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I'm A VB: Joacim Andersson, Visual Basic MVP

June 24, 2009 Jun 24, 2009 06/24/09
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MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=56643689-ABE7-4313-A865-442BCBE05B54 Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/joacim ·        How long have you been using VB?I've used VB since '91. Starting with VB1. ·        What industry do ...

I'm A VB: Wilson Kutegeka, Visual Basic MVP

June 24, 2009 Jun 24, 2009 06/24/09
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MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=8BAFA316-058B-44A9-84F0-F8228EAB6379 Blog: http://bloggingabout.net/blogs/wilson/ Website: http://www.clinicmaster.net/   ·        How long have you been using VB? Well, despite the fact that I was already a physics graduate, I learned...

I'm A VB: Vishal Shukla, Visual Basic MVP

June 24, 2009 Jun 24, 2009 06/24/09
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MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=97E0CC61-BECF-4CDE-A994-5BAA1533A258 Blog: http://www.geekswithblogs.net/vishal   ·        How long have you been using VB? 18 years, started with GWBasics   ·        What industry do ...

I'm A VB: Dave Noderer (VB MVP)

June 22, 2009 Jun 22, 2009 06/22/09
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  MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=339A9F64-818D-46B8-A984-9DB6D89B4968 Blog: http://geekswithblogs.net/dnoderer/ Business Website: http://www.computerways.com Community Website: http://www.fladotnet.com   ·        How long have you been using VB? I jumped in with ...

I'm A VB: Pep Lluís Baño, Visual Basic MVP

June 22, 2009 Jun 22, 2009 06/22/09
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    MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=AAF2211D-2C08-4B28-8401-D356C20ECAD7  Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/peplluis/   ·        How long have you been using VB? Since the first version of VB-DOS in 1992 J and earlier Basic Interpreters from 1986/1987 http://msmvps...

I'm A VB: Antonio Chagoury, Visual Basic MVP

June 19, 2009 Jun 19, 2009 06/19/09
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  MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F68AA8DD-FBAB-460C-813B-BB9C990EA4AA Blog: www.cto20.com Website: www.inspectorit.com   ·         How long have you been using VB? My first language was BASIC. I have been using VB in the true development sense since 1997.   ·&...

Keep the Customer Satisfied (Matt Gertz)

April 13, 2009 Apr 13, 2009 04/13/09
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
As I’ve written elsewhere, the toughest critics for any work you do can always be found in your own family.  Pleased at the immense work that I’d done in scanning in and tagging all of my photos and media (as noted in this post), and with my ego sufficiently boosted by writing a screensaver in VB that would display not only ...

Romeo and Juliette and Windows Azure (Lucian Wischik)

November 17, 2008 Nov 17, 2008 11/17/08
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1. Juliette sends a message "I'll take a drug which makes me look dead but I'm not really"2. Romeo receives the message3. Romeo finds Juliette looking dead, but knows she's not really dead4. They live happily ever aftervs.1. Juliette sends a message "I'll take a drug which makes me look dead but I'm not really"     &...

Community Interview with Lucian Wischik (Beth Massi)

November 3, 2008 Nov 3, 2008 11/3/08
Beth Massi
Here's a community interview from our Italian Visual Basic MVP Alessandro Del Sole, this time with Lucian Wischik, a Developer on the team. I'm just getting to know Lucian but he is a very interesting and bright person who is just a pleasure to talk with (I hope he starts blogging a lot more). When I told him that out Italian community had ...

I'm a VB! (Lisa Feigenbaum)

November 2, 2008 Nov 2, 2008 11/2/08
Lisa Feigenbaum
This year at the Professional Developers Conference, there was a new trend called PDC badges. To fully understand the buzz, check out the following blog post and Channel9 video by Adam Kinney (badge extraordinaire): http://adamkinney.com/blog/366/default.aspxhttps://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Badges-We-dont-need-...