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September CTP of Expression Interactive Designer and Beta 1 of Expression Web Designer are Available
As a follow on to my post talking about the availability of the RC1 pieces for Vista and .NET 3.0,...
Author: nparker Date: 09/05/2006
Introducing Windows Vista RC1 and .NET 3.0 RC1
Just in time for father's day the first release candidate for Windows Vista is available to beta...
Author: nparker Date: 09/02/2006
WPF Demo Reel and my code from Tech.Ed
Judging by the fact that 2 WPF sessions featured in the top 10 at Tech.Ed NZ and that they were the...
Author: nparker Date: 08/31/2006
Just like Google… Sony buys .NET property
Wow… big companies keep buying my favourite web sites! First Yahoo bought flickr… great purchase!...
Author: nparker Date: 08/31/2006
Tech.Ed New Zealand Top 10s
Just before I headed home I thought I'd share with you some of the scores from this years Tech.Ed....
Author: nparker Date: 08/28/2006
The Panel & The Party
Here are some pic's from yesterday and last night… Yesterday's Web vNext discussion is now online…...
Author: nparker Date: 08/22/2006
Web vNext Panel Discussion Tech.Ed NZ
The Web vNext panel discussion this morning at Tech.Ed NZ was great. The session was well attended...
Author: nparker Date: 08/22/2006
Tech.Ed Bring on Day 2
The keynote videos went live and they are well worth a look. I enjoyed attending some great sessions...
Author: nparker Date: 08/21/2006
What makes a blog?
It looks like George hit a nerve with Scoble this morning. Richard MacManus is interviewing George...
Author: nparker Date: 08/20/2006
Tech.Ed Keynote
That's right you saw it here first George Moore launched the Windows Live Contacts Gadget, Scott...
Author: nparker Date: 08/20/2006
TechEd Keynote
Well it's Monday morning and the keynote is 30 min away. I thought I'd share with you a couple of...
Author: nparker Date: 08/20/2006
Tech.Ed is Open!
Well the Hands on Labs are open… and we are just one day away from Tech.Ed! Like any big conference...
Author: nparker Date: 08/19/2006
.NET 3.0 at Tech.Ed NZ – 15 Sessions!
I was asked what .NET 3.0 sessions were being held at Tech.Ed this year in New Zealand so I thought...
Author: nparker Date: 08/14/2006
Tech.Ed NZ if you are going lock in your schedule today!
Wow Finally I’m back in the land of the living! We are less than 2 weeks out from Tech.Ed and an...
Author: nparker Date: 08/08/2006
75% or 3/4
Wow and there is still two days left in earlybird!
Author: nparker Date: 06/27/2006
ATLAS in Auckland Tonight! We have 50+ confirmed already but plenty of room for you to come along.
Tatham Oddie the guy who wrote a large chunk of https://viavirtualearth.com is kicking off his NZ...
Author: nparker Date: 06/26/2006
The Unified Communications Revolution
Did you know that you that you can subscribe to receive Executive emails from Bill Gates via RSS?...
Author: nparker Date: 06/26/2006
Blinq… Bling and Ruby.NET
Brad Abrams writes… Blinq is a tool for generating ASP.NET websites for displaying, creating, and...
Author: nparker Date: 06/22/2006
Bongidae
My mailbox filled up I was asked to archive and some sort of Vista + 2007 Office magic has meant...
Author: nparker Date: 06/21/2006
Live Mail Desktop
Now to steal a line from Rod… the stakes just jumped up. I started using Windows Live Mail Desktop...
Author: nparker Date: 06/21/2006
MicroISV’s and Project Glidepath
I’ve talked a little bit about MicroISV’s recently. The release of Windows Vista will create a new...
Author: nparker Date: 06/21/2006
Go XBAP, WPF/E and Big Screen Photos! Aussie Aussie Aussie...
I have been getting a few questions recently about WPF applications. 1) .Net 3 will ship for XP,...
Author: nparker Date: 06/19/2006
WebStock Videos are live
JD just spotted that the videos from WebStock are now live... Make sure you check out Tony, Rowan...
