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Grid 2.0

With the coming energy crunch set to dwarf the credit crunch Smart Grids are quickly becoming a really hot topic--why is that? Just how do Smart Grids help solve energy issues and what can we do with the masses of data which these Smart Grids will generate? Join the conversation in this live, online event.

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Every single thing on Kat Meyer's Tiger-Beat-style cover from her TOC wrapup cracked me up: I think we may have a new cover design for our printed program for TOC...

Anatomy of "Connect"

I'm here at Webstock in New Zealand working on my talk for tomorrow (Open, Social Web) and one of the things I've been thinking about is all of the different "Connect" applications and products that have recently sprung into existence. I mean, we have Facebook Connect, Google Friend Connect, MySpace (thankfully not "Connect") ID, TypePad Connect, RPX and I'm sure...

Full Text of Jason Epstein's TOC 2009 Keynote

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Getting Started with Silverlight 2

You've learned how Silverlight can produce stylish interfaces and highly interactive applications in a variety of browsers, and now you want to build a Silverlight application. Not just a bouncing ball, an embedded video, or a spiffy-looking series of buttons, but a walking, talking, fully functional line-of-business application. Of course, you still want the snazzy interface, too. The good news is that you can have it all with Silverlight 2. The following excerpt is from John Papa's new book, Data-Driven Services with Silverlight 2.

eGov Watch: Recovery.gov Goes Live

Within minutes of Obama signing into law the economic stimulus bill (formally, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)), the web gnomes at the White House flipped the switch on a new website - Recovery.gov. If there is any question that Obama understands the medium of the Internet, its one that he (and his team) is rapidly dispelling: there has been more new web efforts debuted in the last three weeks than there was during the last eight years of the Bush administration.

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Upcoming Events

Dux Raymond Sy presents "7 Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success" at PMI-WDC
Feb 19, 2009
Skyline 6, Suite 800
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Webcast: Grid 2.0
Feb 19, 2009

George Reese on Cloud Computing at the UWM Center for Technology Innovation
Feb 20, 2009
UWM Lubar School of Business, Lubar Hall, Room N146
Milwaukee, WI