David L's Blog

When I first started at Microsoft 23 months ago as a Developer Evangelist, most of my friends and family (not all my friends, because some of my friends include dogs, goldfish and the little possum who stalks me at night) were unclear on what an evangelist...

So my new masheen arrived yesterday, and I'm already setup and rockin'. Just a couple of things I wanted to mention though, firstly, it's a HP/Compaq nc8430 and while it came with 2 1GB sticks of RAM (memory), it can be upgraded to 4GB. Problem numero...

So they reckon this is the first step! Admitting you have a problem. Well, I think I'm ready. I got up this morning at 7:30am, Yil has discovered the most efficient means of waking me up, and it comes in the form of a 39kg rottweiler and death by licks...

So I'm going to all these "business" meetings now as part of the new gig (don't know how long I'm allowed to use "new", but I'm going to go with 3 months), and everyone keeps talking about "verticals". They then look at me as if to say, that's business...

Ahh, I don't know what it is about getting your hands dirty that makes you feel gewd! And no, I'm not dumping my bank in favour of my backyard, I'm getting back to what makes sense! What feels good! What is just my god given right! I'M BUILDING VPC's...

My good mate and fellow underground Microsoft'ee toy addict, Chris Witmore (he is a Tech Specialist for a living ;)), put me onto this awesome site called Make ! He also got me onto the story of the Rubik's cube solving robot ! This is too freaky and...

This weekend I picked up The Godfather on XBOX 360 , and what can I say, it was an offer too good to refuse! The great thing about The Godfather game is that they have managed to slip stream all the major plot points into the game, but still keep it exciting...

Franky put me onto this show, Mr. Deity! http://mrdeity.com/ Essentially, it focuses on the day to day dramas of Mr. Deity as he goes about trying to run one of the biggest enterprises of all time, and some of the quotes are pure gold! My favorite part...

So my first public gig as a Dynamics Evangelist is coming up, and I'm super excited! ;) I'm going to be doing a developer session at the ISV Innovation Day on how to build a solution on top of the Dynamics platform. I'm kinda tossing up which foundation...

Nothing more to say really, other than as soon as I have my online tag, I will post the appropriate bling on my blog :) See you online :)

Just got a call from Toll Couriers, they have my vouchers (the lost ones), and want me to come and pick them up! Could it be! I rang AMEX just in cast to make sure they haven't canceled them, and they haven't! Oh joy! Could this mean I'll have my XBOX...

So I've got my ticket to Convergence 2007 in San Diego, and I can't wait to catch-up with as many gurus as I can! But being born in DPE , I have come to expect a certain level of comfort. And when it comes to big conferences, I want two things! Completely...

So I've been in my new job as a Dynamics ISV Evangelist for 16 days now, and I'm really loving it. Back in the day, my very first product job was with a small ISV who wrote software for automotive dealers, and I was one of four developers who worked on...

Oh and the trials and tribulations of the Qantas Club continue, in fact, I've decided to start framing my posts as "The QC", because it's got about as much drama and bad acting as the T.V show with the similar name. "So, wtf happened this time Lemfy"...

As I'm new to the Dynamics space, I thought, you know what I need (it's a rhetorical question! Don't leave comments with suggestions on how to beautify my eyebrows any more!), a humdinger of a conference to attend! So I poked around and found this! It...

Let's go back a few weeks to when I played GOW with the guys from work. I come from a PC gaming background, and have always struggled with the XBOX experience. But when I played GOW , oh, the wonder! It was fantastic, and was good enough to want me to...

I'm sitting in the Qantas Club (yeah I know, but along with traveling Business Class, MDB insists on the comforts of the QC!) with MDB, and apart from his overwhelming celebrity status (I lose count how many people rock up and ask about him, then go glassy...

Rory tagged me, which was so sweet, so let me drop thy "proverbial" pants ;) 1. I have a half-sleeve tattoo (tried to take a piccie, but very hard to do with a sleeveful shirt on!) on my right arm. It is inspired by a range of Japanese icons, including...

There is this great site called Dynamics User Group , and they have a section called Front Page News , but alas there is no RSS feed, so I can't subscribe to it in my reader :( Until now! I found a site called Feed43 (pronounced Feed For Free, the free...

I caught up with Tim (one third of MOSSIG ) this morning to discuss my new role, and from our chat I decided to keep a running manifesto on something that has already become near and dear to me... the concept of a Dynamics ISV. So first let's break the...

I was reading Shane's post (well, I had more interaction with his problem than just reading his post since we sit next to each other!) and it made me realise... why do we still have exceptions!? I mean, in this age of pre-washed salad, skinned and...

So last year (oh, happy NY btw) I cashed in some 90,000 AMEX points, and ordered myself two gift vouchers from Harvey Norman in order to buy an XBOX 360. This was mainly after my experience playing GOW with Chris , Nick and Graham in the office, but also...

Ahh yes, it's with mixed feelings (notice how people always put that in emails when someone is leaving??) that I announce my departure from the role of .NET Developer Evangelist. I still remember when I started ... And my first blog post on MSDN Blogs...

Franky and I were talking about blog stats today, and I was commenting that my number of posts have ended up around the 10-15 per month level, and I'm struggling to get anywhere near Frank at 30-40 per month! And then Franky responded with, "It's because...

When you turn your mind to the mashup space, generally the wonderful world of WebAPI's and app x's appear in the middle eye, but something far more interesting has been gaining traction over the past 6-12 months, and that is, the business mashup! Now...