The Curious Engineer

Canadian Developer Connection

2006–2008

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2008 136

December 2008

  1. Merry Christmas, Happy holidays and Happy New Year!
  2. I (Heart) WinDev: WPF Application Quality Guide v0.4
  3. ASP.NET MVC Code Gallery Released
  4. Out-Of-Band Hotfix Released For Internet Explorer
  5. A (Quick) Web Developer's View of Oxite
  6. A Quick Word on the Tech·Ed 2008 North America DVDs from TechDays

November 2008

  1. Your satisfaction matters...and it’s clear that we need to do better!
  2. Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, PART 3
  3. Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, PART 2
  4. Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, PART 1
  5. Dana Epp on the Microsoft SDL Threat Modeling Tool
  6. Canucks at PDC - Jeff Atwood on Stack Overflow
  7. Canucks at PDC - Michael Klucher on XNA
  8. Canucks at PDC - Social Bookmarking at MSDN
  9. Canucks at PDC - Silverlight 2 on Windows Mobile
  10. TechDays à Montréal
  11. Silverlight 2 and Building Rich Web Applications Today
  12. Jean-René Roy on DevTeach Montréal
  13. GeoSocial Meetup - Nov 6 at Charlotte Room - Toronto
  14. Canucks at PDC - .NET Micro Framework

October 2008

  1. Canucks at PDC - Windows Logo Program for Windows 7
  2. Canucks at PDC - A Lap Around Windows Home Server
  3. TechDays 2008 Toronto it’s a wrap.....on to Montreal!
  4. Canucks at PDC - You've Been Phil Haack(ed)
  5. Canucks at PDC - Miguel de Icaza on Mono
  6. Canucks at PDC - A Quick Chat With Don Box
  7. Canucks at PDC - Thoughts About The Keynote With Mark Relph (Day 2)
  8. Canucks at PDC - Pete LePage on Internet Explorer 8
  9. Had your Techie Crunch today?
  10. TechDays Social Networking - Show Your Colours!
  11. @Accordionguy meets @channel9guy
  12. On The Eve Of Techdays 2008
  13. Canucks at PDC - .NET Services with Justin Smith
  14. Canucks at PDC - Chillin' with Jeff Sandquist
  15. Canucks at PDC - Sara Ford and CodePlex
  16. PDC 2008 – More coverage from Ryan’s blog
  17. From PDC2008 – Ryan overview’s Azure
  18. Canucks at PDC - We've Spotted a Surface!
  19. Canucks at PDC - Joel Semeniuk on the Keynote
  20. Live From PDC – Windows Azure – Cloud Computing Announcement
  21. "Live, From Los Angeles, It's PDC!"
  22. On The Eve Of PDC2008
  23. MVP Insider - Q & A with Miguel Carrasco
  24. Igloo Coder Tour
  25. An Accordion, A New Addition, A Great Team and Big Challenges
  26. TechDays Early Bird Pricing Has Been Extended!!
  27. PDC – The Devil’s Guide To PDC
  28. Event Debrief: Developing Rich Interactive Applications
  29. Farewell...
  30. I (Heart) WinDev: One View of the Windows Developer Track for TechDays
  31. Your Dream Job…….
  32. Hey, Canadian Web Developers! Does This Sound Familiar?
  33. TechDays Early Bird Pricing Ends Soon!

September 2008

  1. Partner Innovation Briefing: Developing Rich Internet Applications
  2. Silverlight 2 Release Candidate Now Available
  3. Microsoft Tech·Days Canada 2008 Resources
  4. MVP Insider - Q & A with Mario Cardinal
  5. TechDays 2008 - Updates
  6. Breaking: D'Arcy Lussier on Microsoft TechDays Canada 2008
  7. Ignite your Career is back!
  8. I (Heart) WinDev: A Blog Series for Canadian Windows Developers

August 2008

  1. IE8: Goodness for Software Solutions Providers
  2. Back to School
  3. Designing Websites with Web Standards Using Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
  4. Live Mesh in Canada (No more wait list)
  5. The State of the Computer Science Nation in Canada with Tony Targonski
  6. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET 3.5 SP1 released
  7. Windows 7 Engineering Blog
  8. SQL Server 2008 has RTMed
  9. Silverlight Training in French

