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December 2007 - Posts

RIP Netscape

As of the 1st of February, life support for Netscape Navigator will be turned off . I remember using Netscape for the first time in 1995 - after that I never used a BBS again. Then it started to cost actual real money (at a time where we were paying five
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The Geocollaboration Toolbox - Groove and Toucan Navigate

Geocollaboration (like collaboration, communication and social networking) is a human behaviour, rather than a system feature. But technology can be a great amplifier of human behaviours (look at what the telephone, email, instant messaging has done for
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Top 5 Apps every Office developer should know

It seems like everybody is doing "Top x Predictions for 2008", "Top x Resolutions for 2007" and the like. So here is one of my own: 1. Visual Studio 2008 - Visual Studio Tools for Office included? Templates for Office 2007, Office

iFilter madness! 2007 Office System Converters

Very cool - notably OneNote and zip format indexing are added! I predict this will be a must install pack for every good SharePoint setup. Download details: Microsoft Filter Pack
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Popfly gets some ribbon action

Very cool - the ribbon makes an appearance on the web (other than Office Online) hostmapper - Microsoft Popfly
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Geocollaboration: cool features of Live Search Maps

Okay, okay, I promised Geocollaboration, part 2 - but you'll have to wait a little longer. I want to show off some of my favourite features of Live Search Maps . Satellite Images are all well and good if you are orbiting the planet - but often we want
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Geocollaboration: Of Maps and Men

Maps are probably one of the oldest forms of data visualisation. Maps such as the Tabula Peutingeriana plotted the trade routes from Spain to India, with rest stops, hotels, spa's and wifi connections along the way. Maps that show the landmasses, the
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What my December looks like

Hence the infrequent blog posts lately. Sorry! In other news, QANTAS, Virgin Blue and Cabcharge shares rose by about a bazillion points.
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Upcoming Office Developer Training

Office development has really come of age since the days or "record new macro". Good developers know that for best results, they'll need to deliver their solutions right to users Office Client applications while still employing the Office Server

Upcoming Visual Studio 2008 training

Lets be honest, we all know that the coolest thing about Visual Studio 2008 is Visual Studio Tools for Office. Which means that we don't have to get deep and (morally) dirty with VBA macros, but can do it with .NET. So, all good office developers should
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SharePoint Governance and Manageability project on Codeplex

I just saw this codeplex project - it looks like an essential set of tools for any serious SharePoint administrator: Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0 - Simply captures sites that are deleted by end users and backs them up to disk using the event model.
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Is OneNote for everyone?

I saw this on Michael Oldenburg's OneNote blog , and it has been a while since I posted a comic: Office Offline : Different strokes
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