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Whats new with .NET, Windows 8, Metro, WinRT ?

   Still trying to figure out whats changing in the Microsoft development platform ? How to deal with .NET, Silverlight, Windows 8, WinRT and Metro style apps in 2012? I strongly re...

Launching www.tourtrainings.com web portal on MS trainings

I am very happy to release a set of 8 websites dedicated to trainings on the latest Microsoft Technologies, all grouped in one portal: www.tourtrainings.com Right now you can explore: HTML5 ...

Silverlight MVP += 1

Sweet first email of the year announcing that Ive just been re-awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft for Silverlight. This is my 6th year in a row as an MVP so I am very grateful!...

Happy Holidays!

Here at RunAtServer, waiting for Windows 8 we have built our Metrofied Wishes Card! http://www.runatserver.com/voeux/2012/wishes.htm www.runatserver.com / Web, Mobile and Touch Solutions ...

Silverlight Training Montreal in November 2011

Still a few seats available for the next Silverlight Tour stop in Montreal, come and learn top Silverlight content from local experts!!! What: Silverlight training When: November 21-24 (4 days) ...

Back from BUILD presentation material

   Here are the slides we used for the Back from BUILD presentation at DevTeach Ottawa 2011 with Colin Melia (@colinizer). We talked about: 1. The Windows 8 experience 2. Whats new ...

HTML5 and Silverlight 5 presentation material

      Here are the slides we used for the Silverlight 5 and HTML 5 presentation at DevTeach Ottawa 2011 with Frdric Harper (@fharper):   Download the demos: (req...

DevTeach Ottawa 2011 Silverlight pre-conference material

     This week in Ottawa, I did a full day workshop on Silverlight, as a pre-conference of the DevTeach Canadian event. I showed how to build from scratch a business application,...

WP7.5 Mango: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Note: I love my phone, this post is a way to describe my (short) experience with the latest version of the Windows Phone OS (Mango), read that as my feedback to get a better product.   The...

Attend a Silverlight 5 workshop, get a free license of Telerik's RadControls for Silverlight!!

The first 15 people to register for the DevTeach Ottawa Silverlight pre-conference on November 2 will get a free license of Telerik's RadControls for Silverlight ($999 value)!! For more informa...

Silverlight Training Montreal in October 2011

Still a few seats available for the next Silverlight Tour stop in Montreal, come and learn top Silverlight content from local experts!!! >> This course will be taught in French * << Wh...

My HTML5 and Silverlight 5 session at Montreal UG

Yesterday I did a presentation (in french) at the Montreal .NET Community with Frdric Harper @fharper (Microsoft Developer Evangelist). So we naturally split the job: Frdric was the HTML5 guy, and I ...

My Silverlight 5 workshop at DevTeach Ottawa

If you are in Ottawa for DevTeach dont miss my Silverlight 5 workshop! Building an end-to-end application with Silverlight In this full day workshop, we will show you how to build an end-to-end Ri...

The wait is over

Windows 8 has been unveiled today here in Anaheim at the Microsoft BUILD conference. More content to come waiting for that here are the first shots of my tablet: Pre-installed with Windo...

Silverlight Tour Vancouver in November

Due to popularity, the Silverlight Tour is already coming back to Vancouver this fall, come and learn top Silverlight 5 content from true experts!!! What: Silverlight training When: November 01-04...

Silverlight Training Montreal in September 2011

Still a few seats available for the next Silverlight Tour stop in Montreal, come and learn top Silverlight content from local experts!!! >> This course will be taught in French * << Wh...

Learn Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011

As you may know, Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 is Launching on July 26. http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/lightswitch If you already want to get familiarized with this newcomer in the ...

Silverlight Vancouver User Group meeting recap

I just did a talk at the Vancouver Silverlight User Group (VanSLUG). Title: HTML5 and Silverlight 5: facts, assumptions and near future Abstract: In this session, I will try to clarify what ...

My session at the Vancouver Silverlight User Group

Next week I will be in Vancouver and talk at the local User Group: the Vancouver Silverlight User Group. Title: HTML5 and Silverlight 5: facts, assumptions and near future Abstract: In this ...

Implicit Data Template in Silverlight 5

[cross posted on the MSDN Canadian developers blog] One cool new feature of Silverlight 5 is Implicit Data Template. You use Data Templates in Silverlight to control the way you display data while do...

My LightSwitch session at DevTeach Montreal 2011

Earlier this month I did a talk on Visual Studio LightSwitch at the DevTeach conference in Montreal. Here is the list of features I demonstrated: Designer to create the Db tables Wizards to...

DevTeach Montreal Keynote Silverlight 5 material

This week I did the Silverlight 5 part of the DevTeach Keynote in Montreal and really enjoyed it! I did a Top 3 Silverlight 5 new features presentation in 15 min. (it was not really my TOP3, bu...

Silverlight Tour Vancouver in July

The Silverlight Tour is coming back to Vancouver this summer, come and learn top Silverlight 5 content from true experts!!! What: Silverlight training When: July 05-08 (4 days) Where: Vancouver...

Silverlight 5 workshop at DevTeach Montreal

If you are in the Montreal area you know that the greatest Canadian conference for Microsoft technologies is coming to town this month: DevTeach!! Me and the RunAtServer team will deliver a bunch o...

Silverlight Advanced Course in Quebec

Ill be doing an Advanced Silverlight training in Qubec city later in May. >> This course will be taught in French * << What: Silverlight Advanced training When: May 10-11 (2 days...

