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Speaking at Indy Code Camp

I have been selected to talk at the Indy Code Camp this year! I’ll be giving my “Be A Rules Follower” talk based on the Windows Workflow Rules Engine. I’ve given the talk several times now and it has been very well received (at least from the feedback I’ve seen/heard). The Indy Code Camp is on April 26th, the Saturday after the Central Ohio Day of .NET. Looks like back to back weekends of .

You learn something New....

In my last .NN I mentioned that knowing your tools is important. Last night I picked up something new that may not be overly interesting, but just drives home the idea of knowing your tools AND that you learn something new every day. I started reading the PowerShell in Action book by Bruce Payette last night and in the first few pages it compares PowerShell to Shells of the past. One of the statements it made was that many of the keyboard command sequences you are used to from Cmd.

Deep Zoom Composer Tool

If you paid much attention to MIX 08 this year one of the keynotes showcased the SeaDragon and PhotoSynth technology, which allows for you to view photographs of differing resolutions together. It lets you zoom in, out and pan across a myriad of images that have been stitched together. The specific example given in the keynote was the Memorabilia page at the Hard Rock Cafe web site. Note that this uses Beta 1 of Silverlight 2.