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• Project Phoenix: Additional Proposals Receive Awards

  10/23/2010 Two more eligible developers and deserving projects have been selected. Any proposals submitted but not selected this time will be reconsidered at each upcoming award cycle. (Refer to this to review the award criteria, details, and benefits.) Read More... Posted Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:16 PM by ArnieRowland | 1 Comments Filed under: Excellence, Developer, Community, Professional Development, Project Phoenix

• Project Phoenix: Early September Awards Announced

  9/14/2010 Two more eligible developers and deserving projects have been selected. Any proposals submitted but not selected this time will be reconsidered at each upcoming award cycle. (Refer to this to review the award criteria, details, and benefits.) Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:13 AM by ArnieRowland | 3 Comments Filed under: Excellence, Exceptional, Developer, Community, Project Phoenix

• Project Phoenix expands to Australia and New Zealand

  A couple of months ago, many Microsoft MVPs received Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate MSDN subscriptions (retail value: ~$12,000) to distribute as we saw fit. I started Project Phoenix , encouraging unemployed or underemployed developers to engage with a non-profit Read More... Posted Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:11 PM by ArnieRowland | 1 Comments Filed under: Excellence, Developer, Community, Project Phoenix

• Project Phoenix: May we have the July awards please ...

  The first two developers and projects have been selected –and there were some tough choices. However, those projects not selected this time will be reconsidered at each upcoming award cycle. (Refer to this to review the award benefits.) In no order of Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 4, 2010 1:27 AM by ArnieRowland | 10 Comments Filed under: Excellence, Developer, Community, Project Phoenix

• Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes ...

  Project Phoenix expands to include Australia and New Zealand, more here . NOTE: At least one developer and project will be selected every week for the remainder of 2010. View the Awards to date here . Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, over the next Read More... Posted Friday, July 30, 2010 10:52 PM by ArnieRowland | 15 Comments Filed under: Excellence, Developer, Community, Project Phoenix

• I come to you, humbled...

  WOW! A couple of weeks ago, I announced that I would be offering a few MSDN Ultimate subscriptions to unemployed or under-employed developers to help them improve and update their skills in consideration for doing social good by helping out a non-profit Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:01 AM by ArnieRowland | 3 Comments Filed under: Excellence, Developer, Community, Project Phoenix

• While you don't get a 'Free Lunch', you will get your just desserts...

  07/30/2010 UPDATE: Lastest News about the project is here . UPDATE: Additional Microsoft MVPs have joined the project and we will now be selecting at least two (2) now three (3) qualifying projects each month. The selected first tier project will have Read More... Posted Monday, July 12, 2010 1:04 PM by ArnieRowland | 14 Comments Filed under: Excellence, Developer, Community, Project Phoenix

• There will be no 'Free Lunch' -just great feelings of accomplishment

  07/30/2010 UPDATE: Lastest News about the project is here . NEW: Project Criteria and Submission Here I was again awarded the ‘Most Valuable Professional’ (MVP) designation from Microsoft for my community activities, especially for my contributions with Read More... Posted Friday, July 2, 2010 3:48 PM by ArnieRowland | 14 Comments Filed under: Excellence, Developer, Community, Project Phoenix

• Through the Looking Glass: Elegant -or Not?

  SQL Server as an EAV Database -Good Idea? It seems like I am getting more and more inquires from potential clients asking for help solving performance related issues with what, after some investigation, is using SQL Server as an EAV database. First, for Read More... Posted Friday, October 3, 2008 12:19 AM by ArnieRowland | 4 Comments Filed under: SQLServer, Performance, EAV, Developer

• To Blog or Not to Blog -Is that Really the Question?

  Over the past couple of years, the chorus of voices asking, requesting, even demanding that I present my thoughts in a blog has grown so loud I can no longer ignore. As a long time teacher and trainer, I have great respect for the 'written word' -and Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008 8:47 AM by ArnieRowland | 3 Comments Filed under: SQLServer, Developer, Community