Brian H. Prince

Ding Ding! The content group for CodeMash has released another set of speaker confirmations. We have some rocking content this year. I know the content team is working hard to have a diverse set of talks, that really spans across all of the platforms we are targeting. They even have a special view in their database to monitor the distribution of talks across platforms. So, without further ado: ============ Leah Culver: "Getting Started with Django" ============ Leah Culver founded Pownce with her friends Kevin Rose and Daniel Burka as a way of sending messages, links, files and events to each other. Leah is the lead developer for the site, which has become one of the largest sites using the Django framework Leah loves the challenge of developing a web application from scratch and writes about her experiences as a software developer at leahculver.com. ============ Kevin Dangoor: "Overview of the Dojo JavaScript Toolkit" ============ Kevin is the product manager a...

If you are running 2004 or 2006, then you need to apply this patch to deal with the upcoming time change as a result of the recent legislation. http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2007/10/04/required-biztalk-patches-for-daylight-savings-time.aspx

I read Ted Newards blog, because he is smarter than I am. You should read his blog too. Here is one of his recent posts . Before you change the channel thinking "Oh, I hate link posts.", consider that I don't really like posts that are just links that say "hey, I just read this." I do like link posts that link to a post, and then discuss the topic. I am linking because I want to add to the conversation. This conversation extends the first ArcReady meeting we had about six or nine months ago with Josh Homes (MS Architect Evangelist). That first event was about what an architect is, and what they do. It was a great talk, and dovetails into Ted's post. To summarize Ted's post: Ted is responding to a reader who had a HORRIFYING interview and sent in an email about his experience. This experience drives the reader to have a crisis of faith when it comes to being an architect. Ted then answers some of the reader's questions. The first thing this archi...

Alexei Govorine and I will be presenting at the .NET Technology Briefing in Columbus, OH. Please register if you want to go.   Date: 11/12/2007 Time : 9:00am – 3:00pm Location: Microsoft Office 8800 Lyra Dr., Suite 400 Columbus, OH 43240 .NET Technology Briefing Come join your technology peers to learn about current and future.NET technologies. The focus of this 1 day seminar will be around Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System. You’ll be provided with an overview of each role and the session will wrap up with a preview of Visual Studio 2008 (codenamed Orcas). Agenda   9:00am – 9:45am Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) / Team Foundation Server Overview   9:45am - 10:30am VSTS Project Management and Collaboration Features 10:30am – 10:45am 10:45am - 11:15pm Break VSTS Architect and Developer Features 11:15pm -   12:00pm 12:00pm – 12:30pm Version Control and Build Management Lunch  (Provided) 12:30pm –   1:15pm VSTS Teste...

I have been invited to speak at the November meeting of the local chapter of the local chapter of the Association For Computing Machinery ( oldwww.acm.org/chapters/cocacm/) .  The ACM's home page is www.acm.org . I will be doing a lap around MS BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), how to pick each tool for your needs, and to discuss their common uses. I hope to see you there!

CodeMash is proud to announce the first round of speakers selected for this year's event. We have some great sessions lined up this year. So many, I think they content is going to blow away last year. The content team (led by Jason Gilmore and Dianne Marsch) have been swamped with over one hundred session submissions, with only about 45 slots to fill. I don't envy them at all. I know they are working hard on picking the right topics, with the right mix and blend to really make this year special. So, here goes... Bruce Eckel: "Why I Love Python" Bruce Eckel has given hundreds of presentations throughout the world, published over 150 articles in numerous magazines, was a founding member of the ANSI/ISO C++ committee and speaks regularly at conferences. He provides public and private seminars & design consulting in OO Design, Python, Java and C++.   Neal Ford: "Engineering and Polyglot Programming" and "DSLs in Static & Dynamic Languages"...