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Date: 07/30/2007
THIS BLOG HAS MOVED - PLEASE UPDATE YOUR FEEDS!!!
I've had a happy time on https://blogs.msdn.com, but having decided to make some changes to my site,...
Date: 10/16/2006
Summary of SPARK UX
Software Architects have a tough job. They need to be experts in mapping business needs to...
Date: 10/06/2006
Looking for a User Experience Architect Evangelist
I have a new position in my team looking for a User Experience (UX) Architect Evangelist. I'm still...
Date: 10/06/2006
What do you need to know to be an IT Architect?
Update: This post has moved to here. My team has been spending a fair amount of time recently asking...
Date: 09/10/2006
Come Help Build a Better Architect Community!
Who do you know that gets to play at work all day? It could be you. If you know the latest Web 2.0...
Date: 09/07/2006
Renaming GTD Tasks in Outlook 2007
While using Outlook 2007 as my GTD tool, one of the things I’ve been missing is having the ability...
Date: 09/05/2006
Call For Papers: Architecture Journal Issue #10
Microsoft’s Architecture Journal is a quarterly magazine, providing a world-class forum for the...
Date: 08/31/2006
SPARK UX 1 - 3 Oct, Half Moon Bay, CA
SPARK UX the two faces of design A FORUM TO EXPLORE THE INTERSECTION OF ARCHITECTURE AND EXPERIENCE...
Date: 08/10/2006
Launching Applications in Vista 5472
Scott has a great post about replacing “start/run” to launch applications quickly – I’ve used a...
Date: 08/08/2006
Saving Memories
When I was growing up I used to take a lot of photos. Armed with an old Canon 35mm SLR, a few...
Date: 08/03/2006
Windows Vista 5472 - First Impressions
I took the leap yesterday and installed Vista (5472) and Office 12 (4228) on my main machine (a...
Date: 07/29/2006
Call for Papers: Architecture Journal Issue #9
Microsoft’s Architecture Journal is a quarterly magazine, providing a world-class forum for the...
Date: 07/05/2006
ARC202 - Slides from TechEd 2006
I've now uploaded my slides (hosting space courtesy of Mark) from my user experience presentation at...
Date: 06/15/2006
ARC202 – Putting the User Back into SOA (TechEd)
Thanks to all that came to my session today (ARC202 – Putting the User Back into SOA) at 10.45am. I...
Date: 06/13/2006
Implementing Getting Things Done using Outlook 2007
Last week, I made the switch from Office 2003 to Office 2007 Beta 2. Prior to the upgrade I was...
Date: 06/04/2006
Putting the User back into SOA - my first ARCast!
After the US NAF (National Architect Forum) last month, I sat down with Ron Jacobs to record my very...
Date: 05/19/2006
Architecture Journal - now in 8 languages!
Issue #7 of the Architecture Journal is now available in 8 languages (English, Spanish, Brazilian...
Date: 05/19/2006
Microsoft at JavaOne 2006
I can't believe it's been a year since I was at JavaOne last year - it seems like only yesterday I...
Date: 05/16/2006
Cliff Atkinson / Beyond Bullet Points
Cliff Atkinson is my new hero. For those that don't know, Cliff put together an MS Press book called...
Date: 05/10/2006
Iron Architect at TechEd US 2006
Coming to TechEd US this year? Think you are a pretty good architect? Think you are the best...
Date: 05/08/2006
Getting Things Done - Command Line Processor
I’ve been doing a ton of work recently around user experience (UX) – and the importance of UX for...
Date: 05/07/2006
PhotoMontage in Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer
I've been playing around with the "photo montage" effect in Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer....
Date: 05/05/2006
Mix06
On Sunday I'll be heading down to the Mix06 conference in Las Vegas. Over the past few months I've...
Date: 03/13/2006
T-Mobile MDA
A couple of weeks ago I switched from Verizon Wireless to T-Mobile, and at the same time had the...
Date: 03/13/2006
"Insufficient System Resources Exist to Complete the API"
I have a Toshiba Tecra M4 with 2Gb of RAM. I've had the machine for a while now and every so often,...
Date: 03/13/2006
WSCF 0.6 Released!
Congratulations to Christian and the guys over at Thinktecture on their v0.6 release of WSCF! New...
Date: 02/27/2006
5 Tips for running Windows Vista 5270 on a Virtual PC
I’ve recently setup Vista 5270 as a VPC on my Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet. I was going to install it on...
Date: 02/24/2006
New Forum for Architect Events
Are you involved in running or supporting architect-related events? Would you like a place to share...
Date: 02/22/2006
Moving Beyond SOA
John DeVadoss (my manager and the guy who runs the architecture team at Microsoft) has been on the...
Date: 02/13/2006
Move to Vonage
A couple of weeks ago I switched from my current VOIP provider, SunRocket, to Vonage. The reason to...
Date: 02/12/2006
Call for Abstracts: Issue 8 of the Architecture Journal
Microsoft’s Architecture Journal is a quarterly magazine, providing a world-class forum for the...
Date: 02/10/2006
How can you tell if a “Web Service” really is a Web Service?
I was asked the question "How can you tell if a Web Service really is a Web Service?". If someone...
Date: 01/26/2006
JNBridge releases an Interop Blog
Given my new role, I seem to have less and less time recently to keep up with the latest...
Date: 01/25/2006
5 Options for Backing Up My Home PC - Part II
I would like to say thanks to everyone that submitted comments to my previous post. This is what I...
Date: 01/22/2006
5 Options for Backing Up My Home PC
I'm recovering from losing both the power-supply and hard disk of my home PC after we just moved...
Date: 01/21/2006
TechEd 2006 – Call for Speakers!
Would you like to shape the future by presenting a session in the Architecture track at TechEd 06...
Date: 01/17/2006
Announcing Microsoft's Architecture Forums
I’ve been a fan of Internet Newsgroups and Forums for many years – it still amazes me how these...
Date: 01/05/2006
Open Postion in My Team
Would you like to work with the best architects in Microsoft, capturing their ideas and sharing them...
Date: 12/16/2005
Architect Personas
I’ve sat through many architect events over the past few years and one thing that always strikes me...
Date: 12/12/2005
Is this what they mean by being "Service Oriented"?
Wes (formerly from webMethods) forwarded me this snapshot from a shopping mall in TX. (Apparently...
Date: 12/12/2005
Ron's PodCast with Steve Cook
In the first of his "ArcTalk" series, Ron Jacobs interviews Steve Cook about DSLs and Software...
Date: 12/05/2005
Would you like to write for the Architecture Journal?
Microsoft’s Architecture Journal is a quarterly magazine, providing a world-class forum for the...
Date: 11/28/2005
Beta of Scrum Add-In for VSTS available
A few guys at Conchango (for whom I used to work :-) have created a Scrum plug-in for VSTS. Good...
Date: 11/21/2005
JavaOne 2005 Speaker Award
I came back from vacation today to find I had won a "JavaOne 2005 Speaker Award" for being in the...
Date: 11/21/2005
Ron's Webcast on Windows Workflow Foundation
Ron sat down with John Evdemon (Architecture team) and Paul Andrew (Windows Workflow Foundation) in...
Date: 11/04/2005
Microsoft acquires FolderShare
I'm a big fan of FolderShare, so I'm very pleased to see this.
Date: 11/03/2005
My New Role
Working on interoperability at Microsoft over the past few years has been a phenomenal experience. I...
Date: 10/31/2005