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I've moved!

michaelc — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:51:00 GMT

I've moved my blog from this location to geekswithblogs.net . Although using the Magenic blog server is convenient and served well for me, I wanted more going forward....(read more)

Code Camp 10 - Call for Speakers

michaelc — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Code Camp 10 in Boston is around 4 weeks away and there's still room if you want to attend or if you want to speak. Check out Chris Bowen's blog for complete details or just head over to the web site to register. I have several sessions already...(read more)

Microsoft Forums Client

michaelc — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:03:26 GMT

I like reading the Microsoft Forums, I even really like responding on the Forums, however the forums are not very convenient form of communication for me. It requires an internet connection, and the expirience varies based on what browser you happen to...(read more)

Tech-Ed 2008 Orlando

michaelc — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:57:00 GMT

I was luck enough to be presented with the opportunity to attend Tech-Ed again this year. This was my third Tech-Ed ( 1997, 2006 ). I spent a lot of time on the Expo floor talking with various product groups and meeting old friends. This year was the...(read more)

Presented @ Tech-Tuesday

michaelc — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:44:00 GMT

A few days ago I did a short presentation on XNA Development for a group of technologests at an event called Tech Tuesday, It's held every month and this month Microsoft was sponsoring the event and invited me to talk about XNA. It was a great event,...(read more)

XNA 3.0 CTP

michaelc — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:23:00 GMT

The ZMan just posted about the availability of the first CTP for XNA 3.0. \o/ We can now start writing Games for the Zune! I'm downloading it now but be sure to check back later as I fill in some details. See the Zman's post for more details :...(read more)

Magenic Technology Summit

michaelc — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:47:00 GMT

I will be speaking at the first ever Magenic Technology Summit that is being held on Friday June 20 in Chicago. This is a full day of Magenic-provided training, available by invitation only to customers and potential customers of Magenic. We have lined...(read more)

Microsoft.Scripting.Util has some cool things

michaelc — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:10:52 GMT

As you can tell from the last couple of posts, I'm looking at IronPython. Not for Python, I can barely spell Python let along develop in it, but that is changing slowly. My interest in IronPython is actually the Microsoft.Scripting assembly, better known...(read more)

InternalsVisibleToAttribute

michaelc — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:45:31 GMT

Here's something I came across in the IronPython sources that I really hadn't noticed in the .Net Framework before. [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo( "IronPython.Modules" )] This is from the MSDN documention on the Attribute: .NET Framework Class...(read more)

How do you draw a line in XNA?

michaelc — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:28:00 GMT

I was at my local IGDA users group meeting last night and announced the Boston XNA Developers group. After the presentation, I was talking to some folks interested in the XNA group. One of them asked me this question; "How do I draw a line in XNA?"....(read more)

SharePoint Site Import/Export

michaelc — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:53:00 GMT

There are a couple of things I've found that just don't work when Importing and Exporting sites. The newest on is with workflows. If you have an approval workflow on a list, and you restore it to a new location, it's possible that the task...(read more)

XNA Announcements @ GDC

michaelc — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:40:00 GMT

A couple of very cool things were announced this week by Microsoft that pertain to XNA: Xbox LIVE Community Games announced Xbox LIVE Community Games is a newly announced offering which pioneers upon the industry leading Xbox LIVE service to provide gamers...(read more)

New Boston Area Users Group

michaelc — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:38:49 GMT

I'd like to announce the formation of a new XNA developer users group in the Boston area. The official name of the group is Boston XNA Developers Group. There is a web site up for it, which will be updated with meeting dates and times as well as anything...(read more)

The Singleton<> and .Net Compact Edition

michaelc — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:32:00 GMT

I was looking at doing some Smartphone development so I downloaded the Mobile 6 SDK and started plugging away. I have some code that uses the Singleton<> implementation I blogged about before . Everything compiles fine, but when I try to run the...(read more)

Filenames, do they really matter?

michaelc — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:01:00 GMT

I have been working with SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) for quite some time now. Lately, most of the work has been around branding. Some things to note when you are creating your features and solutions to deploy your new branding files: The name of the feature...(read more)