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What is Community?

I've travelled the world and the seven seas. ok, ok, just North America, but since September of 2007 I've had the opportunity to visit nearly 100 community events from user group meetings, code camps, micro-conferences to major tradeshows such as Tech-Ed
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tags: community
Dec 24 2009 07:27 PM
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Tips for Releasing Sample Code

When I'm learning a new technology, I'll frequently download code samples that help me better understand the concepts. Often though I find myself frustrated by having to deal with formatting and extraneous information before even looking at the code. To
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Dec 24 2009 03:23 AM
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Visual Studio Code Formatting

Working on a website in Visual Studio I found myself annoyed again by the extra spaces around <script /> tags when I type Ctrl+K+D (Format Code). It turns out however that this is easy to change. As with most Visual Studio customizations, the
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Dec 20 2009 04:48 PM
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Help Rebuild New Orleans At Tech·Ed NOLA

Just announced, registration is now open for Microsoft Tech·Ed 2010, June 7-10, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tech·Ed isn't the only reason you should come to New Orleans though. It has been four years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast as
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tags: tech ed volunteering
Dec 15 2009 10:26 AM
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Serialization Generics

I really dislike writing the same code over and over again. For my current project, this involves serialization and I ended up creating the following generic class to handle Xml serialization and thought it might be useful to someone else. using
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tags: .net development
Dec 12 2009 09:47 AM
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UX Fail

I've been developing software for over ten years now. In those ten years software technology has grown by enormous leaps and bounds. User experience however has not. I'd argue that user experience has hardly improved at all, and I grow more and more
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tags: uxfail
Nov 30 2009 02:53 PM
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Shotokan Development

Note: There is still so much more I want to say on this topic, but that will have to wait for another post as I further distill my thoughts. At the end of my three week stint in Redmond, WA in October and November I was thrilled to be able to
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tags: development community shotokan
Nov 29 2009 05:37 AM
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NotAtPDC is back!

It's official, we're back again this year. As you may recall, a bunch of tweeps got together last year to organize an online-only co-conference with PDC. The results and reaction where outstanding, and we've decided to do it again. Keep an eye on the
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Nov 16 2009 11:25 AM
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Team Build Property Reference Guide

I've been working quite a bit with Team Build lately, and overriding properties is a method of customization I've found quite useful in certain scenarios. Along the way, I found Aaron Hallberg's excellent Team Build 2008 Property Reference blog post, but
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tags: tfs team foundation team build
Oct 12 2009 08:16 AM
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Neat Visual Studio Test Options

Digging around in Tools > Options today to find the answer to an inquiry I received, I found some stuff I didn't know existed. If you work with Visual Studio Test Projects, you will want to know about these options. The Test Tools options are found in
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tags: tips visual studio 2008 mstest
Sep 25 2009 09:47 AM
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jQuery and MVC: JSON Form Submission

In my last two posts (jQuery and MVC: JSON and Favorite Image Icons with jQuery and MVC) I covered some basics of jQuery's AJAX functionality to improve user experience. One of the scenarios which may not seem particularly asynchronous friendly is form
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tags: jquery mvc json
Sep 01 2009 08:03 AM
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Favorite Image Icons with jQuery and MVC

User experience, that's the name of the game these days. Green screens and console applications are (hopefully) becoming a thing of the past. In the web world, this means a more fluid and asynchronous experience. In my last post, I gave a quick
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tags: jquery mvc json
Aug 30 2009 05:31 AM
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jQuery and MVC: JSON

I strongly dislike synchronous browser requests: the request has to be sent to the server, server action is performed, a server response is received, and the page is re-rendered which usually involves reloading images, style sheets, JavaScript files,
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tags: jquery mvc json
Aug 29 2009 04:39 AM
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Reflection-Based Performance Analysis

Back in 2007, I took some SharePoint training from Todd Bleaker (MVP, owner of MindSharp, and SharePoint guru). At one point he posed a question about the performance of the following methods: public string OptionOne() { string str = "Hello
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Steve
tags: .net reflector
Aug 28 2009 02:21 PM
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Running T4 Templates with MSBuild

If you haven't explored T4 yet, you're missing one of Visual Studio's best, and best kept, secrets. T4, which stands for Text Templating Transformation Toolkit, is code generation built right into Visual Studio 2008. It is also available in Visual Studio
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tags: visual studio sdk msbuild visual studio 2008 t4
Aug 28 2009 01:25 PM
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Pop Quiz: .NET Integers, Unit Testing, and Boundary Checking

