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• Wishing you were at PDC? We saved the Jacksons & still get the content!

  Yes, I too wish I were in L.A. with all our geek friends.  But thanks to fellow VB MVP, Julia Lerman, she has helped point out how we can view all the content at PDC without spending the thousands of dollars and travel time. http://blogs.eweek.com... Posted Oct 29 2008, 11:21 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Programming, Microsoft

• Nashville devLink conference sold out!

  August 22-23 For those that don't know, devLink in Nashville is one of the best (if not THE best) community driven conferences out there. I'm super excited to have been invited by John Kellar to host a couple of the Open Spaces sessions. If you... Posted Jul 30 2008, 03:36 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Microsoft, Local Events, Accomplishments, devLink

• Go visit the Visual Basic Product Team at TechEd!

  It was this time last year at TechEd that Cory Smith introduced me to the Visual Basic product team. He first introduced me to Ed Hickey, who is the VB MVP Lead at Microsoft. The funny story about Ed is, less than a week after Ed awarded me the MVP status... Posted Jun 05 2008, 01:07 AM by Randy Walker with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: .Net, Microsoft, MVP, Visual Basic

• Heroes Happen Here Official Launch boasts Silverlight website

  Participate in Live, Virtual, or Hosted Events I received this today via e-mail. You will eventually be able to watch the keynote and other speakers at the official west coast launch. The Silverlight app is definitely more feature rich than many of the... Posted Feb 27 2008, 09:57 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Microsoft

• Free Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008

  Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008 Microsoft released a free PowerToy for VS2008. The Source Outliner PowerToy is a Visual Studio 2008 extension that provides a tree view of your source code's types and members and lets you quickly... Posted Feb 03 2008, 11:36 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Programming, Microsoft

• More free Microsoft Partner Training

  Here are some more FREE Partner Partner Training Labs: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Virtual Training (6 parts) What's New in SQL Server 2008 for Database Administrators Implementing Change Data Capture (CDC) in SQL Server 2008 Working with the New DATE... Posted Jan 28 2008, 08:31 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, .Net, Microsoft, Partner Program

• Free Microsoft Webinars for Partners - Ajax, Silverlight, Exrpression

  Microsoft is offering the following free webinars for Microsoft Partners: Web Seminar 1: Web Development on the Microsoft Platform – Feb 11th at 10am PT Web Seminar 2: Architecting Web Applications – Feb 12th at 10am PT Web Seminar 3: Windows Live Services... Posted Jan 28 2008, 08:24 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, .Net, Microsoft

• MSDN Express Event Take #2 - Feb 27 1-5pm

  We've scheduled the 2nd MSDN Express event to take place on February 27th, from 1pm-5pm. Zain Naboulsi (our MSDN Evangelist) will be presenting topics TBA. Location will be at the New Horizons office in Rogers. Sponsored by NWA DNUG , New Horizons... Posted Jan 28 2008, 07:34 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, .Net, Microsoft, Local Events, MSDN, NWA DNUG

• Scott Guthrie announces .Net Framework Source Code availability

  Thanks to Josh Ambrose Little for pointing out that Scott Guthrie has blogged about how to debug into the .Net Framework Library in Visual Studio 2008 . I think the coolest thing is the ability to step into the Forms library (since I'm a forms guy... Posted Jan 16 2008, 10:53 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Programming, Microsoft

• Dallas TechFest 2008

  The date & location is set! May 3rd at the Addison Conference Center in Addison (Dallas suburb) Texas. This event used to be known as the Dallas Code Camp. I'm actually really excited by this event, since befitting the DFW area's size, it... Posted Jan 15 2008, 05:43 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, .Net, Internet, Microsoft, Local Events

• Participating in the We Are Microsoft Event - Jan 18-20 2008

  Please come join us at the Charity event "We Are Microsoft". Throughout the weekend, starting this Friday, we will be working on charity software development. Right now Mark Leon Watson and I will be working on Irving.Net web project, and I'm... Posted Jan 15 2008, 01:49 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Microsoft, Local Events, Accomplishments

• Free ASP.Net AJAX e-learning class

  Microsoft released a free 2 hour online class about ASP.NET AJAX http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7695914 Posted Nov 07 2007, 02:38 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, .Net, Microsoft

• MSDN Express event here in Northwest Arkansas - Confirmed

  I've arranged and confirmed the MSDN Express event to be at New Horizons office in Bentonville for Dec 4th from 1-5pm. Seating is limited to 30 people. Please signup here . The three 1-hour topics are as follows: Ever worked with an existing system's... Posted Nov 05 2007, 11:29 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, .Net, Northwest Arkansas, Microsoft, Local Events, MSDN, Accomplishments, NWA DNUG

• It's official! - INETA Regional Membership Mentor

  NEW INETA Membership Mentor: Randy Walker (randy.walker*@**harvest-it.com), Location: Northwest Arkansas (Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville), USA From INETA User Group: Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group, http://www.nwadnug.org Please send... Posted Oct 30 2007, 04:40 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Northwest Arkansas, Microsoft, Accomplishments, NWA DNUG

• Halo 3 competition and .Net event by the University of Arkansas .Net User Group (UofA DNUG)

  I received the following e-mail about a terrific event the UofA DNUG is hosting (note that the schedule is all tentative). Basically they are helping kick off the Halo 3 debut as well as giving a mini Code Camp. It sounds like a blast, and I'll definately... Posted Sep 19 2007, 12:52 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Northwest Arkansas, Microsoft, Local Events, Gaming