Lee Mungai's BLog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/feed.xml Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:23:31 GMT en-US hourly 1 Senegal Developers Conference March 22nd - March 23rd 2005 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/senegal-developers-conference-march-22nd-march-23rd-2005 Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:59:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2005/03/20/senegal-developers-conference-march-22nd-march-23rd-2005/ Im off tomorrow to Senegal for a two day Developers Conference. The main Speaker will be Mr. Francois Bonin, whom ive mentioned previously in this blog, a Visual C# MVP from Ghana who will conduct the sessions in French (i'm still working on my French skills). The first day's audience will be mainly Enterprise developers and the second day will be students from the University of Dakar. For the sake of my fellow Senegalese developers, below is this information, in French of course:

Mardi 22 MARS
Session Spéciale pour les Entreprises
de 08H30 à 15H au SOFITEL TERANGA
Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant par fax au 864 64 64 ou par téléphone au 869 12 82 ou par
email infowca@microsoft.com

Mercredi 23 Mars
Session Spéciale pour les Etudiants
A partir de 17H à l’amphithéâtre de l’ UCAD 2
En collaboration avec la Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de l’UCAD (Département
Mathématiques et Informatique) et l’Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar

Au programme :
• Le développement sous C#
• Les Nouveaux terminaux: Extension à la mobilité
• La sécurité sous .NET
• Les services Web : aujourd’hui et demain

Venez nous rejoindre et découvrir les fonctionnalités de la
nouvelle version de notre plate-forme de développement.

 

]]> Off to the Bob Marley Festival in Ethiopia https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/off-to-the-bob-marley-festival-in-ethiopia Sat, 05 Feb 2005 17:29:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2005/02/05/off-to-the-bob-marley-festival-in-ethiopia/ Subscribe to the MSDN Student Flash https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/subscribe-to-the-msdn-student-flash Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:15:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2005/01/26/subscribe-to-the-msdn-student-flash/ If you are a student developer, i'd highly recommend you subscribe to the MSDN Student Flash, you'll learn allot from news, career advice, student editorials and updates on everything that is happening in the developer world.

]]> Interop Month Kicks Off https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/interop-month-kicks-off Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:51:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2005/01/18/interop-month-kicks-off/ Interoperability Month begins today January 18 2005 - are you tuned in? Microsoft announces a month-long webcast series focusing on interoperability – why it matters to the business, common strategies and methods, and guidance on specific implementation scenarios between the major platform players. This series will feature over 40 webcasts, cool giveaways, and brand-new technical guidance from Microsoft. Register at http://www.interopmonth.com !

]]> Blogging Again https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/blogging-again Fri, 08 Oct 2004 07:05:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2004/10/08/blogging-again/ I'm back blogging again after a very busy four months and a short vacation (in Switzerland & Italy) that was much needed. I spoke at the Pakistan Developers Conference as well as hosted two security events in Nigeria, Ghana and two DevDays events in Mauritius and Réunion Islands (French translated) with the help of my usual gang of speakers, Malek & Goksin as well as Gurkan Salk & Mr. Nasser Ghazi, Director of Evangelism, Middle East & Africa. That lead to the official launch of the Mauritius DotNET User Group recently that i had the priviledge of speaking at with the press and media certainly covering the event very well.

Recently we also got the first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in West, East & Central Africa nominated, Mr. Francois Bonin, a rude bwoy from Ghana, specialising in Visual C#, a true champ & contributor to the youth in AfricaDotNet. More Fire!

Just three days ago October 5th 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya, we had a very succesfull event with Australian Regional Director, Adam Cogan speaking on the following topics:

  • 15 tips for Real World Windows Forms Applications
  • A big peek at ASP .NET 2.0 Whidbey Applications
  • Up and Running with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services
  • Combining Exchange Data, SQL Data and SQL Reporting Services
  • eXtreme Programming for .NET Developers

Certainly a great event which went on till 8:30pm! Developers were very very happy indeed; i bet you didnt know Aussies dont drink Fosters beer but VB (Victoria Bitter) instead. Adam, Steve & Richard, you guys have fun climbing the highest mountain in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro!!!

