July, 2009

I feel compelled to respond to recent provocative article written by James Gardner. In it James explains how he has, in his own words, become an Apple Fan Boy. What's provocative is that he claims Microsoft designs for rudeness. My caveat to my response...

How Microsoft is reducing its carbon footprint by Rob Bernard I’ve thrown up a few of my documents on my skydrive

The latest .NET Services SDK CTP delivers some significant changes. It now supports Windows 7 RC. In addition it expedites the set-up experience, improves service security and reliability, and follows-through on the planned removal of the.NET Services...

The 10th RTT Conference in Munich in May featured the successful premiere of Realtime Technology (RTT) 3D-rendering technology Powerhouse working in conjunction with Microsoft Surface. The exhibit was one of the most visited at the conference. The combination...

One of my great privileges is to be an attendee of the annual Australian Microsoft kick off events. Not only are they well organised but you cannot come away feeling anything but inspired. Why? The people, the technology and the inspirations. Examples...

Don Kerr reminded me today of the following resources: Videos: Windows Phone Promo – 30 second video Windows Phone Developer Video July 17 1pm - Getting started developing for Windows Mobile 6.5: developer tools, technologies, debugging and testing Learn...

I’ve been asked to share with my colleagues some ways my efforts over the past couple of years have created or affected a technical community amongst disparate enterprise companies. One view is that you can count attendance and determine if it was worthwhile...

When I attended Remix last month I made some notes in the evening on what I learned that day: Top Line: Silverlight is extremely rich in features that make create appealing user experiences quicker than before Much of the learning's from other technologies...

I've become quite the VHD user with Windows 7. You might be asking why. To start with I didn't realise that I would be such a protagonist either. Essentially it allows me to keep a complete working and bootable test environment from which I can easily...

Over the coming weeks, Microsoft will help power the conversations between Australian politicians and their constituents through ‘Ask a pollie’. This week, federal and state politicians including the Minister for Finance Lindsay Tanner , National Senator...

These HP Mini 2140 Notebook devices look excellent, and will be free (!) for attendees of TechEd 2009, Sep 8-11 2009 on the Gold Coast http://www.msteched.com/australia/Public/windows-7-experience.aspx