03 February 2010
The Pollinator
I wrote previously about Click Suite, Auckland Museum + the ‘Hybridiser’ as part of Wonderland: The Mystery of the Orchid exhibition at Auckland Museum. This time Click Suite are at it again with The Pollinator . launched as part of the Wonderland: The Read More...
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21 January 2010
Azure, Webstock and Jeff Atwood
Jan 2010 MSDN Flash Editorial Welcome Back! 2010 is kicking into full steam and there are a number of exciting things looming. First of all I'd like to congratulate Jeffrey for winning the random draw for a 12 month subscription to Visual Studio Professional Read More...
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16 December 2009
Join WebsiteSpark with Kentico Software in New Zealand and get a Free License of Kentico CMS Professional Edition.
I’m happy to announce that Kentico Software has today come on board as a new Global Network Partner for the WebsiteSpark Program in New Zealand. If you sign up and select Kentico as your “Global Partner” Kentico will grant you a free 1 Web Site License Read More...
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14 December 2009
KENTiCO and WebsiteSpark in New Zealand
I have been noticing an increase in the number of new ASP.NET web sites in New Zealand that have been built using Kentico . Kentico CMS for ASP.NET is a full-featured content management system for building web sites, on-line stores, intranets and Web Read More...
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10 December 2009
Trade Me - .NET Developers Wanted!
Alan Howard, head of development at Trade Me pinged me last night about an expansion of their dev team to bring on broad some new skilled .NET developers. At Trade Me we're continuing our search for the best web developers in NZ. If you have a passion Read More...
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08 December 2009
Try Windows Azure in NZ to win an MSDN Subscription
As we wind down towards the end of the year there are always some people who choose to work through the Christmas holiday period. During this time things are inevitably slow and it is a great time to focus on trying out a new piece of tech. I previously Read More...
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29 November 2009
My Pakari Tree Photo on Flickr is Getting Some Lovin
I took this photo at Pakari some years ago… I offered it up to the Textures for Layers group on Flickr to give it some lovin. They came up with some stunning results: Read More...
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21 November 2009
PDC Day 2 – Silverlight 4
If Windows Azure was the big topic on day 1 of the PDC conference in LA. For me Silverlight 4 was certainly the big topic of day 2. Scott Guthrie introduced Silverlight 4 during the keynote and showed some of the enhancements that are being introduced Read More...
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20 November 2009
PDC Day 1 – Windows Azure
Windows Azure was the big topic on day 1 of the PDC conference in LA. Ray Ozzie opened the conference with a keynote position Windows Azure and Microsoft’s “three screens and a cloud” vision . I particularly liked the introduction of SQL Azure Data Sync Read More...
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18 November 2009
Silverlight & Te Papa
It was 6 months ago to the day that I first wrote about a workshop that we ran in Wellington getting a group of likeminded designers & developers together to get hands on with Windows 7, Silverlight 3, WPF & Expression 3 preceding the launch of Read More...
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13 November 2009
Stop: It’s Hammer Time!
Microsoft New Zealand & Xbox 360 is pleased to welcome MC Hammer to New Zealand on November 12, 2009. MC Hammer is visiting Auckland to launch the new Xbox exclusive karaoke title Lips: Number One Hits, which features his chart topping smash hit U Read More...
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10 November 2009
Microsoft UNPLUGGED Update - December 2009
Join us in December 2009 for the latest Microsoft UNPLUGGED Update. Come to TechNet morning for IT Pros and/or afternoon MSDN sessions for Developers. TechNet Sessions for IT Pros: 9am – 12.30pm • Migrating Windows XP to Windows 7: Get it done with Microsoft Read More...
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04 November 2009
The Great New Zealand Internet Slow-Down
I have been having problems recently with my international Internet connection slowing down during peak times in the evening. Do you remember the bad old days when you got home from school/work and the modem couldn’t dial up your ISP because the line Read More...
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03 November 2009
The ONYAs Closing Soon
I’m very happy to announce that we (Microsoft NZ) has chosen to sponsor Webstock again in 2010. Once again there is a fantastic group of speakers set to visit our shores. This year the format is changing a little bit closing on the Friday night with “The Read More...
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13 October 2009
FTW IE6, IE7, IE8, Chrome and Firefox running together on Windows 7 in Windows XP Mode
When you buy Windows 7 (pro or ultimate) you get Windows XP "virtualized" for free. What this means that if you are web developer you can finally have IE6, IE7, IE8 all running alongside each other as hardware supported virtual applications. Take a trip Read More...
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