I've joined Twitter [http://twitter.com]. Yep, I did it. I'm going to give it a try and see where it leads. You can follow me at twitter.com/john_papa [http://twitter.com/john_papa] My colleague Brian Peek is also trying out Twitter [http://www.brianpeek.com/blog/archive/2008/04/29/twitter

I've received hundreds of questions regarding the Entity Framework and LINQ. Obviously developers are very interested in the Entity Framework and its data access and modeling implications. I responded to some of the most frequently asked questions in the May 2008 Data Points column [http://msd

[https://www.johnpapa.net/wp-content/uploads/files/media/image/WindowsLiveWriter/NewUpdateforDeepZoomComposerforSilverlig_C7AA/deepzoom_2.png] Microsoft released an update to the Deep Zoom Composer [http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/archive/2008/05/03/an-update-to-deep-zoom-composer.aspx] for Sil

[https://www.johnpapa.net/wp-content/uploads/files/media/image/WindowsLiveWriter/ExpressionStudio2ReadyForDownload_94A5/x_2.jpg] Expression Studio 2 [http://www.microsoft.com/expression/] is out of beta and has been released. I've been using the betas and they have been pretty good, but its ni

I've been using some javascript snippet that generates a DotNetKicks [http://www.dotnetkicks.com] KickIt image for a blog post. I found the javascript to insert the KickIt link in a post by Jon Galloway [http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2007/03/08/adding-a-dotnetkicks-image-via-javascrip