The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009

I've been enjoying the overall experience of what Silverlight has to offer since I started with Microsoft back in January 07. That being said, I've often been an internal "goto" person at times for some Flash advice on behalf of Microsoft customers...

Joshua Allen and fellow Visitmix.com blogger posted the other day around how 10% of new Windows Vista sales are reportedly sold to Apple owners . Well, I not only agree but I find it somewhat disturbing. In that, I own not only an iMac but a Macbook Pro...

I've asked around 10 .NET developers tonight whether they've heard of this framework and the answer was no. This isn't to say these aren't qualified .NET gurus, in fact they are in my book. It's something that made me stand up and take notice as to me...

This month I dub thee "Live.com" month, as clearly there is a lot of new toys coming out around this space (keep an eye on it and some other things on the horizon). One thing you'll now note about my blog is the fact that you can IM me direct...

I've been traveling quite a lot this year and meet with some amazing folks in the process. Well, my travel is up for this year and I'm looking forward to spending some much needed R&R at home with the family and get back to basics - coding some proof...

If you're in Brisbane Australia (thereabouts), and have a game within you just busting out, then come along to this user group. I missed the first meetup but the group are looking to build a game with some kind of collaboration for any / all that want...

Mission: To get XNA in the hands of trillions, in order to ensure XBOX Games like Halo3 continue to evolve so that I will eventually succumb to "death by XBOX 360". Training Requirements: It's simple men/women, ensure you show up at these key...

On Tuesday 20th , I'll be attending MIX On Campus, a concept that our Nicholas Ellery has single handedly worked his butt of to organise (well done Nick) You can view more details here: http://mixoncampus.spaces.live.com This event will take place in...

Inspiration comes from Games. I was at MIX ON CAMPUS (Brisbane) today and I was listening to one of our guest speakers ( Ross Brown ) talk about about some of the projects / research his students are doing with regards to games. One part of this session...

Well, Nectarine have done it again. I want to adopt this company, raise them to be the sons & daughters I've never had and marry them off to rich merchants as this latest round of comics is art unto itself. After the much regarded success of their...

I was about 30% of the way writing the introduction to SpringFramework.NET for newbies, when it occurred to me "..Surely I'm not the only one on the planet whom thought this would be a good use of my time.." I then hit Live.com and began to...

A few weeks ago, Peter Ward contacted me about setting up Brisbane BarCamp, we had lunch, threw some ideas around and the end result is it's on. This Saturday 24th Novemeber, the first (of what I hope many) BarCamps will take place in Brisbane Australia...

When you sit down one night and decide to road-test a theory or an idea you have, then a Proof of Concept (POC) is something you should consider. That being said, when you do decide to write a POC knowing the difference between when you are writing a...

"...Good artists copy. Great artists steal.." -Pablo Picasso I get asked a lot "where do you get your ideas for UI from?" when i often show off some of my artwork. It sounds arrogant, but it's the truth and yet I never really have...