Dave Glover "Down Under (Oz)" : Windows Azure

Experience the Zermatt region, Switzerland, with this Windows 7 Touch Solution, inc the help of Silverlight and Deepzoom

dglover — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:20:07 GMT

Wow, just spotted this amazing solution utilising Windows 7 Touch and Silverlight 3 with Deepzoom.

Check out http://rubrik.ch.msn.com/reportagen/zermatt.aspx and click on the Info button and read how it was created, stunning!!

Yes, it works with a mouse too if you don't have Windows 7 with a Touch display (or for that matter Windows 7), but yeah, the experience is not as immersive!!

Check out the Windows 7 Training kit if you want to build amazing stuff too!!

Cheers Dave

Going to PDC09 then keep an eye out for Birds-of-a-Feather

dglover — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:00:17 GMT

You can find more information at www.pdcbof.com and follow them on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/pdcbof

See ya there!!

Cheers Dave

Readify to run .NET Developer Training in Darwin!!

dglover — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:21:13 GMT

I often hear from folk in smaller cities in Oz that there is limited access to solid training!! So great news from the guys from Readify in conjunction with Crimson!!

If you live in or near Darwin or know someone who does then be sure to let them know about these training opportunities!!

Crimson Courses	Dates
5 day professional .NET 3.5	August 10-14
Visual Studio ® 2008 ASP.NET3.5 (6463A)	August 18-19
Visual Studio ® 2008 ADO.NET 3.5 (6464A)	August 20-21
Implementing a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (5061A)	August 31-September 2

Cheers Dave

Microsoft Support Scam

dglover — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:28:24 GMT

Hmmm, now a mate's mother got one of these calls from this organisation, so be sure to let friends and family know this is a scam, guessing it's mostly about identity theft!!

A company called 'SupportonClick' is randomly calling Australians claiming to know that the person's computer has a 'problem' that they can fix for at a fee. These callers also claim to be calling from Microsoft Support which is not the case. Please inform your family and friends of this scam and direct them to follow Microsoft's Protect Your Computer guidance so they can be confident that their computer is running smoothly. Protect Your Computer.

Application Architecture Guide 2.0

dglover — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:28:00 GMT

Hey if you went to the Victoria.NET User group on Tuesday then you would have caught my Windows 7 session, you can find resources I mentioned at here, hope those that installed Win 7 on the night are enjoying and those that grabbed the DVDs have had a chance to fire it up!!

You can find resources from Tarn Barford's awesome session on Iron Python at http://blog.sharpthinking.com.au/post/2009/05/11/IronPython-Presentation.aspx - funny we both did our sessions on Netbooks!!

And Mahesh's session covering the Application Architecture Guide 2.0, tbh, I had lost track that version 2 was over on codeplex!! If you've not see this guide then I highly recommend you download it from http://www.codeplex.com/AppArchGuide/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=20586

There is great coverage of where technologies fit, from web, to services, data access, security, desktop and mobile along with recommended best practices and patterns, honestly take a break from your busy day to day busy existence and check it out, it'll be time well spent!!

Cheers Dave

Tech.Ed Australia and New Zealand Call for Content Now Open

dglover — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:07:09 GMT

We’ve just opened the “Call for Content” for TechEd 2009 Australia and New Zealand, if you are interested in getting involved then check out Andrew’s blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat/archive/2009/05/06/tech-ed-australia-and-new-zealand-call-for-content.aspx

Cheers Dave

Software + Services meets Sydney Mardi Gras

dglover — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:52:00 GMT

As much as anything this is to bookmark the S+S solution Silverlight/Deepzoom solution for the SMH (Sydney Morning Herald).

Check out http://blogs.msdn.com/gwillis/archive/2009/03/06/software-services-meets-sydney-mardi-gras.aspx

and

http://delicategeniusblog.com/?p=809

Oh and there is an Easter egg along with prize for first person to find it - see http://delicategeniusblog.com/?p=809

Cheers Dave

Limited Spaces Available at Sydney Based Azure Training - March 10-12, 2009

dglover — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:56:20 GMT

There are a few places left for the Windows Azure Workshop running in Sydney from March 10 till the 12th, if you are interested please contact Shuk Chan at shukc@microsoft.com as soon as possible!! Cheers Dave

Training Workshop Agenda - 3-day

Begin	Length	End	Session Title
Day #1
8:30 AM	30	9:00 AM	Registration and Breakfast
9:00 AM	75	10:15 AM	Azure Services Platform Overview
10:15 AM	15	10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM	75	11:45 AM	Introduction to Windows Azure
11:45 AM	60	12:45 PM	Lunch (Provided)
12:45 PM	75	2:00 PM	Introduction to SQL Services
2:00 PM	15	2:15 PM	Break
2:15 PM	75	3:30 PM	Introduction to .NET Services
3:30 PM	15	3:45 PM	Break
3:45 PM	75	5:00 PM	Introduction to Live Services
Day #2
8:30 AM	30	9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM	75	10:15 AM	Building Services for Windows Azure
10:15 AM	15	10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM	60	11:30 AM	Lab: Windows Azure (3)
11:30 AM	60	12:30 PM	Lunch (Provided)
12:30 PM	75	1:45 PM	Building Applications using SQL Data Services
1:45 PM	15	2:00 PM	Break
2:00 PM	60	3:00 PM	Labs: SQL Data Services (3)
3:00 PM	75	4:15 PM	Building Applications using the .NET Service Bus & Workflow Service
4:15 PM	15	4:30 PM	Break
4:30 PM	60	5:30 PM	Labs: .NET Service Bus, .NET Workflow Service
Day #3
8:30 AM	30	9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM	75	10:15 AM	Identity and the .NET Access Control Services
10:15 AM	15	10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM	60	11:30 AM	Labs : Access Control Service
11:30 AM	60	12:30 PM	Lunch (Provided)
12:30 PM	75	1:45 PM	Building Mesh-enabled Web Applications
1:45 PM	15	2:00 PM	Break
2:00 PM	60	3:00 PM	Labs: Live Framework & Live Services (3)
3:00 PM	15	3:15 PM	Break
3:15 PM	75	4:30 PM	Building applications for the Azure Services Platform
4:30 PM	30	5:00 PM	Wrap-up & Next Steps

Dave Glover "Down Under (Oz)" : Windows Azure

Experience the Zermatt region, Switzerland, with this Windows 7 Touch Solution, inc the help of Silverlight and Deepzoom

Going to PDC09 then keep an eye out for Birds-of-a-Feather

You can find more information at www.pdcbof.com and follow them on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/pdcbof

Readify to run .NET Developer Training in Darwin!!

Microsoft Support Scam

Application Architecture Guide 2.0

Tech.Ed Australia and New Zealand Call for Content Now Open

Software + Services meets Sydney Mardi Gras

Limited Spaces Available at Sydney Based Azure Training - March 10-12, 2009

Training Workshop Agenda - 3-day

Day #1

Day #2

Day #3