March 2008 - Posts

Expression...nah...its all about MSPaint for designers
31 March 08 05:10 PM
Looking forward to attending Future of Web Design in London in mid-April. The Academic team will be there in a "Student Zone" inside the MS stand area wanting to talk to designer students about how they use software and if we can help them or Read More...
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Imagine Cup competitors - where are they now? Channel 8 videos online
25 March 08 05:17 PM
My first two videos on Channel 8 are now online. Yes, I do sound that weird (that's Northern Irish people for you) and talk a lot. But these guys all have done incredibly well out of the Imagine Cup and our student programs and their stories are worth Read More...
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My love for Silverlight...
25 March 08 04:32 PM
...is so strong that I had umbrellas made for a recent event: (The pantone matches the nebula logo as well!) :-) Read More...
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Last.fm Comes to Vista Media Centre
25 March 08 10:20 AM
I'm a big fan of Last.fm and will be giving this a go on my home machine for listening to music. Last.fm Comes to Vista Media Centre ( Sarah Perez ) Read More...
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Imagine Cup Day on 5th June 2008 - Celebrating the best in UK student talent
20 March 08 10:49 AM
It's been a busy couple of months for the Imagine Cup and we have a good 200-odd students fighting it out for great prizes and the opportunity to travel to Paris (in style) to compete at the worldwide finals. And to celebrate the best year for the Imagine Read More...
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Herding cats at Microsoft
18 March 08 03:49 PM
I work for the United Nations apparently. I work in the Developer & Platform Evangelism group at Microsoft, or DPE (or D&PE if you are in the US) and people have a uniform response internally and externally - "Eh?". This article on C|net Read More...
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Cool ad...
18 March 08 01:06 PM
Not wanting to steal Steve's thunder on great ads :-) but this was too cool not to share.... (From Seth Godin , marketing great) Lots of stuff like this recently is making me think we should do something "raw" like this for Channel 8 . Read More...
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New Expression Community launched
18 March 08 12:36 PM
  It has all the usual gubbins you would expect from a community site with news, blogs, forums, training, links and more for anyone interested in the Expression product set and looking for information or inspiration http://expression.microsoft.co Read More...
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Loving Windows Live OneCare
18 March 08 12:29 PM
Video: Microsoft Windows Live OneCare I'm only a day late for Paddy's day (disappointing for someone that heralds from Northern Ireland) so thought this was worth posting - http://www.getgreenstaygreen.com/ I've been using OneCare on my home machines Read More...
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adCenter Blogs and Forums launched
17 March 08 10:26 PM
Mel Carson just posted that the Microsoft had launched a new community around its adCenter platform . This is interesting for all those involved in the world of digital marketing and advertising. +1 subscriber from me :-) http://www.adcentercommunity.co Read More...
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Visual Express Developer Center in Silverlight
16 March 08 09:05 PM
http://www.microsoft.com/express   Features include: Animated landing pages Interactive menus to explore by product or interest area Interactive product tours for each version Read More...
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Designer v Developer
14 March 08 11:05 AM
I kept hearing the soundtrack to this and thinking why is everyone in the office watching Deliverance. Funny video exploring the roles of developers and designers in building software. Read More...
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Silverlight blog for design agencies
12 March 08 01:03 PM
My mate Rob has started a blog on all things Silverlight. Not the dev or even the designer stuff but looking at Silverlight from a client/agency/media buyer/media owner perspective. A little blurb from Rob: "I was telling the marketing comms team Read More...
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Did I miss something? The king is dead, long live the...
12 March 08 12:40 PM
This is what greeted 60 academics from around the UK today at our Silverlight for Academics event at the historic Bletchley Park. :-) What an amazing venue to hold an event - so much history here and I haven't even been on the tour yet. I talked to a Read More...
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UltimatePC.com launches
05 March 08 09:40 AM
New site/community launches for Windows Vista Ultimate users to showcase the amazing things that real people do with their Vista PCs. Will also have discounts and offers on software/hardware for Ultimate users. (Lucky I picked up Ultimate for my family Read More...
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Silverlight comes to Nokia
05 March 08 06:09 AM
Bit slow off the mark on this one as I was travelling north yesterday (wish I was travelling west to Mix :-)). Seems Silverlight is coming to mobile devices and to Nokia first. Very cool. Roberto D'Angelo has the detail . Scoble raises a fun question Read More...
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Another digital lifestyle video ("Girl from Mars")
03 March 08 09:39 AM
Following on from my post last week about the new UK site built using Silverlight here is another video (been around a bit longer than the UK site): ( Obligatory sappy marketing digital lifestyle post from LiveSide ) Prefer the original Ash version (given Read More...
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