Asli Bilgin

Asli Bilgin leads Web Strategy for the Microsoft Developer & Platform Evangelism team in Middle East & Africa. In this role, she drives future vision for software development in the Cloud through hosters, partners, and enterprises through programs

Visit Slalom at SharePoint Saturday, July 28, and Win a Robot!

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Author: asli Date: 07/23/2012

Five Opinions on Cloud Computing in New York City

Sunday, June 10, 2012. New York City.  Tomorrow kicks off one of the largest Cloud computing...

Author: asli Date: 06/10/2012

The line between IaaS and PaaS blurs every day

See previous: Decades old Software Patterns may not be applicable in the Cloud The line between IaaS...

Author: asli Date: 05/31/2012

Decades old Software Patterns may not be applicable in the Cloud

See previous: Infrastructure as a Service sometimes is another name for old school hosting At the...

Author: asli Date: 05/20/2012

Infrastructure as a Service sometimes is another name for old school hosting

See Previous: Amazon Web Services viewed as the top player for Cloud in NYC In my last role before...

Author: asli Date: 05/17/2012

Amazon Web Services viewed as the top player for Cloud in New York City

Read full summary:Five Opinions on Cloud Computing in New York City Roughly five or four years ago,...

Author: asli Date: 05/14/2012

Amplify Your Career

May 5, 2012, Microsoft Corporation, New York.  Thanks to  Melissa Demsak, SQL...

Author: asli Date: 05/08/2012

Code Poetry

Are you a developer? If so, look at this Far Side cartoonReplace the word “Ginger” with the words...

Author: asli Date: 04/15/2012

Free Virtual Conference for Females Looking to make a Career Change into Technology–taking place NOW!

The Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering and Technology is taking place this...

Author: asli Date: 03/06/2012

And the Oscar Wild goes to… (February 2012 Wit Party Invitees)

Larry Gregory…for “Attention is always temporary” Nick Lewis….. for “Baby angels eating a McDonald's...

Author: asli Date: 03/04/2012

Come join Slalom and foursquare at the NYC Windows Phone Meetup Monday December 19th

Please register for the meetup on Monday night.  Slalom, @codevoyeur and foursquare will...

Author: asli Date: 12/15/2011

Slalom is hiring Cloud Developers and Architects In New York City

Slalom consulting is looking for the cutting edge technology developers that are ready to chart new...

Author: asli Date: 11/30/2011

Windows 8 Splits Keyboard for Tablet

One of the Windows 8 features that received much comment from iPad users was the split keyboard....

Author: asli Date: 11/14/2011

Lost in New York City? Not for long with Slalom’s Station Finder phone app

NYC Station Finder will help you get where you’re going in New York City. Find station entrances...

Author: asli Date: 10/17/2011

Adobe Photoshop CS5: Editing a beach photo

Band on beaches of Negril, Jamaica (April 2005) Bright sun can counter a great beach shot. It’s easy...

Author: asli Date: 10/16/2011

Adobe Photoshop CS5: Understanding Level Histograms–lighten a dark photo

This is a simple tutorial on understanding how to use a histogram to find problems in a photo. In...

Author: asli Date: 10/15/2011

Rethinking application design with Windows 8 Semantic Zoom

This has to be one of my favorite features of Windows 8 – semantic zoom.  During the Build...

Author: asli Date: 10/13/2011

Tip 18. Sharepoint Self Learning training resources

Tim Tisdale has kindly aggregated a lot of videos and hands on training around Sharepoint and Office...

Author: asli Date: 10/11/2011

Slalom New York City is hiring - Microsoft Office Business Applications (OBA) developer

Did you learn how to code by building complicated VBA Macros back in the day?  Do you know...

Author: asli Date: 10/07/2011

An around the tour of Windows 8–Presentation from Code Camp

Saturday, October 1 2011. New York City. This past Saturday, the Microsoft community held the New...

Author: asli Date: 10/05/2011

Windows 8’s new BEWARE OF DOG Security Model

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to present at the CodeCamp NYC event.  As a...

Author: asli Date: 10/03/2011

Do you think technology should be beautiful? If so, Slalom is hiring candidates like you!

Do you think software development is both an art and a science? Slalom is looking for creative...

Author: asli Date: 09/30/2011

Watch dawn break over the mountains on Bing’s homepage today

This morning, on the way to my new office in New York City, I had the pleasure of watching the sun...

Author: asli Date: 09/23/2011

TedX Gotham IMAGINE event tonight in Manhattan

My dear friend Melek(who has incidentally just joined as lead of DPE Turkey, and is founder of...

Author: asli Date: 09/23/2011

WomenSphere Global Summit in New York City tomorrow, September 23

WomenSphere kicks off its third global summit tomorrow in New York City. The theme is “Creating the...

