Chris Koenig
Developer Evangelist
We Are Microsoft - You are Microsoft
It's time to make a difference - are you ready? I am... The We Are Microsoft - Charity...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/08/2007
Get Live.com!
For those of you with multiple personalities, or would like to have multiple personalities, or...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/07/2007
Silverlight DevCamp 2007 - Dallas, TX
Here's a quick (ok, not so quick) message to all of you attending the Silverlight DevCamp here in...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/06/2007
Oklahoma Innotech Conference Tomorrow!
Please join me tomorrow at the Oklahoma City InnoTech Conference for my session "A First Look...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/05/2007
Expression Blend and Design : Expression Design Service Pack 1 is now available!
Head over to the Microsoft web site to get your update for Expression Design. From the...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/04/2007
Seadragon and Photosynth
If you haven't already seen Seadragon or Photosynth, then you need to watch this video from TED 07....
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/02/2007
Tablet PC Fun
Everyone always tells me how great the mac is for doing music. Here's a video of Hugh Sung, a...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/02/2007
Guidance and examples for Service Oriented Architecture
Some really exciting stuff coming from our friends @ MCS (Thanks Phil) - Definitely something for...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/01/2007
Tim Rayburn's Blog - Oslo Announcement
Dallas-area BizTalk MVP Tim Rayburn gives us the scoop on the newly announced Microsoft Oslo...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/31/2007
So, you wanna be a game developer?
For those of you that have been following the tidal wave of interest in XNA Game development,...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/30/2007
CoDe Magazine - Article: Use the ASP.NET MVC Framework to Write Web Apps without Viewstate or Postbacks
CoDe Magazine recently published an article by Microsoft Solution Architect MVP Jeffrey Palermo...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/29/2007
Blog Series - ASP.NET Futures
I spoke last week at the Dallas ASP.NET User Group meeting about IIS 7.0. The talk ended a little...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/29/2007
Code to Live - Rob Howard Interview
I totally forgot! Code to Live posted the interview I did with Rob Howard about Microsoft releasing...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/25/2007
SilverlightAddict.com - a new Silverlight Developer Portal
If you're interested at all in Microsoft Silverlight, then you MUST start following and contributing...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/24/2007
Community Guy - Jake McKee » Community Contest 2007: Learning to Share
You guys care about community, right? So does Jake McKee, a.k.a. "The Community...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/24/2007
Microsoft Popfly - The Open Beta
Microsoft announced today at the Web 2.0 Summit that Microsoft Popfly, our Silverlight-based Mashup...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/18/2007
Tim Rayburn [BizTalk MVP] on C# 3.0
If you've ever seen Tim present on this topic, you know how cool his presentations are. Here's...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/17/2007
Live Search Maps
Have you seen the new Live Search Maps? Launched today, the new interface is a LOT simpler to...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/16/2007
Virtual PC Guy's WebLog : Using Shared Networking (NAT) with a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine
This post just saved my life. I've been working on getting a VPC image set up for use in our...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/12/2007
Upcoming Dallas Silverlight DevCamp
Registrations are on the rise! Make sure you get your name out there for the upcoming...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/12/2007
Code to Live: My Interview with Rob Howard
Check out the latest Code to Live show on Channel 9 - this episide contains an interview I did last...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/11/2007
Microsoft ZendCon/PHP Announcements
Microsoft and Zend announced this morning at the Zend/PHP Conference in San Francisco a couple of...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/09/2007
Quick update on what's going on
I just got back today from the ALT.NET Open Spaces Conference in Austin, and haven't had a chance to...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/08/2007
Agile Development Center on MSDN
I didn't know about this today, but there is (and has been for some time apparantly) an Agile...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/07/2007
AT&T Unveils 'Tilt' Smartphone
Perhaps this could be my new cell phone. Yes I know that I just got one recently, but it's...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/07/2007
Webmaster Jam Session 2007 - a photoset on Flickr
I just posted all my pictures from WMJ07 on my Flickr site.
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/05/2007
BarCamp Dallas
BarCamp Dallas was a BLAST! I didn't get to stay there nearly as long as I'd have liked, but I...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/05/2007
Article on Windows Vista Security
Security researchers look beyond Vista | InfoWorld | News | 2007-10-02 | By Nancy Gohring, IDG News...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/05/2007
Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries
Today, at 9am PST, Microsoft announced here and here that we will be releasing the source code to...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/03/2007
Dallas BarCamp 4
It's BarCamp time again here in Dallas - if you're interested in joining us, come by the BarCamp web...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/23/2007
FarPoint’s Southern Fried Fall Tour
For those of you living in Louisiana or Alabama who really dig FarPoint, be sure to check out...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/22/2007
The new Windows Live Search is really fast!
I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm really enjoying how fast the new Windows Live Search is...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/21/2007
InnoTech Oklahoma
I have been asked to speak on Microsoft Silverlight at the upcoming InnoTech Conference in Oklahoma...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/18/2007
REMIX07 - Innovate the Web!
Due to the SOLD OUT status of MIX07 Las Vegas this past May, Microsoft is serving up ReMIX07 with a...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/11/2007
Popfly Accounts
I have 5 Popfly accounts to give out - who wants one? If I give you one, you have 24 hours to post...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/08/2007
Silverlight for Linux!
I was traveling all day Tuesday and Wednesday, and haven't had a chance to blog about this...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/06/2007
Visual Studio Code Snippets
I've probably blogged about this before, but there's nothing cooler in the world for people who demo...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/03/2007
Two New Articles on XNA Game Developer's Studio
Found 2 new articles from CoDe Magazine: Microsoft XNA - Ready for Prime Time? and Introducing XNA...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 08/30/2007
Rainbow's End
I don't normally get a lot of time to read books just for fun - usually I'm doing my best just to...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 08/30/2007
Dallas BarCamp 4 - it's official!
OK - it's official! Dallas BarCamp 4 will be held somewhere in Dallas on September 29th, 2007. I say...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 08/30/2007
Brad Abrams in Second Life on Silverlight
Event Details: Guest Speaker: Brad Abrams, Group Program Manager, .NET Framework When: Thursday,...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 08/29/2007
Welcome Gwyneth Rose Palermo!
Congratulations to Jeffrey and Liana Palermo on the birth of their daughter Gwyneth Rose!...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 08/28/2007
ALM Article by Chris Menegay
Chris Menegay, Microsoft Regional Director and Principal at Notion Solutions has written Part 2 in a...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 08/28/2007