Brian Keller
Group Program Manager, Visual Studio Team Services
Workspace of the Future: Is Writing on the Wall?
The article below is reposted with permission from MicroNews, which is Microsoft’s internal news...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/27/2006
Learn how to Phrogram.
No, that's not a typo. "Phrogram" is the new name for the Kid's Programming Language (KPL) developed...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/26/2006
Yes, R2 is supported.
I've seen a few people asking whether or not Windows Server 2003 R2 is a supported operating system...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/25/2006
I need a new laptop.
Check this out - Scott Quibell and Rob Cecil figured out how to make the LED lights on their Dell...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/23/2006
Sponsoring YouTube Videos.
I'll confess - I'm a YouTube addict. Sometimes I'll spend hours a week just looking for great...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/23/2006
Windows Live Search: My new preferred search provider.
I've recently fallen in love with the new search features on Live.com, otherwise known as Windows...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/11/2006
Fond memories of Tech•Ed
The kickoff of Tech•Ed 2006 is happening today in Boston which has given me the opportunity to...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/12/2006
Microsoft Unveils the XNA Framework
You've heard the rumors, now hear it from the source... This morning we announced the Microsoft XNA...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/20/2006
Microsoft XNA Build March 2006 Community Technology Preview
I'm pleased to announce that the first public pre-release of XNA technology is now online for you to...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/19/2006
Will XNA tools be able to help reduce game sizes?
In this article, Aaron Stanton speculates that XNA technologies might be capable of helping game...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/24/2006
XNA: Enabling studios and publishers to develop better games
The past few months have been keeping me pretty busy, as you might discern from the lack of blog...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/23/2006
Coding4Fun Video on Channel9
Channel9 just posted a video interview of Dan Fernandez, Brian Keller, John Wingfield, and Andy Dunn...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/17/2005
J# port of JAWAS
George Birbilis, one of our J# MVP's, just sent me a note to show his completed port of JAWAS to J#....
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/27/2005
The Finalizer Case Study
Want to know more about how The Finalizer was built? In case you haven't seen it, The Finalizer is a...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/18/2005
College Football Matchup: MSN Search vs. Google
This week's college football matchup? MSN Search, ranked #2 in most polls, against the #1 ranked...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/15/2005
New Blog Flair Sighting!
The ZMan reports that Glenn on IRComm.net may have actually been the first Coding4Fun reader to post...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/15/2005
Coding4Fun Blog Flair
Kent built this cool "blog flair" you can use to show the latest Coding4Fun articles on your blog,...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/10/2005
Dystopia Demo Released to Rave Reviews!
Dystopia released their Half-Life 2 mod for download a couple of weeks ago and the response has been...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/21/2005
Board Game to Help Kids Learn Programming
Check out C-Jump. This is kind of like Chutes and Ladders - except that instead of Ladders, you have...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/21/2005
How my TechEd presentation cost me $100
This week I'm at TechEd Australia delivering some presentations. But whenever I'm not working I've...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/01/2005
Programming video game "creature" AI
Chris Williams has written another great article based on his Heroic Adventure! role playing game....
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/08/2005
IDX3D Engine ported to C# 2.0
Alan Simes recently posted a fully C# version of Peter Walser's original IDX3D engine. You can...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/02/2005
3d Engine in C#
**UPDATED 1/13/06: FIXED URL WITH NEW LINK FROM ALAN. A while back I posted about a J# version of...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/02/2005
EscapeYesterworld.com
Check out the latest Visual Studio / SQL Server marketing video/interactive presentation - there's...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/27/2005
MSN System Tray Web Search
This is a cool application that shows off the great developer API's that MSN Search enables. Gus...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/26/2005
Instant J#
I just found out about a code converter called Instant J#. This looks like a great product which...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/21/2005
More RPG goodness from Chris Williams
In his latest article about Heroic Adventure, Chris Williams describes his approach for building...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/18/2005
JavaOne, TechEd Europe
It's been a really busy two weeks! I just got back from a two week road trip; first to JavaOne in...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/11/2005
How Bungie built Bungie.net
This is a great article detailing how Bungie built Bungie.net using the .NET Framework. Bungie.net...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/15/2005
Old video game ads
These are classic! Thanks to Major Nelson for the post. I can still remember getting my first copy...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/14/2005
Video podcasting has changed the way I get information
I'm hooked on video podcasting. I must admit that when I heard of audio podcasting for the first...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/12/2005
Coding4Fun Weekly Update: Gone Fishing
Just a quick post to let the Coding4Fun community know that there are no new articles this week...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/10/2005
TechEd 2005: Paul Flessner Day 2 Keynote Demo (Visual Studio 2005)
I had the pleasure of giving a Visual Studio 2005 demo for Paul Flessner's Day 2 Keynote here at...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/08/2005
Heroic Adventure: Really cool RPG written in Visual Basic!
*3:49pm Edit to fix broken link. Chris Williams wrote an article talking about how he manages...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/07/2005
Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Now Available!!!!
Yes: The long-awaited Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 is now available! It's alive, and available for...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/15/2005
Free Microsoft .NET training for Java Developers
We just put the finishing touches on a free, online, self-paced training course designed to help...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/07/2005
Free training for Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0
UPDATE 2:26PM THIS EVENT IS FULL NOW Sorry for the late notice - but I just found out there's a...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/24/2005
Anybody still using WFC?
We are costing the amount of work required to port the J# WFC functionality to 64-bit. The WFC...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/21/2005
Soma blogs about J#
Soma just posted a blog entry about J# and JLCA that I thought was pretty on-target with the...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/15/2005
Announcing XNA Studio
What do you get when you extend and customize Visual Studio 2005 Team System to be a first-class...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/08/2005
.NET Framework survey about Code Access Security
The .NET Framework team is conducing a survey about partial trust and code access security. If you...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/03/2005
Free training on the .NET Framework designed especially for Java developers
We are currently accepting registrations for a "Java to .NET Framework Migration Workshop." This...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/22/2005
Want to make sure your application runs great on the .NET Framework 2.0? Let us test it!
Check out Jay's latest blog entry.I think this is a great opportunity for companies who want to make...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/17/2005
Microsoft's tsunami relief donations
We received a mail today highlighting just some of Microsoft's contributions to the tsunami relief...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/13/2005
Students choose Visual J# over BlueJ, JCreator, and other IDE's
I received this note from Brian Scarbeau, a high school AP Computer Science teacher in Orlando,...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/13/2005
Incredible tsunami satellite photos
https://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/Set 5 is one of the most incredible in my opinion… And...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/12/2005
Christmas lights Web site scam
Man admits Christmas lights Web site scamI really don't understand this at all.1) He went to all the...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 12/28/2004
Google amazes me again...
https://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=enType slowly. Yes, it's round tripping between each...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 12/19/2004
A cell phone that grows into a flower - what will they think of next?
This is nifty.https://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/12/06/cellphonecover.sunflower.reut/index.html Materials...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 12/06/2004
TechEd 2005: Official Call for Papers
TechEd 2005 may seem like a long time from now, but now is the time to start thinking about it. I'm...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/22/2004