July 2008

  1. MVP Insider - Q & A with Doug Hennig
  2. Imagine Cup 2008: Day 2 - Working Long Hours
  3. Microsoft Patterns & Practices: Composite Application Guidance for WPF
  4. Imagine Cup 2008: Introducing Team RoboTree
  5. Imagine Cup 2008: Introducing Team GreeNet
  6. Imagine Cup 2008: Day 1 - Road To Paris

June 2008

  1. Mobile Device Review: Bell Samsung Ace
  2. MVP Insider - Q & A with Justin Lee
  3. The Expression Professional Subscription is now live
  4. A solution to hard drive space problems

May 2008

  1. Performance issues with ASP.NET designer in VS 2008
  2. Toronto Silverlight User Group
  3. Bring Your Laptop To Energize IT!
  4. Building Compelling Websites on the Microsoft Platform
  5. Energize IT: Wild About Services
  6. Energize IT: Grok and Load Visual Studio 2008
  7. Surprise! Expression Studio 2 Is Live!

April 2008

  1. Energize IT 2008 Post-Event Resources
  2. Get Ready To Be Energized!
  3. DevTeach Toronto 2008
  4. Want to create Office documents on the fly?
  5. Heroes Happen Here Launch Tour Resources (Updated)
  6. Project type between VS2005 and VS2008
  7. Get Your Architecture On - What's Up at CSAF08
  8. Silverlight Learning Resources
  9. MVP Insider - Q & A with Wes MacDonald

March 2008

  1. Get Support From The VSTS Product Team
  2. Announcing Blue Sky from Microsoft Canada
  3. Great Install Experience With Expression Web 2 Beta
  4. Very Cool Silverlight Demo
  5. What skills are major game development companies looking for?
  6. MVP Insider - Q & A with Dominic Sévigny
  7. Are You Going To DevTeach?
  8. MIX08: A Conference Summary
  9. Launch 2008 - Community Connection Events
  10. Community Connection Resources
  11. Edmonton Speaker Idol - A Call For Speakers!
  12. MIX08 - March 6 Summary
  13. Summary of the Partner Program Session at MIX08
  14. DemoCamp Calgary #7 Next Week!
  15. MIX08 - March 5 Summary
  16. MIX08 Keynote Technology Downloads
  17. MIX Keynote Summary
  18. MIX08 Starts Today
  19. MIX08: The Day Before
  20. MIX08 - Canada Represents!
  21. Recap of My Application Platform Webcast Series

February 2008

  1. Cool Offer and Information for Canadian Web Designers
  2. Windows Live SkyDrive in Canada!
  3. Inside the war room for HHH
  4. Microsoft DreamSpark in Canada - No Cost Software for Students!
  5. New! Power Tools for VSTS 2008 Database Edition
  6. Visual Studio 2008 events
  7. Ignite your coding - Security Virtual Conference info
  8. Heroes Happen Here Community Event update
  9. MSDN Code Award 2008 voting open
  10. WCF load testing tool
  11. Great story from our community
  12. Ignite your coding - Security Virtual Conference (Jan 29th)

January 2008

  1. Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison
  2. CodeCamp: Integrating Silverlight into Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007
  3. IT Professionals and Developers are comic heroes too
  4. Windows Home Server at VANTUG
  5. Heroes Happen Here (Launch 2008)
  6. Vista Sidebar Gadgets
  7. Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 launch

2007 112

November 2007

  1. Learning opportunity for your career
  2. Guest Post from Canadian User Experience Blog: Sharing Designer-Developer Workflow Story from eMedia
  3. realDEVELOPMENT Windows Live Webcast
  4. Windows Live Partner Quickstart Portal - Get Up and Running with Windows Live
  5. Download the realDEVELOPMENT 2007 PowerPoint Decks
  6. MVP Insider - Q & A with Rob Windsor
  7. Ignite Your Career - IT Pro Style
  8. Online Evaluations for the Real Development Tour
  9. MVP Insider Archive

October 2007

  1. Silverlight Briefing Summary
  2. Guest Blogger: MVP Award Program - What is it all about? (Part 1 of 2)
  3. Windows Live Services Webcast
  4. All you ever wanted to know about Microsoft Licensing
  5. Developer Night in Canada resources
  6. Quick Troubleshooting Tip #1: Ask the Experts on the Microsoft Forums
  7. "Ignite Your Coding" Webcast Series
  8. Cool news for hardcore developers
  9. MVP Insider - Q & A with Chris Maunder (Visual Developer - Visual C++)
  10. Ignite your Career
  11. Silverlight Briefing Webcast

September 2007

  1. Great series of blog posts on Power Shell
  2. realDEVELOPMENT_07 Canadian Tour for Web Developers
  3. ASP.NET Hosting
  4. David Hu, WarPong and XNA
  5. MVP Insider - Q & A with Blake McNeill (Windows - Security)

August 2007

  1. The Small Business Developer Center - Resources to Help You Grow on the Microsoft Platform
  2. On Innovation and the Process of Coming Up with Great Ideas
  3. MVP Insider - Q&A with Ken Cox (Visual Developer - ASP/ASP.NET)
  4. Imagine Cup 2007 Korea - Canada Wins!
  5. XNA Gamefest 2007 Report
  6. Microsoft XNA Resources
  7. Imagine Cup 2007 Korea - Day 4
  8. Imagine Cup 2007 Korea - Day 3
  9. Imagine Cup 2007 Korea - Day 2
  10. Imagine Cup 2007 Korea - Day 1
  11. Shaun Walker on Running an Open Source Project
  12. Hello, my name is Paul.

July 2007

  1. Gadget vs Gadget Competition Extended
  2. The Road to Imagine Cup Korea - T-Minus 7 Days
  3. James Kovacs on Agile Development
  4. Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
  5. The Road to Imagine Cup Korea - T-Minus 9 Days
  6. My Chat With Dana Epp - Developers and Security
  7. A Chat with Richard Fung - MSDN Code Award Finalist
  8. My Chat with Justice Gray - Be a Better Developer in Six Months
  9. A Chat With James Kovacs on Agile Development
  10. Auto-code generation for Silverlight Controls
  11. My Chat with Richard Campbell
  12. Visual Studio 2008 Launch

June 2007

  1. DemoCamp Calgary on Tuesday
  2. EnergizeIT 2007 – Developer Track
  3. Security Development Lifecycle Webcast Resources
  4. Microsoft Silverlight Resources
  5. Energize IT on Saturday!
  6. [News] Mack Male on "Welcoming ColdFusion to the World of .NET"
  7. Cool new technology for Windows Client developers
  8. Visual Studio 2008 Shell

May 2007

  1. Windows Vista 30-Day Evaluation VPC
  2. [Office 2007 Webcast Series] Session #4: SharePoint 2007 for ASP.NET Developers
  3. [Announcement] Vista Betas and RCs about to expire
  4. [Office 2007 Webcast Series] Session #3: Bringing your legacy application to the portal
  5. The Gadget VS Gadget Competition Is Now On!
  6. [Office 2007 Webcast Series] Session #2: Extending the User Interface
  7. Pick Your Favorite MSDN Code Awards Nominees!
  8. [Office 2007 Webcast Series] Session #1: Open XML (Information & Resources)
  9. EnergizeIT 2007 - Pre-register Now!
  10. Office Webcast Series - Introduction & Resources
  11. [Windows Live; Windows Vista] Resources & Design Practices for Gadget Developers

April 2007

  1. [Guest Bloggers] Rob Windsor on Discoverability
  2. Michael Amanfi on Windows Workflow Foundation and Team Workflow
  3. .NET Framework 3.0 Webcasts Still Available
  4. Colin Bowern - Live From The Toronto Code Camp 2007
  5. Sasha Krsmanovic - Live From The Toronto Code Camp 2007
  6. Chris Dufour - Live From The Toronto Code Camp 2007
  7. Windows Live and Vista Gadgets
  8. JumpStart Certification Kit Offer Closed
  9. [Podcast] Interview with Jean-Rene Roy on DevTeach
  10. [Podcast] Interview avec Jean-René Roy sur DevTeach
  11. [Announcements; MSDN] Jump Start for Canadian Developers and IT Professionals
  12. [Announcement] Expression and MSDN

