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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,...

Filed under: Events, Personal, Speaking, TechEd

My Silverlight talk at W3Quebec
27 May 08 05:40 PM | Laurent Duveau

Yesterday I was invited by W3Quebec to do a Silverlight presentation . I was asked to introduce Silverlight and then talk about these specific topics: Accessibility SEO Standard compliance Comparison with AJAX/Flash/Flex/... My slides are available both...

Filed under: Montreal, Silverlight, Speaking

Pimp my IDE talk at EnergizeIT
25 May 08 12:09 PM | Laurent Duveau

Here is a link to download the content I used for my quick talk at EnergizeIT Toronto ("Pimp my IDE" aka customize Visual Studio 2008): The blog post I showed: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudioProgrammerThemesGallery.aspx You can also...

Filed under: Canada, Tips and Tricks, Visual Studio, Speaking

My Silverlight talk at Microsoft Innovation Briefing
22 May 08 10:54 PM | Laurent Duveau

This morning I did a Silverlight 2 talk at Microsoft Montreal, during a half-day briefing called Building Compelling Websites on the Microsoft Platform . That was a 1 hour talk to present Silverlight 2, DeepZoom, Expression Blend and create from scratch...

Filed under: Montreal, Events, Silverlight, Web Development, Speaking, Microsoft, WCF, Linq

Silverlight talk for W3Quebec at Montreal
20 May 08 11:36 AM | Laurent Duveau

As announced on W3Québec I'll give a french presentation on Silverlight next week in Montreal. When : may 26, 2008 at 19:00pm Where : CRIM (550 Sherbrooke Ouest, bureau 100). Come join us, it is free!

Filed under: Montreal, Silverlight, Speaking

EnergizeIT 2008 (Toronto)
11 May 08 11:09 AM | Laurent Duveau

EnergizeIT is a free 1 day Microsoft event designed for IT professionals, developers, designers, and students passionate about technology. This day is dedicated to helping you realize your potential through the use of technology. The event includes 9...

Filed under: Canada, Events, Speaking, Microsoft, EnergizeIT

My talk on RIA and Silverlight
24 April 08 10:33 PM | Laurent Duveau

Recently I did a quick talk in a company to present the Microsoft direction on RIA, that means Silverlight. Here are my ppt just in case someone needs to present to a non dev team: A light recap of RIA, a quick overview of Silverlight, and how this fits...

Filed under: Silverlight, Speaking, RIA

Heroes happen {here} 2008 Launch event in Montreal
11 April 08 12:26 PM | Laurent Duveau

Earlier this week I participate in the Ask The Expert booth with other Montreal MVPs at the Heroes happen here Microsoft show. I was a bit ill but that was pretty fun and I got lots of questions on: Visual Studio 2008 Expression Silverlight LINQ AJAX...

Filed under: Montreal, Events, Speaking, Microsoft, MVP

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...

Filed under: Montreal, Events, Silverlight, Personal, Speaking

My Code Camp Montreal 2007 presentations
28 October 07 08:26 PM | Laurent Duveau

Here are the slides and demos of both of my french sessions: "Expression softwares" and "Silverlight". Expression session was live only demos, but you'll find the samples I used for Silverlight : - Expression Encoder output - ASP...

Filed under: Montreal, Canada, Events, Silverlight, Expression, Speaking

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...

Filed under: Montreal, Expression, Personal, Speaking

Code Camp Montreal 2007
17 October 07 11:04 PM | Laurent Duveau

The second Code Camp Montreal is very soon!!! --> www.codecampmontreal.com What you need to know : it is Saturday October 27th in Montreal it is free! it will be great!! A whole day with 17 sessions in 4 rooms. You can have a look at the sessions list...

Filed under: Montreal, Canada, Events, Community News, Silverlight, Expression, Speaking

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...

Filed under: Montreal, Silverlight, Personal, Speaking, About me

Silverlight presentation material
24 July 07 10:57 PM | Laurent Duveau

Recently I was looking for Silverlight powerpoint to download in order to give a presentation in my company. Here are some nice content I found : Scott Guthrie (obviously) did some talks during the year and is kind enough to share his slides : http:/...

Filed under: Silverlight, Speaking