Archive for October, 2009
Posted on October 28, 2009 by Chris Koenig
+ UPDATE: Here is a link to the deck and demos from my talk this morning: I�ll be presenting at the October DevCares event in Dallas on Friday, October 30 on Windows 7 for Developers. Here�s the session abstract: Windows 7 for Developers Windows 7 enables developers to create distinctive and intuitive applications that [...]
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Posted on October 25, 2009 by Chris Koenig
Ok gang � it�s almost November 6, and you know that that means� it�s time for Tulsa TechFest! TTF is our annual tech conference featuring 13 tracks and over 60 sessions of high-quality, expert contributed content. I�m really excited about this year�s speaker line-up! Here are just some of the speaker highlights you can look [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2009 by Chris Koenig
(screen shot photo courtesy of wikipedia) Who doesn�t like the game Centipede � fast, furious action in the garden where centipedes and spiders attack you mercilessly as you dodge through toadstools trying to eliminate the unwanted pests. Ever wonder where this game came from, and who created it? Now is your chance to meet the [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2009 by Chris Koenig
One of our own local smart guys, Zeeshan Hirani, along with his partner Larry Tenny, have completed work on their book "Entity Framework Recipes�. This book features learning EF 4.0 through real-world samples that go beyond just basic operations the Northwind – (from the Amazon site) �Armed with this experience, you will be ready to [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2009 by Chris Koenig
Based on the popularity of the talk I gave recently at the North Dallas .NET User Group meeting, I�ve scheduled a special-edition MSDN Event for November 11th to go over all the new, cool features of C# 4.0 including dynamic language enhancements, named & optional paramteres, COM Interop and more! For more info, and to [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2009 by Chris Koenig
My good friend and Evangelism partner John Weston has helped the guys in the Dallas/Fort Worth area expand their online user group to offline! The newly formed DFW IT Professionals User Group will have it�s first meeting on Oct 20th at the Microsoft Office in Las Colinas. For more information, check out John�s blog post: [...]
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