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Rich Internet Application Jam at SRT January 14-16
SRT Solutions will be hosting an RIA Jam, with Bruce Eckel, James Ward (Adobe) and Josh Holmes (Microsoft). This self-paced exploration of rich internet options will give participants the ability to learn...
September Ann Arbor Tech Events
Ah, a new month and more tech events in Ann Arbor. All meetings are free and open to the public. SRT is happy to say that we will be hosting several of these meetings in our new office, at 206 S. Fifth...
UI Smackdown: Session 3
XAML/MXML: Why both? I'm always curious when we have competing standards emerging, and I wonder how that happens, and why. So, since we had people who were knowledgeable about both Flex and WPF at...
It's a busy week in Ann Arbor!
I’m still trying to finish up my blog from my visit to Microsoft last week (and from the Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing over the weekend), but I wanted to make sure that I mentioned the...
Day 1 at the MTS07: Keynote
Keynote: They keynote was delivered by Bill Hilf . Bill comes from the open source community but now works for Microsoft, as the General Manager of Platform Strategy. His intent is to build the community...
Bill Wagner on DotNetRocks
Check out Bill Wagner’s latest appearance on DotNetRocks , Show #223 . For anyone who doesn’t know, Bill is my business partner and author of Effective C#, The C# Little Black Book, and various...
UI Smackdown 2007 Early Bird Expires Today
If you’ve been planning to attend the User Interface Smackdown 2007 event to explore GWT, Flex, and WPF, today is the last day to get early bird pricing. At close of business today, we’ll be...
Day 0 : Microsoft Technology Summit
I’m here in Redmond, WA, for the Microsoft Technology Summit, an event geared toward people who have been identified as community leaders in a geographic region and who do NOT predominantly use Microsoft...
UI Smackdown 2007 Explained
Is this wrestling or deciphering software technologies? Definitely the latter! A few people have asked me about the name we chose for our user interface event on April 4, which will include Flex , GWT...
Microsoft Technology Summit 2007
No, you didn't stumble on Bill's blog accidentally. Really, I'm going to Redmond! I’m heading off to Redmond on Sunday. Yes, Redmond. No, I do not typically develop on the Microsoft platform...
User Interface Smackdown 2007
Explore Google's GWT, Adobe's Flex, and Microsoft's WPF for creating user interfaces Registration is now open for the User Interface Smackdown 2007 , being held April 4, 2007 at the Ann Arbor...
Announcing CodeMash 2007
Ohio … where you need to be January 18-19 What? January in Ohio?! That’s always the first reaction. But … once I tell them what’s going on (and that it’s at an indoor water...
Josh goes to Microsoft
Josh Holmes , a partner in SRT Solutions, has decided to take a position at Microsoft. He is the Architect Evangelist for the heartland region. It’s always rough to lose a business partner, but if...
Energy Builds After Conference
Energized and Ready to Get Back to Work! It’s amazing what a few days at a conference can do! It’s been a while since I’ve been at a conference. The past few years have seen me “stuck”...
Why I'm the Company Curmudgeon
Why does SRT have 2 resident Microsoft experts and a non-Microsoft holdout? SRT Solutions consists of 3 partners: Bill Wagner, Josh Holmes, and myself. Together, we mentor developers, working with them...