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ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed Review for ASP.NET Pro Magazine

Rob Foster — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:10:51 GMT

So far, I have received some very warm comments and reviews on my book "ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed" on the Amazon site (located here).

I was checking my email today and I had received an email from my publisher telling me to go check out this review of the book that was done for ASP.NET Pro Magazine.

Click here for the review.

I have been writing books for about 7 years now and this is one of the best reviews that I've ever received and just wanted to share it out to the world!

To Mike Riley (the reviewer), thank you so much for the kind words! You really made my day today!

The Big SharePoint Survey Results are In!

Rob Foster — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:00:20 GMT

In Episode 15 of the SharePoint Pod Show, we discussed the preliminary results from the Big SharePoint Survey that was conducted by Lightning Tools. The results are in and you can get them here:

SharePoint Survey

SharePoint Pod Show Episode 12 is now live (our BDC show)

Rob Foster — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:19:09 GMT

You can download Episode 12 here.

In this episode, Nick, Brett, and I discuss the SharePoint 2007 Business Data Catalog, how to use it, and how it can save you a bunch of money. :-) Check it out!

I've Updated My RSS

Rob Foster — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:19:17 GMT

Please subscribe to my new feed here:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/lespaulrob

Free Vista SP1 Support

Rob Foster — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:20:09 GMT

Free, unlimited installation and compatibility support is now available for all worldwide customers using Windows Vista SP1, until March 18, 2009. Telephone support is available worldwide. Chat and Email support in US and Canada only.

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Effective dates

From now until 18 March 2009.

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Location

Find out more and access the service at http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=1&prid=11274&gprid=500921

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DreamSpark...it's about time!

Rob Foster — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:52:55 GMT

This morning, Microsoft Corp. announced that it will be giving away Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server Standard Edition, XNA Game Studio 2.0, and its Expression suite of products to college students worldwide -- and eventually to high school students.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced the program, called DreamSpark, today on the company's Channel 8 site.

Does the "close door" button in an elevator REALLY work?

Rob Foster — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:27:43 GMT

This isn't really related to technology, but I'm just wondering...I was riding the elevator up to my hotel room tonight and noticed that I really don't think that the close door button is wired to anything. My current thinking is that it's a conspiricy for us to feel like we are in control of the elevator doors, but really aren't.

Silverlight....FINALLY!!!!!

Rob Foster — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:56:38 GMT

Ok, so I've been pretty hard on Silverlight here lately. Yes, a lot of my 'softie buddies have given me grief, but the truth is the truth: Microsoft doesn't dogfood Silverlight technologies enough right now for me to be comfortable.

BUT...I came across a site today that really has some potential. It is http://www.tafiti.com/. It is a freaking rocking front end for searching using the Live.com engine.

Well done!

Jott.com is cool!

Rob Foster — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:53:01 GMT

Check out Jott.com. It is a really cool transcribing service that you can call and have voice messages transcribed and emailed to your contacts.

It appears to work well with English, but not so well when you speak in Russian. :-)

Strong Authentication for your email

Rob Foster — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:10:59 GMT

It's called PhoneFactor and it's free! Not to mention, it is just flat out cool.

Get it here.