All About Blogging- March 29, 2004 Since starting my own Weblog I've been asked by several friends and co-workers &8220;What is a weblog&8220;. To help answer that question, and several others I've been asked, I came across a great new article on MSDN by Aaron Skonnard. It should answer most of the technical questions around Blogs and RSS. The &8220;Why&8220; question you'll have to figure out for yourself... http:msdn.microsoft.commsdnmagissues0404XMLFileshttp://blogs.msdn.com/tbaggs/archive/2004/03/29/101346.aspx New Hacking Series- March 23, 2004 thebroken has a new series out that includes an interview with Kevin Mitnick. The self-destructing laptop is very cool. http:www.thebroken.orghttp://blogs.msdn.com/tbaggs/archive/2004/03/23/94756.aspx .NET Architecture Strategy Series- March 23, 2004 If you're interested in learning about the architectural vision used to create many of the Longhorn wave of products and technologies, checkout the Architecture Strategy Series. There are some great sessions in the series including one by Pat Helland. I've seen Pat speak several times about SOA and his analogies for describing the issues and benefits of SOA are great. http:msdn.microsoft.comarchitectureoverviewserieshttp://blogs.msdn.com/tbaggs/archive/2004/03/23/94754.aspx Windows XP SP2 RC1 Available- March 22, 2004 If you run or develop for Windows XP, you'll definitely want to take a look SP2 RC1. There have been many changes which may or may not break your apps. Many of the changes enhance the security of a Windows XP machine. http:www.microsoft.comtechnetprodtechnolwinxpprosp2preview.mspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tbaggs/archive/2004/03/22/94062.aspx Why is it so difficult- March 19, 2004 I've pondered for several days about what my first blog posting should be and finally decided to just start typing. I have noticed that many bloggers (I think that's what people who blog are called) include a bio of themselves in their first blog. Good idea! I figure this way, when somebody reads something I write, they can easily look at my bio and realize I haven't a clue of what I'm talking about!!! It'll help create context for all my postings. Although I lived...http://blogs.msdn.com/tbaggs/archive/2004/03/19/92819.aspx |