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Overheard on twitter yesterday. It made me laugh.
That reminds me, I think that my next blog post will be, “Why Google Reader is the Suxx0r, and why I use it anyways.”
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One of the things that I do from time to time, is to look at my blog server logs, I noticed more in-bound google links for searches for Caleb, not Caleb Jenkins. Wow... According to Google, if you are looking for Caleb, out of all of the Caleb's on the planet, I might be the 7th likely choice - right after WikiPedia. Cool! Too bad for Live - they don't know who I am, unless you are looking for my full name.
Oddly enough, searches for Google Images on me, doesn't have any of my pictures.
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I've blogged about .NET vs Java before, but I recently had a request for any “white papers” on other areas around .NET. I find that when most manager types are asking for white papers, what they really want are case studies. So here is a collection of great .NET case studies for your viewing needs.
Java compared to .NET - this is a great place to start:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700835.aspx
You can check out the "Who is using ASP.NET" section here: http://www.asp.net/getstarted/default.aspx?tabid=61
... a gazzilion other case studies: http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/Default.aspx?brand=msdn&locale=en-us&query=.NET+Case+Studies
Enjoy!
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One of the key differences between Microsoft's .NET 3.0 full blown Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and the sub-set Silverlight (formally WPF/e) is that Silverlight doesn't support true 3D support. (Flash is the same way... if you want the appearance of 3D in flash or Silverlight you have to fake it)
Here is a project that started over at CodePlex that uses that power of the .NET framework to convert / render (fake) WPF 3D over in Silverlight. nice!
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It's pretty bad when your own father finds out about a new grand-daughter from Google alerts... and an alert from someone else’s blog no less! Thanks guys for the coverage, and thank you google alerts for letting people know about these things when I forget to call.
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Our church is doing this special series for the next couple of weeks. Today was the first week in the series and it was fantastic. If you're in the DFW area, stop by some week and check it out.
Supernatural: Touching the Intangible. This is a topic that many people desire to understand from a biblical perspective. People everywhere are intrigued by the supernatural. From movies, to bestselling books, to television exposés we are a culture seeking a sign, and yet there is still frustration in the masses. This summer we explore these cultural realities with a biblical perspective. Discover how God enables us to participate in the intangible, supernatural elements of the faith.
6.10 Supernatural: Introduction
6.17 Supernatural: Spiritual Gifts I
6.24 Supernatural: Spiritual Gifts I
7.08 Supernatural: Baptism of the Holy Spirit
7.15 Supernatural: Generational Curses
7.22 Supernatural: Angels & Demons
7.29 Supernatural: Prayer & Fasting
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Update: So, it looks like the current PopFly site requires you to log in to the site in order to view the embedded content. The result was that everyone visiting my blog was getting re-directed to the PopFly site and getting a “page not found” error (since most people aren’t logged in to PopFly). Hopefully, this will change after the alpha/beta period. It’s too bad, because if you could see the results of about 5 minutes of playing with PopFly, you’d be telling your self that you gotta get you some of that!
Now back to your previously scheduled blog post…
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I’m playing with Microsoft’s new Popfly. So far, I’m having fun.
http://www.popfly.ms/users/calebjenkins
Basically, it’s a web based site for non-developers to creating Silverlight mash-up. Pretty much everything is point and click, very easy to use, and still very flexible. You can create your own “blocks“ that then connect to other blocks (that’s where the mash-up part comes in). So, for example, you can take a sphere display or tile image view (display block) and connect it to a flickr feed block (data) and it just all works. One of the other cool parts is that you can easily share the mash up on your own web site (like here) or download and install it as a Vista Gadget. Popfly is currently in an invite only beta (alpha?) mode, but I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with it so far!
Look for the public availability soon… in the mean time, go check out:
http://silverlight.net/ and http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ to find out more about Silverlight.
Enjoy!
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A friend of mine recently emailed me and wanted to shoot around some ideas for promoting the next TulsaTechFest. Last year’s was amazing and they are really working hard to make this year even better!
His’ email:
…I'm wanting to get some very short video similar to your "CommunityCast.tv - Channel 9 for the rest of us" as an intro/commercial type thing for tech fest.
So, I'm racking my brain trying to think of a good slogan! Something better than just "Tulsa TechFest rocks". or "Tulsa TechFest is for geeks" .. or " come get your geek on".
I like “get your geek on” that made me laugh.
Here are some other ideas:
· TulsaTechFest… It’s just like TechEd. Only free, and with more sessions, and it’s in Tulsa, so it’s better. (Seriously, who wants to go to Florida anyway!)
· TulsaTechFest. Free Beer and Technology, without the beer.
· TulsaTechFest. Because your Mom says that you should go.
· TulsaTechFest. Better than anything else going on in Tulsa that weekend.
· TulsaTechFest. Tulsa Technology Festive… what more do you need?
One thing that I’m excited about is that they are probably going to extend this to a two day event, rather than trying to squeeze everything in to one day.
What are your ideas and suggestions? Head over to the TulsaTechFest site and let them know.
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