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Small Basic

Brianjo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:32:29 GMT

Just found out about this from Paul Thurrott's Supersite Blog. Very cool.

Small Basic is a project that's aimed at bringing "fun" back to programming. By providing a small and easy to learn programming language in a friendly and inviting development environment, Small Basic makes programming a breeze. Ideal for kids and adults alike, Small Basic helps beginners take the first step into the wonderful world of programming.

Small Basic

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MSDN Flash Links

Brianjo — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:38:27 GMT

I wanted to post this for those who weren't aware of the information available in the monthly MSDN Flash. You can actually customize your subscription and you'll hear about events and opportunities from your local field evangelists. Check it out here:

A Great Developer Resource: All of Microsoft's Developer News in One E-mail

MSDN Flash delivers critical developer news to you in one information-dense, compact newsletter. Stay up to date with the latest development news from Microsoft by subscribing today. Learn about the latest resources, SDKs, downloads, partner offers, security news, and national and local developer events. Every other week you'll get an e-mail containing pointers to all of the new articles, samples, and headlines from MSDN Online, the MSDN Library, the Knowledge Base, the Developer Centers, and other Microsoft Web sites. In addition, look for announcements of Microsoft and industry events, training opportunities, chats, and webcasts.
Get the Developer News You Want with the Customizable MSDN Flash

Whether you're a new or long-time subscriber, customizing MSDN Flash is easy. Just visit the MSDN Flash customization page (if you're not a subscriber, you'll be asked to subscribe on the way). From there, you can check which sections of MSDN Flash you want to receive, and your next issue will include all the headlines for that section. Clear the check boxes for the sections you're not interested in, and you'll receive only the top story for those sections.
If you're an MSDN subscriber, or interested in news for students or public sector software developers, make sure you check the boxes for MSDN Subscriber Benefits, Student News and Resources, or Government Resources.
See the Current Issue of MSDN Flash

Interested? Check out the latest issue of MSDN Flash.

New geekSpeak episodes posted to Channel 9

Brianjo — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:56:29 GMT

I'm in the process of posting a small backlog of really excellent episodes of Glen Gordon's geekSpeak show to Channel 9. Keep your on on the page for updates over the next couple of days, or subscribe to one of the feeds listed below.

geekSpeak

Total Episodes: 42 | Subscribe:

RSS
iPod/MP4
WMV (high quality)
Zune
MP3

geekSpeak is a weekly “talk-radio” for developers by working developers. Co-hosted by Glen Gordon and Lynn Langit (MSDN events). You ask the questions – working experts answer. Engaging talk with whiteboard and demos – live or recorded. Pre-show questions and post-show resources on the geekSpeak blog.

geekSpeak recording - SharePoint Wikis with David Mann
geekSpeak recording - ASP.NET Dynamic Data with Rachel Appel
geekSpeak recording - Virtualization for Developers with Step
geekSpeak recording - Dynamic Languages and the DLR with Mike Vincent
geekSpeak recording: The Mole Visualizer with Karl Shifflet

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Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Computer proofs

Got Startup? Microsoft BizSpark

Brianjo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:42:39 GMT

Update: Here's a better BizSpark Link.

New from Microsoft. (Who said this was a bad time to start a new company?)

Microsoft BizSpark

Microsoft BizSpark—Turning today’s most promising Startups into tomorrow’s most successful businesses.

BizSpark is an innovative new program that unites Startups with entrepreneurial and technology resources in a global community with a common goal of supporting and accelerating the success of a new generation of high-potential Startups.

Updating my domain forward and RSS

Brianjo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:16:17 GMT

This morning I updated my bufferoverrun.net domain to point to this blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/brianjo). I also updated my Feedurner RSS feed to include the RSS from this blog rather than my old spaces blog.

Things won't change to much if you're already subscribing to my feed, but you might see a few really old blog entries until I build up a number of new entries.

If you haven't subscribed to my RSS feed and you want to, I would suggest using http://rss.bufferoverrun.net, which points at my FeedBurner feed and which will usually be pointed at whatever the latest RSS feed(s) I'm using.

I should also mention that I'm on Twitter and if you want to follow me, just visit http://twitter.com/brize and click follow. And finally, you can always e-mail me directly at brianjo@microsoft.com.

Live Mesh For Windows Mobile

Brianjo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:37:34 GMT

Update: I installed this and got a message that they were at capacity. So you might want to hold off for a bit.

Another good find today on Channel 10.

Live Mesh For Windows Mobile | Sarah In Tampa | Channel 10

If you have a Windows Mobile 6.x phone and like either in the U.S. or U.K., then you can download and install the new Windows Live Mesh for Mobile client software, which is only being provided on a limited basis - meaning, first-come, first-serve. To access the downloadable file, visit http://m.mesh.com from your phone’s browser. If you had previously been running an older version of the Mesh Mobile Client, you’ll need to make sure that you upgrade to version number 0.9.3424.6 (You can check this through Menu -> About). If you need the upgraded client, the direct link is http://m.mesh.com/install/wm6/LiveMesh.cab. After installation, your phone becomes a member of your device ring, just like your desktop and laptop computers are, and you can then add mobile files to your mesh as well as access files from your other devices.

