Cloud Computing

DevLink 2010 Slides and Demo

James Bender — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:01:50 GMT

I had a great time speaking, learning and just generally hanging out at DevLink as always. It’s quickly becoming one of my most eagerly anticipated events of the year. I was honored to be allowed to speak at this years event, and as promised here are all my slide decks and demos.

See you next year!

Speaking Tomorrow at MOCSDG !

James Bender — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:01:19 GMT

So, you’ve probably heard about Microsoft Azure by now, and how awesome it is. But there’s more to developing for Microsoft's Cloud Provider than web and worker roles.

I will be presenting a lap around Microsoft .NET Services, which provides some great infrastructure features that can make your Azure application development easier.

What? You’re not into the whole “cloud thing?”

Well then your in luck! Because with .NET Services you can still take advantage of these great features without having to build an “Azure application!”

What now? Oh, you’re not a “.NET developer?”

That’s cool, because .NET Services has SDK’s for Java AND Ruby! And they are available RIGHT NOW!

OK, since you have no more excuses, I’ll see you all at the Microsoft office at 6:00 tomorrow night!

ArcReady is March 20th

James Bender — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:55:04 GMT

This quarter Microsoft's ArcReady events will be on "Architecting for the Cloud."

Registration is required. For more information and to register for your local event check out the ArcReady website.

See you all there!

Are YOU going to the Microsoft Developer Conference?

James Bender — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:44:55 GMT

And if not, why not?

The MDC (Microsoft Developer Conference) makes a stop in scenic Detroit, MI next Thursday, January 22nd. If you missed the PDC, or even if you didn’t this is a great event and a terrific opportunity to see what’s next in the .NET development stack.

In addition to getting your very own copy of the Windows 7 Beta (assuming your one of the last three people who haven’t already gotten the torrent) you’ll be able to see presentations on Azure, Silverlight, F#, ASP.NET with JQuery and SQL Data services by some great speakers like Brian, Jennifer, Jay, Jeff and Jason, other Jeff, Carey, Chris and yet another Jeff.

Damn, that’s a lot of Jeff’s.

And at $99 bucks, that’s only $33/Jeff!

But wait, there’s more!

Alan will be there running ~~Open Spaces~~ Community Courtyard, where you’ll be able submit your own topics and talk with some way-smart people.

There will also be a Women Build workshop, which despite the name is open to both women and men. Admittedly I don’t know too much about that except that Lego’s are involved, Based on that I’m guessing it’s pretty cool!

So if you haven’t, go register now and I hope to see you all there!