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Entries from January 1st, 2009

Consuming DFS WSDL in Visual Studio

January 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Content management, DFS, Services

TweetEarlier today I posted to EDN a new sample project that demonstrates consuming DFS web services directly from their WSDL in a Visual Studio 2008 environment. Right up front, I want to credit my colleague John Sweeney, who really should start blogging, with providing the original work contained in this sample. My subsequent contribution was [...]

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Simplexity

January 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Non-fiction

TweetAfter reading Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple), I find myself taking pause. It’s harder than usual to coalesce my thoughts. This book is an easy enough read, but it’s also a bit disconnected. As author Jeffrey Kluger suggests, “simplicity and complexity may masquerade as each other,” [...]

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An MVP again

January 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Technology

TweetThank you, Microsoft, Simon and Miha, for awarding me Solutions Architect MVP status once again. I’m especially grateful that you listened to this group of architects and worked with us to bring this program back (even better!) after a relatively brief hiatus. Update 12/30/2009: This year saw substantial change yet again to the MVP program [...]

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