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22 September 2008
Innovation Days, November 2008
We are about to announce our next ISV Innovation Day road show across Australia scheduled for the end of November 2008.  The main theme this year is Software plus Services , which I’m sure won’t surprise many of you.  We’ll be using content Read More...
20 August 2008
Amnesia have Surfaced
I'm jealous and delighted that Amnesia took delivery of Australia’s first two Microsoft Surface tables. Hopefully they'll find their way to TechEd. Nice one guys... and by the way, where's my invite? Read More...
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03 April 2008
Scott Guthrie on Microsoft's Play for Rich Internet Applications
Our Scott Guthrie (who heads up the Silverlight development team) was interviewd by Knowledge@Wharton . Visit the site to download/play the audio. Questions from Knowledge@Wharton include: Microsoft just launched the first beta of Silverlight 2. Why is Read More...
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03 April 2008
Visual Studio 2008 Centre in Silverlight
One of the first Silverlight-enabled development centres for Visual Studio 2008 has been launched. Some of the features include: Animated landing page that highlights some of the features of each of the Visual Studio 2008 Express products Interactive Read More...
19 March 2008
ReMix Australia 2008
Details on ReMix Australia have been announced. The details are: 1 day in 2 cities 20 th May in Sydney 22 nd May in Melbourne Opening Keynote followed by 2 streams (technical track is owned by Michael Kordahi and the creative track is owned by ShaneMo Read More...
12 February 2008
How XAML Transforms the collaboration between designers and developers in WPF
Great software requires collaboration between developers and designers. In this white paper , learn how Microsoft’s new user interface platform, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), emphasizes the collaboration between designers and developers. Revolutionizing Read More...
17 December 2007
Silverlight to power Jackass 2.5
Later this month, Blockbuster will premiere the first full-length feature film, Jackass 2.5 , directly to online audiences on Windows and Mac using Microsoft Silverlight . The movie will be free, for anyone in the US, 17 or older, courtesy of Blockbuster Read More...
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03 December 2007
Happy Applications
Our very own RIA Evangelist, Scott Barnes , talks about some of his ideas on how UX could be different tomorrow... what if applications reacted to your emotional state and had a focus on cheering you up should you be angry? Or look to ensure you are kept Read More...
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23 November 2007
Popfly for Business
John's post on Popfly seems to have popped up a lot in the Microsoft blogsphere recently. There's a great example on how Popfly could be used in the retail space with the "Gift-o-Matic"... I thought I was pretty familiar with what it could do after a Read More...
23 November 2007
When, How and Why Move to Silverlight?
I enjoyed reading Denny's post on the "Question of When, How and Why to Move to Silverlight" . 3 of my favourite excerpts: "If you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail." Don't Fall Into the "Version 3" Trap Denny's answer to this question: Read More...
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23 November 2007
Expression Silverlight Designer Training
Our User eXperience "bloke", Shane Morris (who is part of our Evangelist team) is promoting Expression and Silverlight training for Designers. Training is held in either Sydney (13-14 Dec) or Melbourne (17-18 Dec) via New Horizons and Alpha Computer Consultants Read More...
02 October 2007
Silverlight Enterprise Deployment Guide
David Tesar has posted a new whitepaper for any organisation wanting to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Silverlight in their environment. This Silverlight Enterprise Deployment Guide includes installation switches, update behavior, value proposition Read More...
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08 August 2007
Silverlight RC2
Tim blogs Silverlight RC2 almost with us! Also click here to see more examples built in Silverlight... Technorati Tags: Silverlight Read More...
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08 August 2007
Microsoft Web Experience DVD
As part of the new Web solutions pages up on the Partner Portal , you can request a Microsoft Web Experience Stack DVD . This is a great resource which is proving to be really popular as it allows you to really test drive our new platform, push it's limits, Read More...
26 July 2007
Web Partner Resources Now Online
There is some new content on the worldwide Microsoft Partner Portal for Web Partners, built in Silverlight, which highlights the resources available to you. It addresses the different audience types - IT Generalists , Custom Development Companies and Read More...
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