Entity Framework 4.1 RC is out and the team has a great post on what’s included [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2011/03/15/ef-4-1-release-candidate-available.aspx] and how to get the bits. I am working on a project using them so I upgraded my code and found a few things that I thought I’d p

Tonight I rediscovered how much I love the Visual Studio Productivity Tools [http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef/] . Why? Because I rebuilt a PC last week and I had yet to install them. Sure, I installed VS, SP 1 and Resharper … all of which are essenti

It’s been a long while since I posted a recipe, but I really love this one and its so simple and common that you can’t make it wrong We love pasta, cheese, marinara sauce and spices. We also love Chicken parmesan, but we don’t eat it as often due to the negatives of frying the chicken and the fatt

Do You Dig Design? Then you’ll want to check out the UX Lightning series at MIX11 [http://live.visitmix.com/ux]. We’ve lined up 12 expert speakers to present on various design and UX topics in a new session series we are dubbing UX Lightning. This series was inspired by a desire to stimulate creativ

Do 3D and graphics get you going? The folks at Archetype [http://www.archetype-inc.com/] created an amazing 3D application that we first showed in the keynote at the Silverlight Firestarter in December, 2010. In this episode, Danny Riddell, CEO of Archetype, joins John to discuss their recent work w