Two more Entity Framework videos on Pluralsight

Two new videos that I have created for Visual Studio 2010 have just been published to Pluralsight On-Demand. If you don’t have a Pluralsight subscription (yet), these videos are available as part of POD’s free guest pass along with lots of other great content. The new vids are “ Exploring the Classes...

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Vermont IT Jobs: Local ASP.NET Contractor possible hire

The website www.imsuperb.com is looking for an ASP.NET developer to help them out with a site update. This is a contract position that could lead to a full time job. Contact Nick Lynch at nicklynch@imsuperb.com ....

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Why it’s SO hard to stay focused today

March 17th and spring sure seems to be here already! View Full Album...

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Fun with a small EDM Designer bug, for now…

Yesterday I accidentally discovered that you can edit a multiplicity end point in the EDM Designer: It’s a known bug and is fixed already (post-RC). The changes don’t get saved with the EDMX....

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March 24 VTSQL Meeting: BI with SQL Server guru Rushabh Mehta

When: March 24th, 6PM Where: Competitive Computing, Colchester Vermont ( www.competitive.com ) From Zero to BI in 10 Minutes or less By Rushabh Mehta Finally a technology that the Information Worker can use to take raw data and turn it into valuable information in a matter of minutes from the comfort...

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Two Introductory VS2010 Entity Framework Videos on Pluralsight on Demand

These are the first two. I’ve got more coming! If you don't have a Pluralsight subscription, grab a free guest pass and you'll have have access since these are part of the subset of guest pass content along with a ton of other great videos. These will also be on MSDN online shortly....

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If timestamp is deprecated, why do none of the current db tools support rowversion?

Perhaps the title of this blog post will suffice, but I just wanted to highlight this problem. If you were to look up the timestamp data type in the SQL Server 2008 documentation, this is waht you will find within the topic article: “The timestamp syntax is deprecated. This feature will be removed in...

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Vermont IT Jobs: Burlington based Microsoft Gold Partner looking for .NET Devs

Software Engineers Competitive Computing , aka C2, is seeking Software Engineers to design, architect, and maintain .NET applications to support our clients’ eCommerce business requirements. The successful candidates will create high-quality ASP.NET web and eCommerce sites using web-based tools and techniques...

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Heading to San Francisco for the ESDC Conference and the East Bay .NET User Group

Tomorrow I am planning to do something that has caused my husband to laugh uncontrollably. I’m going to get out of bed at 4am. Yes it’s true! That's because I have a 6:30am flight that will take me first to O’Hare airport and then to San Francisco. Why am I leaving beautiful Vermont just when the lovely...

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Vermont IT Jobs: Database Developer/Admin at Gardener’s Supply

Join the team at Gardener's Supply Company! We work hard AND offer a fun place to work with summer bocce games, BBQs, ping-pong tournaments, employee garden plots and much more! We also offer strong cultural values, competitive wages and outstanding benefits (including a tremendous discount on plants...

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