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I am 1 hour away from having the Windows 7 Beta :-)
The “network download gods” are being nice to me and I am 1 hour away from having the ISO of Windows...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/08/2009
MSDN Flash Poll: What has been your experience with UML?
Visual Studio 2010 will add UML 2.1.1 based modelling tools and diagrams. Many of us have dabbled...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/05/2009
My “technology themes” for 2009
I thought it would be useful to start 2009 by briefly summarising what you should expect to find on...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/02/2009
Are you an ISV in the UK who could benefit from a free design review with Microsoft?
You may recall that my previous role was working with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to help...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/02/2009
Happy 2009! (and a spot of retail therapy)
Hi all, I am just back from two weeks holiday. My spirits are high. I am looking forward to getting...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/02/2009
The perfect Christmas present for your kids - a new release of Small Basic
I have previously blogged on Small Basic and only this week snuck it into a session I was doing on...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/19/2008
Merry Christmas
Have a great Christmas It is nearly my last day before I start my Christmas holidays - which means I...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/18/2008
Something for your Christmas stocking - the "Daniel Moth 2009 Community Calendar"
Daniel Moth was originally a Developer Evangelist in Microsoft UK before leaving to join the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/18/2008
Anybody for some free (and clever!) Visual Studio 2008 training?
In the UK we are working with InnerWorkings to create a great offer of training to UK developers. We...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/18/2008
New technical article on Visual Studio 2010 Language Futures
I commissioned an article on language futures in Visual Studio 2010, to cover off C#, Visual Basic,...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/11/2008
Feedback appreciated on draft screencast on VB6 and the options to move to .NET
I am working with partners to pull together guidelines, resources and special promotions on tools to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/11/2008
SQL Server 2008 for Developers - slides
Just testing out SlideShare for making ppts more discoverable. This is the deck I did for the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/10/2008
Inside everybody there is one book. How about one article for the UK MSDN Flash?
The UK MSDN Flash contains within it a short technical article. The article has traditionally been...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/10/2008
Time to add some holly to twitter
Over in the world of twitter.com people have a chance to attach a tiny image to their profile which...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/10/2008
UK developer events for first part of 2009 - registration open
We have been busy over the last few weeks looking at our schedule of events for early 2009. In...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/09/2008
Been a busy week or two - except for blogging...
I noticed my blog rate has dropped off significantly in the last couple of weeks (whilst my tweet...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/09/2008
MSDN FLASH Poll: What would you most like for Christmas as a software developer?
A little fun for the last UK MSDN Flash of 2008. For me the answer was obvious - Snow!
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/05/2008
UK MSDN Flash, 26th November 2008: Azure Services Platform
Hello all – this is just a test post. I’m interested in creating an RSS feed for the UK MSDN Flash....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/27/2008
10 “IT” things about me
I was putting this list together for a presentation. It is scary when you start checking dates :)...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/26/2008
MSDN Flash Poll: When was the last time you wrote code in COM?
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/24/2008
Say hi at DDD7 if you see me (and a piccy of me!)
Saturday 22nd is DDD7 day in Reading – and I will be there in my official capacity as “the Microsoft...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/21/2008
MSDN Flash Poll: Which of the technologies covered at PDC 2008 are you most interested in finding out more about?
Unfortunately our hiccup with the Flash polls continues – thankfully, there is Zoho :-)
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/06/2008
Didn’t we do well! (That would be developers in the UK at PDC08)
Have you got 6 minutes to spare? Then read on… The UK (and the work of my group) was very well...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/06/2008
First published book on ADO.NET Entity Framework
If you are following my blog or watched me present, you know I believe that Entity Framework will be...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/06/2008
Stackoverflow.com best practice for website errors
This is how you tell people your site is having an issue :) Once again www.stackoverflow.com (That...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/06/2008
Unbelievable! MIX09 US is only 4 months away!
With PDC just one week old I wake to find an email about Mix! Vegas, March 2009.
