Microsoft Ireland Blog
Microsoft Ireland Podcast: Episode 1 - Silverlight
For the first episode of our weekly podcast, I answer frequently asked questions about Silverlight...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/08/2008
New Feature: Microsoft Ireland Weekly Podcasts
That's right - now you get to hear my lovely voice every week. Each week I'll be bringing you...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/08/2008
IMTC 2008: Day One Review
I am still trying to recover from the 3rd annual Irish Microsoft Technology Conference. ...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/06/2008
Last chance to register for the Irish Microsoft Technology Conference 2008!
Looking forward to heading along to the opening of the Irish Microsoft Technology Conference later...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 04/02/2008
Community Launch Kits - in the post!
The vast majority of the Community Launch 2008 kits were sent out in the last two weeks. We have...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 04/02/2008
Introduction to DeepZoom via PhotoZoom
One of the things I'm going to be talking about at my session at the IMTC, or Irish Microsoft...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/01/2008
Silverlight Rehab - Coming Soon to a City Near You!
I'm on a roll posting videos today, but I just can't help myself, there's a lot of great content to...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/31/2008
Silverlight Accessibility Update with Mark Rideout
One of the questions I get asked frequently about Silverlight is what is its accessibility...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/31/2008
IWTC 2008 Keynote: Fergus Burns
With apologies for getting this up so late and for the camera work (in retrospect, this was probably...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/31/2008
Irish Microsoft Technology Conference Lands Next Week!
If you haven't heard yet, for the third year in a row, Dublin is hosting the Irish Microsoft...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/27/2008
Cool new little teaser for the IMTC!
I'm really liking this neat little teaser for the upcoming Irish Microsoft Technology Conference...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/26/2008
Bird's Eye View of Irish cities now available in Live Maps
Check out http://maps.live.com to see the new bird's eye view of some of Ireland's cities and towns....
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/25/2008
Teamprise 3.0 ships - congratulations Martin & everyone else at Teamprise!
Many of you know Martin Woodward, VSTS MVP and recent presenter at the Launch 2008 showcase in the...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/21/2008
Dublin VS 2008 launch - screencast of my LINQ demo
If you missed the Dublin launch of Visual Studio 2008 in Tripod on March 11th, or if you just want a...
Author: ronang Date: 03/21/2008
Free Silverlight and Expression Training DVD
Last week at our Microsoft Ireland Launch event, I was handing out some fantastic DVDs to attendees....
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/20/2008
MSDN FLASH IRELAND - INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES - 17 March 2008
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/17/2008
Check out the 'Grok-IT' talks - a prelude to IMTC and DDD
Craig Murphy, Dave McMahon, Gary Short, Oliver Sturm and Martin Woodward are just some of the...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/14/2008
Dino Esposito coming to Dublin to give a course on patterns and LINQ
One of the most popular new features to come out of the 2008 launch wave of products is LINQ. If you...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/14/2008
Virtual Earth Javascript Intellisense Helper
If you're looking at creating Microsoft Virtual Earth mashups and applications then you should...
Author: ronang Date: 03/13/2008
SQL Server Data Services - register for the beta program
At MIX last week Microsoft introduced Microsoft ®SQL Server™ Data Services (SSDS), a Web-facing...
Author: ronang Date: 03/13/2008
Innovate On portal - resources for ISVs in Ireland / Northern Ireland
If you work for an ISV in Ireland / Northern Ireland then you definitely should check out...
Author: ronang Date: 03/13/2008
Silverlight Blueprint for Sharepoint
Just a link post really, but check out http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/cc303301.aspx for...
Author: ronang Date: 03/13/2008
Live from Microsoft Ireland Product Launch in Dublin!