Microsoft Security Threat Research

Brianjo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:02:32 GMT

One of the things you need to do to keep your software safe is to be aware of trends and vulnerabilities that are currently being exploited by attackers.

Today I followed a link to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center from one of my friends on Twitter. Excellent find. This is a fantastic resource with tons of good information. (I've been out of the security business for way too long.)

The Latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) provides an in-depth perspective on the changing threat landscape including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. Using data derived from hundreds of millions of Windows users, and some of the busiest online services on the Internet, this report also provides a detailed analysis of the threat landscape and the changing face of threats and countermeasures and includes updated data on privacy and breach notifications.

WomenBuild at the PDC and the MDC

Brianjo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:32:24 GMT

I saw this morning that my friend Asli (among others) was interviewed by Laura at the PDC last week about WomenBuild. Check out the interview and note that WomenBuild is going to be at the various MSDN Developer Conferences around the US.

WomenBuild... inspiring career paths in technology | Laura Foy | Channel 10

Last week at PDC I made it a point to swing by the WomenBuild networking event. The idea was to give groups of individuals (not necessarily solely women) LEGO® Bricks to build with as part of the LEGO® Serious Play Program (LSP). The goal was to incorporate the hands on process with the creative mind and....PLAY. It's always inspiring and astounding to see what happens when great minds gather and open conversation takes place amongst the worlds greatest developers and aspiring developers. It almost made me want to be a developer...Check out their FaceBook page and join me!
Please REGISTER for the MSDN Developer Conference coming to a city near you for more experiences with WomenBuild!

Microsoft PhizzPop Design Challenge for web designers and developers

Brianjo — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:42:26 GMT

The first stop on the PhizzPop tour is tomorrow (Nov 4) in NYC. You can get details on that event here.

Microsoft PhizzPop Design Challenge for web designers and developers - Home

PhizzPop is back for another round and we're searching the nation (and the globe) for top creative talent to join the PhizzPop Online Design Challenge and PhizzPop Tour. Join us on the PhizzPop Tour to watch the top agency talent as they show us their Expression Studio and Silverlight skills. Or, show us your design and development talent by submitting an entry to the PhizzPop Online Challenge. Are you ready to show us what you've got?

There's also an online competition for those that can't make it to the cities on the tour. Check that out here.

MSDN Developer Conference Details

Brianjo — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:26:51 GMT

I mentioned the MSDN Developer Conference earlier in this blog. The site is up now and is open for registrations. Here's some of the stuff you'll see if you can make it to the conference. I'll be presenting a couple of sessions (in bold below) in Orlando in December. I'll post more about that as the time nears.

The nature of software development is radically changing... Are you ready?

Prepare yourself for a demanding future. Attend the MSDN Developer Conference.

Experience Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform
Create applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone

Be among the first to see Windows 7
See the latest advances in Multi-Touch Application Development

Take your .NET skills to the next level
See sessions on WPF 4.0, Silverlight 2, ASP.NET 4.0, Parallel Programming, Live Mesh and more

The Cost? Just $99.
And, did we mention that attendees will get some cool giveaways?

Check out the session line up…

Cloud Services Client and Presentation Tools, Languages and Framework

Lap Around Cloud Services Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) Roadmap The Future of Managed Languages: F#, C#, and Visual Basic

Developing and Deploying Your First Cloud Services Developing Data-centric Applications Using the WPF DataGrid and Ribbon Controls A Lap Around "Oslo"

A Lap Around the Live Framework and Mesh Services Building Business Focused Applications using Silverlight 2 "Rosario": A Sprint with the Next Version of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

Developing Applications Using Data Services ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap Parallel Programming for Managed Code Developers

Register for a city near you…

Date City

12/9/08 Houston, TX

12/11/08 Orlando, FL

12/16/08 Atlanta, GA

1/13/09 Chicago, IL

1/13/09 Minneapolis, MN

1/16/09 Washington, DC

1/20/09 New York, NY

1/22/09 Boston, MA

1/22/09 Detroit, MI

1/26/09 Dallas, TX

2/19/90 San Francisco, CA

Online Community

Find our tag cloud under #MSDNDevCon. Join the buzz!

