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• Speaking at Nashville devLink

  It's always an honor to be asked to speak at an event. Fortunately John Kellar who chairs the Nashville devLink event hasn't heard about my reputation, lol. One of the many things I'm passionate about is software startups. Since I haven't... Posted Aug 07 2008, 06:05 AM by Randy Walker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Presentations, ISV, Microsoft, Accomplishments, Business Help, Partner Program, devLink

• 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

• Microsoft congregates it's ads under one flag "Microsoft Advertising"

  Exactly two months ago Microsoft sent me an email introducing it's new branding called " Microsoft Advertising " (note that the page is presently erroring out). Personally I think the new branding is a step forward, as I never cared for... Posted Jul 21 2008, 07:18 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Advertising, adCenter

• 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

• Tell Internet Explorer 8 Beta to show your site properly using IE7

  For those that want your website to render correctly on IE8, the recent newsletter gave a great example for enforcing IE7 compatibility via a Meta tag. (You can see the new IE logo above) Per Site Basis: Site owners and administrators can include the... Posted Jun 04 2008, 11:30 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Internet, Programming, Microsoft

• Microsoft adCenter needs a workshop?

  While I love Microsoft's developer products, adCenter (Microsoft's search advertising / pay per click) makes me want to hide in shame. See the email I received below. I completely understand the desire of AdCenter to educate the masses, but do... Posted May 19 2008, 04:07 PM by Randy Walker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, adCenter

• Received Microsoft MVP award

  Ok, so my announcement is 6 days late. I'm proud to announce that I received the coveted Microsoft MVP award for Visual Basic (currently the only MVP in Arkansas). I'd first like to thank the Academy ... oh wait wrong speech again. Actually I... Posted Apr 06 2008, 02:51 AM by Randy Walker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Accomplishments, NWA DNUG, MVP

• Join the Microsoft Game Studios Beta Program

  If you're interested in joining Microsoft's beta program for games, you'll be interested in the following email I received. We are gearing up for a year of great betas. To prepare for these upcoming betas we have a new survey on the beta website... Posted Mar 22 2008, 12:30 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Gaming

• 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

• Microsoft Small Business Show & Silverlight fakeout

  Microsoft is on their 2nd Small Business Show which features "Solutions for Entrepreneurs". You can view the show here . I thought it was interesting that up in the top left Microsoft tells you to Install Silverlight (competitor to Adobe Flash... Posted Jan 28 2008, 09:39 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Business Help, Partner Program

• 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

• Partner Program Subsidies - Easy way to earn extra cash

  I've often complained at the number of initiatives and incentives Microsoft's Partner Program gives. However it looks like they are cleaning it up just a tiny bit. Microsoft is putting $10 behind their Big Easy Offer program. Essentially if you... Posted Jan 28 2008, 08:20 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Business Help, Partner Program

• 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