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Deitel & Associates, well known for their technical books (and coincidentally a local Maynard,...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 05/22/2007

We've collected the slides and content from our most recent Roadshow and have made them available...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 05/21/2007

Here's the latest recurring update of the upcoming events and user group meetings for developers in...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 05/16/2007

I've be a fan of Second Life for a while now (message me to exchange avatar IDs) and even have a...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 05/16/2007

I recently gave some presentations at MIT and Harvard (via the ACM/IEEE groups) on game development...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 05/13/2007

If, like me, you couldn't swing out to Las Vegas for Mix07 this time around, you can now access and...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 05/02/2007

The curtain has been raised on a whole slew of news related to Silverlight, formerly codenamed...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/30/2007

We're back in the saddle again, gearing up for another five-city tour to bring deep technical...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/27/2007

If you haven't been to Microsoft Live Labs site before, take some time to review their latest...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/19/2007

I'm happy to say we have a new user group emerging in the southern part of Connecticut! The South CT...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/19/2007

New England's own Patrick Hynds (of CriticalSites) is the very first guest of brand new podcast...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/12/2007

A coat and hat were left behind from Code Camp (I believe on Sunday, 4/1.) If you left either...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/12/2007

Unbelievably, exactly one week from postponing a Maine talk, there's another storm heading through...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/11/2007

Plenty of news has been coming out recently about the XBox 360. Here's a brief summary: The XBox 360...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/10/2007

Tom Hollander gives word that the official release of Enterprise Library 3.0 is now available! This...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/05/2007

What's with this white stuff outside my window in April? Well, apparently there's much more of it up...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/05/2007

A common question I receive when discussing the Expression products is whether there are plans for...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 04/04/2007

We've got an amazing weekend planned for Code Camp 7 - "Deer in Headlights!" We're now near 400...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/28/2007

While considering the schedule for this weekend's Code Camp 7, it occurred to me that Bob is going...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/27/2007

We're just 5 days from Code Camp 7 "Deer in Headlights!" this weekend (3/31 & 4/1) in Waltham,...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/26/2007

The Patterns & Practices team has just released an excellent set of prescriptive guides for...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/26/2007

This year's TechEd in June will continue the practice/tradition of hosting community-driven...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/25/2007

I just posted the upcoming Northeastern regional events of interest to developers, but there also...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/21/2007

Here's the latest recurring update of the upcoming events and user group meetings for developers in...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/18/2007

Two more stops made and one more to go on the first tour of Bob & Chris' MSDN Roadshow!...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/18/2007

Microsoft's SoftGrid application virtualization team (based in Boston) is looking to expand! They...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/16/2007

It's great that with XNA, my job now officially lets me combine my hobby of gaming with my...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/06/2007

[Perhaps old news for some, but I've found there's enough people I've bumped into who haven't heard...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 03/05/2007

Lutz Roeder posts word that he's released version 5.0 of his (free) Reflector tool. If you haven't...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 02/22/2007

Jason Haley posts that he'd like to continue with Code Camp tradition and hold a Geek Event over at...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 02/19/2007

Veteran speaker with something to share? Looking to try public speaking for the first time? We have...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 02/16/2007

It was great to see everyone in Nashua, NH yesterday for the Vista/Office 2007/Exchange 2007 launch...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 02/16/2007

Learn all about the exciting new version of SharePoint! Microsoft New England District201 Jones Rd,...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 02/15/2007

Bob Familiar and I are busting out of our home bases in Massachusetts and taking our long-winded...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 02/12/2007

Early-bird registration for TechEd 2007 is now open until April 7th. TechEd will be held in Orlando...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 01/26/2007

Attendee registration has just been opened for Code Camp 7 - "Deer in Headlights"! Go to...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 01/24/2007

[Update (1/25): Added registration links for Code Camp 7 and SharePoint Mini Code Camp.][Update...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 01/22/2007

I recently received a small package from Wiley. I opened it to find a copy of my book (Professional...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 01/18/2007

[Update - Attendee registration and call for speakers are now open!] I'm happy to announce we've...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 01/17/2007

Okay, I'm the last of Andy Beaulieu's group of 5 tagees to blog five things that people probably...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 01/12/2007

Boston is one of the key launch cities for the upcoming Vista, Office 2007, Exchange 2007 launch...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 01/11/2007

I will be giving a session on Windows Workflow Foundation for the Rhode Island .NET User Group...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 01/02/2007

I've written a few PowerShell CmdLets over the past year or so and, while it isn't difficult, there...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 12/29/2006

Hot off the press, the Patterns & Practices team's Tom Hollander has announced the availability...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 12/22/2006

The Boston area's newest user group, the Team System Public User Group, will be having its first...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 12/19/2006

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has emerged from beta and is now available at...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 12/18/2006

There is currently an opening for a Developer Support Consultant within Microsoft's the New England...

Author: Chris Bowen Date: 12/14/2006

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