I am convinced that the TFS install has an hidden registry entry that counts the number of time you try to install it, only allowing success after some random number has been reached. The number of blog post you see around the ' I tried and tried and on my X attempt it work". The problem is you seem to have to …

If you are publishing an application with ClickOnce you may not have the final URL for the deployment site e.g. you are planning to use www.myapp.com but you have no access now, this happens to us quite oftan as a software house when we are developing something that will be deployed with ClickOnce within a client's …

Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the LOM I've been working hard lately on Black Marble's infrastructure. To support the various software technologies we run and would like to run there are now three shiny Sun X2100 servers sitting in our rack. Sun hardware is great - it's robust, reliable and well built. It's …

So what are my final thoughts on TechEd developer 2006? Well I think the split of Developers from IT Pros works. In my opinion this is the best TechEd I have been to from a content quality and relevance point of view, in the past there have been too many sessions on IT Support issues. Also it is good to be back in …

it is now the time that Geek's start their migration away from their temporary home , back to their regular nesting locations. I think watching the migrating geek is fascinating and I have been following this timid species for several days and here are my findings. The natural instinct of the geek is to flock in a …

During dinner several of us were discussing the shortfalls and successes of the TechED so far. Successes Great speakers , good content , well delivered. Which when all considered is all that is needed. however Shortfalls Perceivable lack of Theme , each talk has been categorized and I do say perceived , as a chat to …

As all of the developer community knows , developers live on caffeine and freebies , for example a .NET 3.0 FX T-Shirt can keep a developer alive for over 2 weeks , a hat and pen will keep a developer going for over a week, and a rucksack or Jacket for several months. TechED has been a bit lite on Swag , but that has …

I was lucky enough to see a hands on session with Side Show yesterday afternoon, Dan Polivy who presented the sesssion brought along a selection of mock-up and nearly ready prototypes of mock up Slide Show devices , I think there has been a lot of misconceptions as to the purpose on Side Show and I think that …

Most interesting session for me today was on '_Offline Caching and Synchronization with a New ADO.NET Sync Framework'. T_his can be summed up as making Smart Client applications behave like Outlook i.e. occasionally connected, but all done without the user having to be involved. Thus allowing the application to run on …

So far the quality of presentations at TechED has been fantastic , the only downside technically so far has been a dead machine ( now rectified ). The must see slots have been by Roy Osherove , Anders Hejlsburg , Aaron Skonnard and Todd Bleeker. My favorite so far was a white boarding session with Aaron on …