This week I got a Samsung Omnia W device and I am sure the whole Internet is eager to learn my opinion. I had it for a very short time and I cannot make a real review but I am ready to share first impressions. Keep in mind that this is my first smartphone so I cannot do real usage comparison with other mobile operating systems and devices...

   A few days ago I was asked how one can develop a page in ASP.NET Web Forms that fulfills the following requirements:

   1. The page should display a product.
   2. There should be an AJAX pager (next/previous or normal pages).
   3. The user should be able to copy URL from the address bar and send it to other people who should see the same product.
   4. If the user pastes the link in Facebook the right product information should be displayed.

   So how can we fulfill these requirements using good old Web Forms with update panels...

   Disclaimer: I am biased. Iced Earth are one of my two most favorite bands for twelve years now. My other favorite band is Uriah Heep but they have not released good album for more than thirty years and I am actually scared to go to one of their concerts. With Iced Earth these problems do not exist. If I said that I had been waiting to see them in Bulgaria since I first heard them it would be a lie because in 99 I did not imagine that this was possible. However on 22.11.2011 they did play in Sofia!

   September saw some pretty important announcements for Windows developers and specifically for .NET developers. With the BUILD conference behind us we can debate who is going to survive the fallout...

   Despite not winning a free pass this year I decided to attend the Java2Days conference again. Good or bad this is one of the three really serious technical conferences in Bulgaria (the other two being MS Days and DevReach). Just like last year I was left with mixed feelings from the conference...