Nigel Parker's Outside Line
Juxtaposing the web, media and mobile for New Zealand developers.
Rugby Video and the Web
With the first All Black team of the year being named this afternoon I thought it was quite fitting...
Author: nparker Date: 05/28/2007
WOW LIVE EARTH Will Be Huge!
Live Earth is a monumental music event that will bring together more than 2 billion people on 7/7/7...
Author: nparker Date: 05/17/2007
Looking for the 6 Best Web Site Creators in New Zealand
Natasha and the Webstock team have just launched Full Code Press. On Friday the 6th of July the New...
Author: nparker Date: 05/17/2007
My first Silverlight Video... Composed... Transcoded... Uploaded and Embedded... All in 5 minutes!
I downloaded and installed Roxio Buzz this morning. Now I was impressed how quickly it allowed me to...
Author: nparker Date: 05/16/2007
Resources for Learning WPF & Silverlight
There are some great resources out there for getting started with Silverlight and WPF since I get...
Author: nparker Date: 05/16/2007
Open Source != User Generated Content... IMO
Back in Feb Nathan asked the question is "Open Source" Now Completely Meaningless? He went on to...
Author: nparker Date: 05/07/2007
Trade Me Gadget Launched
If you are a keen Trade Me seller and a Windows Vista user take a trip over to Rowan's blog to get...
Author: nparker Date: 05/06/2007
Wow... Radio 2.0... This blew my mind!
Check the keynote video below for a demo (about half an hour in)... A number of sessions are...
Author: nparker Date: 05/01/2007
Get started With Silverlight Streaming
Get started with Silverlight streaming Tim has the details. Check out his sample. Also Lee live...
Author: nparker Date: 04/30/2007
Silverlight Community Site - MIX Keynote
Please join me in watching the Mix keynote live now. The new Silverlight community site is now live!...
Author: nparker Date: 04/30/2007
Thirteen23 are at it again!
I'm just leaving my room to go to the Mix keynote and I saw this post from Tim Sneath and I had to...
Author: nparker Date: 04/30/2007
MIX07 DaY 0.9
By the time I post this it will be midnight Monday morning the day that Mix officially kicks off. I...
Author: nparker Date: 04/30/2007
Pre Conference User Experience Summit
I am sitting down for the second day of a two day UX Summit in Vegas prior to MIX next week. We have...
Author: nparker Date: 04/28/2007
How You Can Get Yourselves Ready for Mix Next Week
As I sit here at the airport waiting to borad my flight to Vegas I was thinking how you can prepare...
Author: nparker Date: 04/26/2007
Lest We Forget
It is ANZAC day here in New Zealand so I thought it appropriate to share a photo that I took of the...
Author: nparker Date: 04/25/2007
Technical Briefing Wrap and HOLIDAY!
First of all what does it look like to talk to nearly 2000 people? Well here is a picture I found on...
Author: nparker Date: 03/23/2007
TVNZ Ondemand Launches
During my presentation yesterday (watch it) I talked about the concept of media convergence......
Author: nparker Date: 03/19/2007
Emerging Web Technologies
I presented today alongside David Bolocker amongst others on Service Oriented Architecture, Web 2.0...
Author: nparker Date: 03/19/2007
Guy Kawasaki
I was recently lucky enough to see Guy Kawasaki present to Microsoft on the Art of Evangelism... it...
Author: nparker Date: 03/18/2007
Old Skool Radio 1, NET Radio 0
I mentioned a while ago that I love Pandora and that I was stoked when MSN radio licensed their...
Author: nparker Date: 03/16/2007
Peter Gutmann
Great to see Peter wearing the shirt I gave him at Foo while he was presenting at Webstock Mini last...
Author: nparker Date: 03/16/2007
A Spate of Infectious Disease
First of all I would like to apologise to anyone that attended the Technical briefing in Wellington...
Author: nparker Date: 03/14/2007
Well I Finally Did It!
Despite my pain... I signed up for another Flickr Pro account and are requesting a dreaded Yahoo!...
Author: nparker Date: 03/10/2007
Machinima, Scott Guthrie and WPF/E
On April Fools day 4 years ago Red vs. Blue smashed onto the Internet. It has been credited with...
Author: nparker Date: 03/07/2007
Solving the Ticketmaster UX Problem.
I'm on the train thinking about this ticket buying system. I mentioned today that the experience of...
Author: nparker Date: 02/28/2007
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Visa Pre-Sale! Yeah Right!
I knew the visa pre-sale for Red Hot Chili Pepper tickets would be popular but this is ridiculous! I...
Author: nparker Date: 02/27/2007
Do you work with ASP.NET? Take 2 hours to learn AJAX!
We have just released a FREE 2-hour clinic to learn about the rich functionality that ASP.NET AJAX...
Author: nparker Date: 02/25/2007
What is better than 1 offline newspaper to read on the Plane? 4 Offline Newspapers ;)
Tim broke the news this morning, the Daily Mail in the UK, forbes.com and the Seattle...
Author: nparker Date: 02/22/2007
What do these sites have in common?
Q. What do these sites have in common? https://construction.dealsonwheels.co.nz...
Author: nparker Date: 02/22/2007
Arcast NZ
I was having lunch this week with a bunch of Auckland based MVP's. Amongst them Lukas Svoboda Lukas...
Author: nparker Date: 02/21/2007
Flickr is Down
Interesting how reliant we become on these online services in a Web 2.0 world! The flickr blog has a...
Author: nparker Date: 02/19/2007
Just saw this .NET 3 training
"The .NET Framework 3.0 training kit for WF, WCF, and CardSpace includes a set of hands-on-labs,...
Author: nparker Date: 02/19/2007
Australia pass 100 in Wellington!
Author: nparker Date: 02/15/2007
BizTalk 24/7
I just got an email through my blog announcing a new Biztalk Community Website -...
Author: nparker Date: 02/15/2007
BarCamp Sydney
Russ Weakley, is at it again. Hmm could be a nice geek weekend away! It is hitting Canberra,...
Author: nparker Date: 02/15/2007
Counting the days... 26 work days, 3 keynotes, 3 presentations and 1 external conference.
I just planned my time for the rest of Feb and March and I am overwhelmed by how much work I have...
Author: nparker Date: 02/14/2007
Lost in Translation
I had a LOL moment today that I couldn't go past without posting... it really goes to show how...
Author: nparker Date: 02/13/2007
My Response to Nat's "Threads Considered Harmful" Post
I don't normally do this but Nat's post on Professor Edward A. Lee piece about The Problem With...
Author: nparker Date: 01/29/2007
The Wow Starts Now! Vista & Office Launches in New Zealand
Well after a hour of editing I am pretty sure that I am about to release the first video in the...
Author: nparker Date: 01/29/2007