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And The Pizza Goes To..
09 April 08 10:46 PM | urig | with no comments

Arik Fraimovich ! Arik has answered the quiz question correctly and will receive a coupon for a free pizza at Pizza Hut with one free topping included. Thank you Arik and thanks also to the many people who took part in the quiz. Better luck next time everybody ;).

תגים:TechEdIsrael2008, somewhat cynical

The End is Nigh for Tech-Ed Eilat 2008
08 April 08 04:03 PM | urig | with no comments

Tech-Ed Eilat 2008 is winding down with the last round of lectures ending in 20 minutes. It's too early for me to sum the event up, not to mention I have a backlog of lectures that I need to review, but I can tell you one thing - It's been fun and it's been educational! Microsoft has done an excellent job in organizing this huge event - it is a huge success for all who took part, IMHO. There was a broad array of lectures properly divided into tracks. Lecture halls and equipment functioned...

תגים:TechEdIsrael2008

Microsoft seriously endorses MVC/MVP
08 April 08 02:07 PM | urig | with no comments

One conclusion that I can draw from Tech-Ed Eilat 2008 is that Microsoft is in the process of endorsing the MVC / MVP pattern for real. At least three of the talks here touched upon the subject. Noam King's talk focused on the upcoming ASP.net MVC framework that is soon to RTM. Ohad Israeli and Glen Block 's talk on the Web Client Software Factory 2.0 introduced me to that particular implementation of MVP for ASP.net. And this morning's talk by Ron Jacobs , titled "The Perfect Pattern...

תגים:asp.net mvc, asp.net, TechEdIsrael2008

Free Pizza if you Answer this Simple Question!
08 April 08 01:30 PM | urig | 2 comment(s)

Yes! Courtesy of Microsoft Israel's Blogging Community ( http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs ), You too can win a free pizza from Pizza Hut (+1 free topping) here on the Tidbits from a .net life blog! Just be the first commenter to answer this simple question correctly: Name two new Microsoft technologies that I was excited to write about, here on this blog. The one condition is, that you can't specifically mention any of the three flagship products that Microsoft launch at Tech-Ed Eilat 2008...

תגים:TechEdIsrael2008

Tech-Ed Israel 2008 Party Photos are Up on Flickr
08 April 08 10:19 AM | urig | with no comments

Check out photos from last nights smashing rave at Eilat' port at http://www.flickr.com/photos/urig Fortisaharof + Maor Cohen (+ Chaim Laroz) rock us:   Lior and Yosi are having a great evening (complete with electric T-shirts) after busting their asses all day: More on flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/urig

תגים:TechEdIsrael2008

How to make IIS 7.0 catch on?
07 April 08 12:56 PM | urig | with no comments

Having attended Leon Langleiben's 11:00 talk on IIS 7.0 for developers, I can't help but wonder why the adoption rate for the new technology is so low. Depsite the impressive and extensible new pipeline, despite that it's modular, despite the powerful and easy configuration of it (that can be even shared across machines now), IIS 7.0 is hardly anywhere to be found in production environments. It's understandable that upgrading from IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0 is a daunting prospect. When I...

תגים:microsoft, TechEdIsrael2008

Follow me on twitter
07 April 08 09:53 AM | urig | with no comments

Just a reminder - you can follow me * live* all through the Tech-Ed Eilat 2008 event on twitter. Just go to http://www.twitter.com/urig and take it from there!

תגים:TechEdIsrael2008

Tech-Ed Eilat 2008 - Summing up Day 1
06 April 08 10:44 PM | urig | with no comments

It's been a delightfully exciting day here at Microsoft's Tech-Ed Eilat 2008. Having left Tel Aviv on the 07:00am flight, I arrived at Eilat early and was able to quickly check into my room and prepare for the Bloggers' Briefing held by Microsoft. The Bloggers' Briefing made it clear that Microsoft is taking its bloggers community very seriously and with great respect. Coordinated by Michal Nissenzweig, the logistics for bloggers included a sweet gift bag of schwag, a gift coupon...

תגים:TechEdIsrael2008

TV meets its future at the Tech-Ed Business Center
06 April 08 12:03 PM | urig | with no comments

I'm here at the awesome Business Center setup by Microsoft and its partners at the Herrods Hotel in Eilat. Around me everyone is setting up stands, hooking up their display computers in preparation for the hordes of Tech-Ed attendants who will soon come here. Having followed the Bloggers Meeting hosted by Microasoft's charming Michal Nisenzweig, to whom I owe my attendance this year, I rushed up here to see Lior Zoref and Yosi Taguri cast their charms on a visiting channel 10 TV crew. It...

תגים:TechEdIsrael2008

First thoughts from the airport
06 April 08 06:23 AM | urig | 1 comment(s)

Still in the very early stages of the event - at Ben Gurion airport, actually - a few personal conclusions are already apparent here at Tech-Ed Eilat 2008: I need an Eye-Fi ! I need one real bad. Uploading images the old way is so laborious. Oh, how I yearn to snap a photo on my Canon S5 IS and have it instantly and wirelessly uploaded to flickr. I need a more advanced cellphone for blogging/SMSing. Something I can easily type on. Something like... an iPhone! It's not wise to put all of Microsoft's...

תגים:TechEdIsrael2008

Twittering Tech-Ed Eilat 2008
05 April 08 06:46 PM | urig | with no comments

Just dropping you a note that I will be live blogging Tech-Ed Eilat 2008 on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/urig/ . Photos will go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/urig/ * Every few hours I will aggregate my twits into a (hopefully meaningful) blog post here. I'm looking forward to sharing my experience with you and getting feedback here and on Twitter. What's more, it would be great to do the same in real life - If you see me at the event, by all means please come and talk to me. I would...

תגים:teched, TechEdIsrael2008, flickr, twitter

Getting Ready for Tech-Ed Israel 2008
29 March 08 09:32 PM | urig | with no comments

I too will be attending this year's Tech-Ed Israel 2008 in Eilat event, courtesy of Microsoft Israel. Yes, I too am one of the lucky ones whose stay at the convention is covered by Microsoft Israel and I'd like to take the opportunity to thank them - Thanks Microsoft Israel! In the spirit of Amit Cohen-Berezin's Get Ready for Tech Ed 2008 post, here's how I am setting up for blogging the event. I will be schlepping around: My beloved (even if a bit malfunctioning) Dell D620 wide 14"...

תגים:microsoft, microblogging, teched, TechEdIsrael2008

ASP.Net MVC is our future
17 March 08 09:18 PM | urig | with no comments

One of the most exciting technologies being developed by the ASP.net development team headed by Scott Guthrie is ASP.net MVC. ASP.net MVC is a framework that extends (and even modifies) ASP.net to leverage the MVC design pattern for building web sites that are highly robust, usable and testable. Scott gave an excellent description of what ASP.net MVC is going to look like in his blog. Scott has followed up with 4 delicious blog posts that contain step by step tutorials that shed light on key aspects...

תגים:teched, mvc, asp.net mvc, asp.net, TechEdIsrael2008