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/06/2008
Microsoft releases yet another programming language - Introducing Small Basic
Wow. I love this. This brings back all the great memories I had (even of the bugs) of how I first...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/05/2008
November 19th – opportunity to hear about .NET 4.0 from the GM of Visual Studio
Jason Zander will be attending the Vista Squad user group in London to discuss the 2010 road map for...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/05/2008
Q&A: When can I rely on my customers having .NET Framework 3.5 SP1?
The current situation is roughly: The majority of PCs have a version of the .NET Framework A fair...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/05/2008
And the winner is… LINQ to Entities and the ADO.NET Entity Framework
In 2001 we first demonstrated Object Relational Mapping (ORM) technology for .NET – ObjectSpaces....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/03/2008
One last chance to see our current MSDN event … in Leeds, Nov 19th
It just occurred to me that there is only one chance left to see MikeT and I discussing Visual...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/03/2008
VB6 Applications – I’m taking a fresh look at this area on Goto100
Over on https://blogs.msdn.com/goto100 I will be taking a fresh look over the next few weeks at the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/03/2008
A new version of Hard Rock Memorabilia – and my new favourite zoom
Last Friday we did a re-run of the MSDN Roadshow in London and MikeT covered off Silverlight,...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/31/2008
A new logo for .NET – hmmmm
While on holiday they have changed the logo for .NET. That means a whole new bunch of business cards...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/31/2008
WPF Performance issues? Then maybe this tool can help…
I am seeing more interest in building richer UX in WPF of late which is great. Since WPF is very...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/31/2008
WPF Datagrid is now available
I have been following the arrival of the Microsoft Datagrid for WPF for sometime (my interest driven...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/31/2008
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and 4.0 Poster Available
We have released a nice summary of what we added/changed in 3.5 SP1 and what 4.0 will bring. This is...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/31/2008
Just back from holiday … and PDC session #1 = Babysmash
I had a great week rebuilding the bank of a stream, watching the neighbour butcher a deer in his...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/31/2008
ZoomIt from Sysinternals
I have been using ZoomIt during my recent spate of MSDN events to magnify and draw on the screen. It...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/24/2008
MSDN Flash Poll: Will you take a dependency on 3rd party controls or libraries?
We seem to have a small hiccup with the polling software we normally use in the UK MSDN Flash. Zoho...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/23/2008
Last of our MSDN events this week – and https://blogs.msdn.com/ukdevevents/
We have our last of our current batch of MSDN events this week and I have just been working out what...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/20/2008
Do you fancy a development job with Microsoft in Dublin?
EDIT: ONLY contact me direct if you already know me. Otherwise just apply through the site. Thanks...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/15/2008
Q&A: How can I use LINQ with new data types in SQL Server 2008 such as the geospatial types?
This one has come up a few times. LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities in V1 do not currently support...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/15/2008
Q&A: How do I debug ADO.NET Data Services?
It is great that so many folks have started investigating Data Services and the Entity Framework as...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/15/2008
Q&A: How do I use ADO.NET Data Services with LINQ to SQL and enable read/write
ADO.NET Data Service gives you the ability to do: Read/Write with ADO.NET Entity Framework Read only...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/14/2008
Q&A: Multi targeting and Visual Studio 2008, how do I ensure I only use the available APIs?
This question has come up a couple of times in the last few weeks as developers move to Visual...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/14/2008
My low tech polls: show of hands at the UK MSDN events
I have been asking a few “raise your hand” questions at the MSDN events we are currently delivering...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/14/2008
If you liked Microsoft Surface at FOWA – then try Touchless
The Surface demonstrator at the Future of Web Apps was a huge draw – but did you realise you can...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/12/2008
Do you have Silverlight Beta 2 code? Then you really need to test with RC0.
[EDIT 14th October: Silverlight 2 has now released - but the detail in Tims post below still holds...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/08/2008
Links for Visual Studio event in Manchester October 7th
A big thanks to everyone who showed up at Manchester and for your patience with the challenges the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/08/2008