October 2006 - Posts

Is Microsoft getting slick in it's old age? Vista and Office boxes released
31 October 06 09:50 AM | markjo | 2 Comments   

I know that when you talk to any Apple owner they always rejoice in the experience of purchasing an Apple produce like a MacPro (mmmm) alway the way down to silly accessories for the iPod. From the slick (I'm assuming people read that as cool - could Read More...

A couple of cool more WPF demo applications to show off!
30 October 06 07:12 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

If you don't think that WPF and Vista will enable a whole raft of new and visually appealing applications like the New York Times reader I mentioned previously then there are a couple more to add to the must-show-to-people list. Duncan Mackenzie pointed Read More...

Filed under: WPF, Expression

Windows Presentation Foundation search engine using Windows Live Search Macros
26 October 06 03:55 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

Windows Live Search Macros enables Joe Bloggs like you and me to create our own search engines! WL Search Macros are a great way of getting more out of the default Live search engine by allowing users to create personlised search macros which modify the Read More...

Filed under: Windows Live

Reach/richness of user experience technologies
26 October 06 12:29 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

Mike Taulty in my team posted a great diagram describing the reach/richness of Microsoft presentation technologies. This really sums up the world of presentaiton technologies and web technologies which I hope to present on for the next year or two! I've Read More...

Filed under: WPF, Atlas and ASP.NET, Developer

WPF Features Video
24 October 06 04:45 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

Ricky Tan from the .NET Framework Client team posted a link to a great video which walks through the Windows Presentation Foundation showing all the rich UI elements from concepts to complete applications and the potential the technology gives us in creating Read More...

Filed under: WPF

Build an add-on for IE and win $2500 and a trip to Mix07
21 October 06 03:51 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   

Whenever I talk to customers who are huge FireFox users, they always comment on how great it is to customise the browser with extensions/plug-ins. Well, one of the great features and I'm sure a big focus for the IE team post-launch is to get us on the Read More...

Filed under: Developer

Bit of Friday fun, sexy searching with Ms. Dewey
20 October 06 04:14 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

http://www.msdewey.com/ Shows off Windows Live search... (I wish I worked in Marketing sometimes) Read More...

ASP.NET Ajax Beta Released
20 October 06 02:52 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   

After numerous ASP.NET 'Atlas' CTPs there is now an ASP.NET Ajax v1.0 Beta for people to play with. Looks like it has just gone live (2.50AM west-coast USA). This is quite a significant jump in the product shipping cycle and brings it one step closer Read More...

Filed under: Atlas and ASP.NET

Devweek 2007 - Designing WPF applications with Expression and Visual Studio
20 October 06 09:41 AM | markjo | 0 Comments   

Like some of my other team mates , I'll be at Devweek 2007 in London in the new year presenting about Expression and Visual Studio and the Designer-Developer workflow. More details about Devweek can be found on the Devweek site: TRACK 2 Designing WPF Read More...

Filed under: WPF, Expression

Internet Explorer 7 has been released out into the wild!
19 October 06 02:04 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

You blink and about a gazillion people blog about it first - damn me for spending the morning learning all about WCF! :-) Best get yourself over to the IE Blog and read all about the release for Windows XP from Dean (the GM for IE) - Internet Explorer Read More...

Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer Tutorials
13 October 06 03:31 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

I am playing around with "WPF/E" and trying to get some nice graphics for my application and using Expression Graphic Designer to create them. Now, I'm no artist extraordinaire, but I did find a set of tutorials from a guy called Henry very useful. Some Read More...

Filed under: Expression

Learning WPF from a Windows Forms programmer's perspective
13 October 06 03:01 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

I'm not a WinForms programmer and never really have been and have lived for several years (comfortably) in the land of mark-up and web applications. I understand the techniques and challenges many WinForms programmers will be facing when trying to get Read More...

Filed under: WPF, Developer

Channel9 - Screencast lap around AJAX.NET by Nikhil Kothari
11 October 06 05:00 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

A nice little screencast from Nikhil Klothari which he demonstrated at the JAOO conference in Denmark. Shows off some great stuff and his blog walks through the demo app in more detail. Link to Channel9 AJAX.NET Screencast Link to Nikhil Klothari's blog Read More...

Update on NYT Reader - a walkthrough of the application
04 October 06 09:25 AM | markjo | 0 Comments   

Further to my blog entry last night about the great New York Times reader, Pablo Fernicola has a great walkthrough of all the features and design considerations that went into the product Link to New York Times Reader walkthrough Technorati tags: wpf Read More...

Filed under: WPF, Developer

Channel9 does London (please read out load in your best Michael Caine voice)
03 October 06 09:34 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

Seems like Channel9 needs a holiday too and happened to be visiting London during the summer (after Imagine Cup in India). I didn't realise there was so many prominent Niners who were from the UK. Would be great to see if we could organise a get together Read More...

My former employer is taking on my current one - Supermarket enters the software game
03 October 06 09:30 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

I was pleased to see that Tescos are entering the software business. You see during my 4 years at university studying Computer Science I worked semi-full time at Tescos to fund my way through ( Great Guiness is expensive don't you kow :-)), stacking shelves. Read More...

Filed under: Personal, Developer

The 1st *killer* WPF Application - New York Times
03 October 06 08:38 PM | markjo | 3 Comments   

A lot of people have been talking about the New York Times reader, and I guess I'm kind of slow. Well, most people who know me know that! :) But I have been playing with it for a while now and I really like the app and think it demonstrates what can be Read More...

Filed under: WPF

Now running Vista on all my work machines - including shiny Macbook Pro
03 October 06 07:37 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   

Since RC1 has been released and reading around internally and externally about how stable the OS it was time to upgrade the shiny machine and the Tablet PC to Vista. And all I have to say, is that "Vista has arrived" for me :-) I have now got two stable Read More...

Filed under: Developer, Gadgets