June 2007 - Posts

Sharepoint User Group - Wellington
25 June 07 07:28 AM

Chandima has posted the details of the Sharepoint user group that is on in Wellington on Wednesday night. The Sharepoint user group is one of - if not the biggest Microsoft oriented user group in New Zealand that I'm aware of. If you are interested in Read More...

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Filed under: Office, User Groups, Developer

MSDN Flash: What Multi-targeting means to customers
25 June 07 12:15 AM

One of the new features of Visual Studio 2008 is the ability to target multiple versions of the .Net framework with your application. I briefly mentioned this my last editorial , but I thought I'd expand on it here and help you understand why this is Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Studio, .Net, Developer, MSDN

The sound of inevitability - help us help you
20 June 07 08:17 PM

It happens every year... Tech Ed sells out and we have lots of people who miss out on getting tickets. How can this happen? When tickets go on sale we blog about it , we note it in MSDN and Technet Flash Newsletters, and we advertise in mainstream media Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft, TechEdNZ

TechNet Gadget - with New Zealand (and Australian) content
20 June 07 12:36 AM

In my email this morning I got a message that Jay "No Blog" Templeton and the team from Mabode have just launched the Microsoft Australia and New Zealand TechNet Gadget. The gadget allows you to select a bunch of feeds to have rotated through the gadget Read More...

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Filed under: Gadgets, Windows

Where tablets and laptops don't meet...
18 June 07 11:50 AM

Craig recently lamented that when he was at Tech Ed in Orlando he saw lots of people with Tablets typing their notes rather than writing them on the tablet. I thought I might add my explanation for why I personally find it tricky at times to take notes Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Mobile

Scott Hanselman on Visual Studio 2008
18 June 07 12:13 AM

I've just finished listening to Scott Hanselman's podcast on Visual Studio 2008 . One of the nice things about this podcast is that its not just another LINQ love session, digging a bit more into some of the underlying changes to the compilers and the Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Visual Studio, Visual Basic, TechEdNZ

Things I love about the new Live Writer
16 June 07 10:43 PM

I really like live writer . I love online/offline applications that have both a software and an online component - I get the best of the experience with the best of the reach. Anyway, I've already talked about that and that's not what this post is about. Read More...

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Filed under: live, Off Topic

Static maps are so last century
16 June 07 08:52 AM

I was browsing the Tech Ed NZ site the other day and noticed that the Get2Event page had a static map on it. So I sent off an email asking if we could change it to a Virtual Earth map. To my surprise, the answer was "yes - of course". and the next day Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

Wanted - a Video Player sidebar gadget
15 June 07 10:40 PM

I was just considering watching a videocast that I'd downloaded but I've got other things to do and don't want to devote myself to just watching the video. On my computer I've got the sidebar set to always on top (I've got a 20" wide screen monitor, so Read More...

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Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

TechEd New Zealand - Sold out
15 June 07 06:48 AM

No surprises here I guess, but Tech Ed New Zealand is officially sold out! If you haven't got your ticket and would like to go, we do have a 25% off deal on Tech Ed Australia (on the Gold coast) for New Zealand residents only. If you'd like to take advantage Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

Background Motion - now live!
14 June 07 10:35 PM

Over the last few months the guys at Mindscape have been dotting i's and crossing t's in order to get BackgroundMotion up and running. This has meant getting a solid hosting solution up (thanks to ZeroOne for pitching in!) as well as ensuring things like Read More...

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Filed under: AJAX, ASP.Net, .Net, Gadgets, Developer, Windows

Free drinks at TechEd for MCP's?
14 June 07 07:00 PM

I'm not sure if its because I've given her a lunch time slot to talk about the new certification, or if she really just wants to meet lots of MCP's, but Trika has offered to shout you a drink if you come and find her at Tech Ed and tell her you are an Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

Home Server - Code2Fame - competition idea
14 June 07 11:17 AM

If you haven't been living under a rock, you'll know that the Windows Home Server team recently shipped Release Candidate 1 . If you haven't looked any further than the headlines you may not know that the RC is broadly available. If you didn't already Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Home Server

IIS7 and Windows Server 2008 Core
12 June 07 12:43 AM

Did you know that IIS7 will ship out of the box on Windows Server Core? That means you can run a stripped down server on Windows Server 2008 Server Core and have it running as part of a web farm or just as a web server on its own. Server Core doesn't Read More...

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Filed under: Windows, Web

Working at Microsoft and meetings
07 June 07 06:26 PM

A few weeks ago I came to the realization that at Microsoft we have relatively few meetings. I know - it is probably something I should have picked up ages ago, but its not until you are insanely busy that you notice it - or maybe I've just got a grip... Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft, TechEdNZ, Off Topic

Switching RSS Feeds - please follow me :-)
06 June 07 09:36 PM

If you subscribe directly to my RSS feed either here or at www.burling.co.nz , please redirect your feed reader to http://feeds.feedburner.com/darrylburling . If you've been using my aggregated feed from www.burling.co.nz , this is now managed by the Read More...

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Filed under: Off Topic

Getting the new Live betas in New Zealand
06 June 07 06:42 PM

If you are a fan of Live Mail Desktop Beta (now Live Mail Beta) or Live Writer and have noticed that they've been released but are not available in New Zealand, there is a pretty simple way to get these betas (and they are pretty cool - if its just for Read More...

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Filed under: live

Visual Studio Shell and Visual Studio 2008
05 June 07 12:01 AM

Today at Tech Ed in the US, we announced that we will be making the Visual Studio Shell available for ISV's and developers to build on in the Orcas timeframe. This is great news and means that in cases where you would normally build out your own IDE, Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Studio

Forza Motorsport 2
04 June 07 11:25 PM

In case you have an XBox 360 and dont know whats coming with Forza 2... check this out . I like car racing, but this is a little over the top for my budget :-) Read More...

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Filed under: Off Topic

Expression Suite and tools now available in NZ
01 June 07 07:42 AM

I've missed the boat on this one ( Nigel and Sean beat me to it), but if have been watching the expression stuff, you'll be interested to know that it is now available in New Zealand. From Seans blog: The full family of Microsoft Expression products is Read More...

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Filed under: Expression, Designer, Web