April 2007 - Posts
Some goodies have gone live..... Silverlight community site: www.silverlight.net (includes demos) Silverlight Dreamscene downloads for Vista. http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2007/04/29/download-microsoft-silverlight-dreamscenes-for-desktop.aspx
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Some other coverage: ZDNET New Web Order - Nik Cubrilovic http://timheuer.com/blog/ Check out this cool WPF app - FamilyShow Check out the Technorati page (MIX07 is on the "hot" list today) - http://technorati.com/search/mix07 Opps.... Clearly some of
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MIX is underway here in Vegas. Ray Ozzie is on stage as I type this. The event looks great so far. It's packed - completely sold out (rumour has it that we are even over-sold!). It's nice to see that we have a great goodie-bag (including a copy of Vista
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An interesting post from Rodney on the future of User Groups on the IT Pro Community Blog. "You probably think I am crazy. You are probably thinking about the 30+ IT pro user groups in Canada with 10,000+ members with monthly attendance at meetings surpassing
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Anyone who attended our recent Unify Tour event in Toronto may have noticed that we had our friends from Bullfrog Power onsite during the event. I have talked in a past post that I switched the power I use at home to Bullfrog (something I feel great about).
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Over on the Wellington Financial Blog , my friend and power-blogger Rick Segal is the subject of a featured interview. A few interesting quotes: Question #3. Is the Angel investor network in Canada robust enough? Answer: No. Another 10 million dollars
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From Mohammad's blog . Last week we hosted 150 architects from across Canada in Vancouver for the 3 day Canadian Strategic Architect Forum. Everyone who attended the forum received a full copy of the Office 2007 Professional and Vista Ultimate plus one
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I have meetings until 5 then I am running home to pack and back to the airport for my flight to Vegas. Mix starts on Sunday, but I will be relaxing in Vegas for the weekend. Are you at MIX ? It's going to be great. I know they have a lot to talk about.
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CanTREK is an expedition team that will be climbing Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak. The climb takes place in May and will involve 12 climbers. Throughout the trek, they will be focused on geological study, education, fitness, health and the environment.
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Our Developer Audience Marketing Manager, Wendy Rogers, has an article in the Globe and Mail this week talking about the importance of user groups and communities - especially in the technology sector. If you build it, they will come WENDY ROGERS Front
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The Spaces team has upgraded the photo album features inside of Spaces, making them a lot more friendly to use and view. This will actually help make Spaces a great places for sharing photos with friends and family - especially since it is integrated
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The Canadian Strategic Architect Forum wrapped up this afternoon in Vancouver. Thanks to everyone who attended. The feedback seems to be very good. People seem to have enjoyed the new venue and having it in Canada. Vancouver seems to have been a good
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Well, this is interesting :-)
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I feel like a proud parent :-) My team has been working since before the launch of Vista to help forward thinking Canadian companies bring new web-connected experiences to market. One of the ways we are doing this is by leveraging the new Sidebar Gadgets
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Simon Guest makes reference to his AWESOME talk at the Forum yesterday. We have kicked off this morning with Kathy Watanabe from Microsoft's IT group. It's looking like another great day, more updates coming later in the day. It's also an beautiful day:
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A little know technology call Messenger Bots . These are "contacts" that you add into Windows Live Messenger and you can interact with. There is already one for Encarta (try adding encarta@conversagent.com to your contact list). But now, there is one
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What's the great thing about running events in Vancouver? The weather. (well, when it's not raining anyway) I snuck out at lunch and went down to Falls Creek.......gorgeous day.
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The CSAF site - www.csaf07.com is getting busy. Thanks to everyone contributing. 2 new videos: Norm Judah Wesley McGregor del.icio.us tags: csaf07 Technorati tags: csaf07
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The slides and audio are up from my welcome session . Norm Judah's slides are up as well. {update} Wesley McGregor's slides are up as well. Technorati tags: csaf07 del.icio.us tags: csaf07
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Interesting Article Here . On my Sonos , we listen to a lot of Internet Radio. It's great and it would be a shame to see stations like Radio Paradise come to an end.
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CSAF is underway!! I just finished my welcome address. Slides are here. Full house - standing room only. So far, so good. Norm Judah is on now. del.icio.us tags: csaf07 Technorati tags: csaf07
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This week I am heading out to Vancouver for the Canadian Strategic Architect Forum . This is our premier event for software and enterprise Architects and I believe it is a unique event in Canada (it's also invite-only). Solid agenda and great speakers
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Hugh has started a serious conversation on this one. Check out the post here . My friend Rick Segal weighs in here . My question to Rick, who does see a lot of value in the MSFT platform normally - why do they see value? It is interesting - the comment
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Hugh @ gapingvoid.com has teamed with a few Microsoft bloggers out of our UK offices on a new "conversation" about Microsoft, our direction, telling our story and our marketing. They are calling it the " Blue Monster Series " It is fascinating. If you
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As we head towards MIX Microsoft has announced our new rich media / interactive platform for the web -> Microsoft Silverlight. Read about it here , here and here . (It's also a main story on Techmeme.com today) Why do I like it? 3 reasons -> Enables
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Not a long article, but check it out here .
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Read all about it .
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Checkout this article on echannelline.com about our new Podcast series. You can find all the podcasts here: http://www.microsoft.com/canada/technet/itmanager/podcast/default.aspx You should also check out the IT Manager Canadian blog at: http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers
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Back in February the Northern Voice Conference was held in Vancouver. Here is a cool clip from one of the sessions on good photography.
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It's a busy month or two for me.... here is the run-down. Canadian Strategic Architect Forum - Vancouver - an invite only event for Enterprise Architects. I am doing the kickoff and I am the overall "host" of the event. Mix07 - April 30th - May 2nd -
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We are a sponsor.... we will be speaking.... we will be meshing. Drop me a line if you will be there as well. del.icio.us tags: mesh07links
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Just heard from my good friend Dmitry @ Flowfinity in Vancouver ( www.flowfinity.com ) - a very neat Canadian ISV that does some innovation mobile work -> including .NET to Blackberry integration. "Flowfinity Wireless Inc., a leading provider of adaptable
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More in the "listening to your feedback" category. Some great news on the new Expression products. Link to Somasegar's WebLog : Listening to your feedback - Expression and MSDN
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The Challenge: The mission of the Architect Evangelist (AE) is to demonstrate the value of new innovative Microsoft platform technologies by engaging with senior technical decision makers at both enterprises and partners. The AE is also responsible for
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