Sorry for the extended absence. I've been working on a crossover article series on refactoring between my WPF half and my Azure half. It's shaping up pretty nicely. But in the meanwhile, I've neglected my buzz duties. So without further ado, here are your buzz-worthy items for today.
Getting Webby With It
Next week (December 8th to be precise), the Live Framework team will be hosting a webcast. I think the topic will be about the future of the MacOS or something like that. I'm pretty stoked about the 1 and 15 minutes scheduled for Q&A on the agenda!
Steve Marx Says
"PDC Attendees Should Have Windows Azure Tokens" (that is if you registered for them). Also if you follow his blog, he has more Azure code samples (including the blog itself) than you can shake a stick at.
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
The PDC ended a month ago and I am still finding great sessions like this one that gives an in depth view of how the B2B sample Azure application shown during the opening keynote was built. It's funny, I went into PDC without a shred of interest in Microsoft's cloud platform (outside of Mesh/Live Framework). And now I'm so enthralled by it, I haven't spent more than 3 hours with VS 2010 (and that's just for the "Oslo" stuff). Anyway, I'm told there are good sessions on WPF 4.0, WF 4.0, TFS 2010, and other new stuff, and I'm going to get to them...eventually.
The Real Reason to Get Excited About Live Mesh
I've seen a lot of chatter about how cool Live Mesh is because you can synchronize your files. What if I told you that the file synchronization is really just a proof-of-concept. The Live Mesh client that you see today, is little more than an example of what the Live Framework enables. Don't believe me? Look at this video by Jamie Thomson where he shows the masses what the lucky few with Live Framework CTP tokens get to play with. BTW, I managed to win a few invite cards from the Live Framework team in an arm wrestling match. Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win one.
Today's Episode Guest Stars David Burela
Long Zheng decided to let someone else take the reins for a day over at his blog. David Burela took the opportunity to post a review of Azure. Don't go looking at the sidebar or anything. There's nothing to see there. Nope, nothing at all about a HP Magic Giveaway including a Touchsmart that is Windows 7 multi-touch capable.
Farewell "Blue Badge" Hack But We Don't Need You Anymore
Well soon we won't that is. Windows 7 Beta 1 (feature complete) will be given to attendees of the MSDN Developer Conferences. Basically, it's the PDC distilled and distributed at a more reasonable price point. I will be attending the Chicago event and promptly installing my Beta 1 copy on site!
Windows 7 Gives You Wings
Over at Redmond Developer News, you can read the new issue's cover story online. It is a review of Windows 7 Build 6801 that pretty much reaffirms my experience with 7.
The Signs Were Always There
Way back on October 1st Computer World posted a teaser article for "Windows Cloud".
You've Got to Love Fanboys
Windows 7 hasn't even released yet and the self proclaimed "Cyber Cynic" has written three different posts proclaiming that Windows 7 sucks and that Microsoft had to resort to bribery to get a good review. Like I said in my review, the only "bribe" I received from Microsoft was a copy of Windows 7 on a WD Passport drive. And my employer paid 2400 for me to get that.
The Live Framework Afternoon Special
In a new white paper by Nishant Gupta and Dharma Shukla, the two answer the question we've all been dying to know "What is it and Why Should I Care?". Next week it will be "Coping with Peer Pressure: Should I Use Live Framework?".
Well that's it for today fellow cloud dwellers. There's more news to tell, but not enough time to type it all out.