FrankFi's view of the world
Why “<!--[if gt IE 6]>” is so bad…
Hi… if you are doing HTML you are certainly aware of what the line in the subject means. Where it...
Author: FrankFi Date: 02/18/2009
When Microsoft started…
Hi… this is a cool video series about the history of Microsoft…...
Author: FrankFi Date: 02/12/2009
Students only – Get your hosted Windows Server for nearly NOTHING!!
Hi… wow, ever wanted to have your very own DEDICATED Windows Server hosted?? Your real own machine??...
Author: FrankFi Date: 01/29/2009
IE 8 is RCed
Hi… problably you noticed IE8 is RCed. As in every project getting into stage RC is a very important...
Author: FrankFi Date: 01/27/2009
Windows 7 – Loved Feature #2: RSS Backgrounds
Hi… it is a feature which will be loved by Photo-Enthusiasts, Parents, Grand-Parents, Marketing Guys...
Author: FrankFi Date: 01/26/2009
Dear Developer, get prepared for Windows 7 ;-)
Hi… the good news is: If you know Vista, you know the most about Windows 7. At least from a...
Author: FrankFi Date: 01/16/2009
Green IT… well, this is certainly green and IT…
Hi… it is CeBIT (www.cebit.de) time again. Well, times are rough, budgets tight. Last but not least...
Author: FrankFi Date: 01/14/2009
Small Basic… how cool is this…
Hi… I observed this tool quite some time now and it convinces me more every day. First download it...
Author: FrankFi Date: 01/12/2009
Windows 7 – Loved Features #1: Mathematics
Hi… ok, I studied Physics and as you can imagine all of my homeworks were full of formulas and...
Author: FrankFi Date: 01/09/2009
Game Development in Silverlight
Hi... I found a cool series of articles here...
Author: FrankFi Date: 12/19/2008
Celebrate the 20th anniversary... not your first!!
Hi... my father is a civil engineer and I will always remember when he celebrated the 20th...
Author: FrankFi Date: 12/01/2008
Two years of broken crypto
Hi... you all are still aware of the bug that had been introduced into Debian random key generation...
Author: FrankFi Date: 11/26/2008
MS Research
Hi... if you are interested in research in the field of software there is a must see:...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/31/2008
Social Network for Conferences
Hi... I was just a member of the panel during a discussion which took place at the Medientage in...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/30/2008
Ruby in the Cloud
Hi... what shall I say ... https://www.dotnetservicesruby.com/ CU 0xff
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/27/2008
PHP on Windows Whitepaper
Hi... my colleague Bernhard Frank just did an article on the topic and now there is a...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/27/2008
One of the brains behind MySpace at the XTOPIA
Hi... now we can announce it officially: Carl Dichter (Director of Systems Development, MySpace.com)...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/10/2008
XTOPIA T-Shirt Shop...
Hi... all the XTOPIA Fan really needs: T-Shirt, mugs, underpants... See...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/09/2008
XTOPIA Sign On Tour
Press Play to start ;-) Music by Roberto Winckler / Video by Oliver Scheer CU @ XTOPIA / TechSummit...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/09/2008
Cool SDK - Multitouch with webcam
Hi... if you ever wanted to play a bit with multitouch... well you only need a webcam to do so. You...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/09/2008
Configuring Firefox for Fiddler2 on Vista
Hi… if you use Fiddler2 (see https://www.fiddler2.com/Fiddler2/) which is a very cool web debugging...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/29/2008
Tagging on MSDN
Hi… you certainly already saw it… but if not YES, MSDN SUPPORTS TAGGING NOW!!! See...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/22/2008
IEAK for IE8 – Tweak your IE
Hi… a not so well known fact is that there is a toolset in place to tweak and deploy IE. For the IE8...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/19/2008
XTOPIA and Tech Summit – Early Bird Week
Hi… as we approach nearer and nearer to the event date we started to generate a bit more buzz ;-)...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/18/2008
Cool location, cool chairs…
Hi… today we received a load of boxes for the MTC (for more on the MTC see here...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/19/2008
Engineering Windows 7…and XTOPIA / TechSummit
Hi… you might have seen this blog https://blogs.msdn.com/e7/ where the Windows 7 Engineering Team...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/19/2008
Come and work for us!!!
