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• The Windows Azure Software Development Kit (SDK) and the Windows Azure Training Kit (WATK)

  Windows Azure is a platform that allows you to write software, run software, or use software that we've already written. We provide lots of resources to help you do that - many can be found right here in this blog series. There are two primary resources Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:40 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Community, Concepts, Documentation, Downloads, Latest Version, Learning, Link Lists, Links, Presentations, Scripts, SQL Azure, Web, Windows Azure

• Windows Azure End to End Examples

  I’m fascinated by the way people learn. I’m told there are several methods people use to understand new information, from reading to watching, from experiencing to exploring. Personally, I use multiple methods of learning when I encounter a new topic, Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:45 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Design, Developer, Development, Documentation, Downloads, How I work, Learning, Link Lists, Links, MSDN, Planning, Presentations, SQL Azure, Technet, Tips, Tutorials, Walkthroughs, Web, Windows Azure

• Book Review (Book 10) - The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

  This is a continuation of the books I challenged myself to read to help my career - one a month, for year. You can read my first book review here , and the entire list is here . The book I chose for March 2012 was: The Information: A History, a Theory, Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2012 8:24 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Book Review, Career, Learning

• Book Review (Book 8) - The Elements of Persuasion

  This is a continuation of the books I challenged myself to read to help my career - one a month, for year. You can read my first book review here . The book I chose for January 2012 was: The Elements of Persuasion by Richard Maxwell and Robert Dickman Read More... Posted Monday, January 30, 2012 7:57 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Book Review, Career, How I work, Learning

• Azure Design Patterns

  I have a lot of learning resources you can find here at my blog, but I wanted to point one out this morning. It's a Silverlight application called "Azure Design Patterns". You can find it at http://azuredesignpatterns.com/, and it's an interesting way Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:34 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Learning

• Book Review (Book 2) - Rhetoric by Aristotle

  This is a continuation of the books I challenged myself to read to help my career - one a month, for year. You can read my first book review here . The book I chose for July 2011 was Rhetoric, by Aristotle. You can read it here for free: http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/aristotle/a8rh/ Read More... Posted Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:27 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Book Review, Career, How I work, Learning, Personal

• Head in the Clouds–Eyes on the Books

  I normally post technical topics here on this blog, but I’m extending this post a bit to include a little professional development. Don’t worry; there’s some tech (and Distributed Computing tech, no less) in this post as well. I recently Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2011 1:43 PM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Book Review, Career, Conferences, Connections, How I work, Learning, Learning Plan, Personal, Planning, Presentations, Process, Tips

• SQL Azure Use Case: Web-based Applications

  This is one in a series of posts on when and where to use a distributed architecture design in your organization's computing needs. You can find the main post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/01/18/windows-azure-and-sql-azure-use-cases.aspx Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:38 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Application Architecture, Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Data Professional, Design, Developer, Development, Learning, SQL Azure, Windows Azure

• Windows Azure Emulators On Your Desktop

  Many people feel they have to set up a full Azure subscription online to try out and develop on Windows Azure. But you don’t have to do that right away. In fact, you can download the Windows Azure Compute Emulator – a “cloud development Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:39 AM by BuckWoody | 3 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Compute, Data, How I work, Learning, Presentations, Tips, Windows Azure

• Windows Azure Learning Plan - Other Features

  This is one in a series of posts on a Windows Azure Learning Plan. You can find the main post here . This one deals with the Application Fabric for Windows Azure. It serves three main purposes - Access Control, Caching, and as a Service Bus. Overview Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 04, 2011 5:11 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Application Fabric, Azure, Learning, Link Lists, Windows Azure

• Windows Azure Learning Plan - Storage

  This is one in a series of posts on a Windows Azure Learning Plan. You can find the main post here . This one deals with Storage for Windows Azure. Overview Overview and general information about Windows Azure Storage - what it is, how it works, and where Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:24 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, Learning, Link Lists, Storage, Windows Azure

• Cross-Pollination

  I was reading this post on J.D. Meier's Blog, which deals with the “cloud” (I really dislike that term) . You might wonder what that has to do with SQL Server, since it isn’t specifically about SQL Azure. I’ll come back to that in a moment. I play a little Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 13, 2010 6:10 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Career, Learning, Security, SQL Server

• What can a week in a cabin without a computer teach you about databases?

  I’m back from a week (actually a week and two days) of being quite isolated in a cabin at the Mark Twain National State Park is Florida, Missouri. I took only a book and a guitar, and enough things to eat for the week, and not even much of that. Oh, and Read More... Posted Monday, June 28, 2010 8:39 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Learning

• The Most Effective Learning Methods – The Results

  Yesterday I posted a blank graph and asked where you thought the labels should go for the most effective learning methods, according to a study they read to me and other teachers here at the University of Washington. Here are the labels in the correct Read More... Posted Thursday, May 27, 2010 6:46 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Career, Learning