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Monday, March 31, 2008 10:47 PM

Biggest Loser Weigh In - Wk 10

Easter struck! Good and solid! Not just me either - I did actually manage to lose 200g (w00t) but others either flattened out or put on up to a couple of kilos. So I'm still in 3rd, and only 3.86kgs from winning the comp. But with 2 weeks to go I'm gonna
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:21 AM

Remember to update your Windows Mobile Daylight Savings Time (DST) settings!!!!

Update using MSI or CAB (this updates PDA or Smartphone running WM5 or WM6).  For more information on the update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949168 (If you’re unsure – MSI is the easier update option.  Just have your phone connected
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:04 AM

Egg on my waistcoat

We'll we're in Brisbane, and as usual, the DPE team hit the ground running. This evening we went to Kabuki for a Teppanyaki dinner with the local Heroes Community Influencers. It was a great evening catching up with everyone, and watching the skill of
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:30 PM

Weigh-in Wk 8 & 9

Didn't get to blog about our weight-loss challenge last week, mainly because few made it to the weigh-in on Monday. But pretty much everyone was there this morning, and I'm still losing. That's despite a hectic travel schedule, ruining any chance of getting
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:00 PM

Embarking on the Long Road to TechEd08

For the last number of years, I've had a couple of points of input into TechEd in Australia. Primarily in the Mobility Track, and in the Microsoft Technology Showcase. 2 years ago, inspired by a similar session at our internal training conference, "TechReady"
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:56 AM

Up the Mighty Swan

Once all the demos were delivered, we were treated to an evening out on the Swan River. As you can see, we were treated like kings, cruising downstream with the magnetic views of Perth in the background. We reached the apex of the cruise at about sunset.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:51 AM

Preparing for Perth

I got into Perth this afternoon, and after a bite to eat, headed straight to the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. What a great location. Of course, the sound, vision, technical, and events crews were still in the process of "bumping in"
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:47 AM

The Value of Things

As a long time consultant and architect, I've often been in discussion which went along the line of: "Let's give the scoping (read: envisioning, designing, planning & I know these are all different artefacts) to our prospective client for free."
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Monday, March 17, 2008 10:36 PM

The Waistcoats of Rog42

They've initiated laughter, conversation, and not a few questions. They're not a new trend (some would argue not a trend at all), on the contrary most of them are a good decade old. They're colourful, silly, and epitomise my philosophy to life: "Life
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Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:58 PM

Blogging on an aeroplane

Even on my amazingly light and compact Toshiba R500, this is eminently possible in Economy on a long-haul flight. Eminently inconvenient on a short-haul flight. My display is dangerously jammed up against the reclined seat ahead, the keyboard angled over
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:20 PM

Heroes Happen Launch - Adelaide

We're in Adelaide, and it's HOT, HOT, HOT!!! Not only with the launch, but also the weather. 11th consecutive day of +35 deg C temperatures. Walking outside is like peering into a furnace. The summer that Sydney missed. Those of you following our exploits
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:48 PM

Wide Awake Developers: Steve Jobs Made Me Miss My Flight

I caught this blog as commented on Guy Kawasaki's Truemors Site. Not only do I empathise, I too have been a participant in the current US "war against terror" as conducted through Airport Security (check out this blog ), but I had to laugh.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:35 PM

Coming to Fruition

Some years ago, circa 2005, when I was an Infrastructure Consultant with MCS, I went with our Mobility Solution Specialist, Rick Anderson, down to Canberra to talk Defence about Windows Mobile 5. Back then we spoke about being evaluated by the DSD (Defence
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:28 PM

Adelaide here I come

It's been a hugely eventful week (check out what happened to our family last night) for me. Not least of which has been trying to come to grips with the Keynote Demo for the Adelaide Wave Launch. But most of us arrive tomorrow and have a jam-packed agenda:
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:20 PM

How Twitter makes it real

Another great article giving thoughtful consideration to this technology. I must admit, I personally find twitter more compelling than Facebook. BBC NEWS | Technology | How Twitter makes it real The author puts in an interesting thought about how Twitter
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:17 PM

Camera 'looks' through clothing

Just read this article, which is intriguing. Yet another example of Sci-Fi becoming Sci-Fact in my lifetime. BBC NEWS | Technology | Camera 'looks' through clothing Also just listened to a podcast with Johnny Lee , doing amazing things with the Wii Remote
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Monday, March 10, 2008 5:49 PM

Biggest Loser - Week 7

So I was disgruntled with my poor fare over the last two weeks and have really kicked up my game. This seems to be working with a healthy 1.3kg loss this week. This brings me to a total of 4.2kgs down, and a current weight of 104.4kg . Still not trending
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Monday, March 10, 2008 1:53 PM

We didn't get it....

Many of you will have heard of the Imagine Cup . The prestigious design and development competition for University Students. This is a massive competition, endorsed by UNESCO , with over 10 categories and teams from some 53 countries entering. Each country
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Monday, March 10, 2008 1:41 PM

Still Undecided about Vista? Missed the Virtual Roundtable?

Watch the on demand replay! Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich recently hosted a live, interactive virtual roundtable broadcast on Windows Vista adoption and deployment. Mark and a panel of independent industry experts and IT
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Friday, March 07, 2008 11:11 PM

Great minds

This evening I watched the Guy Kawasaki & Steve Ballmer Keynote , to discover that SteveB uses the same laptop as I do... That's right, the Toshiba Portege R500 (a.k.a. the "Rapier") Check out the Keynote, and watch Steve interact with Guy
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Friday, March 07, 2008 10:53 PM

An amazing week for Mobility

Well, when they said the announcements at Mix08 would blow us away, they weren't wrong.... I'm excited about all of the mobility announcements. It's clear that the Internet, Social Networking, and Gen "C" is combining and extending to the most
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:07 PM

MIX08 - my interests

It seems half of our team is at Mix08 in Las Vegas (which somehow sounds a little better than Seattle - can't put my finger on it) and I'm actually excited about this event. Probably for the first time ever. I mean, I'm always interested, but this time
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:10 PM

Where will Windows Mobile take you?

No, no, this is not about the Windows Mobile 6 campaign, which could take you to one of the wonders of the world... Rather it's about the i-mate Ultimate promotion * As quoted by i-mate: i-mate’s Ultimate experience – call for applicants i-mate
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 7:40 PM

Slice thinly now

Anyone seen the IE8 Readiness Toolkit yet? I believe it's all about Web Slices... R 42
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 7:18 PM

Sharepoint in SA (South Australia)

Loving all the work that Daniel Brown and his compadre's are doing around Sharepoint in Adelaide. This month, apart from taking part in the Heroes Happen Launch (shameless plug), they're hosting a Networking Event at the Pasta Palace. If you are in Adelaide
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:11 AM

More Mobile Goodness

The news tonight is Microsoft and Nokia have made a surprising deal to use Silverlight on the Nokia handsets ... wow that will see lots of quick adoption. Thanks to James McCutcheon our Mobility MVP, of J3 fame for that tidbit... R 42
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:59 PM

Heroes Happen Launch - Take Two

So I'm here at Melbourne with the second iteration of the Heroes Happens Launch, and if anything, I'm enjoying it more than Sydney. Last week I spent much of my time chatting to our MVP's, Usergroup Leaders and customers. And although I've been meeting
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:28 PM

MS Biggest Loser weeks 5 and 6

It's been a couple of weeks since I blogged about this. Yep, Launch Road Shows will do that to you. So how're we going, last week the seven of us weighed in at 802.6kg!! Oh, so close. This week, we're at 796.6kg Yee-ha!! We've dropped below the 800kg
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