Azure Learning Resources

  Jump into Azure! Are you a developer and want to dive into the Microsoft cloud computing platform (Windows Azure) ? Already installed the Windows Azure SDK and Visual Studio Tools, now yo...

AzureFest in Montreal (May 17)

The Montreal .NET Community is organizing a free AzureFest in Montreal. The goal is to help you with the very first steps: create your Azure account, understand the services (Windows Azure, SQL Azur...

My MIX11 wrap up

Last week I was in Las Vegas for the Microsoft MIX conference. I was hesitant to go there but at the last minute I decided to attend. Finally I dont regret it as I needed the latest information on ...

My talk on MIX11 (french)

This week I was invited at the Visual Studio Talk Show, a french .NET podcast, to chat with hosts Mario and Guy about the main announcements (HTML5, Silverlight 5, Windows Phone 7, IE10, Kinect, ) m...

MIX11 videos mass download tool

Check out this free Silverlight tool to filter and mass download your selection of MIX sessions: http://dayngo.com/tools/mix11/Home/Download Youll get a .bat file, then you need to install wget be...

My Back from MIX presentation at the Montreal .NET Community

On Monday I did a Back from MIX presentation (in french) at the Montreal .NET Community with my co-worker Justin. It was great and I did my best to articulate the message from Microsoft at MIX, ...

Silverlight 5 beta

Silverlight 5 beta is now available, exactly 1 year after Silverlight 4 released. Please note there is no go-live license at that time, so this release is for evaluation only. End-users wont be a...

Windows Phone design learning content on .toolbox!

Nice! .toolbox Microsoft tutorials provide learning content for Windows Phone 7 Design! http://www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox/school/tutorials.aspx Explore different tutorials to get hands on wit...

Back from MIX11 session at the Montreal User Group

This year again I will be at MIX, the major Microsoft Conference about web technologies, which will be held next week in Las Vegas. I expect to hear cool stuff about: Silverlight 5 Silverl...

Microsoft Regional Director

Im really excited to announce that I have been appointed Microsoft Regional Director today (and this is *not* an Aprils Fool). As you know there is already Guy Barrette in Montreal and there is abs...

Silverlight Training Montreal in April 2011

The Silverlight Tour deliver one more class in Montreal, come and learn top Silverlight content from local experts!!! >> This course will be taught in French * << What: Silverlight tra...

MVP Summit 2011

Here is the traditional Canadian Sea Of Red picture at the MVP Summit! picture by Morten Rand-Hendriksen   And a special one, this is the Silverlight MVPs group: picture by Corey Schu...

Speaker at DevTeach Montreal 2011

I am really happy that Ive just been selected to speak at DevTeach Montreal 2011 (may 30 june 03, include pre and post-conference). My session is part of the Software Architecture Track: Visual...

Silverlight Training Montreal in January 2011

Start the new year with an awesome Silverlight training! The Silverlight Tour has one more class in Montreal, and provide top Silverlight 4 content!!! >> This course will be taught in French ...

Microsoft Silverlight MVP one more time

Another wonderful first email of the year announcing that Ive just been re-awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft for Silverlight. This is my 5th year as an MVP in a row and I am still ...

My Windows Phone 7 presentation in Montreal

Last week I presented a session as part of the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Developers Briefing in Montreal. I was with another RunAtServer team member: Louis-Philippe Pinsonneault, who presented th...

The definite guide to Notification Window in Silverlight 4

Note: This article was first published in Web Central Station, but code format has problem there, so I republish here. When this article was written the latest version of Silverlight was Silverlig...

My presentations at the Montreal .NET Community

On Monday I did two presentations at the Montreal .NET Community. A quick talk on SQL Server Compact Edition 4 first, then I did a huge demo on Visual Studio LightSwitch.   Download the slides...

Activate internet tethering on Samsung Focus with Rogers Canada

Disclaimer: All this works today (tested on several phones), but might not work tomorrow Warning: After this setup you wont be able to sync your phone with the Zune software via a cable, only via WiF...

Silverlight 5 preview!

A preview of Silverlight 5 has just been presented at the Silverlight Firestarter event!! New Features Announced for Silverlight 5 Beta   Premium Media Experiences Silverlight 5 offers impr...

Programmatic access to Windows Phone FM tuner

Windows Phone 7 has the FMRadio class (Microsoft.Devices.Radio namespace) that is ready to use: FMRadio.Instance.PowerMode = RadioPowerMode.On; .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre { font-size: smal...

Last Silverlight Training of the year! [Montreal]

Last chance to get this awesome Silverlight training in 2010! The Silverlight Tour has one more class in Montreal, and provide top Silverlight 4 content!!! >> This course will be taught i...

Local Silverlight Firestarter in Montreal (free event)

I already post about this event, but want to mention that we will host a local event in Montreal. What: From the official event The future of Silverlight. Hear whats coming next from Microsofts Scot...

My LightSwitch session at TechDays Montreal

Today I did a presentation on Visual Studio LightSwitch at TechDays Montreal. My goal was to introduce this new tool and show how it can help you create business applications for the desktop or the c...

My Windows Phone app in the Marketplace

My Windows Phone little application My first WP7 app is available on the Marketplace: Morse Code Flash Light. Try it, its free. It converts any text to Morse code and use your phone as a flashli...

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