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This will be our 4th code camp and this one is extra special because not only will I be speaking at it, other MVP's, local community leaders decided to help sponsor it. Honestly I cannot say I would be where I am today without codecamps, so it feels...
Our Arch SIG is meeting tomorrow and the topic is “Live Mesh and Other Clouds”. If you have been reading magazines like Visual Studio and MSDN, you might have read about SSDS(SQL Server Data Services) which is a new concept coming over the horizon....
I just got back word from my buddy Brian, that we were invited back to PASS. This will be my forth year speaking at this conference and even though Brian and I keep the same title of our session, "Hacking SqlServer" every year is diffrent due to new...
Recently I noticed this error, Cannot evaluate property "HasValue" because its target object is null. I did not get it at compilation of my workflow project, but running a workflow application.
I use generic data types whenever possible, and I use...
The official site for Jacksonville's 2008 Code Camp is up! The actual event is scheduled for August 23, 2008. Check out the site and add suggestions of topics that you are interested in learning more about.
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Well, I hope everyone is starting to enjoy the warm weather and the feeling of summer, which reminds me… this summer’s first meeting is scheduled June 24, 2008. This meeting will be a little different than any we have had in the past. The plan is to...
Many thanks to Joe Healy and crew for organizing the community summit we had last weekend. I came down to Orlando, Fl. last Saturday, not sure what to expect, however when I saw the facilities and attendees, I knew that this was going to be a fun weekend....
Many of us have the unique opportunity of heading to Florida for Tech-ed in the next couple of weeks. One of the most anticipated conferences Microsoft hosts. Unfortunately, like so many others, I will not be able to attend due to client needs. Fortunately...
It has been awhile since I have spoken this early in the morning however I have the great opportunity of speaking to the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce's Information Technology Council. My session is on how to gather requirements to encourage software...
Business Process Management was unheard of a few years ago and overshadowed by Service Oriented Architecture. SOA has changed the way we connect and integrate our systems. However, SOA is only one aspect of developing a modern solution. If SOA is...
Yesterday was my fourth week speaking consecutively for a month straight. These past weeks have been the most grueling while trying to balance my daily work efforts as a consultant, creating new presentation slides and demos while also trying to balance...
I will be heading back to Tallahassee, Fl. tomorrow to speak at the Capital City .Net User Group about WF. I was just there last week speaking at the Architecture SIG on tips for gathering requirements and designing architecture, however this week I...
I can help you save on registration for VSLive! Orlando 2008! Attendees who register for VSLive! Orlando using priority code SOWHI will receive the Gold Passport all-access pass for just $1,895, a savings of $300.00 off the standard price. Register...
I finally made it to Seattle, Wa this morning for Microsoft's MVP Summit, and I must say that Microsoft knows how to host an event. Everything has been first class. I have met a bunch of really nice fellow MVPs and finally Mark Clagett, our MVP Lead...
Our local architect SIG will meet April 22, 2008 and we will have one of our own, Gábor Lipták, doing a presenation on Enterprise Service Bus(ESB). Here are the bullet points that will be covered.
ESB Technology
ESB Functionality
ESB Patterns...
The Tallahassee Arch SIG has changed their meeting date this month because of some minor confusion(probably my fault). It seems they had me scheduled to speak April 17, 2008 however that did not fly with my schedule because I will be in Redmond that...
It has been 6 crazy months, but my team is finally getting notification that our maintenance solution is almost ready for production. In a nut shell, a Florida agency needed a maintenance solution to manage maintenance for dorm rooms internally and...
As I sit here in my hotel room reading and listening to "Sweet Home Alabama", I find myself dreaming of better times. Naturally of attending last month's Architect SIG meeting, and during the end when the passing out of the SWAG books started, which...
Wow, we have a great topic and presenter for this month's meeting. David Strommer will be speaking on one of my favorite topics Business Process Management! His discussion, "Understanding BPM" will focus on what defines BPM, its technology and approaches...
There are a many benefits for hosting a Workflow Runtime through Windows Communication Foundation services in IIS. Most importantly, WCF services can leverage the functionality that IIS already does, for instance health management. IIS has the ability...
If your job as a Software Architect is to research and exploit technology to help achieve business results - then you need to take a look at what has just been released in Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5. Microsoft's Jeff Barnes, will...
This Saturday I am loading up the kids and the wife and headed to SQLSaturday, in Tampa, Florida. I am speaking on "Persisting and Tracking Workflows Using SqlServer". Yeah I know... you might be wondering how WF fits into a SQL event but if you talk...
Tired of getting an error similar to "The object with ID implements the IObjectReference interface...", then try having different environments for testing workflows and another for developing them. This error is prevalent when you persist data through...
Here is a post within the WF Forum, that helped me the other day. I was so used to running tracking and persistence on the same local server that when I tried to set it up remote I ran into some trouble. In a nutshell, because I use config files to...
Last Wednesday, the motto was, "Have laptop, get VS2008"! I attended JaxDug's VS2008 Installfest, where about 50 and some attendees who RSVP'd were able to bring their laptop to D&B's to get a 30 day, register and get a full license of VS2008 Pro. There...