Mark Johnston's Blog
Bill's last day at the Office
This is too good not to share! It is a spoof video which Bill Gates opened the CES 2008 Keynote with...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/09/2008
Synergy - great for multi-PC setups like mine
I've got a spiffing Dell XPS 420 as my main home machine and I've been spending a lot of time on it...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/06/2008
Silverlight training videos
Adam Kinney and co held a training day at Microsoft's campus in Redmond to help people get started...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/06/2008
Bill Gates' final CES keynote in Silverlight
It's a bit of a tradition of mine to watch the CES keynote by Bill each year to see what is up and...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/06/2008
Silverlight based Tafiti released as Shared Source
Windows Live Quick Apps are free to download and modify sample applicaions which harness the power...
Author: markjohnston Date: 12/19/2007
How cool are you this Christmas?
I've been involved (in the wings) in a project with the Windows Live team who used DotNet Solutions...
Author: markjohnston Date: 12/16/2007
Where are they now? Imagine Cup 2004 and 2005 Competitor - Luke Smith
Luke Smith was a competitor back in 2004 and also a Microsoft Student Partner. I caught up with him...
Author: markjohnston Date: 12/13/2007
innerworkings - Train your developers to code (properly)
I spent some time talking to Bob and the guys at innerworkings about their product and service - it...
Author: markjohnston Date: 12/07/2007
Microsoft Download Center and Silverlight
There is a cool preview download centre up that uses Silverlight:...
Author: markjohnston Date: 12/04/2007
British Army use Xbox 360 controllers :-)
Was sitting with my future brother in-law who is in the RAF as an engineer. We were watching telly...
Author: markjohnston Date: 12/02/2007
Software Design competition - work required?
We've had some queries as to what is required to enter the Imagine Cup Software Design competition....
Author: markjohnston Date: 11/28/2007
BMW and Silverlight
I love it when two of my favourite things come together. Now, I'm not a big BMW fan (too many lane...
Author: markjohnston Date: 11/26/2007
Channel 8 - Rob Miles on teaching and all things .NET
I've known Rob for over 4 years and its always a joy to work and travel with him whether that is the...
Author: markjohnston Date: 11/22/2007
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The StudentZine is a small but perfectly formed newsletter we send out to students across the UK...
Author: markjohnston Date: 11/20/2007
What happens when you register for the Imagine Cup...
(...and are only a little bit lucky) Thanks to Tien for being a good sport and showing us his...
Author: markjohnston Date: 11/16/2007
How to get your students registered for the Imagine Cup
We've received a lot of positive feedback from our faculty contacts about the Imagine Cup this year....
Author: markjohnston Date: 11/08/2007
Added the Instant Messenger Gadget - you can talk to me
I've now implemented a great new feature of Windows Live Messenger which enables me to embed my IM...
Author: markjohnston Date: 11/07/2007
FreePlay Lounge - the movie!
Video: Free Play Lounge, GameCity07 Paul Foster recorded the event I mentioned earlier. Looked like...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/31/2007
Faculty: Promoting Imagine Cup to your students
We get a lot of requests from faculty to promote the Imagine Cup to their students. To that end,...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/29/2007
Xbox 360 + Students + Paul Smith = Freeplay lounge and GamesCity event
Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend but it looked like a cracking event (pulled together mainly by...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/28/2007
Are you interested in teaching Silverlight? Then read on...
Kate put up a post on our Academic blog around a new teaching program we are planning to roll out in...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/25/2007
Xbox 360 Elites have arrived...
The prizes for the Imagine Cup UK Quiz and Registration have started to arrive - I have a bunch of...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/25/2007
Mix:UK session videos now available
Like many people...well, most actually missed the cool event which was Mix:UK in September. Ian...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/23/2007
Microsoft jobs in Europe for Silverlight development and Live
Students in the UK might be interested in this post from Claire Dillon to see that Microsoft do have...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/23/2007
Check out the Microsoft.com (UK) homepage to see the Imagine Cup
Yay! Our project is live and being advertised - if you are a student, go register!
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/21/2007
Silverlight and me appear on Partner TV (again)
The second shorter video (first one is here) with James Senior and I talking about Silverlight and...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/17/2007
Imagine Cup UK launches - Students Enter Now!
Do you like technology? Want to kick start your career while at university? Fancy the opportunity to...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/17/2007
Blogging contest - win £1200 and more
"On your blog site, describe how you will use Office Ultimate 2007 to excel in your academic...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/15/2007
Our very first Channel 8 video posted
Last month, saw the first every Mix:UK event in London with designers and developers from all around...
Author: markjohnston Date: 10/08/2007
Channel 8 goes Silverlight
The student site (part of the 8, 9 and 10 family) has just adopted Silverlight for its video player...
Author: markjohnston Date: 09/15/2007
Office 2007 for £38.95
Coming soon to a student near you..... (I'll update when it goes live) Long as ever has the scoop...
Author: markjohnston Date: 09/13/2007
Microsoft Student Partner on a journey
A slide show of one student's interactions and his travels as a result of competitions like the...
Author: markjohnston Date: 09/12/2007
Windows Live Suite
Windows Live is all starting to come together - at the software installer level at the very least...
Author: markjohnston Date: 09/09/2007
Silverlight and Linux - woah!
You go to bed and you wake up and see that Silverlight 1.0 has Released To Web: "Moonlight will run...
Author: markjohnston Date: 09/05/2007
Halo 3 and Silverlight goodness
Halo on MSN, Silverlight style
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/28/2007
Green Windows Home Server
I was reading Matt McSpirit's blog and stumbled upon Tranquil PC, a company Matt has been talking to...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/21/2007
Tafiti.com - search engine built on Silverlight
Tafiti (or "do research" in Swahili) is a great example of what can be done with Silverlight...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/21/2007
A little blog redirection
I've been umming and ahhing about what to do with this now that I have changed roles and no longer...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/21/2007
Students...we're coming to a university near you - Microsoft Inspiration Tour
We are starting to promote the Microsoft Inspiration Tour - a national tour of UK universities...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/21/2007
Imagine Cup Video - blast from the past
Not sure if Dianne reads this blog now she has returned to Melbourne, Australia but dug out this old...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/16/2007
Silverlight interview with me on Partner TV
It's a surreal experience seeing yourself in the browser talking about Silverlight (very slick...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/15/2007
XNA Studio 2.0 announced
Michael Klucher has just announced XNA Studio 2.0 detailing some of the enhancements coming in the...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/13/2007
Windows Live SkyDrive
Another week another cool product with a decent name. SkyDrive is a great new service in the cloud...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/13/2007
WPF + monopoly = WPFopoly
Former intern and Microsoft Student Partner, Matt Duffin, has started a blog following the progress...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/13/2007
Imagine Cup 2007 Winners announced.
The results are in and since I'm not there I'll defer to Nick (one of the judges) to reel off the...
Author: markjohnston Date: 08/10/2007