March 2007

  1. Toronto Code Camp 2007
  2. Happy Birthday Visual Studio!
  3. MVP Summit 2007 Videocast: Matthew Cassell
  4. Microsoft Dynamics Screencasts
  5. Game Camp is now Open to Canada!
  6. .NET Framework 3.0 Webcasts Now Available
  7. MVP Global Summit 2007: Photos and Videos
  8. [Annonce] Les résultats de vos commentaires sur le lancement atteignent leurs but
  9. [Announcements] Launch Tour Feedback Gets Results
  10. Beginner Developer Learning Center

February 2007

  1. Chris Dufour on MVPs, Code Camps and Virtual Earth Mashups
  2. New Team System Webcasts
  3. Composite Applications and the 2007 Unify Tour
  4. [Canadiana; Events; Videocast] Vancouver TechFest 2007 - Peter McFarlane and Mike Jensen
  5. [Canadiana; Events; Videocast] Vancouver TechFest 2007 - Dana Epp and Charlie Russel
  6. [Canadiana; Events; Videocast] Vancouver TechFest 2007 - Medhat Elmasry
  7. [Canadiana; Events; Videocast] Vancouver TechFest 2007 - Jeff Pennal and Lawrence Chan
  8. [Canadiana; Events; Videocast] Vancouver TechFest 2007 - Rob Chartier
  9. [Canadiana; Conferences] Vancouver TechFest 2007 with Rob Chartier
  10. Team Foundation Power Tools 1.2
  11. Community Team System Workshop in Montreal
  12. [Guest Blogger] Uses for the yield keyword in C# 2.0
  13. Game Camp Ottawa - Mike the 3D Graphic Artist
  14. Microsoft Digital Ice House Video

January 2007

  1. Game Camp Ottawa 2007 - Daniel Deschamps
  2. [Events] Microsoft Digital Ice House
  3. [Announcements] Dream. Build. Play. XNA Competition
  4. [Announcements] "Live for You" follow up
  5. ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 has released
  6. [Guest] An ITPro visit to the Delphi User Group
  7. [DNIC] Coder's Corner #4 (January 15, 2007)
  8. Ignite Your Coding - .NET Framework 3.0 Webcast Series

2006 85

December 2006

  1. 2007 Launch Tour Statistics
  2. [Announcements] Let the Games Begin!
  3. [Launch 2007; Podcasts] David Totzke on Canada's Technology Triangle .NET User Group
  4. [Canadian RDs; Launch 2007; Podcasts] Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell on .NET Rocks! and Pwop! Productions
  5. [Launch 2007; Office 2007; Podcasts] Christian Beauclair (Microsoft Canada) on the 2007 Microsoft Launch and Microsoft Office 2007

November 2006

  1. [Webcasts, Windows Live] "How Cool Are Windows Live Gadgets?" (Live For You! Webcast Series)
  2. Code Camp DotNetNuke Module Available on Codeplex
  3. [Webcasts, Windows Live] "A Richer User Experience with Virtual Earth" (Live For You! Webcast Series)
  4. [Webcast] Questions on the Live Search
  5. Windows Vista RTM

October 2006

  1. E-Learning Resources on the .NET Framework 3.0, the 2007 Office System, and Windows Vista
  2. Windows Live Webcast Series - Live for You!
  3. [Podcast] Show #001 - X06 Toronto (Part 1) - Interview with Major Nelson
  4. XNA Game Studio Express and XBox 360
  5. [Announcements] IE 7 release to the web
  6. [User Group Events] Pictures from the Montreal CodeCamp
  7. [Announcements] Register now for the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Windows Vista Business Value Launch!
  8. Montreal Code Camp - Introducing Windows Communication Foundation
  9. [Announcements] Game Camp Toronto
  10. Montreal Code Camp - Huge success
  11. Microsoft Robotics Studio - September 2006 CTP
  12. Montreal Code Camp sold out
  13. BarCamp Waterloo (Sept 29, 2006)
  14. Introduction

