General

More than a year ago, I proposed, on the newly created Stack Exchange Area 51, to have a version of Stack Overflow for French-speaking developers. To my great surprise, French-speaking developers followed this proposal and it is now in the “Commitment” phase, or engagement, without even having advertised it!

Do you want to commit as well? Click on the image below to support this proposal!

Next week, I will be at the SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim. This Microsoft event is dedicated to SharePoint and related technologies.

If you attend this event, meet me at the Alcero booth, which will be an exhibitor all week. It will be my pleasure to discuss with you!

Here is the next generation of Windows, Windows 8, ideal for tablets and if you have a Windows Phone, you will easily find your way around:

Building “Windows 8” - Video #1

When is the release?

To learn more: http://bit.ly/iCTxY6

I finally received my Fez Panda II, running on NETMF of course, from Ghi Electronics after spending a gift certificate I had won on TinyClr.com!

I also ordered a 128x64 pixel backlit LCD screen, connected here via my Fez Panda II:

Well, I’m going back to play with my toys.

Happy coding!

While looking at prototyping tools for my Fez Domino, I came across Fritzing, a software that allows you to easily diagram your electrical circuit! Here is a summary:

• Open source, so free
• A community of enthusiasts
• Dozens and dozens of components, and the community continues to increase the available quantity
• A shop for manufacturing your PCBs. (Coming soon)
• Multiplatform
• Multilingual
• A really great visual, both of the software and the circuits!

The service pack 1 for Windows 7 is now available. If you have automatic updates enabled, you will receive it soon if you haven’t already, otherwise go to this site.

I have had it since Friday and no problems to report!

You can consult the SP1 documentation via the Microsoft website.

It is currently the Microsoft MVP Summit 2011, you can follow the MVPs on Twitter via MVPTweets.com.

I will be present at the SharePoint Summit in Québec (April 11 and 12) as a speaker and exhibitor with Alcero.

Come see my session titled How to Extend Search Capabilities in SharePoint 2010 or you can simply meet me on site.

An excellent way to meet experts and other SharePoint users.

For the fourth consecutive year, I have received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award in the Visual C# category.

I congratulate all the MVPs who have also been renewed for 2011 and the new MVPs!

Well, it may not be connected to a cellular network and it may be second-hand, but yesterday I received a Samsung Taylor for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) development!

I had fun with it last night and I am very satisfied with the device. Obviously, since it is a pre-production development device, it does not have all the features of a production phone. But all in all, it has all the functionalities of WP7.