March, 2008

I'm on a roll posting videos today, but I just can't help myself, there's a lot of great content to share.  And when I saw this one, I knew I had to post just one more. The hilarious crowd at on10.net (creators of the fantastic "What's it Really...

One of the questions I get asked frequently about Silverlight is what is its accessibility story.  It has changed quite a bit from Silverlight 1.0 to Silverlight 2.  Mark Rideout is the Silverlight accessibility Program Manager, and in this...

With apologies for getting this up so late and for the camera work (in retrospect, this was probably the worst place I could have put the camera for this talk), below is Fergus Burns' keynote address for the opening night of the Irish Web Technology Conference...

It's been a while since I've updated the top Silverlight sites.  There have been so many cool new sites that have come out since Silverlight 2 beta, so it's difficult to pick the best ones.  I am throwing out all of my old recommendations and...

If you haven't heard yet, for the third year in a row, Dublin is hosting the Irish Microsoft Technology Conference , or IMTC next week! For those of you who haven't been to an IMTC before, you can expect tons of high-quality sessions showcasing the latest...

I have been using Google Calendar for a couple of years.  I love it for a variety of reasons.  It lets my family & friends see when is good to come visit, keeps track of things I don't really want on my work calendar (things like "yoga...

Last week at our Microsoft Ireland Launch event, I was handing out some fantastic DVDs to attendees. They are brilliantly generic-looking, so there's no way to tell that the content included is actually brilliant. The DVDs include training for Expression...

Do you use Twitter? Do you know what it is? Twitter is a microblogging tool. If that doesn't do anything to help clarify, let me try again. I like describing Twitter as a broadcast mechanism. I can broadcast whatever I'm doing, where I am, what I'm reading...

I'm sitting in the "Silverlight Showcase Zone", my home base for the rest of the day here at the Tripod. It's pretty swank, actually. I have six laptops all fully loaded with Silverlight 2 Beta 1 and plenty of sample apps for people to check out as they...

Thanks to everyone who came along to Odessa tonight. They did a superb job setting up a cool venue for us to watch the videos. I definitely enjoyed watching the Silverlight demos again as well as Guy Kawasaki grill Steve Ballmer. For those who couldn...

I'm just finishing up my notes from watching some of the Mix 08 keynotes and sessions which was held last week in Las Vegas. In honour of all the enormous announcements and releases from last week, Clare Dillon and I are hosting a Mix watching party tonight...

Last Monday morning, I was doing some work at my desk, just like any normal Monday morning, except for one thing. There was someone standing over me, and an enormous camera pointed at me and my desk, filming some footage for a story on Ireland Girl Geek...

Some time ago, I used Popfly to add a little sidebar widget to my blog. It was a tiny little chat bubble that updated with my Twitter posts. I really liked the look and feel of it. But recently I noticed it stopped auto-resizing itself. I used someone...

More events! My life is a tornado these days. I spent the last few days in Cork enjoying the gorgeous Kingsley Hotel and the buzz at BlogTalk 2008. I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this event; perhaps lots of professional bloggers, academic bloggers...

Last week was a crazy one in Dublin! The first ever Irish Web Technology Conference landed in Cineworld Complex on Parnell Street, and for three-and-a-half days, some of the smartest and most talented web developers and designers graced Ireland to share...

It took me a few days to recover from the first ever Ireland Girl Geek Dinner. What a great night! As I mentioned in my last GGD post, I was fully expecting a turnout of around 20 women, and I waited to launch the event until I knew I had a group of...