I was perusing Zain Naboulsi’s blog today catching up on my blog reading and I noticed a post he had that I knew I needed to pass on. If you have ever had the pleasure to attend one of Zain’s presentations or hear him speak on one of his webcasts probably one of the first things you notice about Zain is that he is a very prolific speaker. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to work on my presentation skills, and Zain is someone who I would like to be more like in my presentations. Zain spoke at the...

While watching my tweets go through on Twitter, I noticed a call to arms by Caleb Jenkins. He was looking for a discussion around a new contest he is starting for February. If winning your own Visual Studio Team Suite MSDN Subscription, while also getting yourself away from the computer and becoming fit. Then you need to check out Caleb Jenkins' latest blog post. Full details to be posted on Caleb’s site. Get Fit in February Contest – Win Visual Studio Team Suite MSDN Subscription! « Caleb Jenkins...

I just found out today that the Bartlesville .NET User Group I started has now become an official INETA user group! This is great news for the group as it will just help us continue to grow. If you are ever in Oklahoma stop by and say Hi. Technorati Tags: Bartlesville,Bartlesville .NET User Group,BDNUG,User Group,INETA LiveJournal Tags: Bartlesville,Bartlesville .NET User Group,BDNUG,User Group,INETA del.icio.us Tags: Bartlesville,Bartlesville .NET User Group,BDNUG,User Group,INETA IceRocket Tags:...

From their site: ALERT!!! - Campus will be closed which means that the TechFest is postponed, we will try to have reschedule but not until 2009 at the soonest. Thank you all for being part of the Houston TechFest. This is disappointing as I was really looking forward to it. However, I fully understand as ConocoPhillips, my employer, has closed the Houston offices because of Ike as well. I hope everyone ends up OK and this ends up just being precautionary. I will make sure to attend the Houston Techfest...

I received my MBA from the University of Tulsa in 2002 while working full time. I learned a lot from grad school and home to get another Master's degree in the future. The one thing I regret is that I should have looked at more schools for my MBA. TU at the time was rated in the Top 25 for Graduate schools in US News. So academia wise it was a great choice. The biggest thing I have learned since graduating is academics are not the only thing you should evaluate a school on. Even with getting a 3.5...

I really enjoyed this video on Advance ASP.NET from Channel 9. I was listening to it today at work and found there were a few tidbits of information gold. geekSpeak recording: Advanced ASP.NET with Michele Leroux Bustamante Technorati Tags: ASP.NET,Channel 9 LiveJournal Tags: ASP.NET,Channel 9 del.icio.us Tags: ASP.NET,Channel 9 IceRocket Tags: ASP.NET,Channel 9 43 Things Tags: ASP.NET,Channel 9 BuzzNet Tags: ASP.NET,Channel 9...

There is a good video on practicing test driven development on ASP.NET's website. You can view the video here. If your new to TDD this should be of interest to you. Technorati Tags: TDD,Test Driven Development,Training,.NET LiveJournal Tags: TDD,Test Driven Development,Training,.NET del.icio.us Tags: TDD,Test Driven Development,Training,.NET IceRocket Tags: TDD,Test Driven Development,Training,.NET 43 Things Tags: TDD,Test Driven Development,Training,.NET BuzzNet Tags: TDD,Test Driven Development,Training,.NET...

I just found these videos on ASP.NET for Team Foundation Server. I find that many developers new to .NET could learn a lot from these videos. Almost any developer could learn something or two from at least one of the videos. Check them out at let me know what you think. Team Foundation Server Training Videos Technorati Tags: ASP.NET,Team Foundation Server,TFS,.NET,.NET Framework,Training LiveJournal Tags: ASP.NET,Team Foundation Server,TFS,.NET,.NET Framework,Training del.icio.us Tags: ASP.NET,Team...

I have been a big fan of Launchy for some time. I find that it helps me be just a tiny bit more productive each day. It at least let's me not have to search through my start menu for the program I want to launch. However, today I found a new alternative provide by Microsoft Office Labs. This application has some real potential to replace Launchy on my laptop. I will continue to use and let everyone know what I find out. Check it out here: http://www.officelabs.com/p...

Ok so I did a little research and I found that the new version of iTunes pushed the MobileMe client to my Vista PC. I like Apple products, however I think if Apple keeps these tactics up of pushing unwanted software through iTunes (which we are forced to use by Apple in order to use their MP3 players), I will have to buy a new MP3 player, and stop using Apple products. Microsoft please hit the mark with Zune 3

I found a new Twitter toy today. It is called TweetMyPage. It is not an application that needs an installer. You setup your settings and TweetMyPage gives you a javascript you add to your bookmarks. When you are reading a page you want to Twitter, you click on your TweetMyPage bookmark and it will ask you for your Twitter user id and password. Once you give it your credentials it will tweet a message similar to the following: Reading (http://linktoarticle) title of article. Currently TweetMyPage...