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July 2004 - Posts

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  Microsoft Is Down to 6,999 Positions Left to Fill

  If you haven’t heard, Microsoft is planning to hire 7000 people this fiscal year. Well, it looks like they only have 6,999 left to hire. No, I didn’t not take a job with Microsoft, but Rory did . He will be a MSDN Presenter, which basically Read More... Posted Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:48 AM by donxml | 3 Comments

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  July’s Programming Reading List

  Here’s what I’ve been reading recently: A First Look at SQL Server 2005 for Developers by Bob Beauchemin, Dan Sullivan, Niels Berglund. - My wife almost ordered the same book, on the same day. Got to remember to check with her before I buy Read More... Posted Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:30 PM by donxml | 3 Comments

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  Architect Evangelist Bill Zentmayer Has a Blog (finally)

  Looks like my insistent prodding finally worked, and my friend Bill Zentmayer (and fellow Jersyan) has a blog . Bill works for MS in the Developer & Platform Evangelism organization as an Architect Evangelist. Keep and eye on this blog, the guy knows Read More... Posted Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:00 AM by donxml | 0 Comments

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  Coming Hang Out At the MS Community Lounge at VSLive NYC

  If you are going to VSLive NYC (July 26-29), stop by the new MS Community Lounge. What is the Community Lounge? Combine TechEd’s Cabana lounges with INTEA’s Ask the Experts area, and you have the brand new MS Community Lounge. ScottW will Read More... Posted Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:15 AM by donxml | 0 Comments

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  Father Of .Text Now At Telligent Systems

  ScottW made the official announcement , he is now working with Rob Howard at Telligent Systems . Congrats to Scott, and to Rob on getting one hell of a talent. Just one more reason that you should kick yourself for missing last week’s NJ Geek Dinner Read More... Posted Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:17 PM by donxml | 1 Comments

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  Revisiting XML DevCon 2003 – The Videos

  It is hard to believe, but it has been just over one year since XML DevCon 2003 . Because most of the subject mater was pretty ahead of its time for the common enterprise developer, I’m sure most of the people that read this blog either didn’t Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:57 AM by donxml | 0 Comments

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  Congratulations to a Number of Friends On Their New Positions

  I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned most of this in various other places, but I wanted to make sure my regular readers know about these career changes/improvements. Paul over at Xamlon.com hired Kevin Lindsey (who worked on SharpVectors ) and Adam Read More... Posted Monday, July 12, 2004 6:39 AM by donxml | 1 Comments

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