Nigel Parker's Outside Line
Juxtaposing the web, media and mobile for New Zealand developers.
Silverlight 3 + Expression 3 Launch
I previously blogged about the release of Silverlight 3. Today I want to expand on this and talk...
Author: nparker Date: 07/23/2009
TBWA, adidas, the ALL BLACKS and Photosynth
TBWA have teamed up with adidas to launch the 2009 All Black jersey with a new campaign. This...
Author: nparker Date: 07/16/2009
Silverlight 3 Released
Silverlight 3 was released to the web today along with it a new release candidate build of...
Author: nparker Date: 07/10/2009
Bing Photo Contest
I’m enjoying watching the social dynamics of the bing photo contest play out. Some photos are...
Author: nparker Date: 07/04/2009
Wellington Code Camp Completed, SharePoint Conference Tomorrow
This week the MSDN Flash is all about spreading the word of three awesome community run events past...
Author: nparker Date: 06/30/2009
Yellow Maps
The dynamics between Google and Yellow is certainly an interesting one to watch as their business...
Author: nparker Date: 06/14/2009
GOVIS09 Videos Making Windows Media Streaming work Cross Platform.
It is funny the things that can start on Twitter these days. Take this Twitter conversation between...
Author: nparker Date: 06/11/2009
UNPLUGGED – Building Line of Business Applications with Silverlight 3
I have previously written about the UNPLUGGED road trip that Mike, Nathan and I have been on. I also...
Author: nparker Date: 06/02/2009
Microsoft UNPLUGGED
Last week we kicked of the Microsoft UNPLUGGED Road show visiting locations around New Zealand...
Author: nparker Date: 06/02/2009
Expression For Art’s Sake – 3 1/2 Day Silverlight 3 Camp – Wellington, NZ
There’s no better way to try a new technology than getting people together to learn, share and build...
Author: nparker Date: 05/18/2009
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4 Beta 1 Available Now
Today Soma announced that VS 2010 and .Net FX 4 Beta 1 is available to MSDN and Technet subscribers....
Author: nparker Date: 05/18/2009
Tech.Ed New Zealand Tickets Selling Fast!
Tickets for Tech.Ed New Zealand went on sale first thing this morning. By lunchtime 56% of the early...
Author: nparker Date: 05/17/2009
NZsynth – How It Was Done
Previously I wrote and demoed the NZsynth application that was built for the WEB09 keynote. This...
Author: nparker Date: 05/15/2009
NZsynth and WEB09
It started as a conversation I was having with Brett Roberts regarding options for promoting NZ...
Author: nparker Date: 05/12/2009
Update on Silverstripe and the WebPI
In March I wrote about SilverStripe and the work that we had done with them to add them to the...
Author: nparker Date: 05/11/2009
Tech.Ed ANZ Call For Content
The Tech•Ed 2009 season kicks off this week in LA, and the show comes to Australia and New Zealand...
Author: nparker Date: 05/10/2009
ROAD TRIP! MSDN Unplugged Coming to a Town Near You
Join us for the May - June 2009 UNPLUGGED Roadshow as we visit locations around New Zealand...
Author: nparker Date: 05/10/2009
ACP Media Development Leads To Pure Direction
I have been working with the team at ACP Media for a couple of years and finally at the Expression...
Author: nparker Date: 05/04/2009
WEB09 - ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Challenge
This is the first of a few posts that I am making on WEB09 in Auckland and the 'Expression For Art’s...
Author: nparker Date: 04/29/2009
Come see Tim Heuer present Silverlight 3 and .NET RIA Services Wednesday night in Wellington.
Following WEB09.org last week in Auckland the team is down in Wellington. On Wednesday night Tim...
Author: nparker Date: 04/20/2009
Mix09 Keynote Video Shown At Auckland Web Meetup
As promised here is the MIX09 Keynote Highlight video that I showed at the Auckland Web Meetup MIX09...
Author: nparker Date: 03/26/2009
Internet Explorer 8 Released, IE6 down 8.8% in NZ in 8 Months.
