WebServices.Org

I am getting excited about Web Services. The more I read, I am anxious to get my sweaty little hands on the technology.

Two sites you need to know about are WebServices.Org and StrikeIron. I took an online seminar from StrikeIron yesterday … got to get my boss to understand the importance.

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I am beginning the process to move all of my domains to a new hosting service. More coming soon.

More Details on Office 12

That season has finally arrived. The next version of Office is being written and the press machine is in full swing. This article, “PCWorld.com - Microsoft Reveals More Details on Office 12”; is just one of the half dozen I have seen.

Ever wonder you designs this stuff? I found a design site with info about some of the people working on Microsoft interfaces. There is even a contest to design the next version of the Windows interface.

SQL Express

I got this brilliant idea from all the webcasts I have participated in lately to convert my Missouri Postal History site to ASP.

Step one, I converted the database from Excel to Access (6700 rows by 37 columns). I normalized it into half a dozen tables. Now I think I want to up-size it to SQL Express for writing the new pages. I found sqlexpress’s WebLog and a few other pages but there does not seem to be much useful info yet.

I have been playing with the VS.NET 2005 ßeta Visual InterDev for a few weeks and really like what I see.

Microsoft Wingdings

I just sat through the current round of Microsoft technology seminars. The first was on Windows Server 2003 then SQL Server 2005. The Microsoft TechNet Briefings are probably coming to your town soon. I thought it was worthwhile.

In the afternoon, I attended the MSDN presentation on Web Services, VS.NET 2005, and ClickOnce. Now that I understand the power of Web Services, I am anxious to start writing my own.