So Windows Vista and Office 2007 are off and running now. Why care? It's simple, the sleeping giant has awoken. I'm new to the Microsoft camp, I've sat in on the MS101 training camp, I've seen people within Microsoft and their approach to tasks...

I've been waiting for the DataGrid to show its face amongst the WPF community and now it has. Xceed has done a great job in providing folks the ability to have data grids housed inside WPF applications. I'm not entirely sure how they did it specifically...

I just read an interesting article over at Anthony Franco's blog titled " The Future of Rich Internet Applications " (found via Ryan Stewarts blog ). It's quite a balance piece and whether you subscribe to his ideas or not, you have to at least give him...

I'll be openly honest, I've always had more of a special spot for Adobe Coldfusion 7 then ASP.NET (all flavours of it) until today. No, I didn't wake up and figure out that the Microsoft inplant chip was switched onto high "fanboi" status. I actually...

News Just In: ZDNet / BuilderAU picked up on my Adobe commentry of last week and decided to dedicate an article to it (which is just super!). I kind of gathered they'd lock in on a few sound bytes so to speak, that in the wrong light/context could...

Last week, I posted a blog entry outlining why I picked a fight with Adobe (actually Fight is an aggressive word, it was more of a debate). I posted it the other night at 11:00pm. It was the last thought of the day so to speak, and then went to bed. ...

I once had a dream, where your operating system loads up. Their is no TaskBar, Start Button and Menu items, its simply a funky desktop background and a search box in the middle (see Right Image ). As a user types in a word, in this case " Bris " it automatically...

I'm currently awaiting a new laptop at work, so in the interim I thought I would dust off my old ASUS W1J00GC laptop and see how Vista Ultimate would work under a low spec machine. Now, before I begin, I should note that Windows Vista has a " System...

I'm sure majority of you who see this blog, may already know about the multi-touch computer screens that basically resemble the User Interface Tom Cruise was using in minority report. If not, then here: http://www.fastcompany.com/video/general/perceptivepixel...

I just finished reading a post over at JD's blog , on " Origins of XmlHttpRequest ". I followed the link to a guy well respected world wide for his contribution to software development, Alex Hopmman . For me, my first encounter with the XmlHttpRequest...

Ok, Legal was called for another innocent matter and had nothing to do with the fight, but it made you stop and read no? (everyone loves gossip). I did however pick a fight (not so much a fight, more of a healthy discussion) with a fellow Evangelist...

So Chuck and I did a demo last night at the local Brisbane Web Design Group on some of the tools available in the Rich Internet Application space. Chuck covered the Microsoft Expression Suite and I covered everything else around these. I had hoped...

Well, i'm now into the second week at Microsoft and life is good I must admit. The people continue to be great and the support is fantastic (nothing seems as being a hassle, despite my "I'm sorry to bug you but.." pre-cursors to a annoying requests - hey I know i'm annoying, lets not dance around that fact ). I've found that the internal Intranets and various web based sites that we folk within use, to be an amazing sight to see. I've heard comments from around the place saying things like "Bah, its alright but we could do better!". ...

I'll be giving a presentation alongside the infamous Charles Sterling (Chuck) on Thursday at the Brisbane Web Design User Group . The conversation will basically be around the direction going forward with regards to the web, the toys that come along...

JW asked the question below: "...we dont have vista rolled out here at work but i'd like to get a bit of a headstart, before banging my head against a wall..can you tell me if vista will operate in virtualpc mode (prolly without the funky gfraphics...

I couldn't think of a catchy title, so I went with the above (its late, and I'm in a silly mood). So, I've been tinkering around in SideBar Gadget Land during breaks between my Microsoft Induction training(s) and am amazed each time I dig deeper as...

So, I joined the ranks of Microsoft and I'm into Day 3 . I've been blessed with a lot of free gadgets, all the Microsoft software I can get my hands on (including some XBOX goodness) and most important of all, new start support. I belong to the...