Nigel Parker's Outside Line

Juxtaposing the web, media and mobile for New Zealand developers.

2013: The amazing year that was

It's that time of year again where I write and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year....

Author: nparker Date: 12/25/2013

Apply for two of the BEST JOBS IN NEW ZEALAND!

More than 8 years ago, before the iPhone, before Twitter, before Facebook, before digital cameras...

Author: nparker Date: 07/07/2013

So I Sold My Surface…

Now I wouldn’t normally consider this sort of thing news worthy but I guess others have so I...

Author: nparker Date: 03/13/2013

8 years on the ship

In two months time I will have been eight years in the DPE team at Microsoft New Zealand. During...

Author: nparker Date: 01/16/2013

I’m internalising a really complex situation...

I have just had one of those eureka moments sitting by the pool in Fiji relaxing in the sun, so I...

Author: nparker Date: 11/28/2012

Be What’s Next

Having just completed my seventh year as a technology evangelist in New Zealand it is easy to lose...

Author: nparker Date: 04/02/2012

Webstock 2012 Less Than A Month Away

It has been almost 6 years since the first Webstock in Wellington, and I still remember fondly the...

Author: nparker Date: 01/16/2012

WebMatrix Start Building Better Websites

Since the launch of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer there have been almost 2 million downloads...

Author: nparker Date: 11/24/2011

ASP.NET vNext

Previously Mike wrote a great editorial about all things //BUILD I'd like to re-iterate that...

Author: nparker Date: 10/20/2011

WDCNZ–HTML Media: Where We Are & Where We Need To Go

Last week I presented at WDCNZ in Wellington with Chris Double (Auckland based Mozilla Developer who...

Author: nparker Date: 07/17/2011

Adobe Issues Flash Player Fix for IE9 Users Experiencing Issues

Last week Adobe broke the Internet. What they did was push an upgrade to their Flash plugin to...

Author: nparker Date: 05/29/2011

Release an App for Windows Phone 7 in 7 Days for a Chance to Win a New HTC 7 Trophy Phone

UPDATE: Congratulations to Arraybracket Limited – Fill ‘Er Up for winning the random...

Author: nparker Date: 05/15/2011

The Great Kiwi Windows Azure Competition

The Problem: Lots of kiwi developers are signing up to try Windows Azure but are not actually...

Author: nparker Date: 05/01/2011

5 Things You Need to Know to Start Using Video and Audio Today

I have just finished giving my presentation at MIX11 on HTML5 Video and Audio. I enjoyed the session...

Author: nparker Date: 04/14/2011

Awesome-sauce MIX 11 Day Two

Author: nparker Date: 04/14/2011

2011 MICROSOFT IMAGINE CUP FESTIVAL, AUCKLAND, 12th APRIL (Next Tuesday)

2011 MICROSOFT IMAGINE CUP FESTIVAL AUCKLAND, 12th APRIL Join us at the 2011 Microsoft Imagine Cup...

Author: nparker Date: 04/04/2011

Auckland Startup Weekend #AKLSW April 1-3

I want to call out what an awesome job Mike did with NZ’s first Startup Weekend #AKLSW. He was...

Author: nparker Date: 04/03/2011

MSDN Unplugged Web Session Full Length Video

Author: nparker Date: 03/23/2011

MSDN Unplugged - The Unnamed Package of Web Love

I previously posted the links to all the demos that I gave during my unplugged talk around New...

Author: nparker Date: 03/21/2011

Resources for NZ WP7 Developers

I must admit there are some very nice apps starting to turn up in marketplace built by NZ devs. Some...

Author: nparker Date: 03/20/2011

Unplugged Web Session

UPDATE: I have posted the slide deck and session videos to...

Author: nparker Date: 03/13/2011

MSDN Unplugged Developer Events Around New Zealand Next Week

I am hitting the road next week with Mike to present two developer sessions around the country. As I...

Author: nparker Date: 03/08/2011

The Mixing Room–Te Papa

Last week when I was down in Wellington for the ONYAs (Congratulations Keith!) I visited Te Papa to...

Author: nparker Date: 02/27/2011

NZ MSDN Flash: The Unnamed Package of Web Love

I have written the first MSDN Flash editorial of the year. Subscribe to the newsletter if you...

Author: nparker Date: 01/23/2011

Using Windows Azure with Windows Phone 7, HTML5 and iPhone

Since the launch of Windows Phone 7 and while I was down at the iDev conference in Christchurch I am...

Author: nparker Date: 01/18/2011

Looking Back Over the Last 100+ Days

Today is my last day acting in the team lead role and I want to share some of the insights and...

Author: nparker Date: 12/23/2010

Merry Christmas

Ben Gracewood's Year of Love post kicked me into action to post my own Christmas message. Ben wrote:...

Author: nparker Date: 12/21/2010

Road to 100 Windows Phone 7 Applications Built by New Zealand Developers

As we wrap up the year I’m happy at how NZ developers have taken to the new Windows Phone 7...

Author: nparker Date: 12/21/2010

IE9 Platform Preview 7 Available for Developers Today

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been tuning the JavaScript engine for more of the patterns we’ve...

Author: nparker Date: 11/17/2010

SilverStripe first open source web app to become Microsoft Certified

In July 2008 I spent a day at the Open Source Lab at Microsoft in the USA. This got me thinking of...

Author: nparker Date: 11/16/2010

PDC 2010 Live from the Microsoft Redmond Campus Tomorrow 5am!

The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) kicks off tomorrow morning and we would like...

Author: nparker Date: 10/27/2010

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