Adventures In SoftwareLand

from the keyboard of Michael G. Lehman...

Well, I got what I wanted for Christmas this year… a brand spanking new startup to launch!...

Date: 12/20/2010

I discovered a bug (missing code) related to the processing of item templates.  I’ve also...

Date: 11/15/2010

I’ve been working on guided developer experiences at Microsoft for the past 6 years.  Beginning...

Date: 11/09/2010

When you create a Feature Extension, the name of the Feature Extension is calculated by copying the...

Date: 10/19/2010

Just in case you were thinking about attending the P&P Symposium, October 18th-22nd, here in...

Date: 08/31/2010

My new video podcast, Behind The Curtain, hosted on Channel9, is now sporting a brand new episode...

Date: 08/22/2010

Every fall patterns & practices team hosts an annual p&p event at Microsoft Redmond Campus....

Date: 08/16/2010

Welcome one-and-all to my latest podcast series: Behind The Curtain - tips, tricks and insights from...

Date: 08/15/2010

Interested in Patterns and Practices? Come to the P&P Symposium, October 18-22, 2010, in Redmond...

Date: 07/28/2010

I am very happy to announce the Feature Builder Power Tool for Visual Studio 2010 v1.0 is now live...

Date: 07/20/2010

I ran into a problem today while trying to iterate over the files in a ProjectItem as I wanted to...

Date: 06/07/2010

The RTM-Preview Release of the Feature Builder includes a new mechanism for extending the Feature...

Date: 05/15/2010

The RTM-Preview version of the Feature Builder Power Tool for Visual Studio 2010 has just been...

Date: 05/13/2010

It’s been nearly a year since I posted this: “Since February, I … have [started] spending my time...

Date: 03/30/2010

Q: #1 What do I need to have installed to use Feature Builder? A: Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate...

Date: 03/30/2010

In November, I decided to write to write a blog-post-a-day and got through 8 before I fell...

Date: 03/06/2010

V3.0 of the Facebook Developer Toolkit was just released on Codeplex. Major Updates: • Provide...

Date: 11/09/2009

I spent a bit of time searching for the magic of how to use XmlSerialize with the Dictionary type...

Date: 11/09/2009

Cameron Skinner, Product Unit Manager, for the Visual Studio “Team Architect” group, has a great...

Date: 11/09/2009

Using Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 to do Entity Framework Model First Development for Visual Studio...

Date: 11/09/2009

When using Visual Studio Extensions (aka VSIXs), sometimes you may want to use those Extensions when...

Date: 11/07/2009

While I "fell off the horse" of daily blogging, I'm climbing back on and will still do a...

Date: 11/07/2009

Yesterday I started a personal challenge of writing something on my blog every day this month....

Date: 11/02/2009

All over the world people have taken inspiration from the folks at National Novel Writing Month...

Date: 11/01/2009

For the past 4 years I have had the enjoyable task of being the MicroISV Evangelist for Microsoft....

Date: 05/27/2009

Update to anyone following this entry: We have now released the Feature Builder Power Tool for...

Date: 05/27/2009

Missed it last year but I did manage to attend Lang.Net 2009! Very interesting to hear what...

Date: 04/14/2009

The MTDA (Multi Tenant Data Access) S+S Blueprint is now online. You can get more details by...

Date: 08/25/2008

The Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint is now online on Codeplex: https://www.codeplex.com/sl4sp...

Date: 08/25/2008

The new CodePlex site for the Sliverlight Blueprint for Sharepoint is now live! Currently the code...

Date: 06/08/2008

Just after I joined Microsoft, nearly 4 years ago, I had the opportunity to learn about a super...

Date: 05/30/2008

Next week, June 5th and 6th, I will be holding two focus group sessions at TechEd 2008 in...

Date: 05/29/2008

UPDATE: S+S Blueprints and Software Factories Focus Groups annoucement. Come help us plan the...

Date: 04/29/2008

My long time friend and co-conspirator in the software business for almost 20 years, Steve Gillmor,...

Date: 04/28/2008

Marc Mercuri, one of the hardest working and smartest people I know, just launched...

Date: 04/24/2008

Today at Web 2.0 Expo, Ori Amiga presented the first public view of the Live Mesh developer...

Date: 04/24/2008

Martin LaMonica posted some great information about Live Mesh on the Webware group blog: Microsoft...

Date: 04/23/2008

For great on-going information about Live Mesh follow the Live Mesh group blog. In particular, I'm...

Date: 04/23/2008

Last night @ 9PM Microsoft announced the existence of and first technical preview of Live Mesh! Both...

Date: 04/23/2008

I'm working on the next wave Software+Services Blueprints and I want to understand both the...

Date: 04/20/2008

The Silverlight Blueprint for Sharepoint was announced on Monday but we had to hold back the sample...

Date: 03/05/2008

On Thursday (6-Mar), I'll be giving a talk @ MIX08 in the Open Space Theater showcasing the...

Date: 03/04/2008

Today my team is releasing our next wave of Software-plus-Services Blueprints!!...

Date: 02/11/2008

Hard at work to get things ready for the 2008 Office Developer's Conference!  I'll not only be...

Date: 02/06/2008

If you're attending the the Office DevCon (https://www.odc2008.com) in San Jose, California on...

Date: 01/25/2008

Ok, you've got to hand it to the world's richest man (and, my uber-boss... something I thought I'd...

Date: 01/07/2008

Hugh MacLeod, author of the gapingvoid blog/comics today posted an "Important...

Date: 11/25/2007

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