Hi… you might have seen what my team does and you might have asked yourself – while reading our...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/18/2008
Why must any presentation be linear??
Hi… it is an often repeated prejudice that PowerPoint kills the art of rhetoric. Well, there is...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/15/2008
Changing the display resolution in a multi-monitor environment…
Hi… I use to work with my laptop in a docking station and an external monitor connected. Twice a day...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/13/2008
Microsoft in Germany – the EMIC
Hi… since 2003 we have a research and development facility in Aachen here in Germany. It is called...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/13/2008
On my way to MGX – Day 1…
Hi… MGX or Microsoft Global eXchange is a yearly conference in the US. It is done for the field...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/15/2008
360° Security Roadshow – Videos online
Hi… you can find the content of the 360° Security Roadshow here...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/07/2008
Seeing the farewell to Bill Gates…
…Yes, I work for Microsoft and I am proud of it. To be very honest he was one of the reasons I...
Author: FrankFi Date: 06/27/2008
XTOPIA and TechSummit
hi… Yieeepieeee… we finally made it!! Most of the times nobody can see the efforts that are...
Author: FrankFi Date: 06/19/2008
DirectX or the never ending story…
Hi… I did a directx webcast series long, long time ago ;-) That time there was no XNA and we did...
Author: FrankFi Date: 06/16/2008
Planted a tree…
Hi… I just planted my tree. Its name is a reminder of a place which was very influential in my life…...
Author: FrankFi Date: 06/10/2008
Is it AJAX or ARAX or APAX or APhAX or…
Hi… I just found this article...
Author: FrankFi Date: 06/09/2008
Startseite - Sonntag 2.0 @ mixxt
Hi… yes, we will try… our first mini-micro-nano-Barcamp. The real story behind it is interesting...
Author: FrankFi Date: 05/23/2008
XTOPIA and Facebook
Hi… those of you interested in the XTOPIA event can join our facebook group:...
Author: FrankFi Date: 05/21/2008
Next-Gen PC Design | Home
Hi... like last years there is a PC Design competition going on right now. One of the ideas I like a...
Author: FrankFi Date: 05/19/2008
XTOPIA…again!!!
Hi… can you feel the electricity in the air?? Yes, it is XTOPIA time again. This time we will...
Author: FrankFi Date: 05/17/2008
Make your own help videos…
Hi… since I was asked at a barcamp some time ago I kept an eye on a project called Community Clip...
Author: FrankFi Date: 04/29/2008
In my postbox today…
Hi… did you ever have a deja-vu … a flash back from years ??? I just had one… A colleague of mine –...
Author: FrankFi Date: 04/17/2008
Taking the Desktop Metaphor to the Web…???
Hi… I just saw an article on WebOSes. To give a short definition: Browser based “OS” which provides...
Author: FrankFi Date: 04/09/2008
Slides of Hasso-Plattner-Institute Talk
Hi… I just did a talk of Server computing (as a replacement of my manager) and you can find the...
Author: FrankFi Date: 04/07/2008
Secure Development Lifecycle and Web 2.0
Hi… I found this nice blog entry https://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/02/28/sdl-and-web-2-0.aspx...
Author: FrankFi Date: 04/02/2008
Evangelism explained
Hi... my title is "Manager Evangelism & Marketing Operations" and I am asked frequently what the...
Author: FrankFi Date: 03/11/2008
MyMSDN ... we care
Hi... as Microsoft Germany we decided to launch our local offering in a new fresher branding. The...
Author: FrankFi Date: 03/09/2008