Thank you to all the wonderful folks in the Connected Systems Division (CSD) who supported my Microsoft MVP award for Connected Systems. This is my sixth consecutive year and I am especially thankful this year. It's not a New Year's resolution but I hope to blog more, write more and present more this...
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I have finished an intense two-month contract with ASP.NET and Castle ActiveRecord. I am now a free agent. Given my Agile background (from the beginning) and extensive .NET Architecture (since 2000), I can help your company get both the architecture and development efforts on-track. I also continue to...
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I have been real busy, among other things, doing a full review and change cycle on my Asynchronous Messaging and Event-Driven Architecture talk that I am doing tonight. The entire deck has changed. There has been even more strides towards full asynchronous messaging. To that end, I have worked with the...
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Repeating.................... mostly for myself.... March 17, 2008 Lehigh Valley .NET March 27, 2008 Northern Delaware .Net User Group March 31-April 1, 2008 Microsoft Real World SOA for Government, Reston MTC, Reston VA April 2, 2008 NuCon 08 with Microsoft, SetFocus April 7, 2008 Microsoft Mid Atlantic...
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Repeating.................... mostly for myself.... March 17, 2008 Lehigh Valley .NET March 27, 2008 Northern Delaware .Net User Group March 31-April 1, 2008 Microsoft Real World SOA for Government, Reston MTC, Reston VA April 2, 2008 NuCon 08 with Microsoft, SetFocus April 7, 2008 Microsoft Mid Atlantic...
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In conjunction with the opening of this new office, Neudesic is pleased to announce the addition of Thomas Cunningham as Managing Consultant, New York. Mr. Cunningham will be leading Neudesic’s latest expansion within the Eastern Region, building upon the efforts of the East Coast team based in...
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In conjunction with the opening of this new office, Neudesic is pleased to announce the addition of Thomas Cunningham as Managing Consultant, New York. Mr. Cunningham will be leading Neudesic’s latest expansion within the Eastern Region, building upon the efforts of the East Coast team based in Exton...
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So what have I been doing? Lots of things! I gave Advanced WCF talks in Lehigh Valley and Northern Delaware . The message of EDA is starting to resonate with folks who want their communications infrastructure to be taken care of and want to focus on Event Driven communications (i.e. Purchase Order event...
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So what have I been doing? Lots of things! I gave Advanced WCF talks in Lehigh Valley and Northern Delaware . The message of EDA is starting to resonate with folks who want their communications infrastructure to be taken care of and want to focus on Event Driven communications (i.e. Purchase Order event...
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So three people in a row have asked for WCF Tips and Gotchas. Systems and Neuron teams have posted these on Dave Pallman's blog, our Neuron Architect. We discussed these internally and David put them up. They are on his blog: WCF Tips #1 - Service Interface Design WCF Tips #2 - Service Class Design...
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So three people in a row have asked for WCF Tips and Gotchas. Systems and Neuron teams have posted these on Dave Pallman's blog, our Neuron Architect. We discussed these internally and David put them up. They are on his blog: WCF Tips #1 - Service Interface Design WCF Tips #2 - Service Class Design WCF...
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I was playing around with my e editor and trying to learn how to customize it. The center of its customization story is cygwin and updating it. It was about that time that I also made the move to Console based on Scott's recommendation. His HanselShell inspired me to customize my Console to have...
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I was playing around with my e editor and trying to learn how to customize it. The center of its customization story is cygwin and updating it. It was about that time that I also made the move to Console based on Scott's recommendation. His HanselShell inspired me to customize my Console to have Tabs...
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I will be speaking as part of our NuCon 2008 - Denver conference that we are doing together with Microsoft. I am super excited that we have the Scott Kerfoot from Microsoft as our keynote speaker: Keynote: The Future is NOW! The pace of change in technology increases every day. In this keynote you’ll...
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I will be speaking as part of our NuCon 2008 - Denver conference that we are doing together with Microsoft. I am super excited that we have the Scott Kerfoot from Microsoft as our keynote speaker: Keynote: The Future is NOW! The pace of change in technology increases every day. In this keynote you’ll...
