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My Top 5 Technology Roadmap Items for 2012-2013
Posted May 7th, 2012 By Paul in .Net Development, LightSwitch, Technology With | 37741 Comment2012-05-07+15%3A21%3A46Paul

Late last week I attended the Microsoft Canada MVP Open Day in Toronto. What a great time. The presentations and interactive sessions made for a very inspirational event. The great dialogue with the Microsoft people, as a well as the other like minded professionals, certainly ignited a spark in me that will surely lead to some great outputs.

Coming home on a weekend gave me the opportunity to sit back and reflect on what I had experienced. With that I was able to re-group my thoughts and come up with a renewed enthusiasm for Microsoft technologies. This post is a listing of the things that I am going to focus on for the next year – kinda of one year roadmap if you will (or maybe a bandwagon, whatever you want to call it).

Here is the top 5 things I am going to focus on between now and end of the first quarter of 2013… Continue reading “My Top 5 Technology Roadmap Items for 2012-2013” »
MVP Award Thank You!
Posted Apr 2nd, 2012 By Paul in .Net Development, LightSwitch, Miscellaneous, Technology With | 37567 CommentsMVP+Award+Thank+You%21+2012-04-02+15%3A27%3A48Paul

Awe, Shucks!

This weekend I received an email indicating that I have received a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) award. This is awesome! Continue reading “MVP Award Thank You!” »
Rise of the Citizen Developer – Slide Deck and Speaker Notes
Posted Mar 29th, 2012 By Paul in .Net Development, LightSwitch, Miscellaneous, Office 365, Technology With | 37196 Comments2012-03-29+19%3A00%3A56Paul

As promised, here is the slide deck and speakers notes from the March 26th Visual Basic and Access Developers User Group MeetUp meeting.

Enjoy! Continue reading “Rise of the Citizen Developer – Slide Deck and Speaker Notes” »
Microsoft LightSwitch – 8 Ways to Reporting and Printing Success
Posted Mar 5th, 2012 By Paul in LightSwitch With | 36467 Comments2012-03-05+20%3A54%3A17Paul

Integrated reporting and printing in Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch is arguably one the most hotly requested features being demanded by LightSwitch users today. In lieu of having out-of-the-box reporting capabilities within the LightSwitch development environment, here is a quick list of ways to mitigate your LightSwitch printing and reporting needs. Continue reading “Microsoft LightSwitch – 8 Ways to Reporting and Printing Success” »
Microsoft LightSwitch – Consuming OData
Posted Mar 3rd, 2012 By Paul in LightSwitch With | 3626No CommentsMicrosoft+LightSwitch+-+Consuming+OData2012-03-03+18%3A27%3A31Paul

The integrated OData (Open Data Protocol) data source features included with Microsoft Visual Studio 2011 (Beta) LightSwitch looks exciting.

Just how simple is it to consume OData with LightSwitch? Check it out… Continue reading “Microsoft LightSwitch – Consuming OData” »
Microsoft LightSwitch – A First Class Citizen to Visual Studio 11
Posted Feb 29th, 2012 By Paul in LightSwitch With | 35981 Comment2012-02-29+18%3A56%3A06Paul

With much ado, Visual Studio 2011 Beta had been released today. Of course I downloaded and installed it… haven’t you? I am very curious about what this version of Visual Studio will have to over, but more so, I am interested in what the included LightSwitch will offer. Here are some helpful links that I am inventorying to get me started on this release… Continue reading “Microsoft LightSwitch – A First Class Citizen to Visual Studio 11” »
Paul is now HootSuite Certified!
Posted Feb 27th, 2012 By Paul in Social Media With | 35903 CommentsPaul+is+now+HootSuite+Certified%212012-02-27+15%3A46%3A55Paul

I have a new-found passion for all things social media. More specifically, how business can leverage social media for marketing and increased sales. As a result, I have already embarked on another journey – learning all that I can about social media – in the context of how business can use it successfully. Continue reading “Paul is now HootSuite Certified!” »
Microsoft LightSwitch – Add Granularity to Reference Data
Posted Feb 9th, 2012 By Paul in LightSwitch With | 35772 Comments2012-02-09+17%3A59%3A49Paul

A nifty little feature that the A Little Productivity application includes is the ability to add granularity to the information about the costs that get applied to quotes and jobs. This article demonstrates a simple little technique for creating composite reference data. Continue reading “Microsoft LightSwitch – Add Granularity to Reference Data” »
Microsoft LightSwitch – Data First and Breaking Some Rules
Posted Feb 7th, 2012 By Paul in LightSwitch With | 35603 Comments2012-02-07+21%3A34%3A16Paul

This is is part two of a series of articles that walks through the A Little Productivity application and its source. In this article I talk about the data first approach I took in creating the business entities used in the application. Continue reading “Microsoft LightSwitch – Data First and Breaking Some Rules” »
Microsoft LightSwitch – A Little Productivity
Posted Feb 6th, 2012 By Paul in LightSwitch With | 354718 Comments2012-02-06+21%3A29%3A48Paul

This article is the first in a series of articles where I represent a Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch application that utilizes a number of techniques for creating a simple, but intuitive, line of business software application.

Called “A Little Productivity”, this is a hit-the-ground-running application that you can take away, pick apart, and further modify to your heart’s content. The objective of this article series is to give you something (for free) that helps you further your understanding of LightSwitch – and potentially to help further your own business or career success. Continue reading “Microsoft LightSwitch – A Little Productivity” »
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