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Rob's Last Stand: XNA, Microsoft Robotics Studio, 360s, Wiis, and Dancing Robots

Talk Abstract: By day, he's helped mild-mannered developers build n -tiered architectures using .NET technologies. But by night, the real Rob comes out. The one that works endlessly - nay, furiously - with XNA and the Microsoft Robotics Studio. And now, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:32 PM by robburke | 3 Comments

Dublin Event, May 28th: Windows Server 2008 Jumpstart

There are some exciting things coming for developers in Windows Server 2008 , which recently reached Beta 3 under its codename Longhorn Server. If you're able to reach Dublin next Monday, you may be interested in the upcoming Longhorn Server Jumpstart Read More...
Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 1:07 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Dev.Live.com gets a Facelift

I was looking up some information about one of the Windows Live services (Custom Domains, specifically) and noticed they've completely re-vamped the Windows Live for Developers site. If you haven't visited, that's the "one link to rule them all" I have Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:31 AM by robburke | 0 Comments

Silverlight Developer Resource-a-rama

I've been absorbing Silverlight from the perspective of a developer who wants to use .NET code to build Silverlight applications. Here are the most useful resources I've found this week: 0. The Documentation Silverlight alpha documentation and samples Read More...
Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 1:10 PM by robburke | 9 Comments

MIX07 Welcome Swag

Swag found in my MIX07 Welcome Pack: 1 Silverlight / Mix07 T-Shirt (obligatory) 1 copy Vista Ultimate (cool) 1 copy Expression Studio (double cool!!) 3 coloured "discipline" armbands to identify the like-minded at MIX (Blue=Developer, Green=Business, Read More...
Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 7:02 AM by robburke | 8 Comments

Microsoft Ireland's Imagine Cup winners announced this evening

I've just returned from the first Microsoft Ireland finals of the Imagine Cup , an annual international student competition hosted by Microsoft. The theme of the Imagine Cup competition this year is "Imagine a world where technology enables a better education Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:23 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Adventures in XNA 6: A Wii Flock of Boids

Here's a flock of butterflies, brought to you in XNA, which can soar around their environment with the help of the Wii controller. By tilting and rolling the Wiimote, you can control the flight of the lead butterfly. The rest of the flock sticks together, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:43 PM by robburke | 8 Comments

Tá ocras ar an Orcas: Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 available

I'm working on two projects in the evenings: One is an XNA app (no surprises there), and the other is a Live Messenger bot that is going to integrate the DotMSN bot library , WCF, WF, SQL2005 and more. I've been building that second project with the March Read More...
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007 10:41 AM by robburke | 8 Comments

Microsoft Robotics Studio, and teaching robotics north of the arctic circle

I was excited to see a good friend, Mona, start blogging about her experience running a science center located north of the arctic circle. It's fascinating reading. They're designing interactive exhibits and experiments: everything from visualizing DNA Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:12 AM by robburke | 1 Comments

Sliverlight (nee WPF/E)

That's quite pretty. Here's more on SilverLight , the technology formerly known as WPF/E. "If you'd just shown that logo to me, I wouldn't have thought it was Microsoft." That's pretty high praise, given who it came from... Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:35 AM by robburke | 8 Comments

MSDN Flash Ireland - International Resources - 11 Apr 2007

Evaluation Center Experience the New MSDN Evaluation Center The new central location to register to download trial software. Receive updates during the evaluation period and enjoy a set of technical resources put together to enhance your evaluation experience. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:29 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Codeplex Achievement Points?

I'm a huge fan of XBox Live Achievement Points . (In fact, Siofra uses another term to describe my undying devotion to unlocking achievements in XBox games.) If you don't play XBox 360 online, think of Achievement Points as a "currency of kudos." They're Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 3:31 PM by robburke | 7 Comments

What developer technologies are you experimenting with?

I'm curious to hear which developer technologies (both from Microsoft and everyone else) you've checked out recently. As you can see from my blog, I spent a good bit of time last month playing with XNA and was very impressed. I've recently been splitting Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:02 AM by robburke | 5 Comments
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Team Foundation Server and Team System: Presents and Futures

These are interesting times for development teams who are using Team System and Team Foundation Server for source control, project lifecycle management, process management and collaboration. TeamPlain: Web-based Access to Team Foundation Server Yesterday, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:28 PM by robburke | 0 Comments

WPF/E - Martha Rotter in Belfast and Dublin

Martha Rotter from the WPF/E team is presenting in Belfast tonight and Dublin tomorrow. You're going to be hearing a lot about the technology codenamed " Windows Presentation Foundation / Everywhere " at the upcoming Mix07 conference, and this is the Read More...
Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 1:45 PM by robburke | 0 Comments
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