frankarr - an aussie microsoft blogger
Ponderings from the Pacific Northwest by an Aussie Geek who works at a software company
Next week is looking extra busy
Doing some calendar maintenance and looking at next week it's pretty full because we have 2 BIG...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/10/2007
wow - everyone wants to talk to me again
The last few days have been pretty hectic for me. And there's been a recurring theme - Silverlight....
Author: frankarr Date: 05/10/2007
Announcing Visual Studio integration in new version of Ruby.NET
Got the latest news from the team working on the Gardens Point Ruby.NET compiler From: Wayne Kelly...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/07/2007
First we MIX, then we ReMIX
25th & 26th June 2007 @ Melbourne | More Info Technorati tags: Mix07, auremix07, ReMix07,...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/07/2007
When good signs go bad
As I walked out of the lift this morning, I saw... I couldn't resist. See my early post - Sign O'...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/06/2007
NYT: A Media PC That Can Stand Up Next to the Television
Excerpt from New York Times Article:A Media PC That Can Stand Up Next to the...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/05/2007
AASG : Tech Ed Australia 07 Countdown Gadget (OMG 94 Days to go)
Security dude, and all round good guy, Rocky Heckman has pulled together a neat little countdown...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/04/2007
Happy Star Wars Day
Rob Farley IM'd me wishing me a Happy Star Wars Day. Thank Rob May 4th is often known as 'Star Wars...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/03/2007
Slides from my Search Engine Room Presentation
I've been meaning to upload my slides from my panel session from Search Engine Room : Blog Marketing...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/03/2007
Hello to attendees of Frocomm's 2nd Annual Public Relations & Corporate Communications Summit
The title says it all. Welcome if you were an attendee of Frocomm's 2nd Annual Public Relations...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/03/2007
Microsoft Silverlight DreamScenes
I saw the post by Brandon LeBlanc - Download Microsoft Silverlight DreamScenes for your desktop!,...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/30/2007
Subsonic : All your database are belong to us
During my travels, I caught up with Brenton Webster (dude, no blog?), who put me onto Subsonic....
Author: frankarr Date: 04/29/2007
What's on my Palm Treo 750?
I've had my Palm for a few months now and I still love my Palm Treo 750 ! It's travelled to the US...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/29/2007
CeBIT 2007 comes to Sydney, and unveils the BloggerZone
CeBIT opens next week in Sydney -I know because I had about a dozen phone calls and countless emails...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/27/2007
Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007 Really Works
Overnight, I had Unified Messaging enabled on my Exchange Server 2007 mailbox. This morning I came...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/27/2007
Quantify the unquantifiable
Recently, there were a series of Dilbert strips that really struck a cord - They were 3/31, 4/02,...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/25/2007
Lest We Forget
ANZAC Day, 25 April, is the day Australians remember the original landing on Gallipoli in 1915....
Author: frankarr Date: 04/24/2007
Me at the Public Relations and Corporate Communications Summit 2007 ?
Next week, I am participating in a panel at the 2nd Annual Public Relations & Corporate...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/24/2007
IE7Pro : An ultimate Add-On for IE7
I've been using IE7Pro for a few weeks and I really really like it. Some would say it brings some of...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/24/2007
Playing well with others ?
One of the things we have been doing over the last few years is reaching out to folks from different...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/23/2007
Back after what seems like an eternity...
Today sees me back in the office after a trip to the US with my family. The trip was part holiday...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/22/2007
Disappearing for a while
It's school holiday time now in NSW, so I am taking some time off and going away with the family.I...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/05/2007
Passed 300 connections on LinkedIn
There's be a flurry of LinkedIn invites over the past few days I went and looked at my 'network' and...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/05/2007
Mashup Virtual Earth with Twitter and you get twitterearth
We're all mad about twitter at the moment - well I am anyways. Inspired by the awesome...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/03/2007
Get a Windwall jacket, come along to MEDC ANZ too
The first 200 paid standard or student registrations made on or before 27th April 2007 will be...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/03/2007
Expression and MSDN : You Say, We Do
Soma made the announcement today "I am pleased to say that we will be making Expression Web...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/03/2007
More good stuff following from CodeCampOz
My aggregator's full of praise for CodeCampOz from attendees Some more, in no Back from Code Camp Oz...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/03/2007
AASG : Australian Weather Radar gadget
Got the following email this afternoon -----Original Message-----From: david gardinerSent: Tuesday,...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/03/2007
New Aussie MVPs awarded
Been checking my feeds this morning and I see that there have been some new Aussie MVPs awarded....
Author: frankarr Date: 04/01/2007
Lots of good stuff from CodeCampOz
CodeCampOZ 2007 was on this weekend in Wagga Wagga at the Charles Sturt University campus. I'm...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/01/2007
OneNote Calendar : Way Cool Tool !
I love this app. https://www.gottabemobile.com/GottaBeMobileSoftwareInkShowOneNoteCalendar.aspx...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/31/2007
The next TechTalkBlogs Guest Editors are a talented trio.
Ok, I have played with this long enough. Time to break the news about the new Guest Editors on...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/30/2007
sub-domains on IIS ?
I had a call from a person, who shall remain nameless, who had a question about sub-domains on IIS,...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/30/2007
MIX07 : You Going ?
M sMossyBlog MichaelKordah I u X e Bloke Technorati tags: Mix07
Author: frankarr Date: 03/29/2007
The new editors on TechTalkBlogs are...
going to be announced real soon ;)
Author: frankarr Date: 03/29/2007
The Age of User Experience coming to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne
Shane Morris has the news about the Age of User Experience tour to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne....
Author: frankarr Date: 03/28/2007
The Microsoft Development Tools Roadmap
via Michael Coates - Microsoft Pragmatic Evangelist We just published our development tools roadmap...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/28/2007
Palm Announces Update to Windows Mobile 6 for Treo 750
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - I love my Palm Treo 750 ! It has been a faithful...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/28/2007
TechTalkBlogs : Time To Go....
It's that time of the year. The leaves are changing, the clocks have gone back an hour and we will...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/27/2007
Dino Esposito is coming back down under : Solid Quality ASP.NET—Advanced Topics including AJAX (5 days)
Want to create serious AJAX-based applications using ASP.NET Ajax ? Dino Esposito is coming down...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/26/2007
Dr. Wayne on Ruby.NET
Nick "ProGeek" Hodge has been busy - The Geek Stories: Kevin Richardson; Future of Learning, The...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/26/2007
Softies on Rails - Ruby on Rails for .NET Developers
Last week Microsoft bought drinks for a bunch of the webDU Attendees. It was a good night. I got...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/26/2007
NYT: Slow Down, Brave Multitasker, and Don't Read This in Traffic
Excerpt from New York Times Article: Slow Down, Brave Multitasker, and Don’t Read This in...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/24/2007
Wonderful WPF Apps : Thoughtex
It's been a while since I featued cool WPF Apps. Joseph Cooney has been working on a WPF Project...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/24/2007
NYT: The Size of a Paperback and Most of the Functions of a Real PC
1024x768 Clean false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Excerpt from New...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/24/2007
A workaround to activation on Windows Vista ?
I got an email recently from Jeff Headley, Solution Architect at KAZ, regarding an article...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/22/2007