One of my goals in getting back into the swing of things after my trip is to dive deep into the new technologies relating to Vista and .Net 3.0. Just before my return, Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of both Vista and NetFX3 were released. I've finally got things installed, and can dig in. Both the Vista install and NetFX3 upgrades on my XP system went great.

While I was gone, I also noticed that Charles Petzold's new WPF book Applications = Code + Markup was also available so I had the nice folks at Amazon get one on it's way.  Now that I've had a chance to start getting back into the normal routine I've finally had a chance to start digging into it. So far it appears to be a quality read, full of great content. I'm tempted to skip ahead to some key areas, but every page seems to have something new worth reading.

Speaking of new, Kevin Moore has updated his Bag-O-Tricks WPF samples for RC1. Thanks Kevin! He's even included the infamous Kevin Button shown at Tech Ed and more recently on Channel 9. Nice!

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Joe, our fearless leader at TRINUG has a NEW BLOG and he's coding up a storm on AutoDal, his reflection/attribute based Data Access Layer.

...I really need to post some code one of these days.....

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Use Windows Live Writer? Check out THESE plugins

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According to Gavin:

Tablet PC: The InkAnalysis API has RTM’d and the download is LIVE!

"new InkAnalysis API which integrates layout analysis with handwriting recognition (and exposes new capabilities and features). So far, I’ve pointed developers to the “Windows Vista SDK for RC1” to install the InkAnalysis API. I’m very excited to announce that the InkAnalysis API has now RTM’d and can be installed via the new addendum to the last  Tablet PC Platform SDK (1.7). This new release is called the “Input Supplement” and its version is 1.7.5."

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After an amazing three weeks running around Germany, it's time to come back to reality and return to the normal routine. Well.. almost the normal routine. Traveling and time away from work for lengthy periods of time is much needed, and provides a great opportunity to reflect on life, and changes on should make. As the sun sets on my trip, I believe it is just the beginning for the opportunities ahead.

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