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Wow. That's an incredible feeling, seeing my name on Amazon :) The book is in pre-order!! I'd better get back to editing it then :) Read More...
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These last months have been amongst the most intensive I have ever been in my life. Since my last blog post, I have been extremely busy finishing writing my Silverlight book and starting the editing work. It is well underway, and we will publish later this year. It is a very exciting time for me to see that book shaping up after almost a year of work on it. Yes I will be happy to see the finished, paper-printed work!! Another reason why this time of the year has been especially exciting for me is that I decided to take a new challenge in my professional life. From the 1st of December, I will be working for IdentityMine , the well-known Tacoma- and Seattle-based firm (WA, USA) specializing in Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight. I am really really excited about this opportunity to work with some of the best software developers and designers in this field, such as Robby Ingebretsen , Dr WPF , Nathan Dunlap and more. In the position of Senior Interactive Developer, I will be involved Read More...
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2 years ago, on a Sunday, I posted my first blog post. Since then so many amazing things happened, partly due to this blog: I got the MVP status, I got a better recognition in my firm for my expert knowledge on some topics (such as WPF, Silverlight, ASP.NET and C#), I started speaking in conferences... One year later, I got a book deal (more on this soon). I met amazing people, and made a lot of new friends in the industry. I went to Redmond a few times and had the chance to talk to some really amazing talents in the software field. More importantly, I really had the feeling that my contributions were acknowledged, and valued. It's really been 2 amazing years. To all of you reading these lines, thank you. You make my life as a software engineer better, more interesting, and you really help become a better developer. Read More...
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I am going to take a short break of blogging for a couple of months. The reason is simple: I have been working on a book about Silverlight 2 since September last year, and we are in a phase now where I need to concentrate on that exclusively, and put other activities aside. I might post the occasional article from time to time, but until mid-Summer, it's going to be write write write. Stay posted for news about the book coming up, and don't delete me from your feeds, it's really only temporary :) Read More...
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On a whim, I made a GalaSoft sticker and ordered 48 of them at CafePress.com . The stickers just arrived yesterday, and they look pretty cool. I plan to keep some on me, so next time you cross my path, make sure you get a GalaSoft sticker for your laptop Read More...
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I finally did something I wanted to do for a loooooong time: I cleaned up and put my resume online on my website. Note for Beat (my boss), if you read this, don't panic, I am not leaving just right now :) Anyway. For those of you who like to know my (professional) self better, feel free to take a look . If you want a username and password to check my certificates and awards, contact me . And if you have any comment, give me feedback!! Read More...
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This kind of things pisses me up so much. What's your problem Amazon? My money is not good enough for you? I call it racism. Oh yeah, also something else. Could you tell me that *before* you make me install your downloader? Kthxbai. Read More...
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This kind of things pisses me up so much. What's your problem Amazon? My money is not good enough for you? I call it discrimination. Oh yeah, also something else. Could you tell me that *before* you make me install your downloader? Kthxbai. Read More...
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What a crazy week that is. I am currently in Seattle for the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional summit, which ended yesterday. I took an additional day in Seattle to meet a few friends and Siemens colleagues, and this morning got an email notifying me that I passed the MCTS exam about WPF that I took back then in December . Because the exam was in beta stage when I took it, Microsoft needed a veeeeeeeery long time to evaluate the replies and check if I met the requirement. Apparently, they also had issues finding volunteers to try the beta exam, so it took even longer than planned. But hey, everything happens when you wait long enough, and as of today I am a Microsoft Certified Professional. Now I want to point again what I wrote in December: I am not quite sure about the value of the MCTS exams. You are not a good developer just because you learn answers by heart. Testing one's knowledge with multiple choice questions is really absurd, especially when it comes to programming. Additionally, Read More...
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Today was day 2 of the Global MVP Summit. We spent it in Redmond, on the Microsoft Campus. For my part I spent the whole day in the RIA (pronounced "reee-ya") track, focussed on Silverlight (mostly) and WPF (a little). I won't say much about it for two reasons: Either the code we saw was very similar to the one shown in Vegas one month ago, or I don't have the right to talk about it because of NDA Generally speaking, it's safe to say that really great things are going to be built on top of Silverlight. The basis is stable enough that they can use the bits to realize new concepts. That will be really interesting to follow. My comment to all the DevDiv people I could talk to was always the same: Do whatever you want with Silverlight, I am OK with it. Add triggers or not, honestly I am not too concerned about that. But please oh please, keep WPF a superset of Silverlight . Only by doing so will you be credible for WPF developers, who don't want to learn a whole new set of skills just for the Read More...
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Day 0 Oh man what a trip. First I left home at 6:30AM, which on a Sunday (and my birthday) is pretty more a crime against humanity. Additionally, I was woken up a few times during the night: Twice by my elder daughter who came to check if my bags were still there, because she was afraid to miss me to wish me happy birthday in the morning (she opened her door at 2:30AM and 4:30AM, both times waking me up of course :) Then after taking the train to the airport, I learned that my flight to Frankfurt (there are unfortunately no direct flights from Zurich to Seattle) was delayed for technical reasons. It was a problem because I only had about 1.5 hours in Frankfurt to change plane. Only when we reached Frankfurt did we learn that they hadn't rebooked us automatically (even though they told us they did in Zurich), so the hunt for a flight started... I got to say, overall (and though I have a lot of understanding for technical issues being both an engineer and a former pilot) I was rather disappointed Read More...
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It's my second year as Microsoft MVP but I didn't attend the global MVP summit last year, so I am really excited to attend this year. I am currently on my way to Seattle (via Frankfurt), and will spend next week there getting loads and loads of information about the newest trends and technologies from Microsoft. Like any conference, the summit is also (and before all) a way to network, meet new friends that I know from their blogs or Twitter or any other e-medium, and meet again with friends from earlier occasions. I am really looking forward to this week. Today is a bit special for me, as it is my 37th birthday. Looking back to the past years shows me how amazing a life I had so far, and I am really looking forward to the 37 years to come (and the following too :) It's going to be a loooong birthday for me because of the time difference with Seattle, but I am not really going to enjoy most of it (I am not enjoying sitting in a plane as much as I used to when I was flying them :) For the Read More...
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