March 2008 - Posts

• Cool new little teaser for the IMTC!

  I'm really liking this neat little teaser for the upcoming Irish Microsoft Technology Conference that I found on the Galway MTUG site ! I think it came from one of the NxtGenUG (Next Generation User Group) speakers coming over from the UK... Check it Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:06 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• Bird's Eye View of Irish cities now available in Live Maps

  Check out http://maps.live.com to see the new bird's eye view of some of Ireland's cities and towns. Places currently covered are Galway, Cork, Limerick, Navan and Wexford. Check out Eyre Square below! I had to clear my cache to get it to work - but now, Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:27 PM by Clare Dillon | 1 Comments

• Teamprise 3.0 ships - congratulations Martin & everyone else at Teamprise!

  Many of you know Martin Woodward, VSTS MVP and recent presenter at the Launch 2008 showcase in the Tripod here in Dublin. Well, Martin and the folks in Teamprise just released Teamprise 3.0 at EclipseCon 2008 earlier this week. Teamprise has a Team Foundation Read More... Posted Friday, March 21, 2008 2:44 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• Check out the 'Grok-IT' talks - a prelude to IMTC and DDD

  Craig Murphy, Dave McMahon, Gary Short, Oliver Sturm and Martin Woodward are just some of the fabulous line-up of speakers coming over to visit Dublin and Galway for the Irish Microsoft Technology Conference and/or the Developer Developer Developer event Read More... Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 3:10 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• Dino Esposito coming to Dublin to give a course on patterns and LINQ

  One of the most popular new features to come out of the 2008 launch wave of products is LINQ. If you are interested in the topic - you'll definintely be interested in the day-long workshop coming up on 27th May. Well-known author Dino Esposito will be Read More... Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 3:01 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• Silverlight User Group informal meet-up in Dublin this evening

  If you haven't yet had the opportunity to take a look at the Mix08 keynote yet, and you are around Dublin this evening, perhaps you'd like to join us for an informal Silverlight User Group meet-up to take a look? We'll be meeting from 7pm for drinks and Read More... Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 3:28 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• Irish teacher wins first place at Microsoft Innovative Teacher Forum

  Paschal from Developers.ie , who also happens to work on the very popular Irish portal for education - www.scoilnet.ie , just put me on to this story. An Irish teacher Kate O'Connell, Scoil Mhuire Kilvemnon, Mullinahone Co Tipperary won First place at Read More... Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 3:20 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• Two great community events coming up in Dublin and Galway!

  There are two great community events coming up in April and May - both have an amazing speaker line-ups and are well-worth attending! Click on the links below to get more details. The Irish Microsoft Technology Conference 2008 (April 3rd,4th - Dublin) Read More... Posted Sunday, March 09, 2008 4:43 PM by Clare Dillon | 4 Comments

• Don't forget to tune into the Mix08 keynote

  Mix08 in LasVegas is opening tonight at 5:30pm GMT (assuming I got my timezone calculations right with daylight savings) - and you can view the keynote live on the site . If that clashes with your commute home, or you're not reading this post immediately Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:29 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope makes Robert Scoble cry!

  If you haven’t had a look yet, you should check out the TED talk on Microsoft’s new Worldwide Telescope (WWT) due to be released this spring and made available as a free download. It combines feeds from telescopes on earth and in space and weaves them Read More... Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 10:00 AM by Clare Dillon | 2 Comments