rd party... Posted Nov 28 2006, 01:31 AM by sswienton with | with no comments Filed under: .NET, Technical Community, Revenge of the Nerds, Tech News

• FREE Copy of CodeSmith!

  Got your attention yet? :) Rob Howard will be presenting on CodeSmith at the Tuesday ,June 20th Meeting at the Fort Worth .NET UG . Everyone who attends the meeting will receive a FREE copy of CodeSmith! You *must* be present at the meeting to attend... Posted Jun 19 2006, 01:51 AM by sswienton with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, Technical Community

• Not using SQL Server 2005 Express and have ASP.NET 2.0 Config Issues?

  While at the Visual Studio 2005 Launch Event , an attendee asked me a question while I was manning the Ask the Experts booth. Basically, he was having problems wiring up the built-in ASP.NET 2.0 providers when not using SQL Server 2005 Express. I knew... Posted Dec 08 2005, 06:42 PM by sswienton with | with no comments Filed under: .NET, Technical Community

• New VS.NET 2005 Project Model Options Announced

  Not happy with the new project model introduced as part of VS.NET 2005? Well, you'll be excited to hear that the Web Platform team listened to your feedback and has announced a new project model that more closely resembles the project experience in VS... Posted Dec 08 2005, 04:35 PM by sswienton with | with no comments Filed under: .NET, Tech News

• Visual Studio 2005 Launch Event - Dallas

  I just got back from checking in at the Dallas convention center in preperation for tomorrow's Microsoft Launch Tour 2005 . The convention center looks great and registered attendance is at 3,850! This should be an awesome event loaded with great speakers... Posted Nov 30 2005, 12:37 AM by sswienton with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, Technical Community

• VistaDB 2.1 database for .NET has been released - Get your FREE Copy

  VistaDB 2.1 database for .NET has been released This 2.1 update includes over 60 improvements, including new support for .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. VistaDB is a small-footprint, embedded SQL database alternative to Jet/Access, MSDE and SQL Server... Posted Nov 07 2005, 01:00 AM by sswienton with | with no comments Filed under: .NET, Tech News

• October FWDNUG

  I’d like to thank Steve Smith for making the trip down to Ft. Worth for the October meeting of the FWDNUG . Steve gave a great presentation on the benefits and Best Practices to follow for Caching in ASP.NET. You can download Steve’s PowerPoint Deck and... Posted Nov 07 2005, 12:33 AM by sswienton with | with no comments Filed under: .NET, Technical Community