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May the road rise to meet you...
It's time for me to sign off from this blog. I'll be over on www.robburke.net and wish you all the...
Date: 06/15/2007
Keeping Connected to Microsoft in Ireland
The whole Developer and Platform group have joined forces to start an MSDN Ireland Group Blog,...
Date: 06/15/2007
Five-digit number
Here was my XBox Live Gamertag this morning: According to Dave, that makes me a sad git, and he's...
Date: 06/09/2007
After the Last Stand
When the XNA-fuelled fireworks were over at yesterday's Last Stand in Dublin (literally and...
Date: 06/08/2007
Microsoft Surface
Out of Steve Bathiche and Andy Wilson's work on Surface Computing comes an elegant 30-inch diagonal...
Date: 05/30/2007
Nikon's RAW (NEF) Vista Codec Updated
Nikon has released an updated version of their RAW (NEF) Codec for Vista that resolves an issue that...
Date: 05/26/2007
Rob's Last Stand: XNA, Microsoft Robotics Studio, 360s, Wiis, and Dancing Robots
Talk Abstract: By day, he's helped mild-mannered developers build n-tiered architectures using .NET...
Date: 05/22/2007
All good things ...
It has now been almost three years since I joined Microsoft to work with developers in Ireland....
Date: 05/21/2007
Dublin Event, May 28th: Windows Server 2008 Jumpstart
There are some exciting things coming for developers in Windows Server 2008, which recently reached...
Date: 05/21/2007
Dev.Live.com gets a Facelift
I was looking up some information about one of the Windows Live services (Custom Domains,...
Date: 05/15/2007
Three Technologies that will change photography
Quite an interesting article in the Microsoft PhotoBlog: Program Manager Jordan Schwartz describes 3...
Date: 05/14/2007
Silverlight Developer Resource-a-rama
I've been absorbing Silverlight from the perspective of a developer who wants to use .NET code to...
Date: 05/11/2007
Leaving Las Vegas
I've just touched down in Dublin after the long haul back from the MIX conference. I had an amazing...
Date: 05/04/2007
Silverlight Airlines Keynote Demo Online
Last night, Delay announced the publishing of the Silverlight Airlines Demo from Monday's keynote....
Date: 05/02/2007
Communities of Purpose: Social Networking Panel
From left to right on the Social Networking: Enabling the Two-Way Street panel at MIX07: Dave Morin,...
Date: 05/01/2007
Futures in Design with Kip Voytek
Kip Voytek's great design presentation today was, in my mind, underattended. I am sometimes...
Date: 05/01/2007
Silverlight Developer Reference Diagram
Click to download. With props to Expression Product Manager Arturo Toledo for putting this together,...
Date: 05/01/2007
MIX07 Keynote: Favourite Moments (and photos)
After this morning's MIX07 keynote, I am reinvigorated about the power and potential of Silverlight....
Date: 04/30/2007
MIX07 Welcome Swag
Swag found in my MIX07 Welcome Pack: 1 Silverlight / Mix07 T-Shirt (obligatory)1 copy Vista Ultimate...
Date: 04/30/2007
Microsoft Ireland's Imagine Cup winners announced this evening
I've just returned from the first Microsoft Ireland finals of the Imagine Cup, an annual...
Date: 04/26/2007
Adventures in XNA 6: A Wii Flock of Boids
Here's a flock of butterflies, brought to you in XNA, which can soar around their environment with...
Date: 04/25/2007
Two Artificial Intelligence Legends Publish Sequels
I discovered through a New Scientist magazine article (thanks to Clare) that Marvin Minsky, a.k.a....
Date: 04/19/2007
Microsoft Robotics Studio, and teaching robotics north of the arctic circle
I was excited to see a good friend, Mona, start blogging about her experience running a science...
Date: 04/19/2007
Sliverlight (nee WPF/E)
That's quite pretty. Here's more on SilverLight, the technology formerly known as WPF/E. "If you'd...
Date: 04/16/2007
NLarge, unexpected benefits, and encouraging shared-source community contribution on Codeplex
I received a really nice and unexpected bit of feedback on my NLarge screen magnifier utility, which...
Date: 04/13/2007
Guitar and Wii Controller into XNA: All Games are Wish Fulfillments
One of my favourite game designers of all time, Tim Schafer (Grim Fandango, Full Throttle,...
Date: 04/13/2007
Codeplex Achievement Points?
I'm a huge fan of XBox Live Achievement Points. (In fact, Siofra uses another term to describe my...
Date: 04/05/2007
Social Networking, Day 2 - Facebook stands out
Bebo: The "closed garden" approach isn't working for me. I already have a place I store photos...
Date: 04/05/2007
Adventures in Social Networking
I keep hearing that all the cool kids are on social networks like Bebo and MySpace. So I signed up...
Date: 04/04/2007
What developer technologies are you experimenting with?
I'm curious to hear which developer technologies (both from Microsoft and everyone else) you've...
Date: 04/04/2007
Valentia Technologies - Microsoft Global Case Study
I wanted to take a moment to congratuate Valentia Technologies, an Ireland-based company and one of...
Date: 03/30/2007
Team Foundation Server and Team System: Presents and Futures
These are interesting times for development teams who are using Team System and Team Foundation...
Date: 03/27/2007
WPF/E - Martha Rotter in Belfast and Dublin
Martha Rotter from the WPF/E team is presenting in Belfast tonight and Dublin tomorrow. You're going...
Date: 03/26/2007
Windows Live for Developers: The Good, the Intriguing, and the Way to get Started
On Friday, I showed IT @ Cork the Windows Live Platform for developers. The "one link to rule them...
Date: 03/26/2007
Hungry for ''Orcas''? Try the March CTP!
"Orcas" is the codename for the next release of Visual Studio, which will allow you to develop...
Date: 03/22/2007
Big, Wide, and Deep Imagery from Microsoft Research
Big - We're talking GIGApixels of data (3.7 gigpixels in this image thumbnailed here)Wide - Wide...
Date: 03/22/2007
Watch videos from the Microsoft Research TechFest event
Microsoft Research TechFest provides a forum for Microsoft researchers to connect with the broader...
Date: 03/20/2007
Cool Interface of the Day - Production/Final Video Blending
Striking interface, magnificent content: Hover your mouse over the video to blend a region of...
Date: 03/20/2007
Adventures in XNA 5: The Sharing of Games is About to Begin
An imminent update to the XNA Framework will allow for sharing of packaged XNA Game Studio Express...
Date: 03/20/2007
Start++ is a great addition to Vista's Search functionality
The Vista Team blog tipped me off to a useful utility called Start++ that improves upon the search...
Date: 03/07/2007
Adventures in XNA 4: XNA Creators Club Goes Live at the GDC
If there's one thing that the XBox teams seem to nail, it's the community orientation of sites like...
Date: 03/05/2007
Adventures in XNA 3: The XNA Animation Component Library
I've mentioned the XNA Animation Component Library in passing in my last two posts on XNA, so I...
Date: 02/28/2007
Package from Canada
Moose as far as the eye can see.
Date: 02/28/2007
Imagine Cup 2007: IT Challenge Online Quiz: Round 1 is tomorrow
Over 100 students from 23 Colleges and Universities in Ireland and Northern Ireland have registered...
Date: 02/27/2007
Adventures in XNA 1: Mind Balance Reborn
I sank my teeth into XNA last week and have both the rings under my eyes to prove it, as well as a...
Date: 02/26/2007