Somasegar [http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/06/03/on-stage-at-the-teched-2008-keynote.aspx] was on-stage today at TechEd and announced that Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is going to be released with a GoLive license this week. This also will include a Blend 2.5 June 2008 Preview and tools to VS2

About a month ago I started writing a plug-in for Windows Live Writer that would insert a DotNetKicks link into the post [https://www.johnpapa.net/all/dotnetkicks-plugin-for-windows-live-writer/]. I got it working but I was not satisfied with the workarounds I had to use. The post url was not access

I have many colleagues who have touted the merits of dark backgrounds in Visual Studio and I have tried several variations, yet I always end up back on white. It is not so much that the background needs to be white, rather it is more that I have never found a good mixture of foreground colors that w

Someone asked me yesterday what tools I use while writing a book. Organization is absolutely critical to me when writing. I have so many thoughts flying around that its really difficult to keep them all straight. That is why its imperative to have some tools to help organize the book writing process

I started a "wish list" post in the ADO.NET Entity Framework forums [http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=3391412&siteid=1&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=0] last week. I fed it with a few items to get things going and it has taken off with gre