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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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 11/24/2011
ASP.NET vNext
Previously Mike wrote a great editorial about all things //BUILD I'd like to re-iterate that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 04/14/2011
Awesome-sauce MIX 11 Day Two
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...
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...
Date: 04/03/2011
MSDN Unplugged Web Session Full Length Video
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...
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...
Date: 03/20/2011
Unplugged Web Session
UPDATE: I have posted the slide deck and session videos to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 10/27/2010