June 2007 - Posts

29 June 2007
MEDC 2007 Singapore Slides

I have a couple of emails from partners asking for the slides from the recent MEDC conference in Singapore. There's a link from the main site : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2e9a7c7b-527d-482d-9ef8-394ecbfd58fa&DisplayLang=en Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Developer

 

29 June 2007
Do you fake it?

This article made me smile on ProBlogger , " 91% of ProBlogger Readers Don't Fake It ", which is a blog dedicated to helping you becoming a successful blogger. So I spent 30 minutes this afternoon doing a bit of research and here's what I found: What Read More...

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Filed under: Random thoughts, Blogs

 

28 June 2007
Designer vs. Developer

Frank posted an entry about this little competition last week... with an interesting photo to start judging if the person is a Designer or indeed a Developer. Visit http://designervsdeveloper.com.au to see how you score. Even Michael Kordahi makes an Read More...

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Filed under: Expression, Developer, Designer

 

28 June 2007
Blue Monster at ReMix 07

Nick , the DPE team and I both really enjoyed ReMix Australia in Melbourne earlier in the week. Although we had a huge number of Expression Suite evaluation CD's, we ran out. So if you missed out, you can download it from www.microsoft.com/expression Read More...

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Filed under: Australia, Events

 

25 June 2007
WACOM at ReMix Australia

I met with Ric Holland from WACOM today at ReMix, who are showcasing their new Bamboo tablet which works with Vista: http://www.wacom.com.au/vista/ . Ric gave me a quick demo and promised to appear on our new partner video blog, once we launch it over Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Partners

 

25 June 2007
ReMix Australia is Rockin

Luisa and I are in Melbourne at ReMix... the sun is shining... sessions are absolutely packed and there's some great demos and content. If you're here, stop by the Expression stand, especially if you are looking at starting a business relationship with Read More...

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Filed under: Events

 

21 June 2007
Channel9 video: Windows Live Platform

In this Channel9 interview, Koji and Danny from the Windows Live platform team discuss their thoughts on internet software and evolving Windows Live into a platform: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=317403 I've just downloaded it to my Zune Read More...

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Filed under: Technical, Live

 

18 June 2007
Register NOW for the Australian Partner Conference

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS EVENT! Being new to Australia and having seen the photos, I'm really look forward to visiting Hamilton Island this year... I just to work hard at securing my place :) <Sales pitch on> As Nick Mayhew says, It's the highlight Read More...

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Filed under: Australia, Events

 

18 June 2007
McKinsey Delivering Software as a Service Report

This report from McKinsey was published last week about SaaS . It's an interesting read as it goes "under the covers" on why customers would choose the SaaS route and the impact on developers moving to this model. From the McKinsey website (registration Read More...

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Filed under: Software + Services

 

18 June 2007
On10 Development

I've been a bit quiet on the blogging front... we've been busy planning for our next financial year. It's almost 6pm here in Sydney and just twittered, "I've survived another Monday" and about to head into the city... before I do, I must tell you about Read More...

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Filed under: Gadgets, Cool stuff

 

04 June 2007
Live Writer + Soapbox + Facebook = My top 3

I'm in the hotel room in Hobart ready for the Partner Roadshow event tomorrow, catching up on email (see view from hotel below - amazing eh?). Whilst waiting at Sydney airport, I was catching up on my blog reading... ...naturally I started with Steve Read More...

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Filed under: Random thoughts, Australia, Cool stuff