Tablets and kids

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Mike Torres discovers how quickly kids catch on to Tablets. Agreed. v[ia]{style="font-style:italic"}
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+1. My nieces and nephews [love]{style="font-style:italic"} my Tablet. I’ve seen a concept drawing from Microsoft on a Tablet ruggedized for child use (tethered pen, ability to survive …

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Best of the Blogs: VS Tools for Office 2003

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Kevin Schuler and Drew Robbins have compiled a list of dozens of the best VSTO blog entries in 2003 across seven categories ranging from architecture to troubleshooting. [Via]{style="font-style:italic"} [Marquee de Sells: Chris's insight outlet]

Every year for the past several, I’ve thought that Office programming …

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Microsoft is building a managed-code OS

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Singularity is a cross-discipline research project in Microsoft Research building a managed code operating system. This technical report describes the motivation and priorities for Singularity. Other technical reports describe the abstractions and implementations of Singularity features.  [Via]{style="font-style:italic"} [Microsoft Research Publications]

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Microsoft is building a managed-code OS

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Singularity is a cross-discipline research project in Microsoft Research building a managed code operating system. This technical report describes the motivation and priorities for Singularity. Other technical reports describe the abstractions and implementations of Singularity features.  [Via]{style="font-style:italic"} [Microsoft Research Publications]

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Code Camp Manifesto

My Developer Evangelist Thom Robbins has laid down the Code Camp Manifesto. This is yet another proud example of the NE Area Community leading in the world of .NET and Microsoft related community activities. Bravo. BTW, here is the Code Camp site.  [via]{style="FONT-STYLE: italic"} [Sam Gentile's Blog]

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Blogs & Wikis == New Moderated Discussion Possibilities?

Hmm, David Ansen of Newsweek is starting a monthly moderated discussion of his favorite movies. Ansen isn't my favorite movie critic, so I'm not particularly interested in the particulars of his group, but it does seem to me that the explosion of interest in blogs, wikis, and podcasts has …

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Microsoft is building a managed-code OS

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Singularity is a cross-discipline research project in Microsoft Research building a managed code operating system. This technical report describes the motivation and priorities for Singularity. Other technical reports describe the abstractions and implementations of Singularity features.  [Via]{style="font-style:italic"} [Microsoft Research Publications]

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Code Camp Manifesto

My Developer Evangelist Thom Robbins has laid down the Code Camp Manifesto. This is yet another proud example of the NE Area Community leading in the world of .NET and Microsoft related community activities. Bravo. BTW, here is the Code Camp site.  [via]{style="FONT-STYLE: italic"} [Sam Gentile's Blog]

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Let's hear it for the independents!

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Christopher Hawkins takes on Joel Spolsky. Stands up for independent consultants. [Via]{style="font-style:italic"} [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]

[Apparently, Joel pooh-poohed 1-person consultancies, saying “It's just having a job. Another job like everyone else. You're not independent…” Really? Gee, I took six weeks off this year while I …

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Blogs, employment, and personae

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Ellen Simonetti: I was fired [from Delta Airlines] for blogging. Michael Gartenberg reacts. [via]{style="font-style:italic"}
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[Gartenberg’s reaction boils down to the fact that (a) it’s not as simple as that – Simonetti’s firing seems to have more to do with her …

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