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Demos Happen { Here } – State finals starting in Sydney tonight.
This evening (Monday 11 Aug) is the first of the Demos Happen { Here } state finals. We’ll be...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/10/2008
TechEd Fever – Guess the number of paying attendees at TechEd Australia and Win!
Now for a bit of TechEd fun. Maybe I’ve been on too many aeroplanes recently (in fact, I know...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/06/2008
VSTO/OBA Thought Leadership and Clarity from Craig Bailey
Craig’s been doing some great work around OBA and VSTO on his blog lately. As well as his...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/31/2008
New Australian Windows Mobile Blog
Don Kerr and Rick Anderson are blogging now at https://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz. It’s going to be a...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/25/2008
How do you become a "Successful Developer"?
Fin asked a few of us inside and outside Microsoft for tips in becoming a successful developer....
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/23/2008
TechEd Technology Sneak Peek – tonight only
This evening at the Sydney .NET User Group, in addition to the great session that Nick Randolph will...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/18/2008
TechEd Day 2 – The Conversation Continues
See also Day 1 and Day 0 Another fun day at TechEd in the US started with a great session from...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/10/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Game
Just got this from a contact in the know … Now that the Silverlight 2 Beta 2 bits have gone...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/07/2008
Speaking at WDNUG next Wednesday
Update – I’ve pushed this out a month and Adam Cogan’s going to present this month...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/06/2008
Deploying VSTO v3 Applications - Session at our internal conference
I just got confirmation that the session I proposed for our internal technical conference, TechReady...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/06/2008
TechEd Day 1 - Developers, Developers, D-d-d-d-d-developers
This is as close as I got to BalmerBot at the TechEd keynote on Day 1. I enjoyed, but wasn't blown...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/06/2008
Tech.Ed US Day 0 - The Journey Begins
After 28-odd hours (and some of them were very odd) of travel, I arrived in Orlando ready to start...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/03/2008
Developing an add-in for multiple versions of Office
One of the common questions I get asked when I do sessions on VSTO/OBA development is "how can I...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/27/2008
WOW! It's the Technology of TechEd Track
Following Kleefy's not so unexpected announcement, I've taken over the Technology of TechEd Track...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/25/2008
The Portal is Dead! Long Live the Portal!
I had a great time presenting at the Perth SharePoint User Group last Tuesday. I've uploaded my deck...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2008
Content when you need it - Great training kits available
I went to see the clever folk at Vivid Group yesterday. Being clever, they've already established an...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2008
Get twice as certified and help win your User Group $3000 worth of prizes
As some of you know, I'm a big fan of the certification system. Well, there are only 11 days left of...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2008
OBA Sample Application Kits Release to Web
The VSTO team have been hard at work both with their work on .NET3.5SP1 and on other things to...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2008
Content from the SharePoint Forum now Available
Alistair and I did a session at the recent SharePoint Forum on "Delivering Systems that the Users...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/19/2008
Got questions about Tech.Ed ANZ Tracks? Talk to the Track Owners.
One of the really innovative things about the Tech.Ed Australia web site is the capability to...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/18/2008
Community is where you make it
As my blog tag says, it's all about community. Just before I went dark to go on the Wave Launch...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2008
Unable to customise context menus in PowerPoint 2007?
I got this question from one of our partners yesterday. The application developed by my client is an...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/15/2008
Deploying VSTO 3 solutions
While the default mechanism for deploying VSTO v3 Add-Ins is ClickOnce, there there's now also a...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/15/2008
More Office Developer Documentation
She's indefatigable! Erika Ehrli keeps posting these gems. Hot on the heels of my post about Office...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/14/2008
Microsoft launches RoboChamps, a worldwide simulated robotics competition platform built on .NET
It's seems like competitions are the flavour of the month. A couple of weeks ago we launched a...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/14/2008
Open XML Links - catching up.
I'm catching up with a bunch of Open XML blogging from ages ago, so apologies if some of these are...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/13/2008
Office Object Model References on MSDN
On an internal alias, I recently got asked a question that had come from a customer: "I...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/12/2008
VSTO/VSTA Power Tools and Submitting Feedback on MS Products
Anyone who's been to any of my recent presentations knows that I'm a passionate advocate of...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2008
Registrations open for Tech.Ed Australia
It's alive! The registration site for Tech.Ed Australia is live. Don't miss out on the great Early...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/07/2008
Visual Studio 2008 certifications demystified
Still catching up on my blogging, so this one's a little old. The irrepressible Trika blogged about...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/06/2008
Machinations
Just trying out a new look. After my plan comes to fruition, I should be ready to subsume the...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/04/2008
MS Press Online Store now open in Australia with discounts for UG members until the end of May
I got this note from Tania Netterfield, our partner manager for CPLS and the local MS Press...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2008
US Tech.Ed Session Catalogues Live
As I said, I'm off to Tech.Ed Developers in Orlando at the beginning of next month (and our event...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2008
Sneak Peak ...
I'm not sure Kleefy had the first part right ...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Guide, v1.08
(ex) VSTS Blogfather, Rob Caron, announced the availability of the Visual Studio Product Comparison...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2008
Help us find this year's most Innovative Teachers
Eight teachers who use technology in innovative ways to support learning will win a trip to KL next...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2008
Record your Demos Happen { Here } demo with Community Clips
Jensen Harris (of "The Story Of The Ribbon" fame) announced it, Allan Da Costa Pinto has pointed to...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 04/29/2008
Speaking at the Perth SharePoint User Group - 20 May
I'll be presenting at the Perth SharePoint User Group on May 20 on Delivering Systems that the Users...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 04/29/2008
Off to TechEd Developers in Orlando
As part of our quest to source the best speakers and content possible for TechEd in New Zealand and...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 04/26/2008
Times Reader SDK Released
Yeah, I know I'm about 3 months late with this, but I'm coming out of the tunnel (between here and...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 04/26/2008
Out of the darkness - Tech.ED New Zealand and Australia Track Owners
I went dark exactly two months ago and I'm finally coming up for some blogging air. Look out for...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 04/25/2008
Testing the Silverlight Streaming Publishing Experience
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2008