Laurent Duveau

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Microsoft Silverlight MVP += 1
The very first email of the year in my inbox is still a sweet one, announcing that I’ve got re-awarded Silverlight MVP by Microsoft. This is the 4th year in a row and I am still very honored and excited! In 2009 I had the pleasure to be involved in many...
MVP Silverlight!
Back in march while at the MVP Summit I was thrilled when Scott Guthrie announced the addition of a Silverlight expertise in the Microsoft MVP program . Earlier this week I received an email saying that I am joining this new small group (6 MVPs for now...
Third time's a charm (MVP award)
The very first email of the year is still a wonderful one as I got awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft. This is the 3rd year in a row so I am pretty honored and excited about that. I have been involved in so many community events this...
Certified ASP.NET 3.5!
I completely forgot as I did this in beta 3 months ago… that was a surprise this morning to get a notification that I earned the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development competency (exam 70-562). Certifications...
RunAtServer website new version
As you may know I am the co-founder of RunAtServer Consulting , a company based in Montreal, we are specialized in web development with Microsoft technologies such as ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight. We have launched our new website! www.runatserver.com...
Project codename “Princess Leia” finally released!
After a 9 months beta period, project codename “Princess Leia” was released on June 12 and has now a name: Léana . Unfortunately while we went live we encountered dramatic issues (project leader was not hurt), so we had to go back to dev for some hard...
My experience at TechEd 2008 Orlando
I am back from 10 days spent in Florida, where I was a trainer at Microsoft TechEd 2008 Orlando. I had the chance to be selected as an instructor for the Hands On Labs (HOL) to train on technologies such as Silverlight, ASP.NET 3.5, ASP.NET MVC, VB9,...
My talk on MIX08 (french)
This month I was a guest at the Visual Studio Talk Show , a well known french .NET podcast here in Quebec. We talked (in french...) about all the announcements (mainly IE8 and Silverlight) made at MIX this year, so in case you need a recap of this show...
Fix my CSS, win a Prize!
I was told that my blog does not display very well (or not at all) in Opera browser... Like most of you I don't have time for this, and community server's css are a real mess, so if someone takes time and send me the fixed css I will be happy...
[MIX08] Back to Montreal
Due to major snow storm in Montreal area I spent 31 hours on my trip back from Las Vegas, finishing with a 11 hours bus ride from New York.... Home Sweet Home. Two days ago I was burning in Death Valley (California)... Technorati Tags: MIX08 , Canadian...
MVP Insider Canada
For those who may want to know a bit more about me... I am the February 2008 MVP insider .
MVP: one more time!
The first email of the year in my inbox is as sweet as last year ... I am renewed as an ASP.NET MVP ! I am very proud to be recognized by this program again and I feel lucky for that. Last year was awesome, I had the opportunity to attend great events...
Learning ASP.NET (links to resources)
People often ask me where to find resources to learn ASP.NET I must say that I learnt almost EVERYTHING from the QuickStart Tutorials : http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20/aspnet/Default.aspx These tutorials are very good and shows every features...
Expression Quizz at Code Camp Montréal
Come to my session at Code Camp Montréal this Saturday and get a chance to win one of these 3 boxes !!! (thanks to Paul Laberge at Microsoft!) "Introduction à la suite de produits Expression" Marriott Château Champlain à Montréal - Salle Viger...
Laptop screen guide and graphic cards reviews
I am in the process of buying a new laptop and was a bit confused while choosing the screen resolution, specially as Dell do not show pixels resolution but abbreviations like XGA, SXGA, WXGA, WUXGA, ... which don't make any sense. So I was happy to...
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