July 2008 - Posts

BizTalk - a beautiful big beast
24 July 08 12:29 PM | geoc | 0 Comments   

OK, so here's a confession - I've always been a huge fan of BizTalk. I remember back in the day (that's last century to you, young fella) when James Utzschneider and his team came up with the BizTalk name, the library and community. But let's face facts, Read More...

Keeping it real
23 July 08 03:25 PM | geoc | 0 Comments   

We often get embedded in the technology and forget the big picture, so this quote from Sir Winston Churchill reminds us that the basics have always been the basics: However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. Read More...

Putting the power with the people
18 July 08 07:34 PM | geoc | 0 Comments   

As you can probably deduce from other entries in my blog, I’m a big believer in using the power at the edge of the network (as well as any other power you can get your hands on). The best example of a device that enables that “power at the edge” is of Read More...

Filed under: pc future

Space Elevator Conference
11 July 08 10:54 AM | geoc | 1 Comments   

Some companies encourage you to spend time doing stuff outside your job description. I think that's a great idea, but I'm kinda lucky in that my job description (Application Platform Specialist) means that I could spend my life just exploring all the Read More...

Filed under: job description, space elevator

Software Engineering
02 July 08 11:43 AM | geoc | 1 Comments   

The other day I invited a customer to have a look at a Microsoft Software Development Centre here in Brisbane. At the moment, we have about 40 developers (including testers, architects, project managers etc) working on a solution for another customer. Read More...

Filed under: TFS, software engineering

After Bill
02 July 08 10:42 AM | geoc | 1 Comments   

So now that's BillG's gone part time, what is Microsoft going to do? The answer, not surprisingly, is "software". However, I've noticed a slight change of direction in the last year or so. It's a subtle change, but it's also a pretty major change in the Read More...

Filed under: PC, Ozzie, Live