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November just started and it’s shaping up to be quite a busy month already. The Silverlight Jumpstart course I mentioned previously on my blog kicks off its second round this week at the Westbury.  The course is full for both in-person attendees Read More...
Last year, Microsoft provided a program to help new start-ups get developer tools, discounts and a business network at practically no cost. BizSpark helped over 300 Irish start-ups in the last twelve months. This year, the Spark family is extending to Read More...
Thanks to the over 200 of you who showed up to meet Scott Guthrie and hear him talk.  Judging by the questions people were asking yesterday, people are very excited about ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET 4/VS2010!  In fact there were so many questions, Read More...
http://microsoftpdc.com/ The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is one of those tech events where magic happens.  It’s a forward-looking conference with industry leader speakers which brings audiences from around the world to learn about the Read More...
Applications are now being accepted for the very successful Dublin Institute of Technology Hothouse Venture Program.  Hothouse is an annual incubation programme for 16 graduate entrepreneurs to provide them with support, training, workspace, networking, Read More...
I noticed this event coming to Limerick in June and wanted to give it a mention as I think a lot of people would benefit from this schedule of Ireland’s top experts in social media & online networking. According to the overview , topics included are Read More...
April 30th was a very competitive day in Dublin.  Students from around Ireland competed in Microsoft’s annual Imagine Cup competition at the Science Gallery in Trinity College. The Imagine Cup is a contest open to students all around the world.  Read More...
For those of you who haven’t heard yet, the Windows 7 Release Candidate went public today.  This download will be made available at least until June 2009.  The 32 and 64 bit versions are available in five languages: English, German, Japanese, Read More...
If you haven’t yet heard of Developer Developer Developer, you’re missing out. DDD is coming to Belfast FOR FREE on Saturday April 4th, and registration is open here: http://developerdeveloperdeveloper.com/belfast/Register.aspx Topics planned include: Read More...
I spent this past weekend in Limerick attending SkyCon 2009 , which was a really fun and diverse conference, organized by the University of Limerick Computer Society (Skynet). Besides having great topics such as Demoscene, Swarm Robots , Open Source, Read More...
Pssst. Are you a student or academic?  Like robots?  Interested in learning how to build the embedded systems and robots of the future? Then why not attend the Microsoft Windows Embedded European Tour which is coming to Ireland on Friday, November Read More...
By now you’ve probably heard the big news that Microsoft’s PDC (Professional Developer Conference) will be unveiling Windows 7.  This is big news, especially since they’re not just showing it off, but actually building a lot on top of it, as demonstrated Read More...
It’s been a couple of months since I’ve gotten the chance to write any new programs for my Lego Mindstorms robot. The Artbots were in town this weekend, and I thought that would be the perfect place to get some excellent inspiration. Artbots is an international Read More...
What an exciting week this has been!  Photosynth has been fully released by Microsoft Live Labs this morning. If you’re not familiar with Photosynth, it is a cool piece of technology which takes a collection of photographs and uses them to build Read More...
For this episode of the Microsoft Ireland Podcast, I describe the new features and updates in Internet Explorer 8.  IE 8 Beta 1 came out earlier this year, and we’re eagerly awaiting the next version.  This podcast tells you a bit about what Read More...
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