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Certified ASP.NET 3.5!
16 July 08 07:57 PM | Laurent Duveau
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...
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RunAtServer website new version
12 July 08 10:29 PM | Laurent Duveau
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...
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Project codename “Princess Leia” finally released!
27 June 08 09:29 AM | Laurent Duveau
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...
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My experience at TechEd 2008 Orlando
08 June 08 07:45 PM | Laurent Duveau
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,...
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My talk on MIX08 (french)
21 March 08 12:27 AM | Laurent Duveau
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...
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Fix my CSS, win a Prize!
15 March 08 04:53 PM | Laurent Duveau
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...
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[MIX08] Back to Montreal
11 March 08 07:56 PM | Laurent Duveau
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...
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MVP Insider Canada
20 February 08 09:09 PM | Laurent Duveau
For those who may want to know a bit more about me... I am the February 2008 MVP insider .
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MVP: one more time!
02 January 08 09:29 PM | Laurent Duveau
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...
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Learning ASP.NET (links to resources)
29 November 07 07:40 PM | Laurent Duveau
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...
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Expression Quizz at Code Camp Montréal
25 October 07 09:17 PM | Laurent Duveau
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...
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Laptop screen guide and graphic cards reviews
24 September 07 06:45 PM | Laurent Duveau
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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My talk on Silverlight
09 September 07 07:43 PM | Laurent Duveau
I was quiet on the blog this summer, nice vacations and... professional change as I now run my own business as a freelance in .NET technologies (Montreal area, Qc, Canada). Also late this summer I did a podcast on Silverlight . Unfortunately for most...
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