August 2007 - Posts

Tech Ed WIT dinner kicks off Girl Geek Dinners
30 August 07 09:37 AM

The Women in Technology evening at Tech Ed has generated quite a bit of discussion and even momentum . Apart from the evening being the highest scoring session at Tech Ed, it has also inspired a number of women to start a girl geek dinner group in New Read More...

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Filed under: Community, women in technology

http://mscommunities.net.nz - all NZ communities under one roof
30 August 07 04:03 AM

One of the things we launched at Tech Ed (the card on the left that Louie is holding) is http://mscommunities.net.nz . This site is designed to be a centralized site for all the Microsoft Communities in New Zealand. This includes developer, infrastructure Read More...

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Host your email using Live Mail and Live Domains
28 August 07 01:06 AM

Mauricio set up geekzonemail.com last week. In two days he signed up 50 new email accounts - pretty impressive. He's also posted a FAQ about how he did it. I was talking with him about it last week and he pointed out just how easy it is to set up your Read More...

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Filed under: live, Windows Mobile

Tech Ed sessions - top 10
24 August 07 05:55 AM

I'll I've just got the Evaluation results for Tech Ed, so I thought I'd share the top 10 sessions from Tech Ed before I head out for a weekend. I've got to say that the competition among the top half of the sessions was very tight - you needed to be exceptional Read More...

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MSDN Flash - Daylight Saving and Tech Ed wrap up
21 August 07 01:43 PM

Tech Ed is done. It was a great event and before you forget I want to remind you of something you may have heard about at Tech Ed and if you didn’t its critical that you understand it. One of the lunchtime sessions we had was around the changes to Daylight Read More...

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Filed under: MSDN, women in technology, TechEdNZ

Tech Ed Blog posts
21 August 07 04:17 AM

I thought I'd put together a list of blog posts I haven't already linked to elsewhere. Code Camp: For developers it all started with Code Camp - Summaries from Ivan and Kirk . Tech Ed: Eileen loved the keynote , as did Mauricio - and they've both seen Read More...

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Collaboration - we all have something to share
18 August 07 08:58 AM

Brenda was recently quoted in the Fryup on ComputerWorld with regards to the story behind SuperHappyDevHouse New Zealand. “I wanted an event that would get people who don't currently work on open source, but want to, to come along and just do it. After Read More...

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Filed under: Community, Developer

User Group Meeting at Tech Ed Today!
15 August 07 12:36 AM

Rodney Lake has organized a last minute User Group meeting for anyone interested at 4pm today at TechEd. If you are around, come to the Milford Room on Level 4 (its down the corridor in behind the stairways where the "Sponsors Rooms" sign is). The session Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, User Groups, Community, TechEdNZ

Evermore @ TechFest
14 August 07 09:16 PM

I haven't spoken to anyone who didn't enjoy the Tech Fest last night. That means I've either spoken to very few people or everyone enjoyed themselves. Hopefully the photos speak for themselves... Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

Depth of technical sessions
13 August 07 09:53 PM

One of the things we often get feedback on is that we often don't hit the mark on session depth. There are a few ways to fix this... The first is to ensure we get deep sessions in to the agenda. I've made an effort to try and work these in this year. Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

Women in Technology - wow
13 August 07 09:31 PM

The Women in Technology dinner went off really well. The team did a fantastic job and everyone was engaged as soon as they walked in the evening - and the chatter began. The panelists did a fantastic job. Here's who they wer e and how they related to Read More...

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Filed under: women in technology, TechEdNZ

Ask the experts
13 August 07 08:46 PM

The ask the experts evening went off. I have been going to Tech Ed for a few years now and I don't think I've seen delegates as engaged with experts as I did last night. Those of you who stuck around to talk to the speakers - they enjoyed it. As I previously Read More...

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Filed under: Gadgets, TechEdNZ

Tech Ed - Keynote and market place...
13 August 07 06:37 AM

Well, we are well underway at Tech Ed. The first event of the day was the keynote. Interestingly, in my experience a keynote is really hard - you need to appeal to the entire audience - and this is where it gets tricky. Lou Carbone was our keynote speaker Read More...

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Filed under: Community, TechEdNZ

Welcome to Tech Ed New Zealand!
12 August 07 08:46 PM

Its the first day of Tech Ed New Zealand and we are ready to rock. Last night was the speakers dinner, where all the speakers got to sit down and have an opportunity to meet each other and shoot the breeze. The evening was great and everyone seemed to Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

Geekzone: Behind the scenes at Tech Ed New Zealand 2007
09 August 07 10:28 PM

Mauricio did a behind the scenes Q&A with me yesterday for the "Unofficial Tech Ed Blog". It *might* prove to be an interesting read, but I'm sure your life is more interesting than mine :-) Behind the scenes at Tech Ed New Zealand 2007: Darryl Burlin Read More...

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Windows Home Server - oops
09 August 07 04:01 AM

This is bad... Must fix this soon.... Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Home Server

Blogging about Tech Ed?
08 August 07 10:13 PM

I mentioned this before , but thought I'd call it out separately as it was at the bottom of the post... If you are blogging about Tech Ed and you want us to link to you from TechEd Live, you can tag it TechEdNZ07 and then best thing to do is to ping me Read More...

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Speed up Vista - new patches out
08 August 07 10:11 PM

Yesterday we released two patches for Vista that should be useful to you end users. The first one fixes a bunch of issues in screen savers, hibernation, resume and the time it takes to estimate the time left to copy a file among others - details and download Read More...

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Day of Code will rock!
08 August 07 05:51 AM

Kirk and the guys have done a great job of promoting the Day of Code and with the fantastic speakers they have, why not?! One of the sessions I'm looking forward to is Tony Goodhew talking about how we build Visual Studio - that will be something different Read More...

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Filed under: .Net, User Groups, Community, Code Camp

Open XML Sample coming your way
08 August 07 01:09 AM

Last year I was speaking on the Open XML file formats in Office 2007. Initially I wasn't thrilled to be speaking on the subject, however the more you dig into this area, the more compelling this file format is. The developer story around Open XML is particularly Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Studio, .Net, Office

TechEd Comnet updated
03 August 07 08:20 AM

Comnet is available. You may have known that - I've mentioned it before . Comnet is the system we use for building the schedule for the event. Its publically available and as an attendee of Tech Ed you can use it to build your schedule for the event - Read More...

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Filed under: TechEdNZ

VB6 Migration Training with the VB Program Manager
02 August 07 10:43 PM

If you've got a VB6 application that you've been considering upgrading to .Net, we've got help for you! On Thursday August 16 at Microsoft House we will be hosting a VB6 to .Net Migration workshop. The workshop will help you understand how moving to .Net Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, .Net

MSDN & TechNet Flash: Get Ready for Tech Ed!
02 August 07 02:46 AM

Tech Ed is almost upon us. In less than two weeks, Tech Ed New Zealand is underway. This year’s event will be awesome - not just because we've worked hard to make sure that the best speakers are at Tech Ed, but also because the content and events that Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, .Net, TechEdNZ