There is a funky problem that sometimes sticks its ugly head out and bites you when trying to install SQL Server 2005 and its tools. I’ve hit this a few times when installing, but not every time. When installing SQL Server 2005, its databases and its tools sometimes the client tools do not get insta
My first article for CoDe Magazine is now online [http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=0903051]. The article is a short one that explains how to use Live Search from a Silverlight application using HTTP communication. I modified an excerpt from my book Data-Driven Services with Silverl
MIX [http://2009.visitmix.com/] is a unique conference in the Microsoft world as its not nearly as big as the PDC nor Tech Ed in sheer size [http://2009.visitmix.com/], yet it could be the most interesting conference. MIX combines the developer and designer communities for web development and has h
I’ve been catching up on some reading and research lately. The blogs, articles, and books just seem to pile up, don’t they? The latest book I knocked off my reading list is Pro ADO.NET Data Services [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/143021614X/johnpanet-20]. I was really excited to read this b
[http://www.tampaux.org/]Tomorrow night I will be visiting the Tampa UX user group [http://www.fladotnet.com/Reg.aspx?EventID=362] (TUX) for an INETA [http://ineta.org] sponsored event to demonstrate how ADO.NET Data Services can be set up to work with Silverlight, how to communicate with the from
