Jim O'Neil - Technology Evangelist
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Beantown.NET Special Event: April 29th
Beantown.NET INETA User Group is hosting Rocky Lhotka, Principal Technology Evangelist for Magenic...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/27/2009
Roadshow Hits the Bigtime on Channel 9!
Chris, Bob, and I are thrilled to see our name in lights – well, almost – as we launch the Northeast...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/24/2009
Geek Dinner WIth SHAWN WILDERMUTH
Shawn Wildermuth, C# MVP, author, and all-round technologist, is in town next week on his...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/21/2009
Got MSDN? Get CCR and DSS
This just out. If you have an MSDN Professional or Premium subscription, you now have access...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/21/2009
IE8 Web Slices on ARCast.tv
Dr. "Z" has launched another new ARCast.TV episode on IE8. This time he walks us...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/21/2009
RIA = Developer + Designer
That’s an equation you’ll typically hear us evangelists espouse, with XAML (eXtensible Application...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/20/2009
P is for… Partial Method
By now, most of you are likely familiar with the concept of partial classes, introduced in .NET 2.0...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/20/2009
It’s For-IE-day: Week 3
Last week we took a look at Compatibility View as a way to retain the older rendering functionality...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/17/2009
IASA Meeting: Intuit QuickBase Deep-Dive
The next IASA New England meeting will be held next Thursday, April 23rd at the Intuit Offices in...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/16/2009
Dynamic Data Resources
Thanks to all that turned out at the ASP.NET Professionals User Group tonight in Waltham to hear...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/15/2009
IE8 Accelerators on ARCast.TV
My colleague Bob Familiar of ARCast.TV fame (and all round great guy) has just posted the latest...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/15/2009
Dynamic Data @ ASP.NET Professionals User Group
I’ll be presenting at the second meeting of the ASP.NET Professionals User Group this coming...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/13/2009
Azure Updates
If you’ve been putting off getting your head around Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform,...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/09/2009
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 Released
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 is ready for download! There’s no significant new product features,...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/08/2009
Boston Tiki Tour
Granted, Boston and Tiki Huts are not something you normally associate with one another…although…a...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/08/2009
N is for… Nullable
Nullable<T> is a generic structure introduced with the .NET Framework 2.0 to support the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/06/2009
It’s For-IE-day: Week 1
Get it? say it real fast... Ok, it’s a stretch, but given that I’m working on coming up to...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/03/2009
WCF CHAMP
I guess I’m showing my age, but the first thing I thought of when hearing about this clip (below)...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/02/2009
.NET Groups @ NERD
Microsoft’s new New England Research and Development Center is becoming a hub of .NET activity in...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/02/2009
Conficker Worm: Protect Yourself
Chances are you’ve already seen this mentioned in the mainstream press, but if not, here’s the link...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/31/2009
M is for… M
M is for M: How cool is that? You really can’t start talking about M without first mentioning...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/30/2009
Roadshow Recap (Including Some Answers!)
On Monday, Chris, Bob, and I wrapped up the latest edition of the Northeast Roadshow in...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/26/2009
WorldMaps
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Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/25/2009
Safer Browsing With IE8
My colleague in New York, Peter Laudati, just alerted me to this report in which IE8 was found to be...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/25/2009
Code Camp Call Out
It’s a one-two punch, code-camp-wise! New England Code Camp is THIS Saturday, March 28th, at the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/25/2009
Windows Mobile at SwANH
I’ll be in Bedford, New Hampshire, tomorrow evening participating at the Software Association of New...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/23/2009
L is for… Lambda
If the lambda operator and associated lambda expressions are Greek to you, read on! lambda (λ)...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/23/2009
Beantown .NET Goes NERD-y
Some may say any .NET user group is nerdy, but the Beantown .NET INETA User Group gets the honors of...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/22/2009
Russ’ Tool shed on Channel 9
Many of you in this area are fans of Russ Fustino, who was a Developer Evangelist in Microsoft’s...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/20/2009
IE8
In case you missed Dean Hachamovitch’s keynote at MIX09 this morning, Internet Explorer 8 is now...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/19/2009
M-V-C is H-E-R-E
Here’s one of a number of cool announcements coming out of MIX 09 going on now at the Venetian in...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/18/2009
Silverlight 3 Emerges from the Shadows
Scott Guthrie gave a bit of a teaser in a blog post last November, but today Silverlight 3 is a...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/18/2009
24 Hours of .NET – No Foolin’
Here’s a unique developer event you can attend in your pajamas! Microsoft TechDays Developer...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/17/2009
TONIGHT! Inaugural Meeting of ASP.NET Professionals
Quick reminder: the first meeting of the newly formed ASP.NET Professionals User Group takes place...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/16/2009
K is for… Key
‘Key’ is a rather overloaded term in .NET and programming circles in general. There are database...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/16/2009
Get RESTy With It
Preview 2 of the WCF REST Starter Kit is now available on CodePlex. I covered an earlier...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/15/2009
Hartford Roadshow Attendees Take Note
Chris, Bob and I just got back from the first two stops on our Northeast Roadshow series (thanks to...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/13/2009
SQL Data Services: Look at Us Now!
Being the data and services geek that I am, I’ve spent a fair amount of time of over the last couple...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/10/2009
J is for.. JSON
No, not the Greek hero who scored the Golden Fleece; this JSON (note – there’s no ‘a’ here) stands...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/09/2009
Northeast Roadshow Update
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately we need to cancel the Albany venue on the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/06/2009
Syracuse MSDN Event
Thanks to all the folks that turned out for the MSDN event today yesterday in Syracuse. We had...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/06/2009
Get into the MIX09
It’s exactly two weeks until MIX09, and here’s the scene from my home office window juxtaposed with...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/04/2009
ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 2
Hot of the wire(less)… Release Candidate 2 of the ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC) framework is...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/03/2009
I is for… Isolated Storage
Isolated storage is a pretty nifty concept that’s actually been part of the .NET Framework since...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/02/2009
Hat’s Off to Pat
Thanks to Pat Tormey, leader of the New Hampshire .NET User Group, for organizing and hosting the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/28/2009
Windows 7 Peek at RC
I hope that wasn’t too much of a tease. No, I don’ t have people in high places or any clout...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/27/2009