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I get asked a lot what tools I use, and have planned to write a post. As my buddy Harry got there first , I have also taken the title of "non essential" as he did for the same reason - Scott Hanselman keeps *THE* ultimate list of tools , hence my titling this list as "inessential"...
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Arnon responds to my response about his definition of SOA by doing a NOT operation on business being a part of an SOA definition :) I am sorry Sam, but I beg to differ, not about the importance of business drive behind implementing SOA, but about what SOA is. The culprit, in my opinion, is terminology...
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Arnon responds to my response about his definition of SOA by doing a NOT operation on business being a part of an SOA definition :) I am sorry Sam, but I beg to differ, not about the importance of business drive behind implementing SOA, but about what SOA is. The culprit, in my opinion, is terminology...
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We have an immediate need for three C#/.NET 2.0 developers proficient in C# and forms based development on a large onsite effort for a minimum of six months. There is no relocation. We would prefer people in the PA or NJ local areas if possible. This is an onsite 5 day a week gig. There is no remote...
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I am Twittering, Facebooking now with my friends. Does that make me a Web 2.0 person, a “Hip With-It Person, or a childish fool? The jury is still out.... ESB/BizTalk My collegue writes Microsoft Patterns and Practices ESB Guidance 1.0 shown, and will be available in a few days . Brian, was instrumental...
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I am Twittering, Facebooking now with my friends. Does that make me a Web 2.0 person, a “Hip With-It Person, or a childish fool? The jury is still out.... ESB/BizTalk My collegue writes Microsoft Patterns and Practices ESB Guidance 1.0 shown, and will be available in a few days . Brian, was instrumental...
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SOA Nick has his fourth post in a series on the impact of the business operating model on Service Oriented Architecture with SOA in the Replication Model Microsoft My collegue Mickey Williams has posted that Microsoft Search Server (MSS) 2008 and MSS Express, two Enterprise Search products are available...
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SOA Nick has his fourth post in a series on the impact of the business operating model on Service Oriented Architecture with SOA in the Replication Model Microsoft My collegue Mickey Williams has posted that Microsoft Search Server (MSS) 2008 and MSS Express, two Enterprise Search products are available...
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I only went to one session yesterday, as I spent a lot of time talking to our customers and potential customers as well as three hours with a a potential new hire. I have to say, is there is *huge* interest in our ESB - Neuron. It's a real world need - people are seeing a big gap in the product line...
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I only went to one session yesterday, as I spent a lot of time talking to our customers and potential customers as well as three hours with a a potential new hire. I have to say, is there is *huge* interest in our ESB - Neuron. It's a real world need - people are seeing a big gap in the product line...
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Ok, they have said it in public here. What is it? A huge vision from Microsoft for a modern SOA platform. I think its been safe to say, that when people like us have come aggainst IBM or TIBCO with the current Microsoft SOA products and process, it has been, well, challenging, because of the "gaps"...
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Ok, they have said it in public here. What is it? A huge vision from Microsoft for a modern SOA platform. I think its been safe to say, that when people like us have come aggainst IBM or TIBCO with the current Microsoft SOA products and process, it has been, well, challenging, because of the "gaps"...
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5th annual SOA and BPM Conference kicked off proper last night with a party. There was lots of networking. For now, here's a picture with my favorite Microsoft employee :) This morning, there will be some major announcements, which will change the whole way Microsoft does SOA, which I will be permitted...
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5th annual SOA and BPM Conference kicked off proper last night with a party. There was lots of networking. For now, here's a picture with my favorite Microsoft employee :) This morning, there will be some major announcements, which will change the whole way Microsoft does SOA, which I will be permitted...
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This space reserved for a running blog of my week Sunday. This topic will only talk about what is PUBLIC , I can't talk about anything NDA.... Sunday 9AM I am in Building 33 in Pluralsight's 2 day pre-conference with my friends Jon Flanders , Matt Milner , Aaron Skonnard . Aaron is presenting a great...
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This space reserved for a running blog of my week Sunday. This topic will only talk about what is PUBLIC , I can't talk about anything NDA.... Sunday 9AM I am in Building 33 in Pluralsight's 2 day pre-conference with my friends Jon Flanders , Matt Milner , Aaron Skonnard . Aaron is presenting...