]]> AfricaDotNet.org goes live https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/africadotnet-org-goes-live Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:48:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2004/06/11/africadotnet-org-goes-live/ Highlights of the my last few weeks

  • I was a speaker at the Microsoft Technology Week in Saudia Arabia (May 15th -May 18th 2004) where we did a 3 city tour (Riyadh, Jeddah & Khobar) amongst other speakers like Hans Verbeeck and Gurkan Salk.
  • I hosted the Microsoft DevDays Ethiopia (May 27th 2004) which was very successful

The most exciting of all was the launch of the AfricaDotNet User group website http://www.africadotnet.org on May 22nd 2004 that will host a community of African developers all over the continent. Good to go!

]]> Microsoft Localizing Kiswahili https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/microsoft-localizing-kiswahili Tue, 11 May 2004 12:12:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2004/05/11/microsoft-localizing-kiswahili/ Microsoft has a launched a global initiative termed Local Language program, to provide desktop software and tools to government customers by collaborating with local experts governments, universities and other interested parties to help build a robust local IT economy. To this end, Kiswahili was chosen as one of the languages to be initiated as one of the languages to be included in future releases of the Windows Longhorn and Office 2003 Standard Edition (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook).  The goals of the project are to:

 

  • To bridge the digital divide between developed and emerging markets and within emerging markets. Localization of Kiswahili will bridge the gap in technology between the developed nations and the Kiswahili speakers in the East and Central Africa region.
  • To preserve language and culture. Technology impacts language and culture in a positive way. Kiswahili language will therefore be preserved.
  • To incorporate 40 new languages in the coming twelve months to the Windows OS and Office Applications. Kiswahili is among the languages considered for localization. Languages currently being localized vary from 30,000 speakers as in Inuktitut to 250 million speakers in Indonesia.

The goals would further enhance the Microsoft’s long term plan to:

  • Continue with traditional localization plans for existing markets. Microsoft will continue with traditional localization strategy. Languages that had shipped as SKUs will continue to ship e.g. French. Kiswahili will be evaluated as a Language Interface Pack or partial/localization. These means that Kiswahili will be available as a skin layer to an existing licensed windows and Office copy.
  • Put a global process in place for enabling more scripts. We will need to ensure we support additional scripts such as Sinhalese, Yigur, etc. In the long term Kiswahili scripts will be included
  • Natural progression of localization into regional/sub-regional languages and emerging markets. The Language Interface Pack initiative is the natural growth for localization. Microsoft has been involved in localization for the past 15+ years.
]]> Guerilla.NET in Istanbul https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/guerilla-net-in-istanbul Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:57:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2004/04/28/guerilla-net-in-istanbul/ So i'm on the 19th floor of this hotel that overlooks the Bosphorus, the scene from my window could not get any better, its amazing!  Developmentor's Guerilla.NET one week course in Istanbul, Turkey has been a great success, i've had a great time. Prior to coming here, i was in Dubai for the Microsoft Research Academic Days. I met two MS Program Managers, Peter Dreyton (CLR) and Alex Laskos(SQL Server -WebData XML) during the event where we got to hang out and “speak”. So yes, i got to seethat famous 7 star hotel plus more, its been a great week!]]> Great Day at Microsoft DevDays Kenya 2004 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/great-day-at-microsoft-devdays-kenya-2004 Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:50:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2004/04/22/great-day-at-microsoft-devdays-kenya-2004/ So i just came from back from the venue where we just concluded DevDays Kenya 2004. It was a great event, the turnout, the speakers, the stage setup and more. The Stage Lighting was done by the same company that did the lighting for Sean Paul when he was here on tour so i was blown away by the job they did to setup the “.NET“ stage. The speakers did a terrific job, much thanks to Malek and more so Goksin who rushed from the airport straight to the event and got to JIT Speak for his two sessions. The both also did some Avalon and Whidbey demos at the closing Keynote which definitely left the crowd buzzed. So what's next ? I'm off to Dubai tomorrow for the Microsoft Research Academic Days where i get to hang out with guys who have allot to say about Rotor's in depths. I also get to hopefully see the very beautiful Burj Al Arab Hotel and hang out with some friends i have there, I'm leaving my credit card at home this time !

]]> Download the Free Microsoft Visual C++ 2003 Toolkit https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lmungai/download-the-free-microsoft-visual-c-2003-toolkit Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:43:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lmungai/2004/04/20/download-the-free-microsoft-visual-c-2003-toolkit/ For those who cannot afford Visual C++, this is a great opportunity for you. Get it here
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