Backstage @ Robotics

** Here you go Robert . My first post was a mis-click on the publish button (too excited). As you know, we have blogging guidelines and was asked to hold on to blogging about this until tomorrow morning so I had to take it off. Makes me feel like an ass...

We've been working on an application for a few months now that a lot of you have asked for when attending Microsoft Technical Conferences. The most common request is the ability to have a conference guide on your Windows Mobile device that saves you time...

Daniel and I got podcasted today at MEDC 2007 and were asked to talk about Signpost 2007. checkout the video here: You can find out more about Augmented Reality and the technology behind it at : http://studierstube.icg.tu-graz.ac.at/handheld_ar/

I'm at Memphis, Tennessee this week to assist Jon Box and Jennifer Marsman to deliver the 3day Mobility Touchdown workshop at New Horizons. Arrived last night and the first thing I did after dumping my bags at the hotel, is to drive out for some BBQ ...

Here's a handy reference guide that illustrates the new features of Windows Mobile 6 as well as the reason for the new naming convention. Download it here : https://partner.microsoft.com/download/global/40037645

Ronald Armas who's our evangelist in the Latin America region (LATAM) has just confirmed the 3 locations and dates for the Mobility Touchdown workshop. Buenos Aires Argentina 8,9,10 May 2007 Central Tech Labs Lima Peru 22,23,24 May 2007 MCPLS Cibertec...

The final retail version of the Orientation Aware Control has just been released by Clarius Consulting . Daniel Cazzulino who was one of the key developers on the patterns and practices Mobile Client Software Factory just informed me of the availability...

I admit. I'm a Guitar Hero fan! I can't play a real guitar for nuts, but I think I can hold my own with a Guitar Hero game. I got hooked playing this game when I went to Fry's Electronics in Renton and played on a demo station with the PS2 version of...

Can't believe it. It's already 3 weeks to MEDC 2007 and it felt like it was just last week that we were patting everyone's shoulders and saying "good job" to each other. How time flies. I'm in the midst of shipping some goodies down to Vegas for the ...

James, Derek, Mike, Rob and I recorded some of the most frequently seen "don't-dos" when speaking at any, and in this case technical, conference. How many of you have seen these before? Hope you had as much fun watching as we had recording it. Technorati...

These just arrived this week. *rub hands* L-R: Graphite, Flame, Jawbone and Vox.

Checkout this podcast filmed today at the Speaker Lounge. In the video: Ace Martin (Speaker Manager), Gabrial Spil, Amit Chopra & Cameron Etezadi.

ok I agree, the title is corny but I'm too lazy to think about the right woRds to use. Rob just sent an email update to us to let us know that the rack he's building is almost ready to go. In his own words: The rack that I’m building for the “Scale” booth...

It's funny how certain things come together in the right time. Derek , James, Mike , Rob and I were working on a video that talks about the things that a speaker shouldn't do when presenting breakout sessions and we're still waiting on Derek to edit it...

Are you going to TechEd 2007? If not, WHY NOT?!? TechEd is the definitive event for IT Professionals and Developers on all our (Microsoft's) technologies. This year, under Kristi Larsen's leadership, Mobility has it's own track. The sessions for all the...

Yes you can now run them as servers :) Richard Jones (UK Developer of the Year) has posted a 3-part article about how he took an old Compact IPAQ (H3600) and turned it into a Caller ID notification server using some clever hacks, hardware and custom software...

Rabi's been busy over at his blog and has published a few more posts about enabling "shell" mode or "kiosk" mode on your Windows Mobile device. Here are the permalinks: WM5 Shells Lets shell some more Lets shell some more - Oops Shells and SSCE at MEDC...

For those of you who are going / following the progress of MEDC 2007, they've just recently published all the session information via RSS. You can get at those feeds here: http://www.medc2007.com/rss/Australia.aspx http://www.medc2007.com/rss/Singapore...

Looks like the Memphis locals are right. Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous has AMAZINGGG dry ribs. The restaurant is in a dungeon in a back alley called General Washburn Escape Ally and tucked away in a nondescript building with 2 neon sign boards being the...

Got the opportunity to take a class picture of all the attendees and instructors for the Mobility Touchdown class yesterday because one of our instructors, Jennifer has to leave in the evening. We took this picture as proof to her boss that she was actually...

I stand corrected. The best BBQ in Memphis is not Rendezvous or Corky's , it's at the Commissary in Germantown. Everyday I spend in Memphis, I get to sample better food and end up eating more. Thank God I'm leaving tomorrow or my diet will be ruined!...

Palm Developer Network is kicking off the Treo Windows Mobile Challenge Contest at MEDC 2007 (Booth# 207) in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 30th – May 3rd. *Promotional content from Palm* Enter and win an exciting prize package as we search for the hottest...

So part of our workshop talks about the use of the Mobile Client Software Factory Disconnected Service Agent / Connection Monitor. During this talk, we have to attempt to explain to the attendees the confusing "postage" model to describe message priority...

Rob got his servers up and running and clients already replicating data with a SQL Server backend. Checkout one of the pictures of the client machine: Checkout his blog for more pics. Technorati tags: rob tiffany , sql server , sql server compact edition...

Tim Heuer and Woody Pewitt , developer evangelists from the US West Region just completed the Mobility Touchdown training in Las Vegas last week. Here's a short video interview of one of the attendees, Marc Rind of TechResults . Interesting comments about...