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Cleared 70-502 WPF Exam Today
2008-06-05 03:38:00 I passed Exam 70-502 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - Windows Presentation Foundation Application Development today with a score of 984. I think I got one question wrong related to data binding. This makes me a MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5 - Windows Presentation Foundation Applications. The overall exam is not too difficult if you are already ... More About: Today , Certification
I Am A Microsoft Certified Trainer
2008-06-02 17:04:00 Few days ago I got an email from Microsoft informing me that my application for MCT has been successful. At present I am certified to teach the following courses: 2014 Customizing Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies 2003 2015 Enabling Business Processes using XML, Smart Documents, and Smart Client Solutions within ... More About: Trainer , Certification , Certified
What Are Your RSS Habits?
2008-05-30 05:09:00 On daily bases I read many blogs. Most of these I subscribe to and others I find through Google looking for information. I use FeedDemon as my preferred reader. Somehow none of the online readers work well with me. My subscription list has grown over last few years. I started with the Aussie Bloggers OPML ... More About: Blogging , Habits
Review - Empire Of The Stars
2008-05-29 04:43:00 Empire Of The Stars is a book about people, physics, rivalry, jealousy and to an extent motivation. Mostly it is a book about Subramaniam Chandrashekhar also known as Chandra. Chandra won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his lifetime work on Physics. Chandra always felt that the prize should have been about ... More About: Books , Review , Empire
I Am Looking For Work
2008-05-19 12:57:00 After our second child’s birth which was on 17th March I decided to take it easy with work and did not engage myself with anything serious. Now that things are stable and we are well adjusted with the new one, I am out looking for work. I was having a chat with Rob Farley today ... More About: Work
Review - Guns Germs And Steel
2008-05-17 06:54:00 Today I finished reading Guns Germs And Steel by Jared Diamond. I picked up the author’s name few years ago by watching an interview of Bill Gates where he said that he was reading a book by Jared Diamond. I went to Amazon and saw what Diamond was all about. I must say that ... More About: Books , Review
Its WPF Week On Channel 9
2008-05-16 17:30:00 For all ya WPF fans out there. Don’t forget to tune into WPF week on Channel 9. More About: Week , Channel 9
Video - PowerCommands for Visual Studio
2008-05-16 16:05:00 PowerCommands is a set of extensions for Visual Studio . It adds some nice-to-have features to Visual Studio. I selected this toolset as the subject of my first ever published video. I have done a lot of presentations and public speaking but this is my first go at producing a video. Boy! was I nervous with ... More About: Video , Power
Databinding In Silverlight With New ItemContainerStyle
2008-05-16 12:11:00 Recently on OzSilverlight mailing list a question was asked about data-bindings. The issue was how do you use data-binding once you have replaced ItemContainerStyle for a ListBox. The answer is that you can replace the entire Template by giving it a new ControlTemplate and specify your bindings within the new template. I have created this example ...
Intellisense Filtering In Visual Studio
2008-05-16 11:20:00 While working with WPF I got an idea about intellisense shortcuts. Instead of pressing Ctrl + . where we get the entire list how about something like this: Ctrl + . + p - Display only properties Ctrl + . + e - Display only events Ctrl + . + m - Display only methods I have created a ... More About: Visual Studio , Visual , Studio
Post Presentation Thoughts
2008-05-15 11:03:00 Last week I presented Silverlight at NCG. I have never been to Newcastle, only drove by when going up to Coffs Harbour few times. The turnout at the meeting was great and I enjoyed every moment of flaunting Silverlight. I always enjoy the wow expression people have when they look at XAML. Yesterday I presented ... More About: Post , Thoughts , Presentations , Presentation
TechEd 2008 USA - How To Get Your Boss To Send You
2008-05-11 02:03:00 TechEd an yearly event for Microsoft ies will happen in US from June 3 - June 6. Microsoft released few very important products for their eco-system for both developers and IT professionals. So for those who want to grasp heaps of useful information on the new products TechEd is the place to be. This is my ... More About: Tech , Boss , Send , 2008
Recruitment Company With A Real Difference
2008-05-11 02:02:00 Recently I met Mark Wallis who has started a recruitment service called Peer Placement. Why is his service different and why does it deserve a plug on my blog? Firstly because Mark himself is a developer and he understands the unpleasant experience of dealing with so called IT recruiters who measure programming skills in years ... More About: Company , Real , Recruitment , Difference
Upgrade MCPD on .NET 2.0 to .NET 3.5
2008-05-11 02:01:00 If you are certified as MCPD on .NET 2.0 and wish you upgrade to .NET 3.5 when those exams are released then you may only have to sit for upgrade exam(s). Gerry O’Brien points this out in his post. There is no confirmation on this yet, however providing an upgrade path from .NET 2.0 to ... More About: Microsoft , Certification
Exam 70-502 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Presentation Foundation St
2008-05-11 02:00:00 I will sit for 70-502 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Presentation Foundation exam when it is released. Looking at the breadth of WPF I expect this exam to be a tough one. In whatever time I get besides consulting, I am preparing for this exam. Other than reading some very good WPF books, I am ... More About: Certification , Exam
Microsoft Employees Are Easy To Work With
2008-05-11 01:58:00 Guy Kawasaki in his talk with Steve Ballmer at Mix08 said that the new Microsoft employee is much easier to work with. Being a developer in Sydney Australia I confidently say that I agree with Guy 100%++. I do not know of any other company where I can talk to its employees on IM and ... More About: Employees , Work , Easy
Retrieve Browser Information In Silverlight
2008-05-10 17:30:00 Many times we need to know which browser our content is running on. Silverlight gives us the ability to find that information through Browser Information class which can be accessed through BrowserInformation property of HtmlPage class located within System.Windows.Browser namespace. I have created this simple demo to retrieve information about the browser. Below is the ...
