Well I am… Yes me Mr Microsoft the questions is why, well the world is not all .NET and with so many customers\users that live in the real world where there is Java and .NET in the same environment we make interop as easy as possible so we (Microsoft that is) are going back to JavaOne (second year in a row) to make sure the Java heads out there know we can work with them.

We are hosting a party during JavaOne so would like to know if you are coming and see if you might want to come. And if you know where the Borland party is going to be let me know.

My fellow Developer Evangelist Tim Heuer has created an IE7 Search provider that uses the Merriam-Webster web site… way cool for me as I can’t spell for beans!

Check it out: dictionary search provider

Yep thanks to some incredible help from Daniel Egan and David Wells the SoCal Code Camp (www.socalcodecamp.com) web site is up and taking sessions! Please get your sessions submitted ASAP so we can come up with the schedule sooner then later.

Thanks

The great guys at Accentient have a great resource for anyone who is using Visual Studio 2005 and Team Foundation. Check it out.

Team System Widgets

OK for years we all have used Google to search MSDN* well now we have a dedicated MSN search site for MSDN at http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/ I would like to see if anyone has feedback for the teams that put this together.

* If you did not know how to do that all you need to do is in the Google search text box type in “site:msdn.microsoft.com” (without the quotes) and Google will only return the results from MSDN (this also works for MSN search)

INETA is doing some cool webcasts that sound interesting. It looks like this may become something they start doing more often if response is good so tune in.

Microsoft recently released more controls that can work with ATLAS "Atlas" Control Toolkit you can see all the new components demoed at the samples page.

I am on the road this week at the Microsoft Technology Summit which is on the Microsoft campus in Redmond my fellow DE from Phoenix Tim Heuer is doing an excellent job of blogging about it on his blog.

tags: mts06

Do you want to see what is new in Visual Studio 2005?

The new Microsoft office in LA (333 So. Grand Avenue, 33rd Floor, Los Angeles CA 90071) will be hosting the 2 day class "What's New in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005" from 9am to 5pm on 4/24 and 4/25 (EDIT: I had the wrong dates the first time, sorry).

You will have to take a train in to downtown or pay for parking, you will be on your own for lunch but the class is free.

To sign-up Click Here I am sorry if the class is full by the time you see this.