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Blogging software...

I went looking around for blogging software written in a .NET language and saw DasBlog 1.0.  It's...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/09/2003

MCSD for .NET... was it hard?

A couple of people asked me if it was difficult.  Well, yes and no. First, the 'No':  I've been...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/07/2003

2 new ASP.NET articles just published on MSDN....

ASP.NET provides three forms of caching in Web Applications. Examine best practices and techniques...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/07/2003

Success! MCSD for .NET...

I just passed 70-300, the last exam for my MCSD for .NET.  Wa Hoo!

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/07/2003

Good e-mail bumper sticker

I saw this at the bottom of one of David Weller's e-mails, in his signature “bumper sticker”: “Dream...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/07/2003

"Software acquisition is 3 percent to 5 percent of the total cost..."

CNET has an interview with Martin Taylor, Platform Strategies Manager at Microsoft.

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/06/2003

Whidbey Alpha and the Pocket PC...

Phil Scott mentioned that I just announced to everyone that I have some say in who gets to beta test...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/06/2003

MSDN event in Portland on 8/19 and Redmond on 8/21

If you live in the Portland or Seattle area, you'll want to register for the upcoming free MSDN...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/05/2003

Writing faster applications in VB.NET

Recently posted on MSDN: “In this recent chat, members of the Visual Basic team discuss performance...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/05/2003

Mars attacks...

One “nice” thing about not being able to sleep because I feel the need to show the world how much...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/04/2003

COM Interop - C# type consumed by VB6 program - part 3. Still searching...

Frans Bouma states that “user defined types in VB are not something related to COM, but are a VB...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/04/2003

COM Interop - C# type consumed by VB6 program - Part 2. Still searching...

If I define the type in C# as a public class instead of as a struct, I still get a compile error on...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/04/2003

How do you return a C# struct to a VB6 calling program??? (Good ol' COM Interop) :-|

I've beaten my head against the wall time and again over the weekend, and still haven't been able to...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/04/2003

Pocket PC Phone...

After months of debating with myself, I finally bought a Pocket PC Phone on Friday.  It's cool.  My...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/03/2003

Are your Windows systems fully patched?

While on the topic of security, please make sure your Windows systems are up to date!  Especially...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/01/2003

Security and SQL injection attacks

Ted Neward's post about SQL injection attacks is very eye-opening...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/01/2003

Notes from the Portland .net user group meeting

Phil Weber presented at the meeting tonight.  The topic: UI Design Guidelines.  It was an...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/31/2003

Portland area .NET User Group meeting tonight (7/31)

If you're in the Portland, Oregon, area... come on by the .NET user group meeting tonight.  See you...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/31/2003

New developer tools roadmap on MSDN

Cool!  An updated roadmap.  Lots more said about what's in Whidbey, but the details about Orcas are...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/29/2003

"403 Access Forbidden" when attempting to create an ASP.NET web project

A few weeks ago I had one of those days... I hosed my development environment, so that every time I...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/28/2003

Good book: "Presenting to Win"

I ran across the book, "Presenting to Win" by Weissman.  It's very well written and should be read...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/26/2003

A peek at WSE 2.0... but first a refresher on WSE 1.0...

I'm knocking off one of my "todo's": looking at WSE 2.0.  but before I do, I'm reviewing WSE 1.0....

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/26/2003

have you seen OneNote 2003?

finally.  after 9 nights away in new orleans, i'm home.  on the flight i played with OneNote 2003....

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/25/2003

microsoft .net and j2ee interop

new book by simon guest: microsoft .net and j2ee interoperability toolkit available in september....

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/24/2003

boise .net user group

if you’re in the boise, idaho, area this thursday evening (7/24), drop by the boise .net user group...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/22/2003

web services, remoting, media player, and pocket pc...

eric gunnerson discusses the intricacies of web services and remoting by way of creating a remote...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/22/2003

up from the sludge...

i took the biztalk server certification exam on monday afternoon as a lark.  no studying at all....

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/22/2003

Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");

hello.  i’m a .net developer evangelist with the microsoft pacific northwest district. welcome to my...

Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/22/2003

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