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Meet Kostas Pantos – ASP.NET MVP from Greece
Tell us who you are?
My name is Kostas Pantos and I’m a software Architect currently starting my own software company in Greece www.techaholics.gr. Over the past years I’ve worked for a number of large companies in Greece and was involved in developing cutting-edge software always using the latest technology (ASP.NET, AJAX, Silverlight, WPF, Linq, EF and so on) in order to build wow experiences. I really enjoy speaking about technology and have talked in a number of Microsoft and community related events. Finally I’m an active member of the Greek developers’ community and enjoy helping fellow developers solve their technical issues.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I was first awarded on April of 2007 and have managed to keep the award since then till today and hope that I’ll be able to keep it for the next couple of year as well 
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
I take advantage of all available resources, webcasts, tutorials, blog posts, books, magazines, conversations, technical samples and hands-on offered from various developer communities as well as interact and participate at various software development events and conferences.
Pakistan – SharePoint 2010 Community Launch in Pictures
SharePoint Pakistan User Group recently arranged “SharePoint 2010 Community Launch” at University of Central Punjab, Lahore. During the event the speakers covered latest technologies like Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio Team System and provided real world guidance on Developing Application on top of SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET, Exploring Implementation and Integration scenarios and getting ready for SharePoint 2010.
SharePoint Pakistan User Group – SharePoint 2010 Community Launch
SharePoint Pakistan User Group is arranging a “SharePoint 2010 Community Launch” that will be held on 5th of December, 2009 at University of Central Punjab, Lahore. Technical Communities play very important role in helping developers stay in touch with other developers, learn latest technologies and getting solutions to the problems they are facing in the their working environments This event will help reigniting the communities in Lahore as well as help restructuring SharePoint Pakistan User Group and related Microsoft User Groups.
The event will exclusively disclose the latest technologies like Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio Team System and while providing real world guidance on Developing Application on top of SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET, Exploring Implementation and Integration scenarios and getting ready for SharePoint 2010.
Microsoft announced SDK for Facebook Platform
Microsoft with it’s ongoing collaboration with Facebook released a very exciting new developer resource: the Microsoft SDK for Facebook Platform. This SDK combines the power of Web, client and social technologies to enable millions of developers to transform their imagination into next generation application experiences.
No matter what your application flavor is, the Microsoft SDK for Facebook Platform supports the development of applications across Silverlight, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, and Windows Forms, enabling easy consumption of Facebook services delivered through the Facebook Open Stream API. According to the press release by Facebook team
Tell us your .Net Story Win over $16,000 in Prizes!
Every developer has a story. Microsoft want to know yours. How did you use the .NET Framework to create a killer app? What parts of the .NET Framework (ASP.NET, ADO.NET, WPF, WCF, WF, etc.) did you use to develop it? What other Microsoft products (SharePoint, SQL Server, Windows Server, etc.) were used in the solution? What challenge did you solve? How did you integrate your solution with other solutions and systems? Participate in the Tell us your story competition and you can win one of over $16,000 in prizes.
