I recently attended a meeting in Burlington aimed at small businesses to give them some ideas about what they can be leveraging on the web…. [read more]
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Monthly Archives: September 2006
When VB and C# collide…
I just accidentally wrote a line of code that looked like this:
private boolean MyMethod(byval x as someobject)
Yes I was going for VB, but I’ve been doing a bunch of C# coding lately. At least I didn’t hit the semi colon, too! 🙂
The funny part is I although C# doesn’t come very naturally to me, there are definitely some syntax things I love. Though I still have a really hard time getting my brain to grok code like Kate writes (though that’s pure C++…)
Big news for my friends in Bulgaria
It was announced a few days ago that Bulgaria and Romania will become part of the European Union on Jan 1
So I’m sure there will be a big excitement when we arrive in Bulgaria next weekend.
Martin (who lives in Sofia) has links to more details.
How to win a trip to Microsoft Research’s TechFest 2007?
By attending DevReach in Sofia Bulgaria Oct 9-10, you will be entered in the drawing.
Pretty amazing!
16 bit apps and the new Google Toolbar
Google Toolbar has a new feature called notifications.
It took me a while this morning to realize that this was the service that was preventing me from starting up a 16-bit application (FoxPro 2.6).
I had turned off all types of stuff, but when I killed the process for the GoogleNotifications in my task manager, voila, the program opened up.
Just a word to the wise….
MSDN Event in Vermont draws over 110 people
I wasn’t there to witness it but I have heard from DCC Susan Wisowaty that there were 110 people at the MSDN event in Burlington yesterday. Another attendee told me she had heard it was 117. This is pretty phenomenal for a city that got axed from the schedule due to poor attendance. This is pretty phenomenal for city with a population of 50,000. This would be a good number for an event in NYC or Boston!
So, for anyone who thinks that Vermont has nothing but farmers, hippies and ski bums as it’s population, think again!
Analysis Services at Vermont SQL Meeting Tonight!(9/27)
Vermont SQL Server User Group
Next Meeting
Introduction to Analysis Services 2005
Our next user group meeting will be Wednesday, September 27 2006 – 6pm to 8pm at Competitive computing.
Session Description
Analyzing data requires different techniques to fit different scenarios. OLAP cubes provide structured hierarchical views of data to aid drill-down analysis, while Data Mining attempts to predict structural relationships within the data. This session will provide an overview of these modern analysis methods, with examples of the applications of both techniques. Highlights of the programmability interface such, as MDX will also be covered.
Speaker
Tamer Farag joined Microsoft Egypt in August 2000 as a SQL Server Technical Specialist. He performed multiple SQL Server responsibilities in Egypt, including pre-sales, marketing, support, and training. He’s also been responsible for recruiting and supporting local SQL Server 2000 partners to develop large-scale solutions. In July 2002, he was promoted to a Senior TS position. Due to his focus on BI, he’s been identified as an expert in the Middle East region and has gotten involved in large BI projects outside of Egypt. Starting from October 2004 Tamer moved to Microsoft Canada to work as a Partner Technical Specialist focusing on SQL Server. Some of his proudest accomplishments include helping to grow SQL Server revenue by 300% in Egypt and delivering the general session in the Middle-east Developers’ Conference (MDC 2004).
Idera is sponsoring pizza and soda for the meeting, so PLEASE rsvp if you are planning to attend so we can order the right amount! (rsvpsql@vtdotnet.org)
CODE CAMP 6: DEVS ON A PLANE – Registration is O P E N !
Thanks to hard work by Chris Pels and his posse, you can now register for Code Camp 6 (as attendees and to submit sessions as a speaker).
It’s Saturday & Sunday, Oct 21 – Oct 22
Oh hooray. I can travel with toothpaste again!
In the past month, I have made a number of short trips that allowed me to get away with a small carry-on bag. My big problem was that I couldn’t bring toothpaste with me. I hated the idea of buying toothpaste at my destination, using a touch of it and then throwing it away. I even felt guilty doing the same with teh travel-sized toothpaste that the hotels gave me. Use a small amount and then it gets thrown away. The packaging is my real issue – I am always at odds with the convenience of our disposable habits.
On the other hand, the hassle of checking my bags just so I could have toothpaste.
My deodorant is a solid, my face soap is a bar, hotels have shampoo and I don’t wear make-up. So it was really just the toothpaste that was making me dizzy.
So I was happy to see this today even though my next three trips are long ones that I will be checking my bag for anyway.
Software Architecture redux
I was flipping through a magazine and getting lots of great programming advice from the article highlights. Then I realized I wasn’t even looking at a coding magazine! [read more…]
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