Over the past few weeks I’ve been posed with the thought from some people that I’m biased toward one cloud platform or the other. I decided that I would put together a write up on what my motivations are for cloud computing, how I’m involved, and what my intent is for future involvement. First off,... Continue reading →

I recently did a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit. It had been a really long time since I listed the current tools, SDKs, and frameworks that I’ve been using. Thus here’s my entourage of software that I use on a regular basis that is installed on my primary development machines. Continue reading →

Summary Statement: CloudCamp rocked! I got to meet a lot of smart people and have a lot of smart conversations! Ok, so I probably shouldn’t write the summary statement first, but I’m not one for standard operating procedure. But I digress, I’ll dive straight into the cloud topics and the event itself. The event kicked... Continue reading →

I’ve been having oodles of deployment issues with Windows Azure lately ever since upgrading to the 1.3 SDK. It seems on one machine (which is 32-bit) when I do a build and deploy it appears to word. On my 64-bit machine with a COMPLETELY clean load of Win 7 and VS 2010 + the Windows... Continue reading →

Overall I’d love to see two things for the cloud community. Stop accepting the “Security is a Concern because I’m scared and haven’t been paying attention” and just start implementing. The reason being is those same people that are kicking and dragging their feet into the future will keep kicking and dragging their feet. Eventually... Continue reading →