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Upcoming Event: MI Software Stimulus Lab

The software industry will be part of the underpinnings for the jobs of the future. (You can read more of my thoughts on the importance of Software to Michigan’s future here ). We created our company to create great software, and help others to do the...

Posted 18 May 2009 10:27 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: SRT Solutions, upcoming attractions, local interest

MSDN Developer Conference -- Detroit: January 22

There is still time to register for the MSDN Developer Conference in Detroit, this coming Thursday. If you missed PDC, this is a chance to get a look at the major content announcements from that conference.  You’ll get sessions on the Azure Services...

Posted 19 January 2009 06:03 PM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Me, C#, upcoming attractions, C# General

Paint Wars at CodeMash

One of our engineers, Chris Marinos , has some interesting content to discuss at CodeMash: Paint Wars . Paint Wars is a game that Chris some of his classmates wrote for a senior project at the University of Michigan. The original game was written in C#...

Posted 05 January 2009 10:47 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: SRT Solutions, upcoming attractions, Software Engineering

CodeMash Session List posted

Holy wah. Dianne Marsh (who is on the speaker committee) posted the final list of the CodeMash 2009 sessions . Wow. She and Jason Gilmore did an incredible job somehow selecting 60 sessions from an incredibly rich pool of submissions. I'm rather proud...

Posted 13 November 2008 07:56 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: upcoming attractions, local interest

Mark Mydland (VS Test Edition Principal Group Manager) coming to AADND

  We’ve got a great treat for Ann Arbor .NET this week.  Mark Mydland, from the Visual Studio Test edition, is coming through our region to speak at a variety of user groups.  (Thanks to Jennifer Marsman for setting this up). It promises...

Posted 10 November 2008 12:07 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: User Groups, upcoming attractions, local interest

Starting a Company? We (and Microsoft BizSpark) can help

Yesterday Microsoft formally launched BizSpark, a new program that is designed to help increase the chances of success for startups in the software business. The timing couldn’t be better for the Michigan business community. We’ve come to realize that...

Posted 06 November 2008 12:30 PM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: SRT Solutions, Me, upcoming attractions

Full PDC Wrapup: The Next Big Thing

The Microsoft PDC is positioned as a forward looking conference. Roughly 75% of the content is pre-release content, and only 25% is on products and platforms that have already shipped. On the one hand, that makes it very challenging to understand everything...

Posted 04 November 2008 02:28 PM by wwagner | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: C#, upcoming attractions, C# General

PDC Day 2

Once again, I’m posting my thoughts on day 2 a bit later than most.  My thoughts around the business ramifications of the keynote announcements went out in Matt Roush’s Great Lakes IT Report this morning.  You can read them archived here. From...

Posted 29 October 2008 06:35 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: upcoming attractions, .NET General

Getting ready for PDC

Well, today is being spent getting everything ready for traveling to Los Angeles for the PDC conference. Like most people without a blue badge, I’m going as an attendee to learn as much as I can about the future of our industry and the platforms I use...

Posted 24 October 2008 02:37 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Effective C#, Me, C#, upcoming attractions

Ann Arbor PDC Keynote Viewing and Discussion

I would hope you are going to the PDC, but if you can't make it, we may have the next best thing: SRT Solutions is hosting a web viewing of the Ray Ozzie key note addresses (Monday and Tuesday) and a discussion around the talks. Space is limited,...

Posted 20 October 2008 12:02 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: upcoming attractions, local interest

Cloud Computing: A new place for my stuff?

One of the big areas of coverage for this year's PDC ( http://www.microsoftpdc.com ) is Microsoft's cloud computing platform. You've already seen some of the concept with LiveMesh ( www.LiveMesh.net ). The long list of talks on cloud computing...

Posted 24 September 2008 10:47 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: upcoming attractions, .NET General

Mads Torgersen keynoting at CodeMash

Dianne posted the official announcement to the CodeMash google group here , I'm happy to join the echo chamber and promote that Mads will be offering one of the keynote addresses at CodeMash. In the colloborative and lightheared spirit of CodeMash...

Posted 29 August 2008 02:46 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: LINQ, upcoming attractions, C# General

PDC 2008: I'll be there

I've finished my registration for PDC 2008. See you in Los Angeles. I'll be the one thinking about software

Posted 11 June 2008 08:45 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Me, upcoming attractions

Announcement: C# / LINQ Minicamp taught by Richard Hale Shaw

We are now working with Richard Hale Shaw to deliver expert .NET training classes in Ann Arbor. The first of these is the one day C# / LINQ Minicamp hosted at SRT Solutions, taught by Richard Hale Shaw, on Friday March 14th. The cost breakdown encourages...

Posted 12 February 2008 10:37 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: upcoming attractions, local interest

Announcement: C# Jam in April

I'm really looking forward to this. We're hosting a 4 day C# Jam April 8 -11, at our office. There's a lot that I like in the format: I'm co-instructing with Bruce Eckel and Jamie King, two of the smartest, insightful people in our industry...

Posted 18 January 2008 07:34 AM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: C#, upcoming attractions, C# General