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November 2005 - Posts

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  Building Valid Atom and OPML Is Hard (and It Shouldn't Be)

  Tim Bray recently posted that both MSDN and Sun Developer Network sites don’t validate (aka borked), and then Scoble complains that Bloglines and Newsgator are not OPML Editor compatible. On the surface you would think that both of these issues Read More... Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 2:46 PM by donxml | 2 Comments

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  My Arms Are Covered in a Dark Blue Rash

  Yesterday I worked the Ask the Experts area of the VS, SQL Server, and Biztalk NYC Launch event , and for some reason, when I woke up this morning, my arms have this nasty blue rash. It might have something to do with the shirt I was asked to wear at Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:16 PM by donxml | 1 Comments

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  Announcing the NJ SQL Server User Group

  It has been a long time coming, but NJ will finally see the return of a SQL Server User Group. I’ve been trying to get this group going for about a year now, and the biggest hang-ups has been trying to get a location, and finding volunteers to help Read More... Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 7:52 AM by donxml | 2 Comments

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  Essential UP in VSTS - No RUP Found Here

  hattip: Harry Pierson Ivar Jacobson’s Ivar Jacobson Consulting LLC (yes that Jacobson, one of the RUP 3 amigos) announced that they have joined the VSIP program and will lead an effort to deliver a lightweight unified process to the Microsoft Solutions Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:38 PM by donxml | 1 Comments

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  The Dark Side of Being a Guru

  The December issue of MSDN Mag has a great Editor’s Note, “ The Dark Side of Being a Guru ”, where they asked a couple of gurus if they had any good stories on advising and interacting with readers. My favorite comes from Aaron Skonnard Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:49 AM by donxml | 0 Comments

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  Random Acts of Senseless Tagging

  Tagging, tagging everywhere, but not a drop of connotation to be found. Seems like everyone is tagging their photos, blogs and music with extra meta-data to try to help describe the content. Just check out sites like Filckr (for photos), Technorati and Read More... Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 2:51 PM by donxml | 10 Comments

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  Selenium - Functional Testing Framework For Web Applications

  hat tip: M. David Peterson Somehow I missed this, but the guys over at ThoughtWorks released an very cool, and free, functional testing tool for web applications, Selenium : Selenium is a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests run directly in Read More... Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 10:14 AM by donxml | 0 Comments

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  NYC VS 2005 and SLQ Server 2005 Launch Event

  I’ll be at the NYC Launch Event Nov. 22nd, and was asked to hang in the Ask The Experts area for the Developer Track (although I’m sure I’ll find my way into the Data Track, too). Unfortunately, if you haven’t already registered, Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:03 PM by donxml | 1 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, XML, SQL Server