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With al respect to what’s already out there, what I saw in the PDC Keynote demo looked so much...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 10/28/2008
Patrick Tisseghem
A year and a month after David Boschmans, Patrick Tisseghem (39) passes away. What a great guy to...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 09/05/2008
IE8 Beta 2 -
When Beta was released I quickly installed and even more quickly uninstalled as too many sites...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 08/28/2008
Some nice Windows Mobile apps
Miel Van Opstal (https://micromiel.com/) recently shared internally a list of nice Windows Mobile...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 08/27/2008
VS SP1 - More than a Service Pack
I'm not sure how I would define a Service Pack these days but I'm glad to see that the VS team also...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 08/27/2008
One man's Service is another man's Application
The world of the developer is a simple one. You write code. If it compiles, you got yourself an...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 07/08/2008
Tech Ed EMEA 2008
I know exactly what’s going to keep me busy for the next 6 months. Tech Ed EMEA 2008. This...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 04/21/2008
The sadest thing is to be ignored...
No comment......
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 03/30/2008
Punching holes in Chris Anderson's FREE artcile
I'm not really super impressed by the article. First because there's not a lot new and visonary in...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 03/09/2008
Better support on Microsoft Developer Forums
It's great to see that Microsoft continues to improve the reponse rates on the online forums by...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 03/03/2008
Step 1: Upgrading a Dell Dimension 8300 to Vista
As I explained in my email earlier today, I'm upgrading my home infrastructure to create a safer...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 02/20/2008
Finding a safe place for my digital fotos
I always thought that hard disk crashes were happening to people who were rough on their hardware. I...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 02/20/2008
Microsoft - Yahoo! - Google
I was thrilled to hear Microsoft is hoping to aquire Yahoo! I've been a fan of Yahoo! ever since...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 02/04/2008
Top Visual Studio 2008 Resources
Updated: VS2008 Developer Training Kit:...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 01/18/2008
MacWorld Keynote without the air :-)
Save 89 minutes of your life! Incredible, extra ordinary, great, incredible. Better, better, better...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 01/16/2008
MacWorld Keynote a bit disappointing
I wasn't there, just followed it on engadget and Macrumors... Seems like a lot of great...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 01/15/2008
Belgian ITC Managers failing to blog...
Just read about this interesting project: https://www.beyondlimits.ws/dailyupdate.html Some 30 ICT...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 01/14/2008
14 January: Apple, Adobe, Scoble
Today, the day really starts in the valley. Press and blogosphere have been beating the drums about...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 01/14/2008
Favourite Videos and articles of yesterday
Bill's Last Day: The CES Keynote video I guess I just like people with opinions that dare to...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 01/08/2008
Silverlight developer shows his workflow when working with Vista and Mac
VMWare, Parrallels, boorcamp? This guy has some hands-on experience and is willing to give advice....
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 12/19/2007
Visual Studio Addons for the Holidays (World Of Warcraft, Storyboard,IronPython)
Just copied this from an internal mail I received. Very cool stuff although the Story Board...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 12/19/2007
Google embracing SkyDrive model?
Google Plans Service to Store Users' Data - WSJ.com Compare this from the article announcing...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 11/27/2007
The Ultimate Evangelist
When people create such pictures of you, you know you are the ultimate evangelist: From the...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 11/26/2007
Live Spaces Photos or Flickr?
I was glad to see indications that Microsoft is going to increase competition with Flickr. I have a...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 11/15/2007
Microsoft is Web 2.0 but some bloggers just don't want to see or accept it
Inbox 2.0: Yahoo and Google to Turn E-Mail Into a Social Network - Bits - Technology - New...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 11/14/2007
I don't feel safe on Facebook
I like Facebook a lot but I don't feel safe. I just don't know what those applications can do with...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 10/11/2007
Halo 3 or Gears of War?
I'm huge fan of Gears of War and I never played Halo 1 or 2 on my own console. Now I've been playing...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 09/27/2007
Tech Ed Developers: 3 more days for Early Bird Discount
Nice promotional clip for Tech Ed Europe (Tech Ed Developer and Tech Ed IT Forum). How are those...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 09/24/2007
Are people still getting Microsoft Certifications?
You bet. I didn't know we published these numbers but we do:...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 09/23/2007
Get a sneak peek of Astoria at the SOuthampton launch event of the nextgenug
If you can't wait for Tech Ed Developers Barcelona to hear about Astoria the you are lucky when you...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 09/21/2007
How flash developers work
This is funny. It comes from a flash designer/developer's blog. Imagine having to write a single...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 09/14/2007
Vista tools
OMG, what a list this is!...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 09/11/2007
WinFS lives on (in SQL Server 2008), .NET My Services not so much
Years ago, I toured Europe and talked to about 10.000 people about the wonders of WINFS that was...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 09/05/2007
Halo 3 HD clips op msn...
Halo 3 is about to be released and Silverlight was released today. What a great combination :-)...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 09/05/2007
Tech Ed Europe 2007
This year, I'm not the overall content owner for Tech Ed Developers Europe. Dave Webster from my...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 08/30/2007
Bioshock en Coca Cola Happiness
Just launching a rumor (all fake). Judge yourself... Coca Cola Mortar man (from the Happiness...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 08/28/2007
The BeenThereTracks Application (Part 2)
Just got VS2008 Beta 2 Installed so now it's time for some LINQ to XML action. These are the top 3...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 08/28/2007
Links...
A couple of things I read with a lot of pleasure: The Windows Home Server is (obviously) nearing...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 08/23/2007
My XBOX 'red ring of Death' experience
I got my XBOX360 the first day it hit the stores in Belgium. I love my XBOX and my XBOX apparently...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 07/30/2007
reMIX recordings, Silverlight and more...
We just got to publish the recordings from our reMIX tour. There's a bunch of really nice sessions...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 07/27/2007
Testing a new version of Live writer
A new version is here (https://writer.live.com/). Great to see the improvements/additions and also...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 05/31/2007
Boot Camp now support VIsta too
For all you fashionable-speed-loving pc users who bought a MAC just to run Vista, Boot Camp now...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 03/29/2007
2007 TecH ED DEVELOPErS
Tech Ed Europe content planning has started. If you want to be there, you can already start by...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 03/16/2007
Getting started with writing code
You want to start writing a piece of software but you are an absolute beginner, what do you do?...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 03/02/2007
Visual Studio on Vista
I know this is nothing new but I thought it might be interesting to share my experience anyway... I...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 02/04/2007
vista AND OFFICE 2007
Vista shipped, WOW! But Office 2007 is available too. Here's a nice story about this but beware;...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 01/31/2007
Some interesting links
Before I forget to share... Live development: Danny Thorpe's blog (from inside the Live product...
Author: Hans VB1 Date: 01/28/2007