February 2007 - Posts

Woo-hoo! No more fighting my wife over my iPod!
21 February 07 12:08 AM | dwalker | 1 Comments   

I WON ! I never usually win anything because I'm the one handing the stuff out at the various user groups I'm running (four and vp of another.) Anyway, Caleb Jenkins , our past Microsoft Developer Evangelist, recently had a contest to win a Zune for guessing Read More...

Implementing Reliable Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Using SQL Server 2005 Service Broker
14 February 07 10:27 PM | dwalker | 1 Comments   

Learn how the Service Broker feature in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 allows you to solve the problems associated with Service-Oriented Architectue (SOA) and achieve loose coupling and flexibility without losing realiability. My first non-WCF (Windows Communication Read More...

Vista Ultimate Flying Off The Shelves!
07 February 07 11:21 PM | dwalker | 0 Comments   

From what I have seen and heard at the local stores, Best Buy in particular, the media is distorting the story as typical. Windows Vista Ultimate sold out very quickly. The Geek Squad department is having a hard time keeping up with the number of individuals Read More...

Caleb Jenkin's New Job Improving Enterprises, LLC?
07 February 07 11:13 PM | dwalker | 1 Comments   

My good friend Buddy Lindsey , just shared an even better guess for Caleb Jenkin's new job. From the clues so far I'll have to agree, at least enough to submit it as a guess myself as well, Improving Enterprises, LLC . Are all the Microsoft Certified Read More...

OKC WCF Presentation - Torch Passed!
07 February 07 12:14 AM | dwalker | 0 Comments   

I had a great time presenting Beyond Web Services to Programming Windows Communication Foundation (WCF .NET 3.0) last night for the Oklahoma City .NET Developers Group . They were very receptive and eager to learn. Presenting to people like that makes Read More...

Caleb's Guess My Job - Win a Zune Contest - Guess 2
06 February 07 10:18 PM | dwalker | 0 Comments   

Caleb Jenkins , our former Microsoft Developer Evangelist, is running a contest for a Zune! With each hint, I believe even more that my first guess was correct - Geniant . But, just to be safe, I have one more guess - Integrated Data Architects . Of course, Read More...

Caleb's Guess My Job - Win a Zune Contest
04 February 07 03:45 PM | dwalker | 0 Comments   

Caleb Jenkins , former Microsoft Developer Evangelist, has just announced a contest he is putting on regarding his new job. My first guess is the terrific consulting company from his past - Geniant . It's probably not right, but just my first guess. :) Read More...

Are you ready for ArcReady.com events!?!
04 February 07 01:33 PM | dwalker | 0 Comments   

Session 1: 9:00am to 10:15am An Introduction to Software Architecture (or “What do architects do, anyway?”) In this session, we’ll take a look at the role of architecture from a historical perspective and learn how to apply this perspective Read More...

Filed under: architecture

First Presentation for OKCPRO.NET
02 February 07 01:36 AM | dwalker | 0 Comments   

I just received a call from Keith Nicholson - KS Dynamics , the esteemed President of the Oklahoma City .Net Developers Group asking if I could present this Monday, February 5th, 2007. Of course I accepted, but now the pressure is on. Since Keith is a Read More...

SharePoint 2007 - 404 and Search Service
02 February 07 01:21 AM | dwalker | 2 Comments   

Watch the AppPool that gets created for the actual Sites. The Central Administration AppPool was created with the proper credentials, but the Site AppPool was not. This caused the following 404 error to be displayed: HTTP/1.1 404 Connection: close Date: Read More...