I know I am a coder so I should not care about infrastructure stuff but I do… I have see way too many developers blamed for infrastructure so I guess it has been an issue of self preservation but if you can get your servers monitored!

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Beta 2

Yes this job has had some strange twists for me but I think this one takes the cake. I was going to Las Vegas to attend and work the booth at JBoss world and in the week before I came I was asked to attend the eBay Developers Conference.

So here I am at lunch of the first day after a good morning of topics watching a bunch of geeks making Lego stuff. I will post pictures when I get a chance. I do have to say this was a good idea to get people to talk and work together.

Yesterday Microsoft made Windows Vista available to anyone who wants to pay for shipping or download it. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx and see if you system can run Vista… Note for me on my slow DSL the estimated time for download is 54 hours .

Have fun!

The PAG group has just released a CTP of the Mobile Client Software Factory. I have yet to read and play with the code but I am told it is great.

Please let me know what you think of it if you decide to play with it.

OK I know this is going to be a pain in my side but I want to do it so I can stay current on Compact Framework development. On the suggestion of Scott Kerfoot I have stated to develop a small test Compact Framework application. I have setup a new site to host it and it’s Web Service. Check it out!

Pubs Demo

Have you checked out any of the Virtual Labs? They simply rock! With no setup you can run a sand boxed system with every thing you need to do development is different scenarios.

There are Virtual Labs for MSDN and TechNet the thing that got me excited is that there is now Virtual Labs for doing mobile development.

Have fun!

OK I know beta scares a lot of people but I don’t care who you are you want to see this one!

For the announcement go here

For the software go here you will have to fill out a from but it looks painless.

So you want to want to know about Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) well do I have a deal for you!

If you want to hear a great overview if SDLC come to the next of speakTECH Build a Better SDLC seminar series. The next one is Friday, May 19 at 9am to 4pm in the Microsoft San Diego office.

For more information and to register go to speakTECH’s info site about the event Build a Better SDLC seminar series.