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May 2008
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Embarcadero and CodeGear
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– By now, many of you have probably seen the announcement about Embarcadero and CodeGear. I've received some messages from people outside CodeGear asking me what I think, so I'll answer here. There were many potential outcomes from this "spin-off" effort. I think CodeGear and Embarcadero Technologies ...
January 2008
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Did you get the EKON Spring 2008 email?
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– EKON Spring 2008 is coming up in Germany, and we're doing some email marketing for it. If you received the email from CodeGear that was written in German entitled "EKON Spring 2008 - The Road to Delphi!" and can't read German, I'd like to apologize. I had several people ...
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A fun Delphi programming contest
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– Zarko Gajic has a fun contest under way on the Delphi about.com site. Here's a chance to show your stuff!
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Looking for the silver lining
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– We're finally at the point where we're gathering the requirements and wishes for our tagging system for CDN. So, I'm looking at the current tagging system and tag clouds out there to see what I like and don't like, which things are essential, which things are optional, and which we ...
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Farewell, Robert Marquart
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– I just learned that Robert Marquart passed away on December 29th, 2007. Many people in the Delphi community will recognize his name. He was a generous and long-time contributor to the Delphi community, and a member of Project JEDI. Farewell, Robert, and thank you for your kindness and ...
December 2007
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Chat with your favorite Jabber client
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– We've opened up our Jabber port on the CodeGear chat server for chatting with any Jabber client you prefer. See http://dn.codegear.com/article/37274#9GUIJabberclients for more information. We hope to chat with you soon!
November 2007
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Free Camtasia download
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– Camtasia is one of the tools people use to create Developer Network "TV episodes". TechSmith is now offering Camtasia 3 as a free download. (Camtasia 5 is their latest version and has many nice improvements, but Camtasia 3 is still very capable.) I discussed Camtasia way back when in ...
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Let’s chat!
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– Just in time for CodeRage II, we are launching a public beta of our new chat server. We have a draft of the user guide available on the Developer Network. We'll be using the new chat server for live Q&A; during CodeRage sessions. Come join us for CodeRage II, ...
October 2007
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Now, this is what I call Web 2.0!
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– There's a trend I've noticed on web sites more and more that I really like, where your painless participation in their services results in socially responsible contributions. Two that I am currently using are GoodSearch and MSN Live Chat donations. Charlie Calvert told me about the MSN Live ...
September 2007
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Windows Live Writer support on our blog server
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– We've just updated our customized Wordpress blog software to support Windows Live Writer (WLW). (We needed to support logging in from WLW, because we've implemented single sign-on support with Developer Network accounts for the Wordpress browser interface.) This is a very nice WYSYWIG client ...
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When darkness falls …
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– When darkness falls, sometimes you can see things more clearly! We improved our web site readability last week by changing our font colors to a much darker gray. I've been hearing things like "Thank you, I can see again!" from people who noticed and guessed I might know something about ...
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Blog server maintenance
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– We are migrating our blog server from .Text to WordPress on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 1PM Pacific time. See this announcement for more information. Thank you!
June 2007
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Roadmaps for Delphi and C++Builder are published again
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– At long last, we have been able to publish our Delphi and C++Builder roadmaps again. I hope to see the roadmaps for the rest of our products published again, too! You can see the roadmap on the CodeGear Developer Network.
April 2007
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Retrieving your Delphi 2007 trial key
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– Some people reported problems on Monday, April 9th with getting their trial key via email for the Delphi 2007 trial. I wanted to follow up here and let you know that Delphi 2007 trial keys will now be emailed every time you go to the Delphi 2007 trial download. ...
March 2007
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DN is back up
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– The Developer Network is back up. Most, if not all, of the missing articles will be back tomorrow. Their existing IDs will be preserved wherever possible. After we reserve the IDs, Getpublished will be available again. I'll update this post with more information after I've had some rest. Good ...
