I am a consultant, author, and a leader and designer of seminars, specializing in the programming languages C, C++, C++/CLI, C#, Java™, and Visual Basic .NET™. I am also involved in a number of U.S. and international standards committees.

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• On October 7, my partner, Joel Marcey, and I launched www.ProgrammingClassroom.com, a website from which the public can purchase copies of my training materials, and, eventually, some of my numerous feature articles, columns, and out-of-print books. We also plan to publish other authors works. Stay tuned.
• Office Open XML: In November 2008, IS 29500, "Office Open XML", was published. This standard is the successor to the 2006 version of ECMA-376. In December 2008, Ecma published the 2nd edition of ECMA-376, which is technically equivalent to IS 29500. These standards are based on the XML produced by the Microsoft Office 12 suite. Maintenance is being handled by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 WG4. I serve as editor of these standards. The first sets of Technical Corrigenda and Amendments are being balloted.