As promised, here are the slides and the demo code...

Slide Deck (956 KB)

Contacts Web Service Source Code Installer (193.99 KB)

Telephony and Messaging API demos Source Installer (3.4 MB)

   I will be posting more and updated code on smartphone, including VB wrappers.

5/30/2004 7:54:11 PM UTC    Comments [1] 

   Yesterday, I did my cabaña session at TechEd on "Writing Smartphone applications with the compact framework and the telephony and messaging APIs". I promised I will be posting the slides and code today, but the connectivity (both at the convention center and at the Hyatt) is so unstable I had to upload 3 times with no success. I will catch up as soon as I get back to West Virginia (Sunday). sorry for the delay...

5/27/2004 11:23:12 PM UTC    Comments [0] 

    Monday, some people were expressing some concerns about the concept of the Cabaña sessions (some found it hard to hear the speakers). Even then, many sessions were really great, with a fantastic interaction between speakers / panels and attendees. It got better every day, and the concept is so great I hope it will be maintained for next year (and also generalized to the other International TechEds).

    I had a good time on my session yesterday, and I think a few of the attendees found it informative. If I was to criticize anything about it, I would simply regret that there are no evals for the sessions.

   The lounges are comfy, and give a great intimate atmosphere for discussing and having questions answered by subject mater experts, as well as for making connections with people.

5/27/2004 11:18:52 PM UTC    Comments [0] 

Come over o the RD booth (booth 49-50) and play bingo, take your chances at the Apprentice.Net. there are prizes to win.

5/23/2004 9:31:06 PM UTC    Comments [0] 

   I am hosting a Birds of a Feather session on Service Orientation, with Clemens Vasters and Scott Hanselman on the panel. The session is a great opportunity for those interested in understanding what Service Orientation is about and how it plays out in the real world, as well as what it means for the developer and for the application architect. The session is scheduled at 8pm in room 14B (rescheduled from Wednesday night).

5/23/2004 9:18:40 PM UTC    Comments [0] 

Here is where I am and what I am doing this week...

5/17/2004 10:52:14 PM UTC    Comments [17] 

   I have sepnd quite some time lately working with the Smartphone (and Pocket PC) APIs, including TAPI, MAPI, POOM, Sim Manager, and gaming. I'll be posting code samples shortly (I will post my full code samples and utilities after TechEd - I want the demos to be shown for the first time at my TechEd session DEVC31 "Writing Smartphone Applications with .Net Compact Framework and Telephony and Messaging APIs", so if you are at TechEd, come and see it first hand).

   Also coming up, 2 papers on Mobility and on "Contract First Approach to Web Services"...

   I will be hibernating for the whole week, finishing all my work (tons of decks and demos for all the upcoming events) and papers... Then you can expect quite a few technical blog entries...

5/16/2004 5:56:11 PM UTC    Comments [16] 

  I will never understand the heat that surrounds whatever relates to Football (Soccer is not the game's name, not matter what North Americans may think). I understand even less how the World Cup came to become a state issue.

  Moroccans have spent a long time dreaming of becoming a developed country  once they get a chance to organize the Cup... Wich is quite ridiculus, once one looks at the Moroccan bid. It is true that big events can help focus efforts to attain what would be unattainable otherwise, but what can be done through the World Cup, can be done through  a variety of other events... Some of which would even be better, because they would finance some of the investment needed.

   So, congratulation South Africa. You deserve it...

5/16/2004 3:44:16 PM UTC    Comments [13]