Ed Blankenship

Development Community Volunteer Week

I didn't get to read my RSS feeds yet today but I got a hint to go read them and I discovered that Chuck wrote a nice blog post about volunteer work and me .  I guess the cat's out of the bag now :)  Thanks Chuck for the kudos - I really appreciate Read More...

Grouping Conditional Clauses in Work Item Queries

So, I came across something pretty interesting when I was making a work item query today that I've wondered for a while.  I can't believe I just came across it today. OK - Just for some background on what I was trying to do:  I wanted to get Read More...

New Team System MVP

Speaking of Team System , I found out last week that I have been officially inducted into the Team System MVP group .  Earlier this year, I was awarded as an MVP in the Client Application Development competency.  Don't get me wrong, I still Read More...

Enter the Coolest Team System Gadget Contest!

Fellow Team System MVP Mike Azocar has announced an awesome new contest to stir up the Team System tools ecoystem.  There are some really cool prizes so far including a free license for Microsoft Visual Studio Team Suite 2008 w/ MSDN Premium subscription Read More...

Speaking about Team Build 2008 at the Dallas VSTS User Group

I'll be speaking on July 1, 2008 at the Dallas Visual Studio Team System User Group . Starts at 6 PM.  This is going to be a really exciting session for me personally and I love that we have a big block of time to get into some really fun Team Build Read More...

April 2008 CTP Available for Visual Studio Team System "Rosario"

It's finally available!  Seriously - this CTP has quite a bit of features that they have added and you can start to see that VSTS is and will continue to be a strong if not the best ALM offering.  The new features are added to Head over to Jeff Read More...

Visual Studio Team System Rosario TAP

I'm really excited because the last three days I've been in Redmond, WA attending the TAP briefing for the next version of Visual Studio Team System code named " Rosario ."  All I can say is WOW - I'm completely impressed with the work Read More...