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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...