We all make mistakes ... I know I certainly do. Today I made one that only set me back about 10 minutes ... but I admit I felt silly after I realized what I did wrong. Today I created a new VS 2008 project, added an Entity Data model (aka EDMX file) to the project, and began setting up my EDM. When

Just published is my article on Designing an Entity Data Model [http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/08/02/DataPoints/default.aspx] with the Entity Framework tools. This article is part of my Data Points column [http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/08/02/DataPoints/default.aspx] in the Febru

This Holiday season I received a nice gift from the Microsoft MVP award program as I was renewed as a Microsoft C# MVP again for 2008. My program lead, Rafael, notified me yesterday that I was renewed. The MVP award is great for many reasons and I am proud to be a part of the community. Congratula

Technorati Tags: mobile smartphone compact msdn "data points" [http://technorati.com/tags/mobile%20smartphone%20compact%20msdn%20"data%20points"] I enjoy writing mobile device applications. Especially when I can combine modern architectural patterns that I use in most enterprise

I am setting up my schedule for the first quarter of 2008, and the first .NET user group I will be heading to as an INETA [http://www.ineta.org] speaker in 2008 is the Space Coast .NET User Group in Melbourne, Florida [http://scdnug.org/default.aspx]. I will be presenting an approximately 2 hour lon