4 February 2012 0 Comments

Recommend reading "Testers: Get Out of the Quality Assurance Business"

We used to think about we as tester are some kind of gatekeeper for the product, and we are quality assurance (QA) people. In his blog http://www.developsense.com/blog/2010/05/testers-get-out-of-the-quality-assurance-business/ , Michael Botlon argue that we as tester has less control or influnce on the quality of the project than developer or a PM.

27 January 2012 0 Comments

Insert Youtube Videos in your blog with FullScreen capability

If you like inserting Youtube videos in your blog posts, you might be already aware of Insert Video plugin . This plug-in is great.

23 January 2012 0 Comments

Free Developer Training – Leverage your SA Benefits

This webinar which will help you  Maximize your Microsoft Software Assurance Benefits and is hosted by Northwest Cadence, a Gold Certified ALM Partner and a national leader in Microsoft ALM and Software Process solutions.   Event details: Date : February 13, 2012 Time : 9:30am-10:15am PST Register : http://nwc_sabenefits.eventbrite.com/  Join Rick Flath , Director of Business Development at Northwest Cadence , for this 45 minute webinar that will provide you with an overview of the three (3) DTDPS offerings, along with the how to activate and strategically utilize these benefits to enhance your software deployment planning. Additionally, we will review how you can connect DTDPS to other Software Assurance benefits within your agreement to ensure you gain the highest return on your investment.

20 January 2012 0 Comments

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15 January 2012 0 Comments

Webinar this week – Smart Grid: Where Do We Stand? Thursday Jan 19th at 11:00AM EST.

Just a reminder that we will be releasing the survey results on how Power and Utility companies are approaching smart grid initiatives in 2012.  You can register for the webinar by going here . We hope that you can join us. – Jon

11 January 2012 0 Comments

Episode 23 of Visual Studio Toolbox (Entity Framework Part 1) is now live

In this episode , I am joined by Rowan Miller and Diego Vega of the Entity Framework team. They discuss and demo code first, database first, and model first—the three primary Entity Framework workflows—and give some tips on when to use each.

11 January 2012 0 Comments

Новый курс по веб-разработке для начинающих на русском MSDN

На русском MSDN опубликован обновленный курс по веб-разработке для начинающих c помощью ASP.NET и бесплатной среды разработки WebMatrix . Новый курс состоит из 16 статей на русском языке, которые дадут достаточно знаний для создания своих первых сайтов и получения навыков веб-разработки. Содержание курса: Глава 1.

11 January 2012 0 Comments

Mango Sample: 3 Solutions to Formatting Problems

One of the most powerful aspects of XAML is it’s rich and dynamic support for data binding. MSDN : Data binding provides a simple way for Silverlight-based applications to display and interact with data.

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6 January 2012 0 Comments

How to build a great team

Today, I like to talk about managing a team. The secret of building a great feature is to build a great team first, then the team will build the feature

28 December 2011 0 Comments

Microsoft Technology Guru – Scorecard

Question Correct Answer Name Email  1 Option C Azhar Hussain azharfastian@hotmail.com 2 Option D Muhammad Irfan ib_22_dik@yahoo.com 3 Option A Muhammad Umair me@umair.me 4 Option 4 Syed Yousaf Raza yousaf_raza6@hotmail.com 5 Option 4 Muhammad Umair me@umair.me 6 Option C Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 7 Option 1 Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 8 Option D Syed Yousaf Raza yousaf_raza6@hotmail.com 9 Option B Muhammad Umair me@umair.me 10 Option 5   Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 11 Option 1 Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 12 Option 2 Saqlain Asghar saqlain.asghar@gmail.com 13 Option 2 Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 14 Option 1 Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 15 Option 5   Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 16 Option 3   Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 17 Option 2   Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 18 Option 1 Waseem Uddin waseem.uddin@live.com 19 Option D Syed Daniyal dani_9211@hotmail.com 20 Option 4 Muhammad Umair me@umair.me 21 Option 2   Muhammad Umair me@umair.me 22 Option 4 Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 23 Option 1 Aqeel Ahmed aqeel.ahmed5@hotmail.com 24 Option 2   Muhammad Umair me@umair.me 25 Option 1 Ali Haiderr alihaider59@live.com 26 Option 1 Aqeel Ahmed aqeel.ahmed5@hotmail.com 27 Option A Muhammad Umair me@umair.me 28 Option 1 Aqeel Ahmed aqeel.ahmed5@hotmail.com Ali Haiderr = 11 answers  

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26 December 2011 0 Comments

Kinect の教材の翻訳が登場。Kinect の研究やゼミ、授業などでお使いください。

Kinect のドキュメントの翻訳がついにリリースされました。 これまで Kinect のドキュメントは英語での提供となっていましたが、Kinect for Windows SDK beta 2 のドキュメントをこの度日本語へと翻訳させていただきました。 まず今回最初に提供しているのは「 Kinect for Windows SDK SkeletalViewer のチュートリアル 」です。本チュートリアルでは、Kinect for Windows SDK および Kinect の基本的な機能である、スケルトンの情報や深度を取得するための方法をコードとともに解説しています。全 36 ページのボリュームで、詳細を記載していますので、ぜひ Kinect アプリケーション開発の参考にしてください。 「Speech チュートリアル」や「AudioCaptureRaw チュートリアル」などは順次アップロードして、このブログポストを更新します。 公開している文書一覧 SkeletalViewer のチュートリアル なお、ダウンロードするには、Faculty Connection への登録が必要です。登録方法は 以前のブログポスト を参考にしてください。(Faculty Connection は先生や TA の方々を支援するサイトです。Faculty Connection への登録は、先生や TA の方に限られますのでご注意ください) 登録の際には認証が必要です。認証コードをご希望の場合は、ac.jp のドメインなどで「認証コード希望」という件名でメールを  cak-info@microsoft.com までご一報ください。登録に必要な認証コードをお送りいたします(認証コードの発行には 1 – 2 週間程度お時間をいただく場合がございます。ご了承ください)。 宜しくお願いいたします。 馬田

23 December 2011 0 Comments

How can I show a graph using HTML5?

There are a number of ways to create graphs in HTML5, you could use canvas for example, but one of my favourite ways is to go outside of the HTML5 spec and use an associated technology called Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Using SVG you can create really nice data visualisations that don’t degrade when scaled. There are a number of libraries that can get you up and running quickly.