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Reflections on the PDC Day 1 Keynote

Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:00 PM by Barry Gervin | 3 Comments
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Bill Gates gave a pretty typical high level keynote to introduce the keynote this morning. He talked about the past, how far we've come, and how now is the most exciting time, and that we are in most exciting industry. Not that I don't disagree, but I Read More...

DevTeach Conference in Montreal

Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:12 PM by Barry Gervin | 1 Comments
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I'm going to be heading out in a couple of weeks to DevTeach in Montreal. In addition to my regular session talk on Datasets, I'll also be participating in an architecture panel discussion as part of Groupe d’usagers Visual Studio Montréal, Software Architecture Read More...

Whidbey, ObjectSpaces and Mexico, Oh My!

Posted: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:41 AM by Barry Gervin | 3 Comments
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I'm just heading back home from Vancouver tonight on a red eye. When I get home, I have time for a load of laundry or two and then I'm flying to Mexico. Not just for some R&R, but I've also arranged to speak at the Mayan Riviera .NET User Group. (MR. Read More...

DevTeach June 18-22, Montreal and a $50.00 Rebate Code!

Posted: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:09 PM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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DevTeach is a really nice conference. I went to it for the first time last year and it's a very intimate and interactive conference. While smaller than your TechEd's and PDC's, it manages to attract a very good set of speakers....Kevin McNeish, Brian 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...

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...

GDI+ Security Vulnerability

Posted: Friday, September 17, 2004 1:54 AM by Barry Gervin | 2 Comments
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There is a new critical security vulnerability that affects a wide range of software that can't be easily patched through Windows Update. The vulnerability lies inside of GDI+ and can allow a maliciously formed JPEG image file to create a buffer overrun 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...

New Service Packs for 1.0 & 1.1 .NET Frameworks imminent

Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2004 9:33 AM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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.NET Framework 1.0 SP3 and 1.1 SP1 are in tech preview at the moment. Had a nagging bug and want to know if it's fixed? The contents & links to Tech Preview Downloads can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates/sptechpreview/default.asp Read More...
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