I had written a post on how to Make the Most of Technical Events like TechEd. Well I am glad I followed my own tips and made the most of the TechEd India 2011 event, I attended last month. The event was attended by around 3200 IT professionals and over… Continue reading →

Happy New Year 2011 everyone! Today, it is exactly two years since I launched DevCurry.com and it has been a great journey so far! Check this link list of my popular posts written in 2010Most Popular Posts for Developers in 2010 – DevCurry.comUseful De… Continue reading →

Here’s a quick wrap up of the articles published on DevCurry.com in the month of October.jQueryStart and Stop an Animation in jQuery – Starting and Stopping a jQuery Animation is as simple as using the animate() and stop() functionsRetrieve DIV value… Continue reading →

My colleague and Microsoft MVP Anoop shared an interesting tweet yesterday about the Top 10 Questions Related to Data Answered by Microsoft

The questions answered are the following:

1. So what happened to “Oslo”?
2. Why did you rename ADO.NET Data Services to WCF Data Services?
3. Where does Microsoft stand on LINQ to SQL?
4. What’s happening to the “M” language? How do “M” and the Entity Data Model relate to each other? Which do I choose?
5. When does a developer use “M” vs. T-SQL? Should I use “M” rather than T-SQL to define the shape of my data?
6. What’s New in ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 and WCF Data Services 4?
7. What is “Quadrant” and what does it do for me?
8. When will the SQL Server Modeling CTP ship?
9. How does the SQL Server Modeling CTP relate to .NET?
10. What is the Open Data Protocol (OData)?

Check out the answers here.

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“When work, commitment, and pleasure all become one and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible” – Unknown

I became a Microsoft MVP again for the 3rd consecutive year, and I thank Microsoft for bestowing this award on me. I was awarded the MVP title as a result of my contributions to the technology community via my sites DotNetCurry.com, DevCurry.com, SqlServerCurry.com and to the ASP.NET forums

It’s sometimes hard for us running and updating all these sites ‘regularly’ along with a consultancy job, but all the energy comes from focusing on what excites us the most – Technology!

Chasing your passion is fun and it gets better, when you are awarded for it

About the MVP award

For those who are not aware of the MVP award, Microsoft says:

We seek to recognize the best and brightest from technology communities around the world with the Microsoft® Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award.

These exceptional community leaders come from a wide range of backgrounds. They are teachers, artists, doctors, engineers, as well as technologists, who actively share their high-quality, real-world technical expertise with the community and with Microsoft.

Unlike other awards, you are re-evaluated for this award every year. I think this makes this award all the more special, since you are motivated to become better every year, to win it!

Some MVP Facts:

• Around 4000 MVP’s in the world

• Live in more than 90 countries

• Speak nearly 40 languages

• Answer more than 10 million questions each year

• Offer expertise in around 90 Microsoft technologies

MVP Award Benefits

Being an MVP is fun! Along with a MVP trophy and a certificate, Microsoft values its awardees by providing them with access to several resources such as complimentary subscriptions to MSDN or TechNet, access to MVP private newsgroups, technical support incidents.

One of the primary benefits this award gives you is the opportunity to interact with the product team through your MVP Lead and also the first hand information you get while these products are being developed. The best of all is the Microsoft MVP Global Summit held almost every year. This Summit provides opportunities for MVPs around the world to network and socialize with each other, meet the product teams and attend technical sessions delivered by the teams – all of this, in Microsoft’s own headquarters, Redmond!

How do I Become an MVP?

You may want to look at How do I become an MVP ? If you feel you have got what it takes to become an MVP, drop me a line. This is an elite club, every IT Pro and Developer dreams to be a part of.

Well, I am an MVP and I am proud of it!

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