I'm sitting in the "Silverlight Showcase Zone", my home base for the rest of the day here at the...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/11/2008
Mix08 Watching Party
Thanks to everyone who came along to Odessa tonight. They did a superb job setting up a cool venue...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/10/2008
Silverlight User Group informal meet-up in Dublin this evening
If you haven't yet had the opportunity to take a look at the Mix08 keynote yet, and you are around...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/10/2008
Irish teacher wins first place at Microsoft Innovative Teacher Forum
Paschal from Developers.ie, who also happens to work on the very popular Irish portal for education...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/10/2008
Fancy Some Cirque du Soleil Tonight?
I'm just finishing up my notes from watching some of the Mix 08 keynotes and sessions which was held...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/10/2008
Two great community events coming up in Dublin and Galway
There are two great community events coming up in April and May - both have an amazing speaker...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/09/2008
Don't forget to tune into the Mix08 keynote
Mix08 in LasVegas is opening tonight at 5:30pm GMT (assuming I got my timezone calculations right...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/05/2008
Office Live Workspace now available in Ireland
If you have a Windows Live ID with an Irish address, you can now register at...
Author: ronang Date: 03/05/2008
Ireland Girl Geek Dinner - The Recap
It took me a few days to recover from the first ever Ireland Girl Geek Dinner. What a great night!...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/03/2008
Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope makes Robert Scoble cry!
If you haven’t had a look yet, you should check out the TED talk on Microsoft’s new Worldwide...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 03/03/2008
MSDN Flash Ireland - International Resources - 29 February 2008
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/29/2008
Second look at Silverlight 2
Some of you may have missed Scott Guthrie's First Look at Silverlight 2 - so I thought I would add...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 02/28/2008
2 Microsofties short-listed in the Irish Blog Awards!
Quick note of congratulations to two of my Microsoft Ireland colleagues who have been short-listed...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 02/26/2008
Dublin Launch 2008 Experience
Over the past few weeks, we've had hundreds of folks attend the community launches for Visual Studio...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 02/26/2008
Ireland Girl Geek Dinners: We're Full!
Wow is all I can say. I was honestly expecting around 20 people to this event and was quite pleased...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/25/2008
Irish Web Technology Conference - Starts Now!!
In just a few short hours, the Irish Web Technology Conference kicks off! I am really thrilled about...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/25/2008
Fourth XNA Video: Dr. Joaquin Quiñonero-Candela
Dr. Joaquin Quiñonero-Candela is an Associate Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge. He works...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/25/2008
Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map (a WPF app)
Way better than a poster, this is a handy application that helps developers to drill down to each...
Author: ronang Date: 02/25/2008
Third XNA Day Video: Dave Mitchell
Dave Mitchell came all the way from Seattle during his Thanksgiving holiday to talk with students at...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/22/2008
CTP of VS 2008 support for SQL Server 2008
If you were at the Dublin community launch event on Feb 13th you saw an ASP.NET / VE / SQL Server...
Author: ronang Date: 02/22/2008
Next XNA Day Video Posted: Rob Miles
Rob Miles is a Microsoft MVP, and as he says in his highly entertaining talk below - it's what all...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/19/2008
More on Ireland Girl Geek Dinners...
Last week I posted that the first ever Ireland Girl Geek Dinner was coming to Dublin during the...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/19/2008
First of the XNA Day Videos Posted!
Back in November, Dublin was host to an event called the XNA Game Studio Tour. It was a full...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/14/2008
It's Ireland Girl Geek Dinner Time!
I know you've all been waiting for it, so hurry up and register at...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/12/2008
Using Virtual Earth With Published Collections
Last year I started working on a side project to keep track of my family. I stopped at some point...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/12/2008
Community Launch Tour 2008 Video
As per my last post, Dave, Bob and I will be hitting the road for the Community Launch this week....
Author: ronang Date: 01/28/2008
Conferences, Launches and Talks, Oh My
It's no secret that there are a million and one things occurring in Ireland for developers over the...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 01/22/2008
Free Microsoft Press E-Book (Introducing Microsoft LINQ)
Preview the first chapter from any of these Microsoft Press Visual Studio 2008 titles here, and then...
Author: ronang Date: 01/21/2008