May 2007 - Posts

Tech Ed Australia and New Zealand tracks
30 May 07 01:20 AM

I thought it might be useful to list all the track owners for Australia and New Zealand and their blogs (if they have them). One of the things I thought it might be interesting to point out is that while the US have 14 tracks, we only have 10 in Australia Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

Security speakers... wow - what a lineup
30 May 07 01:13 AM

Rocky is in charge of the security track at Tech Ed ANZ this year, and he's done an awesome job of lining up speakers. Last week he announced his speaker lineup, but I wanted to post it here too for those of you in New Zealand :-). See if you recognise Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ, Security

MSDN Flash - Focus on Orcas
27 May 07 10:50 PM

Over the last week or so our team has been planning what we will be working on over the next 12 months. One of the big deal things that is coming out in the next 12 months is Visual Studio “Orcas” – the next major version of Visual Studio. I thought I’d Read More...

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Filed under: WPF, AJAX, Visual Studio, .Net, Developer, Web

Did you see the OFONE announcement?
25 May 07 01:59 AM

The Ofone was announced at MEDC, and we saw the video for it last week at MEDC in Australia. Having not seen the announcement at MEDC, I wasn't sure whether it was real or not - at least for the first 10 seconds.... You decide :-) Read More...

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Filed under: MEDC, Windows Mobile

Tech Ed update and Tech Fest
24 May 07 06:23 AM

In case you haven't heard, Tech Ed is still selling quickly. As of this morning over 70% of all the tickets had sold. Anyway, I'm really pleased to be able to announce that Evermore will be the main act at the Tech Fest party at Tech Ed. A little about Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

Nick Randolph asks - whats happening at Tech Ed 2007?
23 May 07 03:46 AM

Nick sidelined me last week at MEDC in Sydney and asked me what was going on at Tech Ed Australia and New Zealand this year. Nick has just published our chat as a podcast on the Microsoft Developer Show . Our chat is about four minutes long and you can Read More...

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Filed under: MEDC, TechEdNZ

If you do nothing else today...
19 May 07 09:02 AM

Watch this screencast . Popfly takes the concept of mashups to the masses. Not only can you create your own mashups without any code, but you can also create your own blocks for others to mash up! This is all based on silverlight , so it gives you a bit Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight

Tech Ed ANZ Web Track - feedback required
17 May 07 04:48 AM

We are steadily filling sessions for Tech Ed ANZ, and I'm in charge of the web track, so here is what I have so far. Please note that this is not the entire list, just the speakers from the US. I have a few other sessions penciled in but my first priority Read More...

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Filed under: AJAX, Silverlight, DLR, Software+Services, TechEdNZ

10 Seats left for MEDC-Mini
14 May 07 04:29 AM

I'm in Sydney for MEDC , and thought those of you who are not able to be here, might be able to get in for the Christchurch one. In case you missed it - on May 17 (yes this Thursday) we will have the newly appointed Windows Embedded Software Architect Read More...

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Filed under: Developer, MEDC, Windows Mobile

SQL Server "Katmai" Spatial Extensions
11 May 07 05:23 AM

If you haven't heard, "Katmai" is the next version of SQL Server due out in the same time frame as Longhorn server. One of the very cool new peices of this product is the ability store spatial data. This will be great for Virtual Earth integration :-) Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server

End of Early Bird
11 May 07 04:55 AM

The Early bird tickets for Tech Ed New Zealand sold out about 25 minutes ago, which means: we are 50% sold out for Tech Ed 2007 only full price tickets are available from now on Get in quick - they are going faster than ever before! Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

RSS - Living in the cloud (or software + services at work)
11 May 07 01:13 AM

If given a choice between a web app and a windows app, I find that I normally prefer the Windows app to the web app - the user experience and performance of a good windows app is normally pretty hard to match on the web (although there are some very cool Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Mobile, Software+Services

Trade Me Launches Vista Gadget
07 May 07 03:31 AM

Good news from Rowans Blog . The TradeMe gadget is one of several New Zealand gadgets that have been incubated. This gadget is for people selling stuff on TradeMe - if you sell stuff on TradeMe, this is a great way to keep up to date with what your goods Read More...

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Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

Tech Ed - Women in Technology
04 May 07 05:44 AM

While I'm up to my neck in Tech Ed at the moment, I thought I'd drop you a couple of little tidbits... Firstly we are over 30% sold in terms of total tickets sold, but we've already sold 60% of our early bird tickets (remember how it works this year? Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, DLR, women in technology, TechEdNZ

Not going to MEDC? A tiny NZ version is coming...
04 May 07 03:12 AM

Even if you are not going to MEDC in Sydney, you can still get to hear Mike Hall and Derek Snyder in Christchurch on May 17th. The Mobile and Embedded team in Australia are putting on a special late afternoon event for kiwis. A little more is on the NZ Read More...

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Filed under: MEDC, Windows Mobile

Mix, Silverlight and the DLR
03 May 07 03:41 AM

I’m sure you’ve heard the headline items from Mix. I thought I’d put up a couple of links for the things that I found interesting. If you’ve got the time, I’d recommend watching the Mix keynote video (warning it’s 2.5 hours). In this you’ll get an overview Read More...

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Filed under: live, Silverlight, DLR