Thursday, April 9, 2009

MSFT Velocity CTP3 is Out

Microsoft released CTP3 of Velocity (Distributed Caching Technology) See Announcing Velocity CTP3 ! They are targeting mid-summer 2009 for RTM

April San Diego Azure User Group Meeing – April 9

The meeting information is here http://www.azureusergroup.com/events/san-diego-cloud-computing-user-2 

1. Azure Update
Summarize and discuss recent announcements
Change of direction for SQL Data Services
Overview of Windows Azure March CTP released at MIX
Full-trust support
Fast CGI support
2. Full Trust Support
Implication - you can now access .NET libraries you couldn't previously.
Demo: Azure Perf Counters and real-time application monitoring
Demo: hosted native code sample
3. FastCGI Support
Demo - FastCGI (existing demo, SDK sample)
Pizza and drinks are served 6 pm to 6:30 pm. The session will start at 6:30 pm.
Please, register via http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=137155 to help us to plan for attendance

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Requiem for a Dream

After couple of years putting the movie in aside for watching in the future, finally decided to go and see the movie. IMDB has the full film online for free (see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/)

The movie is shockingly direct and shoots down to the deepest fears of the drugs can do to a man and everything he holds dear: family, woman he loves, dreams and desires that are making him different from the crowd. I had read about the met addiction, but I have never been aware of the fact that it's been used in medical practice to treat excessive weight et al.

The music by Kronos Quartet and Clint Mansell is very very good.

The movie is different from Trainspotting by Danny Boyle. The latter is built on the striking contrast between the sardonic approach by the main characters and the what is actually happening with their lives (death of the infant, death of friends etc).

I wish the Requiem for a Dream can be on he screen in the high schools as the anti-drug flick, but R-rating won't probably permit it.

SoCalCodeCamp Fullerton, Jan 2009 Post Mortem

My part as a speaker in SoCalCodeCamp (www.socalcodecamp.com) is over. I did 2 talks: Application Life-Cycle Management; Why Should You Care and VSTS/TFS 2010: Things You Need To Know.

The first talk was the introduction to the APIO by Microsoft and how ALM can benefit the unified vision of development, operations and project management towards solving the business problems. The talk was very successful although I was surprised - I was expecting more resistance from the audience. The reaction was very encouraging. See the slide deck here

The second talk was more of the overview of the VSTS/TFS VPC CTP1 focused on the testing, modeling and team foundation. The slide deck was easier, bet getting the decent performance from the VPC image was very difficult. Eventually I had to cut the number and the content of the demos and resort back to the slide deck and the screen shots. Somewhat disappointing, but hopefully will fix the performance for the internal Neudesic training sessions. The slide deck is here.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Cloud Slam 09 Virtual Conference

Conference: April 20-24

Call for Presentations Deadline: Feb 12

http://cloudslam09.com/

The 1st Annual Virtual Conference on Cloud Computing is hosted online April 20-24, 2009.
This conference is the global cloud computing event, covering latest trends and innovations in the world of cloud computing. Conference panels, workshops, and tutorials are selected to cover a range of the hottest topics in cloud computing.

Descriptions of our conference tracks are presented below.

  • Technology.
  • Implementation Experiences from various industries.
  • Legal Aspects: Privacy and Compliance.
  • Business Models.
  • Research.