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My first impressions of the Microsoft Mix10 Conference. A lot of talk about Silverlight 4.0 and Windows Phone 7 Series. Silverlight Silverlight is really maturing into a rich development and design tool. With version 4 you can now develop not only for the web but the new Window’s based phone due out later this year. [...]

Google’s Chrome OS. First impressions: The OS is the browser! When the system boots up the only thing you can interact with is the browser. There isn’t an option to load other “applications”. Google doesn’t let you touch the hard drive either. This is the the culmination of the idea that the browser is the [...]

I strongly recommend theRichmond Code Camp. Every .net developer in the Richmond, VA area should take the time to learn at this incredible free resource. This round I attended the following sessions: PowerShell Intro – Brian Hartsock MVC Contrib and MVC Futures – Steve Bodnar Cloud Computing with Microsoft Azure – James Bender Database Design [...]

I predict that Apple holds back the tethering feature from the iPhone 3.0 release for fear of the volume of support calls on how to use it. There are a few steps you have to jump through to setup a tethered connection. The process is not hard for medium to advanced users, but it is [...]

A very interesting read on why someone might consider the Palm Pre over the iPhone

Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies Bruce Clay. For Dummies 2009, Paperback, 768 pages, $21.94 A great new book has come out on the hot topic of Search Engine Optimization or is shorter name SEO. The book was written by the leaders in the SEO space Bruce Clay Inc. A little more on the concept [...]