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Hello 2.0

Posted: Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:32 PM by Barry Gervin | 2 Comments
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This past week we saw the final bits of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 get shipped up to MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Next week we'll see the official launch of these same products to the rest of the world, ushered in with a rolling thunder of launch Read More...

Get your Free Visual Studio Tools for Office custom applications here.

Posted: Saturday, February 12, 2005 2:04 PM by Barry Gervin | 4 Comments
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Ok, this is very cool - not often somebody gives you something for free. Is your company upgrading to Office 2003 between June & July of this year? Could you envision a customized solution built on top of Office - perhaps using Visual Studio Tools Read More...

What are you doing for your summer job?

Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:10 AM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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We have a very exciting internship project coming up this summer for a university student, perhaps co-op - but not mandatory. This high-profile project is to develop a software system to monitor the various systems in a “green” home that is Read More...

.NET Celebrity Auction

Posted: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 6:52 PM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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Be a sport and click on this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5552696499 Then make a generous bid. If you'll win, you'll get an hour (or more) of help from a .NET guru/celebrity (or possibly me). But more, you'll also be helping Read More...

SqlConnection woes on the Compact Framework over WiFi

Posted: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:16 PM by Barry Gervin | 1 Comments
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Last night at the Toronto .NET Users Group talk I did on mobility, a gentleman had a question about directly connecting to an Enterprise SqlServer database from a Pocket PC using the Compact Framework. His users run on a shop floor and some times they Read More...

CTTDNUG UG Tomorrow Night: Building Pocket PC Applications with the Compact Framework and SQL CE

Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:41 AM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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As part of the continuing MSDN User Group Tour, I'll be speaking at the Canadian Technology Triangle .NET User Group in Waterloo on Thursday October 7th (tomorrow night). There is a new location for the meeting at Agfa (formerly Mitra) in Waterloo. All Read More...

Oshawa .NET: Building Mobile Applications

Posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:10 AM by Barry Gervin | 2 Comments
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I'm doing a talk at the East of GTA .NET users group tonight in Oshawa. This is the same MSDN User Group tour event sweeping across Canada. I'll be talking about some of the limitations of the Compact Framework and SqlCE. Should be fun - hope to see you Read More...

Building Mobile Applications, Metro Toronto .NET Users Group

Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:56 PM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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Tomorrow night I'm presenting at the downtown Toronto .NET users group - topic Pocket PC development with the CE framework. I'll have a new HP 4700 device with a VGA resolution screen for folks to take a look at - courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Read More...

DevCan 2004

Posted: Monday, July 05, 2004 3:42 PM by Barry Gervin | 2 Comments
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I'm co-chairing two tracks of DevCan coming up in Setp/Oct in Vancover/Toronto (exact dates to follow) - see www.devcan.com for more. I'm doing the architect track and web track. If you have ideas for content you'd like to see, or have a topic you'd like Read More...

Next Generation Developer Training

Posted: Monday, June 28, 2004 6:57 AM by Barry Gervin | 1 Comments
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Vendor-based classroom training is traditionally little more than reference material content, but has the advantage of taking you outside of your typical day (usually for a week) and forces you to sit and spend some quality time with some new technology on a grand scale. A lot of the material can be acquired through googling on the job. The problem with googling for small bits of information is that you miss the bigger picture and a full architectural understanding of how best to accomplish some Read More...