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17 October 2009
I have moved to RIAGENIC.com
Just in case you haven’t realised by the big “images” above, that I’ve now moved over to RIAGENIC.com Click here: http://www.riagenic.com I’ve enjoyed my life at Microsoft Australia and Headquarters and look forward to heading back home to Australia, Read More...
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09 October 2009
I hereby resign from Microsoft.
Some internal staff and trusted close friends have known for some time, but I’ve resigned from Microsoft as a Rich Platforms Product Manager. It was a decision that i made simply due to the fact that I just wanted to be home, and as much as the experience Read More...
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30 September 2009
User Experience – The Kettle.
  How many kettles have you owned over the years? is it more than one? has it always been the same one? It’s a pretty straight forward device, you fill it up with water, it heats up and then you tip the contents out into a container. Why then are Read More...
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14 September 2009
Feedback Req: Do you need to know the list of released runtime build numbers?
Hi All, I've noticed a few occasions where developers have wanted to know what Version of Silverlight is installed on the end users computer when they arrive at a site. There are a number of ways you can approach that question that will yield a response, Read More...
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10 September 2009
Apple stole my whitespace.
I often meet up with a co-worker (Michael Bach, Product Manger & Designer for Microsoft.com/Web ) and we talk all things design. As it for us is therapy given we are constantly surrounded by engineers within Microsoft :) One insight Michael came up Read More...
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06 September 2009
Apple vs Microsoft – Web Usability.
I recently found a site via a colleague today, which basically outlines the way in which we approach our customers/consumers via the web compared to Apple.com [ Click here to view the post ] At first I just simply groaned, and waited for the beating, Read More...
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01 September 2009
What does a potential Silverlight Adoption Lifecycle look like?
I’ve been working in this industry since i left high school back in 1995, and I often think about my journey to date and how I've adopted a technology. I then as a Product Manager on the Silverlight Team constantly try and put myself in you, the adoptee’s Read More...
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25 August 2009
Don’t abuse the Desktop.
If you’ve read any book on design patterns, prospective memory is bound to come up. A lot of folks may read it and go “ahh, nah, i don’t know what to do with that” and i state this as i constantly wonder as to why applications continue to hassle users Read More...
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22 August 2009
A tip on learning Silverlight. Throw away your code
You can stare at that blinking cursor inside Visual Studio all you want, it’s not going to give you an immediate insight into how you should architect your Silverlight solution so that it can be reusable and scale. It’s not that you’re an idiot or aren’t Read More...
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18 August 2009
Do we have one site too many?
In the past month if you’ve interacted with via twitter, email, facebook etc you’ve probably been asked by me “How many sites do you visit a week”. I only ask is that I've got this theory or ill feeling that we at Microsoft are making far too many websites Read More...
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18 August 2009
Belong to a Tribe, not a brand.
I often in my travels visit customers who at times present a behavior that at times i can only describe as blind faith towards Microsoft. I’m somewhat unnerved by that and it’s not because i think Microsoft isn’t worthy of faith, it’s more a long the Read More...
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07 August 2009
Reality Check: How did you adopt Silverlight?
As most would imagine, here at Microsoft we are constantly researching various ways folks adopt Silverlight and have quite a large amount of notes on the subject. I however love the old, “Why not just ask them?” approach, so I’d be curious to see how Read More...
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01 August 2009
Thank you Silverlight Australia.
It’s now 2:25 AM here in Seattle, and I’m of course Jet Lagged with a head cold. I figured what a perfect time to update my blog with a big thank you to all who turned out to see me in my Australia wide tour. I met a whole bunch of you folks from all Read More...
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12 July 2009
The ripple effects of Silverlight.
I have been away from Australia for about a a year now, and I came home the other night and noticed the intersection outside my old house has changed significantly. I thought wow, progress is a beast that never rests. Taped to one of the stop light poles Read More...
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09 July 2009
Australian Silverlight & Expression 3 Tour.
I’ve just locked in my dates for the Australian Silverlight & Expression 3 Tour. Session Details: Silverlight & Expression 3 launch is an important moment in Microsoft's timeline, as this is our V3 moment!. In light of this point in time, Scott Read More...
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