Jim O'Neil - Technology Evangelist

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MS101: Wicked Cool

After almost five months on board, I'm now attending the MS101 new hire class in Redmond. It's my...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 08/18/2008

Summer [Code] Camp

There's no tire swing by the lake, and the building fire codes prohibit roasting marshmallows, but...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 08/11/2008

They're here! - Visual Studio and .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1

Today, Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio 3.5 SP1 and .NET 3.5 SP1. Those of you...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 08/11/2008

SQL Server 2008 - Hold Your Horses...

Keep in mind, I'm just the messenger here... Apparently, you cannot install SQL Server 2008 if you...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 08/08/2008

SQL Server 2008 is Here!

Get it at: https://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver Including new features such as Resource Governor for...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 08/08/2008

Hartford CodeCamp Registration Now Open

The Hartford CodeCamp will be held on Saturday, August 16th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the New...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 08/03/2008

Caching in ASP.NET Dynamic Data

One question that came up at my presentation to the Maine Bytes user group this week centered around...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/25/2008

Dynamic Data Just Got Cooler

Scott Hunter, the Program Manager for ASP.NET Dynamic Data, announced the Dynamic Data for MVC...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/25/2008

Latest ARCast... Featuring Chris Bowen

In the latest ARCast.TV episode, Bob Familiar interviews the authors - including the fabulous Chris...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/22/2008

Silverlight in the Summertime

John Papa will be dropping by two user groups this week in the Northeast to talk about leveraging...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/21/2008

Dynamic Data References

Thanks to David Hockenberry, Mike Pawelek, and the Western New York .NET Users Group for hosting me...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/19/2008

Buffalo Bound

I'm heading to Buffalo, New York, next Wednesday (July 16th) for the Western New York .NET User...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/11/2008

Are We Cooler Now?

IPhone 2.0: Welcome to Exchange!

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/11/2008

Dynamic Data Annotations

If you've played around with Dynamic Data or even just watched some of the available screen casts,...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/08/2008

Constraints in ASP.NET Routing

ASP.NET routing is a new feature incorporated in the upcoming .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 release. While...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/07/2008

Dynamic Data Comes to NY and ME

One of the many cool new features of the .NET Framework SP1 Beta is ASP.NET Dynamic Data. Dynamic...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/07/2008

Help Architect Your Career

If you've ever wondered what a software architect really is, what they do, or how to become one,...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/06/2008

I Ride the Line

(with apologies to Johnny Cash) It's midday on the last working day before a long July 4th weekend,...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/03/2008

CTDOTNET CodeCamp Wants You!

The Connecticut .NET Developers Group is holding its first-ever Hartford CodeCamp on Saturday,...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/02/2008

Pesky Underscores (tm)

Ironically this post is more relevant to those that can't read it! If you're here, you're either a...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 07/01/2008

Office Business Applications - a Business Perspective

Both the Heroes Happen Here launch and our recent Northeast Roadshow featured presentations on using...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/19/2008

Roadshow Redux

Thanks to all of you in Burlington/Williston, Albany, Rochester, Waltham, and Hartford/Farmington...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/13/2008

Rochester Rocks! and Routing No More?

Thanks to the great turnout in Rochester today for the Bob, Chris, and Jim Northeast RoadShow. The...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/10/2008

Heroes Happened Here - Manchester

Thanks to all of you who came out for the HEROES happen { here } launch event today in Manchester....

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/07/2008

Achieve "Devign-ity"

Got TechEd envy?  Psyched by what WPF has to offer, but graphically-challenged (like me)? ...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 06/02/2008

Northeast Roadshow: Next Stops

My colleagues, Chris Bowen and Bob Familiar, and I have embarked on the May/June edition of the...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/26/2008

Conflicts, Identity Columns and Data Synchronization

During the "Defy Occasionally-Connected Challenges With Smart Client Applications" presentation of...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/25/2008

Alea Jacta Est.... OR At Long Last, Blog

It's been a few weeks since I joined Microsoft and the Evangelism Team in the Northeast District,...

Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 05/24/2008

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