Author: asli Date: 09/22/2011

Publish a Windows Phone App and win an Xbox game

Yalla Apps is now giving away Fable 3 or Halo:Reach Games for XBOX 360® (or PC) to the first 100...

Author: asli Date: 06/27/2011

The Microsoft Developer Platform & Evangelism Team is Hiring in Turkey!

  We have two positions available in Turkey – one as a Academic Developer Evangelist and the...

Author: asli Date: 06/07/2011

How to build an ecommerce site in 13 minutes

Use the free web app gallery to build an ecommerce site in a matter of minutes and deploy online,...

Author: asli Date: 05/11/2011

Video - Creating cutting edge websites for phones, slates and beyond

At the Web Camp event in Dubai, Ronald Widha presented a session on creating cutting edge websites...

Author: asli Date: 05/03/2011

Marketing Your Ideas: Download Talk from American University of Science and Technology (Lebanon)

Beyrouth, Liban. American University of Science and Technology. Mars 2011. La semaine dernière, j'ai...

Author: asli Date: 03/28/2011

DUBAI STUDENTS - MSP Meet-Up - You’re Invited

We are happy to announce that on Saturday, April 2nd, Microsoft will be hosting an MSP Meet-Up as a...

Author: asli Date: 03/22/2011

The Technology behind MiniHath - Ai–> Canvas

The makers of MiniHath shared with me today, the technology behind their Arabic musical that...

Author: asli Date: 03/22/2011

Follow Along and Build an Online Shop in Minutes–Microsoft Tutorial at ArabNet Today–it’s all about APPS!

Please find the presentations for HTML5 and the Web Matrix tutorial here.  Here is a short list...

Author: asli Date: 03/22/2011

ArabNet mobile developers are primarily Microsoft Windows Phone developers

Based on the kickoff mobility panel during the 1st day of ArabNet, a survey by the panelists shows...

Author: asli Date: 03/22/2011

Turkey’s Cloud Summit (Microsoft Bilişim Zirvesi) recordings streaming available online now!

You didn’t have to be in Istanbul to enjoy the largest Microsoft event of the year! Watch the...

Author: asli Date: 03/21/2011

Two administrative job openings in Manhattan and New Jersey

Spherion is currently seeking two Sales Administrators to work at Microsoft in our New York-1290 and...

Author: asli Date: 03/19/2011

Mıcrosoft Türkiye Bilişim Zirvesi 2011 / Microsoft Turkey Information Summit 2011

11 Mart 2011. İstanbul,Türkiye. Mıcrosoft Türkiye Bilişim Zirvesi 2011: Bulut Bilişimin Gücü. Bu gun...

Author: asli Date: 03/11/2011

DOWNLOAD. Tech Ed Middle East–IE9 for Designers & Developers Presentation

Tech Ed Middle East. March 8, 2011. During Tech Ed Middle East I had the opportunity to present...

Author: asli Date: 03/10/2011

DOWNLOAD: Tech Ed Middle East–Building Rich Internet Applications using ASP.NET MVC–Lab and Presentation

Tech Ed Middle East. March 8, 2011.  Tech Ed Middle East was quite the success with over 2000...

Author: asli Date: 03/10/2011

Geek Girls - Join us March 9th at TechEd Middle East, Dubai

This year, Microsoft brings something new to Tech·Ed especially for our female peers in the IT...

Author: asli Date: 03/07/2011

Soar into the Cloud at TechEd Middle East this week!

My colleague, Goksin Bakir, who owns the Cloud priority for my organization provides a short, and...

Author: asli Date: 03/06/2011

Be What’s Next. Post-revolution Tunisia launches the new age of Web

February 24, 2011. Tunis, Tunisia. In a remarkable show of tenacity, thought leaders from the...

Author: asli Date: 03/01/2011

Tech Ed Middle East Attendees: Get Ready for IE9

Under the patronage of Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, we will kick off a...

Author: asli Date: 02/26/2011

How to get rid of the telephone area-code pop up in Outlook 2010

If you are working outside the US, you likely do not need to be prompted for an area code every time...

Author: asli Date: 02/26/2011

Kick Start your Cloud Development with free Azure Samples

Interested in developing for the Cloud? Use these samples to get you kick started! You can drill...

Author: asli Date: 02/23/2011

Looking for a job at Microsoft? Join us for Microsoft’s virtual career fair. 24 hours of live content

  February 17, 2011. Please join us today for the Microsoft Certified Career Conference. ...

Author: asli Date: 02/17/2011

The New York Times: 5 Reasons to use Microsoft’s New Browser–download the Release Candidate today!

  You can install the latest release candidate from this download link.  Be inspired by...

Author: asli Date: 02/15/2011

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