MSDN Social

Facebook - Join the group

Twitter - follow the feed

Flickr - post your MDC pictures

del.icio.us - share your bookmarks

Twemes - global twitter tags

Cloud Services	Client and Presentation	Tools, Languages and Framework
Lap Around Cloud Services	Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) Roadmap	The Future of Managed Languages: F#, C#, and Visual Basic
Developing and Deploying Your First Cloud Services	Developing Data-centric Applications Using the WPF DataGrid and Ribbon Controls	A Lap Around "Oslo"
A Lap Around the Live Framework and Mesh Services	Building Business Focused Applications using Silverlight 2	"Rosario": A Sprint with the Next Version of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
Developing Applications Using Data Services	ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap	Parallel Programming for Managed Code Developers

Date	City
12/9/08	Houston, TX
12/11/08	Orlando, FL
12/16/08	Atlanta, GA
1/13/09	Chicago, IL
1/13/09	Minneapolis, MN
1/16/09	Washington, DC
1/20/09	New York, NY
1/22/09	Boston, MA
1/22/09	Detroit, MI
1/26/09	Dallas, TX
2/19/90	San Francisco, CA

Technorati Tags: MDC,Cloud Computing,Windows 7,ASP.NET,WPF,Silverlight,Visual Studio,Parallel Programming,C#,VB,F#,Data Services

XNA Game Studio 3.0

Brianjo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:52:36 GMT

Just saw this come over the twitter tubes...

XNA Creators Club Online - xna game studio 3.0 is here!

At last XNA Game Studio 3.0 is here!

XNA Game Studio 3.0 expands on all the offerings of earlier iterations to include additional functionality to appeal to game developers of every level and enable them to create games to distribute through Xbox LIVE Community Games on the Xbox 360 as part of the New Xbox Experience.

Our ultimate goal with XNA Game Studio 3.0 is to continue to provide easy-to-use, approachable tools for hobbyists, academics and indie game developers capable of producing the best games to be shared with the world on Xbox 360, Windows PC and Zune.

This week has been too fun!

Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/brianjo

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Prism 2.0 Drop 1 - Composite WPF and Silverlight Application Guidance from Patterns & Practices

Coming Soon! MSDN Developer Conference (MDC)

Brianjo — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:21:14 GMT

Coming soon, to a city near you. I'll be speaking at the Orlando event. :)

MSDN Developer Conference (MDC)

Building on the buzz, excitement, and industry-changing announcements of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC), the MSDN Developer Conference (MDC) will deliver the core message, content, and experience of the PDC in a one-day, multi-track event to multiple cities across the United States.

The MDC will give you a glimpse into the future of the Microsoft Application Platform. You will experience Microsoft’s vision for Cloud Computing, our Internet services platform that will enable you to extend existing solutions, creating applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone. Be among the first to see the full range of advances in Windows 7, the next major version of the Windows client operating system. Sessions include the latest developments in .NET, Silverlight, Live Mesh, and more.

Date         City
12/9/08     Houston, TX
12/11/08     Orlando, FL
12/16/08     Atlanta, GA
1/13/09     Chicago, IL
1/13/09     Minneapolis, MN
1/16/09     Washington, DC
1/20/09     New York, NY
1/22/09     Boston, MA
1/22/09     Detroit, MI
1/26/09     Dallas, TX
TBD         San Francisco, CA
TBD         San Diego, CA

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Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Project Gutenberg Australia free ebooks ebook etext etexts

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Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Chekhov, Anton | Miette’s Bedtime Story Podcast

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Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

ARCast.TV - Stephen Tarmey of Tyco on adopting Robotics Studio CCR for High Performance Async IO | ARCast.TV | Channel 9

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Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Windows Media Center Sandbox - Screencast: Creating A Simple Media Center Application
Excellent demo showing how the BBC MCE application was built.

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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Introduction to AD Integration for Unix and Linux Systems

Blog Moved Again

Brianjo — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:55:00 GMT

Update: 10-30-2008 - Since my role has change this year, I'm now a dev evangelist in the east, I'm going to be blogging more and more to MSDN and to Channel 9. I'll post more when I straighten out all my URLS and such. We'll see where this goes.

Updated my forwarding information. (Again)

The URL for my blog is now http://bufferoverrun.net. That will always take you to the latest host I'm using. Right now that is http://brianjo.spaces.live.com.

My RSS feed is through FeedBurner and so that's http://rss.bufferoverrun.net.

Cheers,

Brian

Application Deployment Meetings at the PDC

Brianjo — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 03:59:59 GMT

Doc Holladay has posted an invitation from Barak Cohen for an ISV event at the PDC to isvchalktalk.com. Get the details here:

PDC2005: Deployment Technology Design Review invitation
I just got a note from Barak who is a BDM (Business Development Manager) in the Developer Division about a deployment technology design review (ISV focused) that he would like to invite you to at PDC. This is a great chance to influence the direction of a Microsoft product/technology with your direct input.

Probably moving my blog to MSN Spaces...

Brianjo — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:34:29 GMT

As I do like MSN Spaces so much, I'm in the process of testing it as my permanant blog home. This isn't easy because my current blog is consumed from a number of different Developer Centers on MSDN, and so I have to test some of this out to make sure it's going to work properly. If you have any opinion on this, please feel free to drop me a note at brianjo@microsoft.com. I haven't made any final decision on this yet, though I'm leaning toward using Spaces. Here's a link to the Spaces blog.

http://spaces.msn.com/members/brianjo

The new RSS feed is here. Because in the end, it's really just all about the RSS right? :)