Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET

So over the past 48 hours, I've been really diving into the Framework 2.0, looking at how the Provider Model is architected and implemented. There is one point that kind of confuses me, and I'm hoping that since there are so many Microsoft voices here, someone can give me an answer.

I got the monthly ServiceProviders e-mail newsletter today, and while I was skimming through it, at the bottom I caught this article:

Working on VB2004 again, and I just moved the providers outside the main assembly, and I'm now using the Provider Model the way Microsoft intended it to be used. (I think). We're about to find out if I did it right. There were no compile-time errors, now lets see if there were any run-time errors.

At the AZDNUG Meeting tonight, Jason Beres of Infragistics gaveus a really cool tip for templating data repeaters based on a user profile or some other changable setting. Just create a separate user control that has your repeater template in it, and give it the name of your profile... something like "manager.ascx". Then, in the code behind of the page with the repeater, use this code:

I was just reading last night about how people were wanting the OneNote team to open up the API. Well, ladies and gentlemen, here it is! Get more details on SP1, and download the preview today!

Vish just e-mailed me to let me know that his team (the winners of the Arizona State competition) took second at the Imagine Cup Western Regionals in LA, and they'll be going to Nationals on May 23rd. YAY! I'm so excited. I'm hoping to visit with him in the next few days and see how they progressed since the last time I saw their project. Congratulations guys, and good luck at Nationals!

So I'm here at ASU, waiting for the students to start submitting their answers. With me are two people fresh from Redmond. Anand Vijay and Rowena Patrao. Anand is an SDET on the Exchange team, and Rowena is an SDET on the Windows Media Core Team - Setup. They graduated from ASU, and flew down from Redmond just for this competition. It's been fun talking shop while we're waiting. I love making new Microsoft friends. Maybe by 5pm they'll start blogging ;).

While the MVP Summit officially ended on Wednesday, I took advantage of the opportunity and stayed in Redmond an extra day to meet with different people on campus about some of Interscape's endeavors. Wednesday night, I as lucky enough to stay with Jeff Sandquist and his family. Before heading back to his place, though, I got to hang out with Jeff, Lenn Pryor, and Robert Scoble. What followed was a rather unique experience: I was one of the only guys to see the Channel 9 team at launch + 24 hours. I just sat on Jeff's couch in his office, watching Jeff and Lenn respond to all the different conversations that were flying around the site.