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PDC 2008 - The Future of C#

So I had a chance today to attend a session given Anders Hejlsberg on C# 4.0, and beyond. Honestly I walked out of the session going ... that's it? The feature list started with the dynamic keyword, which is cool but simply does not help the 80% of C# developers today. Most C# developers today are...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-27-2008
GiveCamp Kiva Lending Team

Just a quick update , that several of the micro-finance loans I made as part of the GiveCamp Kiva team have recently made their first payment back, which allowed me to begin to re-invest most of those funds in another loan. I'm backing the Yon Dial 2 Group, from Senegal. Here are their details: Palmarin...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-26-2008
Tulsa TechFest 2008

Holy smokes, did I have a blast at Tulsa TechFest! It was a great couple of days hanging out with some great speakers, like Randy Walker, Caleb Jenkins, Zain, Chris, Phil and many more. I did presentations on three different topics. The first of these was called Building Services That Rock, the second...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-13-2008
Simple Reflection Based Assignment Using Extension Methods

Have you ever had two objects, of different types, and wished that C# could just be smart enough to realize that objA.FirstName should be assigned to objB.FirstName? For me this comes up quite a bit when working with WCF services. I don't want a service to directly expose my internal business object...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-08-2008
BizTalk 2006 R2 Pre-requisites CAB Files

With many thanks to Sanket for posting this information originally, I wanted to post these links here so that the next time I can save my self the Google search and just hit this post. These links are for the EN language, but there's a link at the bottom to the full list for all languages. Windows...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-25-2008
How To Create a Portable Office (Computing)

Laptop What makes a great laptop for a mobile office? Well I can give some guidelines, and assume I'm talking to a group of developers, but in the end that is up to you. Some things you need to remember: Extensibility - Does your laptop have an expansion bay which can be used to swap in new hard...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-24-2008
How To Create a Portable Office (Content)

Content is king! Just ask anyone who is serious about the web and they will tell you, unless they're in the midst of getting you to sign away your content at the moment. As a consultant or other person on the go, you should be ready to capture content at a moment's notice. Now, I do a ton of...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-22-2008
Give back with Kiva and GiveCamp

So you need only flip back about a year ago on this blog to find that I am clearly a fan of pushing people to contribute to their community, and their world, in a positive way. I was a huge proponent of the We Are Microsoft event last January that has since morphed into the GiveCamp initiative nationwide...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-22-2008
How To Create a Portable Office (Network Connectivity)

Phones AT&T Tilt I've carried an AT&T Tilt for nearly a year now as my primary personal phone. I truly love this phone, Windows Mobile 6, GPS, WiFi, full keyboard, 3 mega-pixel camera, and high speed networking is fabulous. I've been with AT&T for several years now. I was an AT&T...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-19-2008
How To Create a Portable Office (Organization)

Backpack For several years now I've used a Targus backpack to haul around my portable office. A good bag, one that you can trust and has space for what you want to carry is absolutely key. For me, as you will see below, this means I want a lot of space, with large cavernous storage areas. I find...

Posted to TimRayburn.net (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-19-2008

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