March, 2009

Great to see the new User Group kicking off last night. It’s funny – developers seem to have a natural flocking tendency whereas IT Pro’s, perhaps being more multi-disciplined, tend to work more within their own organisation or network. That’s all changed...

Love this – especially that the worst offence is to use tabs and spaces for indenting: http://www.hanovsolutions.com/resume_comic.png

There’s a great story on Nigel’s blog covering the MIX09 keynote – and in particular the inclusion of Wellington’s SilverStripe in the Web App Gallery (the ten most popular OSS web applications) as part of the MS Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta. Sound...

It’s been amazing to see the social phenomenon that is Twitter explode from relative obscurity to global recognition over the last few months. Jon Stewart has covered it on the Daily Show , US senators have been accused of inattention because they were...

Imagine Cup is hotting up with the teams hard at work refining their ideas before the preliminary judging round in April. You can have your say on their efforts by visiting the site , viewing their vids and voting. You could win an Xbox or a copy of MS...

Every year we collect your feedback as it provides valuable information to help us better deliver our services and products in New Zealand. Starting this month and until April 15 , you may be randomly chosen to share your experiences with Microsoft products...

Tech.Days – a 24 hour virtual event for developers On April 1 2009, be part of history and join developers from all around the world for the first ever 24 hour day of technology learning.  Tech.Days will feature 95 live sessions across 5 tracks on...

The guys at Start-Up magazine have been making a TV series following the fortunes of 20 or so start-up companies over the last six months. In their words: “They've been put through the wringer for the last 6 months, had their business and personal lives...

You may know that the Developer & Platform group at Microsoft NZ is all about working with the NZ developer community but did you know we also cover the IT Professional audience too? Nathan Mercer in my team does a sterling job of travelling the country...