Silverlight Bloggers OPML
2008-05-09 10:52:00 Jamie Rodriguez has made available a list of Silverlight bloggers through an OPML file. You can download the file here. Technorati Tags: Silverlight More About: Bloggers
Free Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Training
2008-05-09 10:48:00 Get 3 hours of training on SQL Server 2008 via Microsoft E-Learning. Here is the link. Technorati Tags: SQL Server More About: Training , Free
Presenting Silverlight In Newcastle and Wollongong
2008-05-09 10:44:00 I will present Silverlight at Newcastle Coders’ Group on 7th May 2008 and at Wollongong .NET Users Group on 14th May, 2008. So if you are game for some gradient-twisting, pixel-crunching time then join me at either location. Technorati Tags: Silverlight More About: Presenting
Where Is My Content
2008-05-09 10:42:00 You may have noticed that all posts have disappeared from my blog. This is probably the saddest moment for this blog. Reality is that my hosting company had a hardware failure and its all gone. Backups? What backups? Now this part is the most frustrating and the one which angers me. When I called up ... More About: Blogging , Content
Hello world!
2008-05-08 08:58:00 Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! More About: World , Hello World
Silverlight Bloggers OPML
2008-04-29 10:16:00 Jamie Rodriguez has made available a list of Silverlight bloggers through an OPML file. You can download the file here. Technorati Tags: Silverlight More About: Bloggers
Environment Friendly PC From Dell
2008-04-24 14:46:00 Its made with old bottles, milk jugs and detergent cases and its a PC. Dell has announced what they call a ecocomputer. It doesn’t look anything like your conventional PC but its got a feel to it with its wooden looking case. Good on Dell for taking a green initiative. You can check out ... More About: Environment , Misc , Friendly
Play Monopoly Geek Style With Googolopoly
2008-04-20 13:49:00 You can print it out from a pdf available here. Unlike your regular monopoly you do not buy places such as Park Avenue or railroads, instead you buy companies and Internet properties. Instead of going to jail you go to a 404 not found. More About: Fun , Play , Style , Geek , Monopoly
Developer And His or Her Chair
2008-04-20 12:16:00 Being a software developer you write a lot of code. That is obvious, but one of the overlooked essential is the medium which lets the code flow. Yes it is your brain which is connected to your fingers which are connected to your body of which rear-end is an essential part. And this post is ... More About: Developer , Opinion , Chair
Recent Pictures Of Birds And Sydney
2008-04-18 15:14:00 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I live in one of the most beautiful city on this planet. What do you think?Technorati Tags: Sydney , Photos More About: Pictures , Fun , Misc , Birds
Prepare For Upcoming Certifications Attend MCP Live Meetings
2008-04-18 08:50:00 If you are preparing or will be preparing for .NET 3.5 certifications then you might be interested in attending few Live Meeting sessions. Find more details here. Other than .NET 3.5 there are also meetings targeted at Windows 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Sharepoint. This is the meeting agenda for the one on .NET 3.5 and ... More About: Microsoft , Certification , Meetings , Upcoming
Video - PowerCommands for Visual Studio
2008-04-15 11:56:00 PowerCommands is a set of extensions for Visual Studio . It adds some nice-to-have features to Visual Studio. I selected this toolset as the subject of my first ever published video. I have done a lot of presentations and public speaking but this is my first go at producing a video. Boy! was I nervous with ... More About: Video , Power
Celebrating 100 Posts On My Blog
More articles from this author:2008-04-12 18:41:00 I am celebrating 100 posts on this blog. It is time to look back and reflect on where it all started. I started blogging in 2006 and my first post was about Searching a website using MSN Search. Actually I started blogging few weeks before this first post. At that time my blog was ... More About: Blogging , Blog , Posts 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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