Satter Ramblings

Internet nominated for Noble Peace Prize

In 1994 I started a web service. The web server was running Windows NT and IIS was custom built. I still remeber getting calls from people asking us how come our stuff was so fast. But never in my wildest dreams would I ever think the Internet would be nominated for The Nobel Peace Prize.

If you wish to support the effort to get the Internet the award join Internet for Peace. Good luck to the Internet. I think it deserves to win. Of course that leaves an open question what or who gets the prize?

Princess of Visual Studio

Too cute for words.

Windows Phone 7 Series

Today we can start talking about some aspects of Windows Phone 7 Series. I got to see the new OS a couple of weeks ago. I have to say I was impressed. Yes I work for Microsoft but not a mobile group any more and I was impressed.

The UI is different from other phones. It is not a copy cat of the iPhone. I saw a slide of iPhone, RIM, Android and others. All pretty much looked like an iPhone. I like that and apparently I am not alone.

For more information check out

• Demo on Channel 9
• The Windows Phone 7 Series Official Web Site
• The Strategy

One thing that the team is not disclosing yet is development. Just know it is coming...

Car SDK

I recent (Sunday) bought a new Lexus IS350C. The funny thing is that the amount of gadgetry requires me to write a review (that will be later its large). As I was showing off the car to my old boss we talked about cars.

Windows 7 Media Center

With the holiday vacation, I decided to see just how far the industry has come in the last five years for home media solutions. I have a Windows Home Server from HP. I figure between the WHS and Windows 7 I should be able to have a media cornucopia on tap at all times.

.NET Framework 4 Beta 2 on WU

.NET Framework is considered part of the operating system. What will happen with .NET 4 once it is officially released and how can you help?

SyntaxHighlighting in a Blog

During a recent upgrade of Typepad my site became sort of hosed. It is not really Typepads fault. During my effort to clean up my changes I discovered a tool for highlighting the code in my blog.

.NET 4 Migration

How do you go about migrating from an older .NET Framework to .NET Framework 4? With .NET Framework 4 migration is actually pretty easy.

Questions on Client Profile

The other day I did a screencast for folks on .NET 4 Beta 2. In it, I discuss profiles and deployment options. It is slated to go on Channel 9 sometime after PDC. I got a couple of questions and want to answer those here.

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 – Favorite Feature #1

.NET Framework 4 has a lot of new features and it can be daunting to decide what to look at first. Fortunately or unfortunately (it has been a long trek from start to Beta 2) I have been working with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 for the last 16 months. I will share with you my favorite features starting with Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF).