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TechEd Berlin 2009

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

TechEd Berlin 2009I’m going to TechEd conference in Berlin next week. Are you going?

I haven’t taken the time to browse through the session catalogs yet, but I will be seeking information about:

  • Microsoft’s acquisition of FAST Search and how Microsoft incorporates into their products
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and especially the spatial support for Reporting Services
  • The new features of Windows Communication Foundation 4.0, the redesigned Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 and .Net 4.0 in general.
  • The Windows Azure Platform
  • ASP.Net MVC 2

If you are going, drop me a mail and I’ll buy you a beer. That’s the least I can do for my readers :-)

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New blog – NoTech

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

A talented colleague of mine Thomas Schou-Moldt has started blogging about software development processes and methods. He is passionate about the subject and writes well.

The blog is in Danish and called NoTech.

Blog description:

Here I’ll share my opinions, joys and frustrations about software development and IT projects – both the good stories and horrendous experiences.

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Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 available

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 screenshots

I can’t wait to see what Microsoft can get out of WPF with the new WPF-based IDE.

The Microsoft developer and platform evangelist Dan Fernandez has written an installation cheat sheet guide.

Update 13th July 2009: On the BCL Team Blog Justin Van Patten has written the blog post What’s New in the BCL in .NET 4 Beta 1.

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World’s first electronic annual general meeting

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Today I just witness the electronic annual general meeting for the investment company SparIndex. This is the first 100% electronic annual general meeting ever.

The stakes was high, especially for the system owner VP Securities as journalists and photographs wandered around the offices ready to report success or failure in the media.

My job as a technical consultant, together with a handful of other techies, was to monitor the solution during the live annual general meeting. Our job was to prevent any technical glitches or in the event of a crash recover as fast as possible.

The tension was high right up to the last minute before the premiere, but everything went smooth. :-)

Screenshot of the World’s first electronic annual general meeting

Screenshot of the World’s first electronic annual general meeting

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In-flight entertainment running on Windows

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

In-flight entertainment reboot

Recently when I was flying back to Europe from South Africa with Lufthansa on Airbus A340-600 the In-flight entertainment crashed just before takeoff. They had to restart the entire system. I could see the entire reload of the system including the initial download with 115K baud XModem protocol download.

Yikes! I hope that only non-vital systems are running Windows for an airliner. :-)

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Visiting Microsoft in Johannesburg, South Africa

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

I live and work in the suburbs of Copenhagen in Denmark, but I’m currently in South Africa on business. While I’m here I might as well visit Microsoft South Africa – I did that today. I attended a presentation of the .Net services by Juval Löwy.

Microsoft South Africa is situated in a nice and fairly new building, as you can see on the picture above.

I was amazed about the level of security – first I had to cleared by the security guards before entering the parking lot. This is not uncommon in South Africa, but very uncommon in Denmark.

Inside in the reception the security check barriers prevent unauthorized people to enter.

When I finally was granted access to the presentation, Microsoft served sodas, pizza and beer!

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SQL Server 2008 Microsoft ISV Partner events presentations

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

This week I hosted two sessions at two different events for Microsoft Denmark. One at Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel in Århus and one in Microsoft Denmark’s headquarter in Hellerup.

It was fun at the feedback was very positive. The best part was during the breaks with great edifying technical discussions. All the slides are available at Miracle’s homepage.

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WCF certified

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

I just got word from Microsoft, that I passed the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Communication Foundation Applications certification (70-503).

It was not easy, as the preparation guide was incomplete and I didn’t have time to properly prepare for the test. I took the beta exam in January, but had totally forgotten about it.

I am proud to be one of the first to pass this exam :-)

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Victoria is One Year Old

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Victoria opening gifts

At her birthday celebration family and friends came by with greetings and gifts.

Victoria’s first steps with a baby carrier

Incidentally Victoria took her first steps alone with a baby carrier at the morning of her birthday. She was proud – as was her father who quickly grabbed the camera and took this shot :-)

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JAOO 2007 – Wednesday

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

The third and last day at the JAOO conference was the best in regards of the sessions I attended. My day session schedule looked like this:

I have written an abstract of the session “Applying Craftsmanship” by Pete McBreen in a separate blog post, because it deserved it. It made me think (which is a good thing :-) ). Read it here.

JAOO 2007 conference summary
I enjoyed the JAOO conference, but was a bit disappointed with the technical level. Again, maybe my expectations were too high? But then again, I will consider coming back next year. That has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I won an Apple iPod at an IBM contest. :-)

Below is a picture of the price I won in the IBM contest.

My winnings

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