Team Individualism
Some exploration in technology options that enabe teams to build solutions, but focus on the individual
TeamPlain Web Access free for Team Foundation Server
Thanks to Rod Le Quesne for the heads up on this: "TeamPlain Web Access is a web interface for...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/28/2007
Enable missing Australia content on Media Center
I'm really starting to get the media center vision. The new partnerships that Microsoft has with...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/16/2007
Banned words
Thanks to Darren Pearce, for adding to my banned words list following the word I, I'm or It...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/15/2007
Baldness - Raising funds for the Leukemia Foundation
Check out my photos and blog and sponsor me online. Pwetty please! Visit my Profile Page
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/10/2007
Team Foundation Server Tools
A dump, of various tools, thanks to Zeeshan Shah. Note: this is not an endorsed list. Utilities Team...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/08/2007
Another reason to goto Vista Ultimate
I realised only late in the day that Virtual PC (a free download here) is not intended to run on...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/05/2007
More thoughts on IT Forecasting...
If forecasting Is the science of predicting outcomes then I would say that in the IT industry it’s a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/05/2007
Sharepoint - Can not add the user because a user with that name already exists
I have been having some trouble aligning Sharepoint and Team Foundation Server source control...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/26/2007
Team Foundation Server - Working folder is already in use
I have been using TFS in anger for a bit now, thanks to Grant Halliday from Readify for the setup....
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/21/2007
Technology Forecasting - a new .Net?
I am doing some research for my marketing course and more specifically I'm looking at forecasting....
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/19/2007
Upgraded? to Apple Macbook Pro (with Vista Home Premium)
Muchto the confusion of my colleagues I have continued my Apple home hardware path. Yes, I am...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/15/2007
WCF Pre-reading
Thanks to Readify for the following links as suggested reading materials: On C# 2.0:...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/11/2007
Consumer Centric Marketing
I have been doing some reading, by accident, that is relevant to my Masters course at CSU. Ric...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/05/2007
Aussie Wow is Now
I was over at the Vista Consumer Launch yesterday and was quite impressed. Im particularly...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/30/2007
Noise concerns on buses to usability
I love travelling by bus. I particularly enjoy the opportunity to read but the sound police should...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/16/2007
Tagged by Mick
Interesting challenge for the new year by Mick. "Tag" 5 people to reveal 5 things they normally...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/08/2007
Realising Business Benefit with Service Orientation
I have been thinking about Services and how Services can have tangible business benefits. First of...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/02/2007
CCF = Operational Improvements
Lawrence is presenting CCF being less of a tactical solution and more the missing piece of the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/11/2006
Customer Care Framework
I am currently in Singapore doing some training on CCF. I joined Microsoft expecting to do this...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/11/2006
New toys and some business architecture
In addition to upgrading to the new Oakley Thump Pro's (finally) I have a couple of new software...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/04/2006
RFID ecosystem Presentation Grabs
Mick has a posting with the presentation (and the code) but here are a few grabs: Microsoft's...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/01/2006
MSMQ and SOA Conference RFID
I like queues. I used them first in 1997 for a electronic commerce project in the UK. I created a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/01/2006
ReadyBoost Compatibility
I purchased a USB stick at the weekend to speed up my ailing Sony A190. Unfortunately the ReadyBoost...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/26/2006
Microsoft SOA and Business Partner Conference
As an advocate of BizTalk I was interested in helping present with Mick, the ecosystem around RFID...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/15/2006
List of BizTalk Persistance Points
From various ranger talks (and some suggestions from Bill Chessnut) I realised that persistance...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/07/2006
Sydney Mobility
Last night I popped along to the Sydney Windows Mobility User Group. Very interesting stuff. I...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/07/2006
BizTalk Host Best Practices
Following up on a recent question. In my experience has been that the use of hosts is mostly for...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/02/2006
New gadget - i-mate SPL
You know when things are bad when you are now no longer buying gadgets for yourself and begin to...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/02/2006
ASP.Net Scavenging
I've been working recently on configuring .net 1.1 ASP caching for a customer. I remembered through...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/02/2006
ASP.NET Custom Caching
In most production solutions, changes are considered a very risky maneuver. So, typically one...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/02/2006
Vista Readiness Review
Today I heard about a new service that Fatih Colgar and Richard Crawford are producing to aid...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/26/2006
Windows Mobile Device Center (Beta 3 Release) for Windows Vista RC1+
As I discovered from here and from a colleague, the previously only internal WMDC is now at beta 3...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/10/2006
Vista RC2 installs
Having waited for RC2 to arrive to sort out my Media Center woes on my Mac Mini, it was worth it. A...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/08/2006
Radio Frequency Identification Beta 1 Walkthrough
Join the Sydney BizTalk User Group and get connected, get equipped and get opportunities to learn....
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/04/2006
Sharepoint RSS ticker
One of the MOSS 2007 SharePoint web parts is an RSS or XML web part which can take XML content and...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/02/2006
Enterprise Architecture as Strategy, Book Review
Introduction I always thought Enterprise Architecture was an oxymoron. All I needed to do was find a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/28/2006
RFID Setup
There are a few steps to setting up RFID: You will need this MMC console if you are not running...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/19/2006
Live Everything
Scarily enough I discovered live favorites today: https://favorites.live.com/ It imports from...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/19/2006
Maxtor Mini Software Working in Vista
I was within a day or so of returning the Maxtor Mini when a colleague Callum Meek tempted me to try...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/19/2006
Office 2007 or LiveWriter - Killer Blog apps
I was just about to write a post via the MSDN web site, when I remembered the office 2007 ribbon for...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/18/2006
Fixed Office 2007 Link Problems
When clicking on 2007 I would get the following error. "this operation has been cancelled due to...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/18/2006
Threat Modelling. Define, Model, Measure
I have recently been looking at threat modelling. Have you ever been in a situation where the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/14/2006
Maxtor Mini
Looking in the paper today I was disappointed to see that the 290 bucks I spent on my mini 100Gb was...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/13/2006
Is “Geek” the new cool?
Surprisingly on TV tonight as I type (mental note: sort out timestamps for blog) a show CyberShack...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/11/2006
RFID - Glorified Barcodes?
I have recently romanticised RFID as new integration technology and an area of research. Harbouring...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/11/2006
BizTalk Rangers, web-casts etc.
I was originally going to link some good web-casts from Erik Leaseburg. I then found the BizTalk...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/11/2006
Things I discovered about Vista today...
Quick tips: Search on the top right of every page (like searching control panel for power) Search...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/10/2006
Mac Mini Rc1 Update
At home my Mac Mini is still running RC1. The video problem is being investigated (triaged) by the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/07/2006
Adventures into WMDC
Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) can be found on the control panel in Vista RC1. Unlike its...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/07/2006