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I said, way back here , that I was working with another Neudesic Principal Consultant, Chad Thomas , on two WCF demo services/applications for my SOA with WCF and ESB talks. That talk, as many have noticed, spends a whole hour on Architectural, Domain-Driven and Software Patterns that I believe are neccessary...
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I said, way back here , that I was working with another Neudesic Principal Consultant, Chad Thomas , on two WCF demo services/applications for my SOA with WCF and ESB talks. That talk, as many have noticed, spends a whole hour on Architectural, Domain-Driven and Software Patterns that I believe are neccessary...
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A further note about what I just blogged about what our upcoming Webinar and CNUG with the applications Chad and I are developing. I will be showing and giving out to the community tonight a significant portion of our code. These demo applications Chad and I developed are both influenced by our backgrounds...
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A further note about what I just blogged about what our upcoming Webinar and CNUG with the applications Chad and I are developing. I will be showing and giving out to the community tonight a significant portion of our code. These demo applications Chad and I developed are both influenced by our backgrounds...
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I am proud to announce that my group at Neudesic will be one of the three Gold Sponsors for the upcoming Philly.NET Code Camp ! I will be doing my thing on Connected Systems with SOA/ESB/WCF with some emphasis on ESB's. We will have lots of cool Neudesic swag :) and we are looking forward to meeting...
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I am proud to announce that my group at Neudesic will be one of the three Gold Sponsors for the upcoming Philly.NET Code Camp ! I will be doing my thing on Connected Systems with SOA/ESB/WCF with some emphasis on ESB's. We will have lots of cool Neudesic swag :) and we are looking forward to meeting...
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Cross-posted from main blog So, since I am out here in Irvine CA for our annual meeting, and I have just pushed out a Plaxo update to everyone, I guess it's time to let you all know that I have joined Neudesic as a Principal Consultant II, heading/responsible for the Connected Systems/SOA practice...
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Cross-posted from main blog So, since I am out here in Irvine CA for our annual meeting, and I have just pushed out a Plaxo update to everyone, I guess it's time to let you all know that I have joined Neudesic as a Principal Consultant II, heading/responsible for the Connected Systems/SOA practice for...
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I said back here that I gotten my head shaved at the barber to skin. That wasn't 100% true. It as as close to skin as the barber could get. I still needed to do a proper " Raymond Lewallan ." That meant taking the shaving razor out. So yesterday, I did it with the real razor. Now it's really...
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I said back here that I gotten my head shaved at the barber to skin. That wasn't 100% true. It as as close to skin as the barber could get. I still needed to do a proper " Raymond Lewallan ." That meant taking the shaving razor out. So yesterday, I did it with the real razor. Now it's...
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Ok, I know I have switched my personal blog more times than Paris Hilton has got arrested but this is the last time, I swear :). To all your feedback, you said you didn't want other sites for both my home and personal blog. I also have totally had it with webhost4life and switched to the wonderful...
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Ok, I know I have switched my personal blog more times than Paris Hilton has got arrested but this is the last time, I swear :). To all your feedback, you said you didn't want other sites for both my home and personal blog. I also have totally had it with webhost4life and switched to the wonderful folks...
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I had posted on my CB blog that I had bought a Verizon Wireless card and I could be connected everywhere. Today, that happens to be very useful as I have this new site hours old and a lot to do. The other factor is I have a lot of time here on my train ride home from Philly so here I am....
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I had posted on my CB blog that I had bought a Verizon Wireless card and I could be connected everywhere. Today, that happens to be very useful as I have this new site hours old and a lot to do. The other factor is I have a lot of time here on my train ride home from Philly so here I am....
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Thursday, June 27, 2002 Software development process [ IUnknown.com: John Lam's Weblog on Software Development ] John like Brad's book idea. I do too. 10:10:57 PM Welcome to the Neighborhood! Another blog in the bitstream... Decided to start a blog today. I looked into Radio back in January of...
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Thursday, June 27, 2002 Software development process [ IUnknown.com: John Lam's Weblog on Software Development ] John like Brad's book idea. I do too. 10:10:57 PM Welcome to the Neighborhood! Another blog in the bitstream... Decided to start a blog today. I looked into Radio back in January of this year...
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