The enhanced (intelligent) Windows Azure Project template @ AzureContrib.codeplex.com is now updated to run on Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (November 2009). There is a new piece of code for managing logging (tracing) with the new Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics functionality. The Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime has been updated to reflect the recent changes to the Azure runtime including support for the new Windows Azure Role Lifecycle. The new Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient release is pending but that takes a bit of more work. The goal @ AzureContrib where Cloud Storage is concerned is to enable so called Persistence Ignorance (PI). The PI thing is...

Last week I spent at Tech-Ed Europe. Here is my round up and follow up on audience questions etc. Note: Why do I always loose that note – the one that says NEVER start an epic blog post… ;~) well… here it is… an epic post. Sort of. At least in length and diversity of subject matter. It was very very eventful and quite exhausting to be a first time as a speaker at Tech Ed. Consequently (naturally/obviously?) I overreached a little. But – oh – did I have fun! It was friggin’ awesome and I want more!...

If I have a method that takes params as input. Do I need to check for null on that set of params ? Well answer is yes if you want to be really sure because there is one way to get a null into the method call. Note: I am currently working on code that I promised the Tech Ed Berlin audience when I delivered my talk Flexible Design last week. If anyone waiting is reading this – it’s on the way. I just want to make sure i document the sample so that the code may be read...

Tech-Talks recorded today. One on an Open Source and very much enhanced Windows Azure Project Template and another one that turned out to be a lot more “what is MEF” than I initially anticipated? And at the event at large people are looking focused on learning just as we do at the beginning of a week. I am anticipating less and less strength for focus as the week progresses. So this week I am at Tech-Ed Europe attending as a speaker on the Architecture track. Here is a brief account of the first day so far. Today anyway, apart...

Øredev 2009 is over. Here are links, tips and summaries. Note: If you want to attend Øredev you can always try to come as a speaker. Øredev pays for Travel and Expenses for speakers we should have a call for papers up on our site for Øredev 2010 real soon. It will be held, by the way, on November 1-5 First I have collected a bunch of links to people who have covered Øredev in various ways. Below is also an account of a bunch of stuff I were able to participate in and listen to! Enjoy!...