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REST, JSON and RSS with WCF 3.5 - QCon San Francisco

The people at InfoQ just posted a recording of a session I did on WCF at QCon San Francisco last November. Here's the session information along with some links to related materials. REST, JSON and RSS with Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 WCF...
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DevTeach Toronto Session Materials

Thanks to all of you who came out to DevTeach and cudos to the organizers for running a great event. I hope to see you in Montreal in December. You can download the slides and demos I used in my sessions by clicking the links below. Introduction to Windows...
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Webcast Series for ASP.NET Developers Who Want to Learn SharePoint

[via Paul Andrew ] [Microsoft is] doing lots of things around introductory SharePoint development for .NET developers over the next few months. Here is the schedule for a series of MSDN web casts on 10 introductory SharePoint development topics for .NET...
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TechEd Developer 2008

The spring conference season keeps on chugging along. The MVP Summit and DevTeach just finished and TechEd is just around the corner. It will be interesting to see what effect splitting the conference into a developer week and an IT Pro week will have...
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DevTeach Toronto Recap

Another DevTeach has come and gone and, as always, it was a great week. I just finished reading the comments for the conference as a whole and they were unanimously positive. Here's just one example: What can I say. You'll definitely see me next...
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Calling WCF Services from .NET 1.1

A couple people have asked me recently how they can call WCF Services from .NET 1.1. There's an article on MSDN which describes the process. ASMX Client with a WCF Service http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751433.aspx I just want to call out...
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Talking About Many Things on Devcasting

As I mentioned a while back , I had a long conversation with Derek Hatchard that was recorded for Devcasting . The second part of that discussion - where we discuss WPF, Silverlight, technology overload, and DevTeach - has now been posted. http://devcasting...
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ObjectSharp Training - Summer Seat Sale

No, I haven't decided to give up software development for the glitz and glamor of the Jet Set life. I'm just the poster child for our summer training promotion. If you're looking for .NET, SharePoint, VSTS, or BizTalk training in Toronto you...
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The Entity Framework vs. The Data Access Layer

My compadre Barry Gervin is starting a blog series discussing the Entity Framework vs. the Data Access Layer. You can find the first post here: http://www.objectsharp.com/cs/blogs/barry/archive/2008/04/27/the-entity-framework-vs-the-data-access-layer...
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DevTeach is coming to Toronto in just a few more weeks!

I copied this blog post from Julie Lerman's blog . Julie copied it from Guy Barrette's blog . I'm sure someone will copy it from me and add their own little flair. If you live in Toronto and don't attend DevTeach , Guy Barrette is going...
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ObjectSharp's DevLounge Goes Live

ObjectSharp has always been very community focused. Our consultants run user groups; we speak at user groups, code camps and conferences; we man the experts areas at big Microsoft events; and we run our own community events like Visual Studio 2008 at...
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Talking WCF on Devcasting

While I was in Vegas for Un-Mix 08 , I sat down with Derek Hatchard to record a show for Devcasting . About a week later Derek decided to repave his machine but unfortunately, he forgot to backup the recording of the interview. We got together over Skype...
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TechEd BOF Session: Strategies for Moving Your Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Investments to .NET

If you're not familiar with the concept, a Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) session is an open discussion lead by a moderator who is not a Microsoft employee. The sessions are not presentations, there are no projectors. Unlike the Keynotes and Breakout sessions...
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Un-Mix 2008

It was an experiment. Hanging out in Vegas during Mix without actually attending Mix. The Experiment It had been over a year since I'd been to Vegas and I was feeling the itch. I hadn't been to Mix in previous years so I considered giving it a...
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Webcast: Migrating Your Visual Basic 6 Investments to .NET

I'll be doing my first webcast tomorrow with Beth Massi on VB 6.0 to .NET integration and migration. Visual Basic (VB) 6 was used by millions of developers world-wide to build applications ranging from thousands to millions of lines of code representing...
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"How Do I" Videos on the VB Developer Center

The VB Team has added about 50 "How Do I" videos to the VB Developer Center. The topics include Forms over Data, Windows Development, Office Development, Security, and so on. Most of the videos are 20 minutes or less so there a great way to...
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Agenda Posted for the Toronto Code Camp

The agenda has been posted for the 2008 version of the Toronto Code Camp and it looks to be another awesome event. Twenty-five sessions from twenty-three speakers (six of which are my ObjectSharp homies) from all across the country (and New York). Check...
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Visual Studio 2008 at the Movies - February 7

So, the muckety-mucks (i.e. my bosses) at ObjectSharp have been kicking around the idea of having an event to showcase the latest and greatest stuff in Visual Studio 2008. We got a date: February 7, 2008; and then we got a location: The Paramount Scotia...

Toronto Code Camp 2008

You are invited to attend the Third Annual Toronto Code Camp, a free .NET community sponsored event, on March 1st, 2008. Last year’s event was a huge success with over 300 attendees, 4 tracks, 20 speakers and over 20 volunteers. This year’s event will...
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