September 2006

  1. [Annoucement] Post Security Virtual Conference Recap--Writing Secure Code Fundementals
  2. Security Myth: Only Large Development Teams can Write Secure Code
  3. Gamefest 2006 session material now available
  4. "Atlas" as been named
  5. [Announcement] Welcome Rodney Buike to the IT Pro team
  6. Half Day Virtual Security Conference--September 27th, 2006
  7. [Academic] Canada takes first place at Imagine Cup
  8. [Announcements] .NET Framework 3.0 RC 1 Now Available
  9. [User Group Events] Montreal Code Camp

August 2006

  1. [User Group Events] Edmonton Code Camp
  2. New Blog--Security for Canadian Developers
  3. More XNA stuff
  4. XNA update from Gamefest
  5. Announcements from GameFest 2006
  6. Canadians at Microsoft GameFest!
  7. Woo hoo! Gamefest here I come.
  8. Two important news

July 2006

  1. New addition to the Canadian Developer team

June 2006

  1. [Guest Bloggers] James Kovacs on ASP.NET Role-Based Security and the ImpostorHttpModule

May 2006

  1. The Six Stages of .NET Conversion (for VB6 Developers)
  2. [Conferences] Calgary Code Camp Tomorrow!
  3. [Podcasts] Jeff Zado on Developer Night in Canada (DNIC)
  4. [Visual Studio] Adam Gallant in Calgary on May 17, 2006
  5. [Podcasts] Derek Hatchard on Software as a Service (SaaS)

April 2006

  1. [Podcasts] Mack Male on Developer Night in Canada (DNIC)
  2. [Podcasts] Adam Gallant on Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
  3. [Podcasts] Richard Lander on Developer Night in Canada (DNIC)
  4. [Podcasts] Mike Diehl on Developer Night in Canada (DNIC)
  5. [Podcasts] Guy Barrette on Developer Night in Canada (DNIC)
  6. [Podcasts] Developer Night in Canada (DNIC)
  7. [Guest Blogger] Guy Barrette on Workflows
  8. [Podcasts] Plumbers at Work - Episode #5 - Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

March 2006

  1. [Guest Bloggers] Rob Windsor's "Wake Up and Smell the Smart Client"
  2. SQL Server 2005 for Developers' Webcast is now available for on-demand viewing
  3. [User Group Events] Juval Lowy at Calgary .NET User Group Tomorrow
  4. [Podcasts] Jean-Paul Boodhoo on .NET Rocks! & dnrTV!
  5. "Atlas" March CTP with Go Live license, now available
  6. [Announcement] realDEVELOPMENT_06 tour is Coming!
  7. Post Webcast’s Notes: Securing SQL Server 2005 for Developers
  8. [Guest Bloggers] James Kovacs on Code Camps
  9. Report from Mix 06 - Day 1
  10. Windows Live Developer Center
  11. Windows Presentation Foundation ou Atlas?
  12. [Podcasts] HanselMinutes, Show #10 (Functional Testing Tools Roundup)
  13. Webcast's Post Notes: Visual Studio 2005 and Code Scanning Tools
  14. The Beta Experience: Windows Vista and more!!
  15. Making Your Application a Windows Vista Application: The Top Ten Things to Do
  16. Vancouver Code Camp Countdown (Rob Chartier)
  17. Atlas and WPF?
  18. [Podcast] HanselMinutes, Show #9
  19. Webcast's Notes: Least Privilege and New System.Security Features
  20. Microsoft Updated Anti-XSS Tool
  21. Scott Hanselman at Victoria .NET Developers Association Tonight!
  22. Plumbers at Work - Episode #4 - Life, the Universe, and Everything
  23. Scott Hanselman at .NET BC Tonight!
  24. Vancouver Code Camp in Two Weeks!
  25. WebCast Notes: Partial Trust Development with Visual Studio 2005

February 2006

  1. WinFX Runtime Components (February CTP) Released
  2. Microsoft Releases New Anti-XSS Tool
  3. SECURITY ON THE BRAIN Webcast Series
  4. Greetings, Canadian Developers!

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