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Thank You!

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Sue Ferguson

Our customer feedback is critical to our success.  We thank you for taking the time to provide comments on our servics.  Your feedback is valuable and important to us, as we contunually strive to exceed our customers’ expectations and work … Continue reading →

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MSDN Flash!

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Sue Ferguson

The one constant is change.  So how do developers avoid from sinking amidst the strong currents of change and stay informed of the changing tides?  They stay afloat by accessing an abundance of resources.  At Northwest Cadence, we regularly check … Continue reading →

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Team Build Event in Portland

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Sue Ferguson

Steven Borg of Northwest Cadence (Microsoft Team System MVP) took a road trip to Portland to speak to a very interested audience about the new features of Team Build 2008, an inherent and powerful part of Visual Studio Team System … Continue reading →

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The Microsoft Borg

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Steven Borg

I’m heading to Portland to give a presentation on Team Build 2008, and an announcement went up on the Portland Area .NET User Group mailing list.  This was one of the replies, which gave me quite a few laughs!  Hat … Continue reading →

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AgileBUG – The Agile Beer Users Group

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Steven Borg

Tonight I attended the Agile Beer Users Group, or AgileBUG for short.  It was a loose get-together hosted by John (who’s last name was quickly forgotten after the first beer…  apologies, John).  Very informal, yet filled with a lively assortment … Continue reading →

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Python – Powerful, but terse

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Steven Borg

I’ve heard Python is “wrist-friendly”.  It is!  So, basically I needed to create a quick application to merge some text files into an HTML template to update a web site with new content easily.  (Yes, I’ve heard of dynamic web … Continue reading →

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TSWA 2008 SP1 Released

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Steven Borg

Ed Hintz just announced the release of Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 (TSWA)!  Head on over to the TSWA download site to get it!  And check out Ed Hintz’ blog post for the news!  Of special note is the … Continue reading →

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VSTS User Group Meeting – Tomorrow Night! (June 25th)

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Steven Borg

I’ll be presenting a topic titled “Gaze Into the Crystal Ball: Reporting in Team System”.  We’ll actually go quite deep into the reporting process, including interpreting existing reports, modifying existing reports, creating ad-hoc reports in Excel, and creating new reports … Continue reading →

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Don’t miss the GeekFest Party at TechEd 2008!

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Steven Borg

I’ll see you there!     GeekFest Party at TechEd 2008 Developer Conference Let’s face it, going to technical conferences is good for your career, but it’s not a whole lot of fun. What you need is an outlet. You need … Continue reading →

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Geek Speak on Team Build

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Steven Borg

Well, my Geek Speak on the Team Build was finally posted on MSDN.  If you’re interested in seeing Team Build in action check it out! Steven Borg on Team Build – Geek Speak 

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Team System User Group meeting – May 28th, 2008

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Steven Borg

Don’t miss the upcoming user group meeting for Team System.  We’ll be covering Unit Testing, presented by Bruce Taimana from Microsoft.  See you there! Title: Unit Testing with Visual Studio When: 6:30 PM on May 28, 2008 Where:  Microsoft Campus … Continue reading →

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VSTS MVP Congrats are in order!

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Amanda

A big, big congratulations is in order for one of Northwest Cadence’s own, Steven Borg!  Congrats, Steve, on your 2008 Microsoft MVP Award! Steven had a very active year in the Visual Studio Team System community in 2007, particularly on … Continue reading →

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Our RSS feeds

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Steven Borg

I’ve been asked where to locate the RSS feeds for this site.  It’s clear at the very bottom on the footer of the page.  It’s actually tricky to find, and is a link title Entries RSS, there’s also one called … Continue reading →

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Welcome to our new offices!

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Amanda

Northwest Cadence has recently relocated to centralized offices in downtown Kirkland.  We chose downtown Kirkland, specifically on the Kirkland Marina, because it’s a fabulous location for our employees to work from and our customers to visit.  Bike in, drive in, bus in, or sail in - … Continue reading →

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Seattle Code Camp 2007

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Jeff Levinson

Hi everyone. This seems last minute but we had some technical issues (go figure). Seattle Code Camp will be held on November 17th and 18th [Updated date!] at the DigiPen Institute of Technology. In particular I’m looking for sessions on … Continue reading →

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