This week I was able to catch up with fellow Perth MVP, Brian Madsen.  Notorious for being too busy to attend our weekly coffee meetings, Brian is one of the rising stars when it comes to the Perth developer community.  After taking on board running the SQL Server user group he has also recently started […]

In the coming months we are likely to see a new style of applications being built.  Although SQL Mobile has been around for some time, it has previously been restricted to applications designed for Windows Mobile devices or Tablet PCs.  With the release of SQL Server Compact Edition desktop applications can be built and deployed […]

It’s been a couple of weeks since this show was recorded but hopefully despite the poor audio quality it is still worth listening too.  Nick Wienholt is one of leading experts when it comes to .NET Performance and working with Managed C++. 
And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]
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Over the last couple of weeks we have seen the release of a number of core products from Microsoft such as Vista, Office and of course v3 of the .NET Framework.  One of the four pillars of the .NET Framework is Windows Cardspace and joining me on the show this week is Nigel Parker from […]

The second podcasts for this week is with Jeremy Boyd who currently works with Intergen here in Wellington.  Jeremy is also a Microsoft Regional Director and is really on the ball when it comes to .NET Framework v3.  For those listening in New Zealand, drop past Jeremy’s blog for more information on the up and […]

The first of two podcasts this week is with Joel Pobar, formerly with the CLR team at Microsoft.  In this show we look at what really makes the .NET Framework tick and the direction of languages, compilers, machine learning and other intersting topics.
And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]
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Over the weekend I was doing some background reading on various bits of the new .NET Framework v3 and thought it might be worth sharing these references.  If you have any other great reasource, please feel free to add them in the comments section:

Windows SDK

Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation
Windows Cardspace
Windows Workflow Foundation

.NET Framework v3 Community

Windows […]

Following the recent podcast with Dave Lemphers I thought that I would point developers to a great set of resources that Mitch Wheat blogged about a week or so ago.
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The Visual Studio section is also providing a series of free e-learning courses centred around .NET 3.0 (Collection 5134 : Developing Rich Experiences with Microsoft® .NET […]