Developing the Future

A blog for PA, DE and NJ tech students and faculty

Ooooh looky, XNA on CNN.

We all have our start-up routines, the boot order we go through as we sit down at our computer in...

Author: lindsayr Date: 06/23/2008

"Look What You Can Do with Silveright 2" Part 3: Introducing Deep Zoom

Today we covered Deep Zoom, based on Seadragon technology, which allows the users of our Silverlight...

Author: lindsayr Date: 06/20/2008

"Look What You Can Do with Silveright 2" Part 2: WPF UI Framework Continued

Today we continued our discussion on why I love Silverlight 2 by examining Layout Managment using...

Author: lindsayr Date: 06/18/2008

"Look What You Can Do with Silveright 2" Part 1: Overview of Silverlight 2 and WPF UI Framework

Today we went over the architecture of Silverlight, the new features in Silverlight 2 and started...

Author: lindsayr Date: 06/16/2008

Upcoming Silverlight 2 Webcast Series

In June I'll be doing a very condensed 6-part webcast series entitled: Look What You Can Do with...

Author: lindsayr Date: 05/27/2008

XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP Released!

Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure of announcing the CTP of XNA Game Studio 3.0 LIVE. I was...

Author: lindsayr Date: 05/08/2008

Visual Studio 2008 Podcasts

Last month, Sam Gazitt and I did a series of short podcasts waxing poetic on Visual Studio 2008....

Author: lindsayr Date: 05/05/2008

Microsoft Sync Framework Webcast Follow-up

I hope you enjoyed my overview of the Microsoft Sync Framework! Here are the informational links, if...

Author: lindsayr Date: 04/17/2008

Heroes Happen Here Demos and Decks

If you've attended one of the launch events or didn't get a chance to attend, no worries! You can...

Author: lindsayr Date: 04/09/2008

Webcast on Microsoft Sync Framework

Next Friday at 1pm EST, I'll be presenting a webcast overviewing the Microsoft Sync Framework. You...

Author: lindsayr Date: 04/04/2008

How to receive proper notification about events...

As an MSDN Events veteran (hey, 2 years makes me a veteran, so there), I've noticed that there is...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/21/2008

Silverlight + Ice Cube = Awesomeness

If you've never heard of South by Southwest it is a huge and awesome music, film and arts festival...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/13/2008

I've been Twitter-fied.

I've joined the ranks of nerds everywhere and succumbed to the pressure (especially from Glen...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/12/2008

Who came up with calling it XNA, anyway?

Yesterday, I had the great opportunity to speak at Stevens Institute of Technology about XNA, what...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/12/2008

The Code Trip

My fellow DEs on the West Coast have launched The Code Trip - https://www.thecodetrip.com. Fresh and...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/10/2008

Mix '08 Videos Online

Go to www.visitmix.com to view some videos and keynotes from Mix '08 which took place in Las Vegas...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/10/2008

Launch Event #2 down, 9 to go...

It was quite a memorable experience today in Harrisburg. Due to an email typo, we had people show up...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/06/2008

New blog forthcoming...

My New Year's resolution for 2008 was to actually start blogging consistently. I was planning to...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/04/2008

HEROES happen {here}

The launch of Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 is here! At these events...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/04/2008

ADO.NET Step by Step Webcast Series

Here are the links to the webcast series Glen Gordon and I did where went throug the chapters of...

Author: lindsayr Date: 02/04/2008

Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 Step By Step Webcast Series

Susan Wisowaty (here's her blog) and I are co-presenting a series based on the book Microsoft...

Author: lindsayr Date: 05/02/2007

Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Launch Events!

The Visual Studio Team is introducing a new edition of Visual Studio Team System targeting our good...

Author: lindsayr Date: 11/16/2006

My cool points just went up...

Julie Lerman, female developer extraordinaire, actually BLOGGED about me. It's the big leagues,...

Author: lindsayr Date: 06/21/2006

Don XML is speaking at Lehigh Valley .NET!

Don Demsak will be speaking at the next Lehigh Valley .NET UG meeting on Web Services. If you can...

Author: lindsayr Date: 06/15/2006

Windows Vista Beta 2 Now Available!!!

Go get it: https://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/downloads/products/getthebeta/

Author: lindsayr Date: 05/24/2006

Word of the Flash

If you receive the MSDN Flash and you're in my district, you may notice I've added a new feature:...

Author: lindsayr Date: 04/21/2006

Webcast - Developing for Windows Mobile Devices using VS 2005

See it On Demand! Thanks for the comments, guys. I look forward to having you in my audience again!...

Author: lindsayr Date: 03/07/2006

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