Today I was finishing up an application to be used in MOSS.  It's been a fun process building this app with another developer at work. He did the biz objects (using a 3rd party framework our company owns to hide the data layer) and I'm putting together the UI.  Setting up use cases was handy.  When it comes to UI controls, there are several ways to bind data to them. But having a clear visual map of where the UI needs to be helps focus on the actual work, instead of guessing how many pixels to the left of the...

Bill Gates was at the Tech Ed in Orlando. I found a spot about 5 rows back so I could actually see him. He looked pretty real. All those rumors about him being projected on the stage with secret holographic technology are untrue. :)  He's actually leaving the board of Microsoft (going part time) to work full-time on his Foundation's board.  Overall the whole Tech Ed experience is awesome. 6000 developers (some females too) from all over the world. Ran into a guy from Denmark. He works for a beer company. How cool can that be? SharePoint and beer... I...