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MSDN Flash - Silverlight, Rugby and Visual Studio 2008
18 September 07 02:52 AM

I know - the last one only just came out yesterday. I'll blame the spam legislation :-) Here is this weeks - should be in your mail box Friday or early next week. Silverlight, Rugby and Visual Studio 2008 Silverlight 1.0 is out! The final release of Silverlight Read More...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Studio, Gadgets, User Groups, Community, Silverlight

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...

Postedby dburling | 0 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, 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...

Postedby dburling | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Windows

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...

Postedby dburling | 6 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

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...

Postedby dburling | 3 Comments    

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

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...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

Powershell gadget and using WCS in the sidebar
05 April 07 06:33 AM

Last night the guys from Mindscape unleashed their powershell gadget onto the world. This very cool gadget allows you to enter powershell commands into a gadget rather than having a powershell window running full time in the background. The guys have Read More...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

More NZ Sidebar Gadgets
03 April 07 12:41 AM

There is lots of activity in the Windows Vista Sidebar gadget space here in New Zealand. There are a heap of significant organizations here that are working on gadgets right now that will be revealed in the next few weeks. For the moment though I want Read More...

Postedby dburling | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

Sidebar Gadgets - getting started made easy
19 February 07 09:57 PM

We've got some great New Zealand gadgets up on the Microsoft NZ website now including ones from DigiRama, TrafficWatch, NZ Herald, ASB, and TVNZ (my personal favorite). These are all listed on here . If you've been thinking about writing a side bar gadget Read More...

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