I ask this question in a bunch of my talks, mostly because most folks aren't aware of this. What is the bug in the following method? public int Add(int num1, int num2) { return num1 + num2; } Do you see it? In a simple unit test, the method appears to
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Steve
tags: .net testing unit tests pex
Aug 27 2009 05:40 AM
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LINQ: Porting jQuery's Each

As some astute readers pointed out, this functionality does in fact exist in LINQ. The name isn't terribly obvious however: Aggregate. I was able to update the original tests to use the Aggregate method. The main difference is that a non-generic
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tags: jquery linq
Aug 27 2009 04:56 AM
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Static Page Checking in ASP.NET MVC

If you have built an ASP.NET web forms site of any substance, you have undoubtedly been bitten when code in the web form becomes outdated due to code change. It's easy to see when the page is open in Visual Studio, as the code has red squiggles and the
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tags: asp.net mvc
Aug 22 2009 12:05 AM
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Community Radio Episode Two

I'm proud to announce that episode two of Community Radio has been published to http://live.ineta.org/audio In this episode, Steve talks with Heather Kostes, Emily Freet, and Nicole Moser about their roles at Microsoft, the MVP program, MVP benefits,
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tags: mvp community radio ineta live
Jun 19 2009 02:08 PM
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European Union Says No to Free Dessert

As reported all over the web this week, Microsoft has decided to ship Windows 7 in Europe without Internet Explorer. For a long time, the EU has been complaining that Microsoft has been using their dominant position to hawk IE on unsuspecting computer
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tags: personal - off topic
Jun 15 2009 04:12 AM
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Community Radio Episode One

I'm proud to announce that the inaugural episode of Community Radio has been published: http://live.ineta.org/audio In this inaugural episode, I talk with Richard, Carl and Sara about Speaker Idol, speaking at Tech-Ed, podcasting, .NET Rocks, Richard and
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tags: community radio
Jun 12 2009 12:15 PM
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Results - Community Radio Narration Contest

The contest deadline has come and gone, and I received four submissions. After reviewing the submission I have determined that they were all great, so whoever sends me $500 first. just kidding. I've decided that the only satisfactory course of action is
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tags: community radio
Jun 11 2009 05:31 AM
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Community Tour 2010

I think most folks know that I tend to speak at developer events from time to time. Actually in 2008 I gave 48 presentations at 32 events. My goal for 2009 is 52 events and I have 44 confirmed so far. Next year though I thought I'd take it up another
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tags: blog code camp speaking community
Jun 10 2009 03:13 AM
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Community Radio Narration Contest

I started recording episodes of Community Radio at Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Since coming back home, I've been hard at work editing these episodes and creating the intro/outro music. There is still one element missing however,
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tags: contest community radio
May 25 2009 04:56 AM
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WinFormsMVC

I've been working on a Windows Forms based project recently, and I quickly became frustrated at how unwieldy it became after just a short while. I have also been working a lot with the ASP.NET MVC framework recently, and I thought this model might work
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tags: asp.net windows forms mvc
May 21 2009 02:41 AM
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Training: Hands-on Introduction to ASP.NET MVC Development

Registration is now open for this four hour course taking place on May 29th, 2009 at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Malvern, PA. ASP.NET MVC is a free and fully supported Microsoft framework for building web applications that use a
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tags: asp.net mvc training
May 19 2009 06:32 AM
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Volunteering at Tech·Ed 2010 in New Orleans

Tech·Ed this week was tons of fun and an amazing experience! I worked several booths, interacted and networked with a large number of my peers, and enjoyed almost every moment. Needless to say I was thoroughly exhausted when I got home. One of the
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tags: tech ed community
May 18 2009 01:34 AM
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Tech·Ed Visual Studio Tips with Sara Ford

While at Tech·Ed this week I had several opportunities to sit down with Sara Ford, including for my new Community Radio podcast. Along the way, I learned a few new tips and tidbits of knowledge about Visual Studio. Cycle Clipboard Ring If you're like me
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tags: tips visual studio tech ed sara ford
May 18 2009 01:20 AM
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INETA Live - Call for Speakers

Want to be famous-er? Give back knowledge? Geek out with your peers? You should do an INETA Live webcast! One of my initiatives as Director of Technology for INETA is to further develop INETA Live. Details on INETA Live can be found below: What is INETA
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Steve
tags: ineta ineta live
May 04 2009 08:55 AM