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On the road again to the Homeland Security Summit.
Some people are born for business travelling and spending time in conference or summits. I’m not that kind of person, I am the geek that I prefer to stay away from this kinds of networking and just use twitter. I’m at the Homeland Security Summit in Scottsdale...
Microsoft adopts jQuery
Its official, Microsoft is adopting jQuery for the next release of Visual Studio 2008 service pack. What that means to you is you won’t have to reference the jQuery library every time you create a project, as well I hope that means that all controls from...
Going to the California Central Coast Code Camp September 27th
The second Central Coast Code Camp will be held September 27th and 28th, 2008, at the Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo, CA. Register for free here I’ll be presenting Saturday 27th at 3:45 pm follow by a Geek Dinner. On Sunday I won’t miss Woody Pewitt...
I am in the Tech-Ed Blogger highlight
This is great news for me.I personally love seen my ugly face on the Tech-Ed main page, that reminds me the day I declined the offer to get my picture professionally done. http://www.microsoft.com/techedonline/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/events/teched...
Posted: Sep 22 2008, 08:36 PM by albert | with no comments
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Cross domain request in Silverlight 2.0 beta 2
So you started using Silverlight and you wanted to download a RSS feed, talk to a web service or download a few images from a website to realize that many of the requests you made come back to you empty or you get the 404 error. How do I get the error...
September 9th 2008 say goodbye to your laser mouse.
I have a little problem with buying a new mouse once in a while, my wife has the same problem with shoes. I don’t try to understand it, I just let it be. A new mouse is coming out from Microsoft on September 9th that I must have. Like any gadget, this...
Posted: Aug 27 2008, 11:32 PM by albert | with 2 comment(s)
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Speed Up Windows Vista
So, you had not option but to upgrade to Vista, Xp is not been sold any more. I don’t want to be the one to tell you that Windows Vista is the less productive operating system for developers. Don’t get me wrong, I love Vista and I love it having it at...
Posted: Aug 17 2008, 09:59 PM by albert | with 3 comment(s)
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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Released!
Finally Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 is out! What does it fix? From Microsoft: Improved WPF designers SQL Server 2008 support ADO.NET Entity Designer Visual Basic and Visual C++ components and tools (including an MFC-based Office 2007 style ‘Ribbon...
Microsoft MVP Award renewed!
I received THE email this morning from my MVP Lead: “Dear Albert Pascual, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2008 Microsoft® MVP Award! The MVP Award is our way to say thank you for promoting the spirit of community and improving...
Posted: Jul 02 2008, 05:06 AM by albert | with 2 comment(s)
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And the free MSDN Subscription goes to …
Share this post : I spent this weekend looking at all the submission from all around the world. I finally narrow it down to 5 people that in my mind and opinion, even maybe wrong, they deserve the Premium MSDN subscription. I was looking for a person...
Posted: Jun 16 2008, 11:27 PM by albert | with 1 comment(s)
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Is Windows 7 forcing the web to be multi-touch as well?
Windows 7 Screens Remember when you saw Windows Vista screen shots? They looked so crisp and nice while you were using XP. Feels like we are back to the same thing, just this time I want to jump into the new Windows 7, as cannot be slower than Vista and...
Posted: Jun 02 2008, 11:33 PM by albert | with no comments
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Geo Twitter getting into shape
Being at Microsoft makes you want to write code at all times. Trust me you cannot be in the campus and don't fire VS2008 or Twitter ;-) Following the post from yesterday . People around here use twitter to find other people in the campus, faster than...
Good Morning Seattle!
It's 6 AM and I found myself the last 2 years working in a project that we were talking on the ASP.NET MVP "table" last night. A hole in Twitter when people were trying to find me. Geo Twitter. I purchased the domain and I'll be working...
First day at the Microsoft MVP Summit
First day was busier than I thought, met lots of familiar names from the ASP.NET and Microsoft. Great day, I saw the people from Telligent 3 times on the Westin lobby! ASP.NET MVPS Having dinner with Darrell ASP.NET MVP and moderator. Big dinner for Microsoft...
Posted: Apr 14 2008, 09:06 PM by albert | with no comments
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Going to the Open Spaces at the Microsoft MVP Summit
Finally I am here at Sunny Seattle. Never been to Seattle when there is sunshine, please let me know if anybody sees any. You must take a picture to prove it. I don't think the streets of Seattle have seen the sun. I created a twitter account so you...
Posted: Apr 14 2008, 02:25 PM by albert | with no comments
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