My C# 4.0 presentation recorded at the Philly.NET Code Camp was posted on Channel 9 [http://channel9.msdn.com/] today. You can view it here [http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Devs4Devs/Step-into-the-New-Decade-with-C-40/]....

Thanks to everyone who attended my MVC 2 presentation today at CMAP Code Camp. The code samples and PowerPoint can be downloaded here: Top 10 Ways MVC 2 Will Boost Your Productivity [https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=michelotti&ReleaseId=4333] ....

This Saturday is the CMAP Spring Code Camp [http://www.cmap-online.org/CodeCamp/]. I'll be presenting "Top 10 Ways MVC 2 Will Boost Your Productivity." You can register here [https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=147663&wa=wsignin1.0]. I hope to see you there!...

The Orchard Project [http://orchard.codeplex.com/] is a new OOS Microsoft project that is being developed up on CodePlex [http://www.codeplex.com/]. From the Orchard home page on CodePlex [http://orchard.codeplex.com/], it states "Orchard project is focused on delivering a .NET-based CMS application that will allow users to rapidly create content-driven Websites, and an extensibility framework that will allow developers and customizers to provide additional functionality through modules and the...

MvcContrib [http://mvccontrib.codeplex.com/] contains a feature called Portable Areas [http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/hex/archive/2009/11/01/asp-net-mvc-portable-areas-via-mvccontrib.aspx] which I've recently blogged about. In short, portable areas provide a way to distribute MVC binary components as simple .NET assemblies where the aspx/ascx files are actually compiled into the assembly as embedded resources. This is an extremely cool feature but once you start building robust portable areas,...