I took some vacation during the month of July and decided I was going to do two things: Start a blog about my love of drums and all things percussive. Learn more about Microsoft's Deep Zoom and Silverlight technology. The outcome of item number one is my new web site, DrummBlog.com. This is a site by a drummer for other drummers. As to item number two, ......

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The Popfly beta was announced this morning and, to incent to you get out there and start building cool mashu applications, we're running a contest. Check out the details on my personal blog: http://blog.dennyboynton.co... ......

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"AH, what?" you say? Well, it was announced a short time ago that Microsoft will be releasing the source code for the .NET Framework with Visual Studio 2008 later this year. And that's not all. For the complete story, check out my complete post on the topic here: http://blog.dennyboynton.co... ......

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The Live.com team released a new version of Live Search last night. Interested in how the search results compare to Google? I did a quick test and was impressed with the results. Plus, there is a very cool video search feature now. Check out my review of the new Live Search on my personal blog. Technorati Tags: LiveSearch, Google ......

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If you're a fan of ARCast.TV and live near St. Louis, MO, you'll want to register for this very special event. Ron Jacobs is coming to town and will be giving a talk at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, October 16th. All the details, including the link to the registration site, can be found here: http://blog.dennyboynton.co... ......

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GeeksWithBlogs has been a fantastic online home for the past year or so (thanks, Jeff and John!) and I will continue to advicate its use to folks I talk to who are interested in starting to blog. I've decided to strike out on my own and try managing my own blog site so, from now on, I'll be posting at http://blog.dennyboynton.com. Thanks, and see you ......

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I was holding an ArcCouncil meeting in St. Louis last week and one of the attendees expressed their frustration with the seemingly 43 places you have to go to download and use the Visual Studio "Orcas", the Silverlight tools and Expression Blend. So, I'll try to clarify this right here and now: Visual Studio "Orcas": Here is the URL for the public download ......

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Wow, it has been quite a day here at MIX -- I hardly know where to begin. As Ray Ozzie started his keynote this morning, he talked about some new concepts in application categories that reall make a lot of sense. First, there is the idea of the "universal web application," or an app that lives solely online and is accessed via the browser. Then he talked ......

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Well, here I am in Las Vegas getting ready for MIX to start in the morning. I went over to the Venetian this evening to register for the conference. Got some decent bling and had dinner with an old friend. I'm excited for the general session tomorrow morning. Some good stuff is going to get announced. I'll be blogging on MIX '07 throughout the conference. ......

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I was glad to see so many people check on the free e-learning training program I posted about yesterday. This really is a great opportunity for you to get some excellent training for zero dollars. I had a few folks contact me about the password to access the virtual machines that are part of the lab sections of the training sessions. I dug in and found ......

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This is a really great offer. I have access to a limited number of free e-learning passes from Microsoft. This is a $159 value delivered to your desktop for free. If there is something that you've been meaning to brush up on and just haven't had the time to register for an instructor-lead class, this may be a great solution for you. The access code ......

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Full disclosure: While my paycheck and livelihood comes from working for Microsoft, I want to make it clear that the following has nothing to do with that fact. I'm speaking strictly as a technologist trying to make his way in the world. Like a lot of folks in the software biz, I get a lot of e-newsletters each day, and I try to at least peruse each ......

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I just read about this event on Javier Lozano's blog. It'll be on April 19th at 1:30 PM CDT. This is a great opportuntity to get your ASP.NET questions answered by a panel of MVPs. Javier has all the details about how you can join in on his blog. Check it out ......

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I'm pleased to announce that the next ArcReady tour scheudle is set and ready to go. Our subject for this go-around is "Architecting for the User Experience" and our guest speaker will be Chris Bernard, UX Evangelist for Microsoft. Read all about it and register at www.arcready.com. Remember, this is a free event and, besides the great content, there ......

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VSTO Product Manager Mike Hernandez has recently announced a webcast series called "VSTO Straight From the Experts" will begin on April 19th with Ken Getz. Check out Mike's blog for more information. You can also find these and future webcasts in the MSDN webcast calendar. Here are the links to the webcasts for your convenience: VSTO Straight from the ......

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