Hello - I'm Darren Shaffer and welcome to my BLOG on dotnetjunkies.com. A sincere thank you to Donny Mack for this opportunity.
I'm a founding member and Principal Software Architect for Connected Innovation based in Denver, CO (www.connectedinnovation.com). I'm also a .NET Compact Framework MVP and frequent speaker for MSDN, Microsoft Events, and user's groups throughout the Western US.
CI is a unique organization - we are a collection of Microsoft MVPs, RDs, and senior .NET talent who provide software services to corporate clients and directly to Microsoft. We specialize in a few leading-edge areas including Windows Mobile/CF, Location Server, MapPoint Web Service, Smart Clients, and SQL Server 2005. If you are an MVP or recognized expert in one of those areas with an interest in being brought to bear on client engagements, feel free to contact us or visit with one of us at TechEd, MEDC, PDC, MVP Summit, etc.
So what can you expect from my BLOG? I am a Compact Framework MVP and I have had the rich experience of designing and delivering some 25 Compact Framework enterprise apps since the CF was in beta. I have a special interest in SQL CE and SQL Mobile and work newsgroups that cater to those topics (there are a number of just plain outstanding MVPs in the Compact Framework newsgroups who more than service every question, so I looked for areas that were NOT being well cared for by non-Microsoft experts). With that said, I will use this BLOG to share solutions to difficult challenges I face in my numerous (usually concurrent!) client engagements as well as frequently asked questions I find myself answering in the Microsoft newsgroups.
I will be kicking things off with a multi-part series on SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition beginning this week. I am in the process of completing the SQL Mobile chapter in Wiley's upcoming SQL Server 2005 Bible and will share some tips and insight into this powerful new database designed for the Windows Mobile platform and why it is more than just the next version of SQL CE.
I look forward to using this forum and welcome your feedback. -ds