Vista shipped, WOW! But Office 2007 is available too. Here's a nice story about this but beware; Clippy does get killed in it: http://www.enchantedoffice.com/
Try now: http://us20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx?culture=en-US
Before I forget to share...
Danny Thorpe's blog (from inside the Live product team): DThorpe's Blog
Liveside Developer blog: http://www.liveside.net/blogs/developer/default.aspx
http://www.my3dvistas.com/ cool VE app
Adding a great Live searchbox to you site: http://search.live.com/macros and http://search.live.com/siteowner
Do you want to use .innerHTML or .createElement?
http://ajaxian.com/archives/dhtml-versus-dom-comparing-both-approaches
Some nice tools to turn CSV's into XML or javascript arrays:
http://www.creativyst.com/cgi-bin/Prod/15/eg/csv2xml.pl
A javascript faq:
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/53/
On dev.live.com you can find out all about the release of the Windows Live SDK. It's great to see a more one-stop-shopping approach and of course major updates and even new SDK's (Search, Alerts, adCenter).
On Thursday I delivered my presnetations on the Live Developer Platform at the Turkish Developer Event Microsoft had. I believe they were well received. I also learned a lot about the API's so now I only need to implement them on www.mahupcode.net which is currently in a macabre state!
I got quite some questions at the event. For instance:
- When can we expect better tool support in VS 2005? I don't have the answer yet but I understand where this question comes from. I'm already very happy that VS Orcas will include much better support for client side script. That will help trmendously. But what about managed wrappers or stubs so I can at least test my code partially when offline?
- Can we use Virtual Earth without it showing the logo on the maps
I had more about the Contacts control too but I expect to post about that soon. But first I need to write some code to make my mashup site somewhat presentable.
If you are into mashups, check out this site: www.go2web20.net, the programmable web stays the reference imho.
Now there's nothing that should stop you from Ajaxifying your web applications. As indicated by my previous post, I'm an absolute beginner at building mash-ups. If you are as well and want to get started, here's what I suggest:
What do you want to create a mash-up on? Look around, there probably are a few ideas out there that will inspire you. The programmable web is a great resource. http://www.programmableweb.com/
I'm sure you can create something new. You very likely have a unique value proposition to make. Things unique about you could be:
http://www.asp.net/hosters/
Just one source! http://dev.live.com ENJOY.
I've been waaaaay to quiet on this blog. My last post dates from the 6th of December 2006. Aaaargh!
In the mean time I've been taking a break, playing with Google Sketchup, Second Life (which I assume will get married one day - as mentioned here) and also I've been spending an bit of my free time playing Gears of War (I'm still no good).
I'm making an end to my silence as I've decided to start digging into creating mash-ups. Obviously I'll be focussing on Live Services which I hope to use to create some experiences around some of my favourite topics. My main objective is to learn and share so I will document the things I learn on this blog in my posts which I will also try to display (eventually) on my mashed up site.
This is my playground: http://www.damashupcode.net/ (not much to see yet as I've just started building)