Author: nparker Date: 06/15/2006
My 3 Degrees of Seperation to Robert Scoble
Staying on the Scoble theme... Frank reminisced about his meeting with Scoble last year. I was over...
Author: nparker Date: 06/14/2006
.netfx3.com Is Live
We have just launched the NetFx3.com site, a new developer community that focuses on the four new...
Author: nparker Date: 06/12/2006
3 Day Vista Developer Training this week in Auckland Wed,Thr,Fri
We have a handfull of places left for a 3 day Vista Developer training Wed, Thrs and Fri this week...
Author: nparker Date: 06/12/2006
Grr What a Day!
I turned up to work early with a large pile of things I need to get done today! I get distracted by...
Author: nparker Date: 06/11/2006
Windows Vista Beta 2 Public Download Available!
Windows Vista Beta Two is now publically available... go get it!...
Author: nparker Date: 06/08/2006
Gordon Bell's New Zealand Trip
Wow that auction is over. Both the seller and the buyer made the front page of all our Sunday...
Author: nparker Date: 06/05/2006
John Campbell & Tana's handbag.
This is my first blog post written with a pen! I was interested in Campbell live tonight. Last week...
Author: nparker Date: 06/02/2006
Sneek Peak at thi weeks Flash.
I thought I'd give you a sneak preview of a bit of this week's MSDN Flash... ...Still on the Windows...
Author: nparker Date: 05/31/2006
Webstock Take 2
As a follow-up to yesterdays post I see Tony has loaded some of his photos up on flickr... including...
Author: nparker Date: 05/30/2006
LINQ and EWD available now!
I am very happy to announce the first public CTP of Microsoft Expression Web Designer! Yup I've been...
Author: nparker Date: 05/15/2006
Did anyone else notice that xtra broadband was down nationwide tonight from 5-8pm?
It was particularly frustrating for me since I was working from home... I rang all their call center...
Author: nparker Date: 05/15/2006
Trade Me Case Study
Over the last year our team has spent quite a bit of time with Trade Me talking about technology...
Author: nparker Date: 05/08/2006
Mix06 Sessions and adCenter
Many of you are familiar of the Web conference that we ran in Las Vegas in March. The conference was...
Author: nparker Date: 05/04/2006
ScottGu and TechEd ANZ
Looks like my sneaky post has drawn a bit of a reaction.. Tim one of our local ASP.NET MVP's...
Author: nparker Date: 04/22/2006
Where you been?
If you wonder where I've been since Easter, and why I'm missing code camp this coming weekend... the...
Author: nparker Date: 04/20/2006
Tech.Ed 2006 - Web Development Track
As mentioned in my previous post here are the preliminary stack ranking for the Web Development...
Author: nparker Date: 04/07/2006
Tech.Ed 2006
Tech.Ed 2006.... oh yes.... 2006! Michael Kleef is on point for content for Tech.Ed this year in New...
Author: nparker Date: 04/07/2006
XPS Paper Specification
Wow this is cool... IMO the limiting factor in wide adoption of XPS was that it required the WinFX...
Author: nparker Date: 04/05/2006
DDAY
Tomorrow Friday 31st March I am out in the Waitakeres competing in the Cure Kid's Great Adventure...
Author: nparker Date: 03/30/2006
Aussie Security Seminar Videos Available
Now we've talked about the Security Seminar quite a bit and it was great meeting and talking with...
Author: nparker Date: 03/29/2006
Cure Kid Adventure Race
I haven't talked much about this but I though I'd share through my blog what I am up to on Friday...
Author: nparker Date: 03/27/2006
VSTO V3 March CTP
John Durant is a great contact for Visual Studio Tools for Office... I chatted with John when I was...
Author: nparker Date: 03/22/2006
Code Master Challenge
Be in the first 500 to register and get a FREE T-SHIRT... write the best app for Vista and win $50k...
Author: nparker Date: 03/22/2006
Auckland User Group - A day in the life of a Team Developer
I'm sitting in the Auckland User Group meeting along with ~50 other Auckland based developers. The...
Author: nparker Date: 03/22/2006