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Just saw the question: I've noticed that in earlier Orcas builds and Visual Studio 2005 if you double click a WPF application's button it does not create the normal button handler that a normal winform app would. Unfortunately this functionality just...

I know Joseph released Thoughtex his mind mapping application almost a month ago but i haven't had a chance to play with it until tonight and man is it cool and definitely worth taking a look. I also found it interesting the session data information he...

It is with a bit of nostalgia; the first day of my last Australian code camp is over<sigh> The day ended on an absolute bang with Dan Green showing the ~180 code campers why he is referred to as ".NET Dan" and is one of the longest running developer...

The original premise of the project “Pimp my Ride” was to take an application that was already useful and give it a “face lift” to increase its user experience. The challenge with this concept was no applications came to mind that really needed to be...

Young IT in conjunction with Porter Consulting Group would like to invite all ACS Young IT members (<= 35yrs) and guests to "IT in the Pub" at the Broken Hill Hotel ( http://www.brokenhillhotel.com.au ) in Victoria Park on Friday 4th May 2007 @ 6pm...

Like Frank i have been getting a quite few requests on how to get started with Virtual Earth. Luckily there have been some changes since Frank posted: I want to use mappoint / virtual earth - can you help? The largest change was Map Data Sciences becoming...

While on vacation a number of you let me know i have two out of offices being sent - one accurate - one over a Year old! Turns out the one that is a year old was created in a custom internal tool and wasn't visible to the Outlook 2007 Out of Office Assistant...

WebCentral is returning to Sydney to deliver FREE Hands-On Learning Workshops for customers on Wednesday, 23 May 2007 and we'd like you to join them! Products featured in this session will include: New Managed SharePoint 2007 (business efficiency software...

The guys on the WPF/e team have been busy with news build, new samples AND a new name! If you haven't had a look to play with this cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications...

Being a good corporate citizen i have been using Live Search and found the fact the i could not do local searches absolutely infuriating! Sitting in a meeting yesterday i noticed Frank had a checkbox in his Live Search for: "Only in Australia" ...

At our latest Brisbane Usergroup Bronwen and John O’Brien did an awesome job presenting how to build a Virtual Earth enabled site in under 10 minutes with Ajax and JSON Check it out at: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=301830

Good friend, noted life coach and keen blogger Tony Goodhew dropped me a note reminding me about Orcas Beta1 availability! The next version of Visual Studio, Microsoft® Visual Studio® code name “Orcas”, will provide an industry-leading developer experience...

WebCentral is returning to Brisbane to deliver FREE Hands-On Learning Workshops for customers on Wednesday, 30 May 2007. Products featured in this session will include: New Managed SharePoint 2007 (business efficiency software) SiteBuilder (build your...

The next work item for the Australian Architect Forum that i have been helping on is content. By consensus of the folks involved the AAF content will be decided by the following process. Step 1. Create a content committee of interested partners (chosen...

Security Camp Unfortunately I will still be at PDC will not be able to make it but in the fine tradition of Code Camp Oz, and SQL Down Under Camp, we will also be having an annual Security Camp. Operated in parallel with SQL Camp, and is 2 FREE days of...

Still working on the Australian Architect Forum and closing down some loose ends. First of all the dates and locations are confirmed at: June 27 th Sydney at Star City June 29 th Melb at Crown Casino While the site is still under construction the URL...

As i mentioned in my earlier post "Australian Architect Forum: Content and request for papers" The would be sponsors will be putting forth their round table topics. Below please find the suggestions for: Object Consulting Thoughtworks SDM Object Consulting...