FrankFi's view of the world

Microsoft Research Video about Software in the 21st Century

Hi... I found a nice video about the Research which is done in Cambridge. See the original page here...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/25/2007

Snippet of the day...or even week ;-)

Hi... while zapping through the channels seeking for "Monster Garage" (my favourite series) I heart...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/24/2007

Computer Geeks Enjoy the Ride

Hi... I found a nice music video on IEEE Spectrum done by a EEngineer. Have a look:...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/22/2007

Missouri-kind of Developer

Hi... today I learned that I am a Missouri-kind of Developer. I heard that Missouri is the "show-me"...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/21/2007

"War of the worlds" in Czech landscape...

Hi... have you ever heard about the effect the first broadcast of "War of the worlds" had?? Well,...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/19/2007

Some thoughts on Security and Privacy in the next web's world

Hi... I made some thoughts on Web 2.0 Security and Privacy and scetched some things (see...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/19/2007

An interesting Expression user ;-)

Hi... I thought I have a scheme to identify typical Expression users. Designers tend to look...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/15/2007

3D in Silverlight

Hi... since there is no "build-in" 3D engine in Silverlight it makes sense to build some kind of...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/14/2007

SCRUM Process template... as mentioned at STC ;-)

Hi... life is funny: At the STC I talked about Microsoft itself more and more adopting agile...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/14/2007

Running into Security... in a LasVegas casino...

HI... every little thing has its own story. So does the video which Lori just posted on...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/12/2007

Twitter was yesterday ;-)

Hi... Daniel Walzenbach - the brain and the power behind MSDN Solve - just made a mashup using a GPS...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/10/2007

How not to use PowerPoint

Hi... this is funny because it is true... https://www.davidairey.com/how-not-to-use-powerpoint/ The...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/08/2007

Is the hardware too fast for the software??

Hi... not I am not relating to the times when certain runtime enviroments stalled because they were...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/08/2007

Security in the next web's world

Hi... Security is a topic which will not leave us for the time of our existance, I think. Recently I...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/08/2007

Live Writer PlugIns...

Hi... thank you Scott for the comment... ;-) YES, I forgot to mention that there are a ton of useful...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/06/2007

Now my manager got a blog...

Hi... blogging is mainstream. My manager (Said Zahedani who is part of the German Leadership team of...

Author: FrankFi Date: 06/06/2007

Testing Live Writer 1.0 Beta

Hi... if you can read this LW works fine ;-) Get it yourself... https://writer.live.com CU 0xff

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/31/2007

Magic at your fingertips...

Hi... a new way of interaction with computers is simply touching it. But on a large scale... I saw...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/30/2007

Shifting your finger ;-)

Hi... ever tried to use your smartphone with one hand? Ever wondered why your finger is so thick and...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/29/2007

Finding Madeleine...

Hi.. it might seem only a bit of a help but some Microsofties from the UK set up a special page...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/29/2007

As Rosa Luxemburg put it...

Hi... a famous German fighter for socialism and womens-rights, Rosa Luxemburg, once said (see...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/25/2007

Popfly...

Hi... to be honest: The name is somehow strange, the product is killer...and I like the rubber...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/21/2007

Learning Ruby... and discovering some strange things...

Hi... In his last TechTalk Dirk showed some strange behaviours of VB.NET and C#...Dirk, have a look...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/20/2007

PC Design contest...not only for the Kindergarten

Hi... during WinHEC Bill Gates showed some of the winners of a PC design contest done regularly by...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/17/2007

Longhorn Beta 3 - Watch out for red planes...

Hi... some people download Longhorn Beta 3... others might get hit on their head by a beta... Why?...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/15/2007

With a little help from our friends...

Hi... this time I will simply repeat what others said... Quote: "For too long, Microsoft has allowed...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/10/2007

I would like to have more time for... coding;-)

Hi... I had the chance to take part in Dirk's TechTalk (see...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/09/2007

Camera-Man...

Hi... OK, to be actor in a video is nice but in my opinion the camera man should be recognized, too....

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/07/2007

Project 'Astoria'... the ODBC of the web age??

Hi... at the MIX I've been (after being adviced to have a look at the session) at "Accessing Data...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/07/2007

Leaving Las Vegas...

Hi... now Mix is over... what is left?? First they sessions are all online under...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/04/2007

Big, Bigger, XTOPIA !!!

Hi... to say "I am looking forward..." does not describe what I feel right now. I am sitting at the...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/02/2007

...and what is your BLOG good for?

Hi... yesterday I had a discussion at the MIX about blogging with two quite famous German bloggers....

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/01/2007

YAMR = Yet Another MIX Reporter

Hi... I don't think I need to repeat what has been announced on MIX 07 (if you don't know just visit...

Author: FrankFi Date: 05/01/2007

Some thoughts on entrepreneurship

Hi... quite a while ago I founded a company with three more guys. Looking from today it was...

Author: FrankFi Date: 04/24/2007

The Podcast for us Techies...

Hi... ok, to be honest I just want to test this version of Windows Live Writer ;-) but on the other...

Author: FrankFi Date: 04/19/2007

The miraculous '1'

Hi... you know sometimes a single 1 can eat your whole morning :-) I tried to make a user instance...

Author: FrankFi Date: 04/11/2007

New way of hosting...

Hi... Office Live made its way to Germany. Under www.officelive.com/germany you can get your own...

Author: FrankFi Date: 04/02/2007

Microsoft cares about its employees...!!

Hi... I am now in Ireland. In a hotel which has been somekind of castle a few centuries ago. I will...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/25/2007

Woohoo... Secure OS??

Hi... thanks to Frank Prengel I was made aware of an article regarding OS security. The thing is...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/23/2007

Leaving the CeBIT... working on the questions

Hi... today I left the CeBIT. At least physically because now I will start to work on all the...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/20/2007

DirectX Demos...Oldies but goldies ;-)

Hi... since I've been asked lately I re-re-published the DirectX Demos on...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/19/2007

Video from CeBIT

Hi... see our first video directly from the CeBIT done by our new Enthusiast Evangelist Lori...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/16/2007

A fun read...

Hi... during my visit in Redmond I was wandering around a bit and happened to find myself in one of...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/15/2007

MS Research data visualization controls

Hi... cool stuff to display data in another way... check it out!!! .net / WinForms...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/09/2007

My 10 minutes at TechFest

Hi... I used the chance while staying here in Redmond during TechFest to have a visit. OK, it have...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/09/2007

Woohoo...it's me again...

Hi.... our first "try" on a news broadcast... Microsoft Developer News Februar 2007 Yes, we tried to...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/08/2007

MSDN Dialog

Hi... ever wondered how YOU can give US directly feedback?? We worked hard on providing a platform...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/08/2007

Searching MSDN or TechNet...somehow different??

Hi... this is a tool you certainly waited for......

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/07/2007

Internet is like a gas...

Hi... I was recently at a discussion about - you guessed - web 3.0 ;-) Just before that I had the...

Author: FrankFi Date: 03/04/2007

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