The Region at MicrosoftRegionalDirectors.com

Welcome to The Region, global hub for the 140 software architects, developers, trainers and other professionals selected by Microsoft as Regional Directors. The first thing to know is that, while we’re officially recognized by Microsoft and often receive inside information about forthcoming technologies, we are completely independent. We are not Microsoft employees. As to The Region, it’s designed to help us circulate insights, information, inspiration and inquiries among RD’s and among the broader developer community. And it's an experiment. We hope you find it useful. We hope we find it useful, too.


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Kate Gregory: Kate has over three decades of scientific and engineering programming experience in a variety of programming languages including Fortran, PL/I, C++, Java, Visual Basic, and C#. Her recent programming work is almost exclusively in Visual C++ and Visual Basic.NET, on a variety of projects, for both Enterprise and ISV clients. Since January 2002 she has been Microsoft Regional Director for Toronto and since January 2004 she has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional designation for Visual C++. In June 2005 she won the Regional Director of the year award. Kate is the author of over a dozen books including Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 Kick Start. She teaches .NET, XML, UML, and C++ and is in demand as an expert speaker, with numerous cross-Canada tours for Microsoft Canada, and sessions at DevDays, TechEd (USA, Europe, Africa) and VSLive Toronto, among others.

Visual Studio

A Look at VS Add-in for Windows 7 Taskbar Extras

Kate Gregory writes "...If your build results in errors or warnings, you'll also get a taskbar icon overlay when it's done letting you know about them.) And here we have handy thumbnail buttons - for build, debug, and start without debugging:..." Read post »

TechTalk

Insight About Useful Code Comments

Kate Gregory writes "...Recently, I was shown this quote. The person who showed it...is a smart person I respect, so I'm going to leave that person un-named. The authors of the quote, Kernighan and Plauger, are legends of the field. In 1979...they wrote:..." Read post »

TechTalk

Windows Phone 7 Link Resources

Kate Gregory writes "...I'm collecting link on Windows Phone 7 topics...pictures and links to dev tools...Windows Phone 7 paper prototype to supplement your emulator experience..." Read post »
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Kate Gregory

Partner Gregory Consulting Limited Pontypool, Ontario, CA Send email to Kate Kate's blog  »

Technical Expertise .NET Development, .NET Framework, Accessibility, Application Compatibility, Application Integration, ASP .NET, Building Distributed Applications with .NET, Business Architect, C++, Concurrency, Data Access Technologies, Migration to .NET, Project Management, Public Speaking, SharePoint Products and Technologies, SQL Server, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Studio .NET
Years of Experience 30
Certifications METRO-C, METRO-T
Awards MVP for Visual C++ since 2004 INETA Speakers Bureau
Vertical Industries Served E-Business, Human Resources and Payroll, Manufacturing, Project Management, Education, Non-Profit, Software Industry