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Getting Started with Parallel Programming in .NET 4

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:51:06 +0000

So one of the features of .NET 4 that I’ve been eagerly awaiting is the new Parallel Programming “stuff”. Now, anyone who has worked in concurrent environments knows, it’s daunting to learn a new set of technologies, constructs, tools, etc. For those that haven’t worked in concurrent environments, the entry into concurrency can be downright intimidating

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WCF, REST and URL Rewriting with Windows Azure!

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:48:24 +0000

So there is nothing I find nicer than a well formatted, REST based URL. Take for example: http://myhost/customer/2/orders As a way to retrieve all orders for customer number 2. There is also nothing I like more than WCF ! The flexibility to declaratively control the behavior of my web service is perfect for situations where I need to respond quickly to heterogeneous client calling requirements (REST, SOAP, etc).

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Build Your Own Pivot Server in Windows Azure!

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:07:48 +0000

So one thing I’ve been wanting to do since moving from the Windows Azure team to the Pivot team, is build a Pivot Dynamic Server in Windows Azure.

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Science, Engineering and Global Problems

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:01:27 +0000

Duke professor Henry Petroski discusses his new book, “The Essential Engineer.”

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New Gig!

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:52:38 +0000

One of the things I love about working for Microsoft is the amazing amounts of opportunity to follow your passions. I’ve been very fortunate over my five years (yep, I celebrate 5 years at Microsoft this month) to have explored a number of great roles, and today I start off on another great adventure

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More Science Job Hunters Chase Increasing Help-Wanted Ads

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:00:22 +0000

The number of online job ads for science, engineering, and related occupations continued to climb in January 2010. But as reported last month, plenty of unemployed job seekers are returning to the job market to keep the hunt for these…

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University Considers Four-Day Week

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:32:40 +0000

Faced with decreasing state and federal government support, the University of Montana in Missoula this week began considering several cost-cutting measures, including a four-day week for students and employees. Students and faculty interviewed by the local newspaper generally support the…

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Emergency Grants for Haitian Citizens at U.S. Universities

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:39:20 +0000

Earlier this month, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 150,000 people in the capitol of Port-au-Prince and leaving many more injured and missing. Among those affected by the disaster are students from Haiti at American colleges and…

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Emergency Grants for Haitian Citizens at U.S. Universities

Getting Job Leads from Your Fairly Odd Friends

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:37:41 +0000

In 2003-2005, Dick van Vlooten, a Dutch management consultant, wrote a series for Science’s Next Wave (the predecessor to Science Careers), where he drew lessons for job-hunters about networking from social science research. One of van Vlooten’s columns discussed the…

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Newsflash: Women scientists do more housework than men

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:59:44 +0000

Women scientists do about twice as much of core household chores as do their male counterparts, according to a study published in the January-February issue of Academe, the magazine of the American Association of University Professors. “Understanding how housework relates…

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