A Whirlwind of Webcasts

It looks like Webcast season is upon us J …

Between now and Tech Ed, Maarten Struys and I will be presenting a combined total of 7 webcasts.

This Wednesday, 30-April and next Wednesday, 7-May I'll be the guest on MSDN's geekSpeak.

Then starting next week (week of 5-May), Maarten Struys and I will be co-presenting a multi-part webcast series on a variety of Windows Mobile topics as a lead-in to Tech Ed Developer 2008.

geekSpeak

This Wednesday (30-April) I'll be talking about SQL Server Compact Tips and Tricks (both devices and desktop).

I'm really looking forward to this talk. Those of you who have followed my blog or who have seen my whitepapers or webcasts know that I'm a big fan of SQL Server Compact. Although it provides excellent code & SQL compatibility with SQL Server, the details of the underlying architecture sometimes require a different approach. That's what we'll be talking about … how to get the most out of SQL Server Compact.

Next Wednesday (7-May), I'll be talking about Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Strategies for Windows Mobile.

Although not the focus of the entire webcast, we'll definitely be talking a bunch about using Store-and-Forward messaging. Whether you're targeting Windows Mobile devices or focus more on desktop applications, you'll want to be there.

Most of the same strategies we use for Windows Mobile applications apply equally to applications running on a laptop/notebook computer with Store-and-Forward messaging being a great example. Any application (Windows Mobile or Laptop-based) that needs to be away from connectivity periodically faces communications challenges that Store-and-Forward messaging addresses as it allows your app to simply send messages and the Store-and-Forward mechanism caches the messages automatically sending them whenever connectivity becomes available.

Bring your questions: If you haven't been to a geekSpeak webcast before, you don't know what you're missing.

These are much more two-way than traditional webcasts. Don't get me wrong, I love traditional webcasts where I get to show you a bunch of code but geekSpeak provides a great adjunct. On geekSpeak we engage much more in a conversation; the discussions are very listener driven with much of the time focused on addressing those things that you ask about.

Countdown to Tech Ed Developer 2008

We don't have all of the details posted yet but staring next week (week of 5-May), Maarten and I will be doing webcasts each week covering a different aspect of Windows Mobile development.

The webcasts are aimed at people who are new to Windows Mobile or who may be looking to gain a deeper understanding of the tools and capabilities of Windows Mobile application development. Keep a watch here on my blog and I'll provide further details on these webcasts as we get them published.