November 2006 - Posts
Video: Gears of War ad Especially those of us who are old enough to know what song is playing ;-)
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If so, let me know. I'd like to hear from folks about your thoughts on Vista and Office. I'd especially like to hear about your success stories and innovations on the new platform. http://www.microsoft.com/canada/anewdayevent/resources/
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Check out my friends at 90 Degree Software .... a great Canadian ISV based in Vancouver. They are doing some very innovative new report designer and BI tool (the product is called Radius). They are BI experts and are leveraging the full power of Office
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Ok... I admit it... I am a gamer. One of my favorites is the Battlefield series from our friends at EA. 1942 and Battlefield 2 are amazing games, but I think that they have just outdone themselves with 2142. Check out the video... one word: WOW. (Not
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Not sure if it works... but podcast support for the Zune.... www.feedyourzune.com del.icio.us tags: Zune Technorati tags: Zune , Microsoft
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Our friend down at the Online Services Group in Canada, Farhan, talks about Live Search. Awesome video Farhan! Video: Windows Live Series - Live Search
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It's not often I sit beside really interesting people on the plane when I travel alone.... this time I had the pleasure of meeting some of the members of the pseudo-Canadian band Metric . They were on their way to Seattle to record a new album after 260
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Seattle is a great town, but not when the white stuff falls. I landed at SeaTac and it took 2 hours to do what is usually a 20min drive..... the roads were covered in ice, but I can't believe the number of abandoned cars. (Like the zombies attacked and
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Are you going to the Launch? Want to learn more after you leave? Well - you only need to remember these 2 links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/canada/anewday2007/resources/ http://blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs/
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Who’s doing the best development in Canada? Submit your nomination now in for the very first MSDN Code Awards The MSDN Code Awards are your opportunity to tell Canada who you think is doing the best development work in Canada. Who has created the most
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First - thanks to everyone who came out. The attendance was just incredible - 1200 people! It was just great to be able to do an event of this size in a great city like Edmonton. Some of my pictures: We took back a lot of feedback for future events. Next
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Launch begins in Edmonton on Thursday. I can't tell you how excited I am that we are on the eve of our Office and Vista Launch Events for our business customers. More details from behind-the-scenes are on the way. Will you be at Launch? Let me know.
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I am now "social", I have a Zune... :-) I will start this post by saying the following about the iPod: Apple does a great job at industrial design. The iPod is a well built device (I am not a fan of the shuffles). You won't ever hear me slag the device.
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Honestly, do they think we are crazy? Of course it works with Vista. I have one, I have Vista, it works. When you get one and get Vista, it will work as well. Don't believe the hype people. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=104
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Don't get me wrong, much of the Office 2.0 craze are concepts I agree with and endorse. I believe that great services, matched with great software, will change the way we work. Office 2007 starts that trend, IMHO. My colleagues and I were discussing one
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It has been an interesting day here in Redmond and I thought I would share the news…. Today the our Enterprise Search vTeam hosted the first Canadian Search Partner Summit at in Redmond. It was a great day and we had planned to cap the event off with
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On Nov. 11th our Community Team hosting the first ever Game Camp in Canada The event was a great success... standing room only... great feedback... we feel great about it as a V1.0 event. What the CANDEV blog for more info and follow-up content.
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Yeeee-haaa! I am running it on my production machines (all of them, including Media Centres) and it rocks. Check out the coverage: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windowsvista/default.mspx http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=25499
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Our friends at the Live team have launched 3D mapping on Live Local. It is an amazing engine, that runs within IE (so you don't need a separate application). There is fairly good coverage across North America. Much better Canadian resolution is coming
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http://thelaunchfactory.typepad.com/tlf_blog/2006/11/shredding_and_t.html Shredding and the Art of the Start As I was panting my way up “The Walrus” a favorite trail on Vancouver Island that I ride with some friends on Sunday mornings, I began to ponder
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Audrey shares her concerns with how we are reaching out to the designer community. http://audreycarr.ca/?p=9
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An interesting post from a would-be evangelist after speaking to one of my managers. http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2006.11.02.php#anchor-1
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My organization is hiring! We are looking for some great people to join our team (which is a very unique group inside Microsoft) If you are a high energy person looking for a unique challenge in technology, get in contact! Architect Advisor - The mission
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