May 2008 - Posts

Managed Services Engine CTP up
31 May 08 05:52 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

For those of you that went to the Feb ArcReady series, Chris Madrid just let me know that there's a new CTP for the Managed Services engine.  You can see what's new and how to use it at http://www.codeplex.com/servicesengine .  Read More...

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Austin and Houston ArcReadys
31 May 08 05:52 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Sorry, Austin - I forgot to put up the post I promised in case you wanted to send additional discussion points or feedback.  The Houston group reminded me that I needed to do it, and I'll point the Dallas group here as well.  As an additional Read More...

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SharePoint Training
31 May 08 05:49 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I've been slacking on my SharePoint posts.  Midi (the organizer for our Sleepless in Dallas development event) sent me the information on a new series of webcasts.  There are some really good topics in there! 21-May-08 Introduction to SharePoint Read More...

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Robotics Studio
30 May 08 05:53 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

For Show #7 , I wanted to talk just a bit about Robotics Studio.  I've been doing a number of talks around it, but I wanted to let those who haven't been able to make it to the launches, TechFests, CodeCamps and other events hear just a bit about Read More...

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It's not the Cloud, it's the Fog
29 May 08 05:54 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

For Show #6 , I wanted to talk a bit about the subject of Cloud computing.  I just got off of a month of events where one of the primary items of discussion was always that topic.  As someone who enjoys working with local processing power, I Read More...

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Personalities
29 May 08 05:54 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Tess was watching some old shows of Xena, and I walked by.  What's that got to do with the post?  I could have sworn I heard Morgan Sheppard's voice on the show, though a quick check on IMDB informed me I'm wrong.  That got me to thinking.  Read More...

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This one's to remind me about the Cons
22 May 08 05:56 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I just saw that Steve Jackson Games (I remember meeting him for the first time in Meridian MS - Car Wars and LARPs were king back then) is keeping track of cons.  I used to keep track of some of the major ones through my Analog subscription but due Read More...

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He said it
22 May 08 05:55 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I normally try not to do too many link posts, but Hugh has it exactly right. (If you're not following him, go subscribe right now.  gapingvoid isn't always totally financial institution work safe, but it's always fun, irreverent, and more consistently Read More...

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ArcReady Web Scalability and Usability slides
20 May 08 05:56 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I've been asked by a couple of people where to find the slides.  Clint has been kind enough to upload them to Slideshare.com - you can find them at http://www.slideshare.net/clintedmonson Read More...

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Startup Weekend
19 May 08 05:58 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I attended Startup Weekend the past couple of days down in San Antonio, and had a blast.  Just wanted to comment on the event on Today's 5 Minutes of Innovation. You can see some of what went on http://sanantonio.startupweekend.com/ - the streaming Read More...

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Maker Faire Austin Town Hall
18 May 08 06:00 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Just a note - the Austin Maker Faire Town Hall is happening Sunday, June 1st at La Madeline on 35th and Lamar in Austin.  I'm going to be there, look forward to as many people as can make it being there as well.  This year should be a breakout Read More...

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Frog Design helps Augmented Reality Visions
17 May 08 06:01 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Instead of needing a huge motion capture studio to map people to shared realities, Frog Design is working on a mask to both convert the world you live in to one more to your liking (at least on the surface.)  It's a slightly different take on the Read More...

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Unified Communications
17 May 08 06:01 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I was going to hold this until I got my UC hardware phone, but things are just not lining up.  See my comments on Unified communications and some (degraded for recording) experiences with the RoundTable web camera at Show #4 . Technorati Tags: Unified Read More...

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Sorry for no "Where's Phil" this week.
16 May 08 06:02 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I'll have to supplement it with "Where's Phil" for the weekend.  I'm at Startup Weekend today and Sunday, but I'll be presenting on Robotics Studio Saturday (tomorrow) morning, bright and early at 9.  I've worked on the Bluetooth strength, Read More...

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Worldwide Telescope Spring Beta Released
13 May 08 06:04 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

There have been a lot of people asking me when they were going to be able to get a copy, the answer is right now.  The Research guys just released it, you can find the download at http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/experienceIt/ExperienceIt.aspx There Read More...

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Another Micro Framework book out
13 May 08 06:03 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

I've had this up in a browser tab since Sunday - haven't managed to blog it yet.  Amazon has it at http://www.amazon.com/Expert-NET-Micro-Framework/dp/159059973X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207137527&sr=8-1 , and if you're on the Read More...

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I'll take two of them
13 May 08 06:03 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Video from the Maker Faire for the Wall-E automata.  http://gizmodo.com/search/wall_e   Evidently it's going to be $190 so that will probably bump back to just one (though I really would love to have a spare for replacement parts since I know Read More...

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Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint Developer User Guide Released
12 May 08 06:06 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

(Wow, that's a long title) I always get a lot of questions around how to develop with SharePoint.  The team that's been releasing the VS extensions for SharePoint have just released a developer user guide with about 200 pages of information on the Read More...

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i-nigma for Windows Mobile
12 May 08 06:05 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Running on fumes a bit (been here at the office for 25 of the last 34 hours doing events) but I did want to ensure I got this out.  We've been doing Mobility Day today, covering scenarios for doing mobile development and tools and capabilities that Read More...

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XNA 3.0 CTP now out
07 May 08 06:07 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

Just announced on the XNA team blog - the XNA 3.0 CTP is now out - you will need to tell your Zune software to update to 2.5 (I had to manually tell mine to look for an update) before you start writing your Zune games, but it's ready to go!  Just Read More...

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I think someone has been reading "The Ungoverned"
02 May 08 06:09 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

IEEE Spectrum has an article on the concern that some in the military have of "Trap Doors" in their hardware - but not in the software.  They're discussing the challenges of keeping a system secure when significant amounts of control logic Read More...

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SF Maker Faire is setting up.
02 May 08 06:08 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

There's some good shots of the setup for the SF Maker Faire this weekend.  Head over to http://makerfaire.com/ and see if you can get some inspiration for the upcoming Austin Maker Faire (Oct 18th and 19th.)  Don't delay as presenter trials Read More...

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Robotics Studio Wiki
02 May 08 06:08 PM | PhilWh | 0 Comments   

If you're working on RoboChallenge Competitions (or any other Robotics project for that matter) you'll probably be interested in the Channel9 Robotics Studio Wiki - http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.MSRoboticsStudio Technorati Tags: Read More...

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