Do you remember what you were doing when the planes hit the buildings in New York, September 11th...
Author: nparker Date: 03/25/2009
Intergen, Buttercups and Silverlight Accessibility.
It seems fitting with Coldplay being in Auckland last week and Yellow producing a custom version of...
Author: nparker Date: 03/25/2009
MIX09 Sessions Available Now!
Take a trip over to https://sessions.visitmix.com/MIX09 and you can watch and download the 122...
Author: nparker Date: 03/19/2009
MIX09 Day 1 Keynote
I woke up super early this morning and watched the MIX keynote live (Here are my live tweets). I...
Author: nparker Date: 03/18/2009
DeepZoom-Tastic
I have been blogging since MIX last year about DeepZoom as a killer feature inside of Silverlight 2....
Author: nparker Date: 03/18/2009
Yellow, BLACKCAPS First to Build and Deploy on IE8 in New Zealand.
Back in November I blogged about “Customising IE8 To Drive Users to Your Website”. Despite the final...
Author: nparker Date: 03/16/2009
IIS Smooth Streaming Available Now
Smooth Streaming dynamically detects current network and local PC conditions, and seamlessly...
Author: nparker Date: 03/01/2009
MSDN Flash - Web 09: It's about User Experience, and the tools to create it.
Software developer and entrepreneur John Ballinger has been running the Auckland Web Meetup for the...
Author: nparker Date: 02/26/2009
Louis Vuitton Pacific Series 2009 Auckland New Zealand – The Silverlight Story
Introducing https://lvps09.com … It is not everyday that the best sailors on the planet set up...
Author: nparker Date: 02/03/2009
Sneak Peak of the Windows 7 MSDN Flash Newsletter.
If you’ve been missing these updates previously subscribe to MSDN Flash... If you have disconnected...
Author: nparker Date: 01/13/2009
Windows 7 Beta Get It Now Before Everyone Else!
The beta version of Windows 7 can be downloaded today by MSDN and TechNet customers from your...
Author: nparker Date: 01/08/2009
MSDN Flash Christmas Special
Welcome to the MSDN Flash Christmas Special, If you’ve been missing these updates previously...
Author: nparker Date: 12/14/2008
Live Services Jumpstart – Day 1 Morning Session
As mentioned previously I am over at the Live Services Jumpstart Training in Sydney this week along...
Author: nparker Date: 12/07/2008
Deep Zoom Photographs
Back in May I delivered a session titled “MIX08: A Developers Perspective” where I first showed the...
Author: nparker Date: 11/16/2008
Customising IE8 to Drive Users to Your Website
I have been running IE8 as my default browser since Beta 2 was released a few months ago and I have...
Author: nparker Date: 11/12/2008
Artist in Residence Melbourne Dec 1-5
Michael Kordahi and Shane Morris are holding an Artist in Resident (AiR) in Melbourne from Dec 1-5....
Author: nparker Date: 11/03/2008
WCF REST Starter Kit
The WCF REST Starter Kit CTP is a set of features, Visual Studio templates, samples and guidance...
Author: nparker Date: 10/30/2008
Oomph: A Microformats Toolkit
The Oomph A Microformats Toolkit session is taking place right now at PDC. With the momentum of...
Author: nparker Date: 10/29/2008
Live Platform Jumpstart 2009 in Sydney 8th-9th of December 2008
At PDC 2008 this week, we announced a new way to program Live Services, the Live Framework (in CTP)....
Author: nparker Date: 10/29/2008
Day 3 PDC Microsoft Research Rules the Roost
Reading tweets and Scott’s WOW blog post this morning perked my interest in what was shown at PDC...
Author: nparker Date: 10/29/2008
WPF/ Silverlight Control Toolkit - Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP
In today’s PDC keynote theGu announced a new control suite for Silverlight 2 and WPF. The...
Author: nparker Date: 10/28/2008
November Events Christchurch, Wellington & Auckland
November MSDN UNPLUGGED Update - Double Sessions Since July I have delivered 46 sessions to more...
Author: nparker Date: 10/27/2008