Team Individualism
Some exploration in technology options that enabe teams to build solutions, but focus on the individual
OFFICE MAYOR MEETUP 2010, Sydney
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, calling all Foursquare Mayors Next week, Microsoft will host the world’s first...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/09/2010
Competition: Zooms for Improvement
A new competition for IT Pros - you can win one of 2 $12K prize packs including a 46” 3D TV, 3D Blu...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/02/2010
Augmented reality revisited… WPF TO SL4
When creating the AMPLIFY 09 Augmented Reality example last year I was fortunately enough to use the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/12/2010
SharePoint 2010 Performance/Capacity Planning
These white papers describe the performance and capacity impact of specific feature sets included in...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/21/2010
Silverlight 4 Training Kit released
A new free Silverlight 4 Training Kit is now available that walks you through building business...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/20/2010
The Hyperspace Button
Some of you may remember Defender, and it was with much amusement I was reminded,in email, of the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/30/2010
Windows 7 Tweetup in Sydney on March 30th
The consumer team is hosting a Windows 7 Tweetup in Sydney on March 30th. Might be worth it cos...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/18/2010
Twitter data visualisation for Windows Phone
I admit it, I'm starting to really want to put my hands on a Windows Phone 7 series. But I wondered,...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/11/2010
Time Management and meetings. Using your phone and desktop tools to better effect
How do you think of time management? When I think of time management I think of personal...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/03/2010
Should applications be on a closed platform?
I read, yet-another, iPad article /rant this morning. I did find it clever that one quoted Guardian...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/01/2010
Throwing away the rulebook
Reading various articles this week, I found an article on Windows Mobile 7 from msmobiles. I found...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/12/2009
Smooth streaming on StreetSide thanks to Bing Maps Silverlight
There have been some great new features released overnight to beta for Bing Maps. Whilst, at first...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/02/2009
Ask the Development Tech Community
I've been reading David Burela's blog - some pretty good stuff. In addition to some neat...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/20/2009
pDC UPDate – Windows Azure for PHP, MySQL and a host of other popular open-source tools
Thanks to much tweeting I am beginning to be jealous of Greg Willis, Catherine Eibner, Richard Banks...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/17/2009
Windows 7 Themes
new Windows 7 Themes now available here
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/06/2009
Weary from IT marketing
After a long day I'm trawling through my.live.com and reading tweets and a few comments on fixing...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/05/2009
Infoglut - I'm making an email resolution
IEEE Spectrum magazine's article on infoglut has provided me some inspiration to: Reapply PIFEM...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/27/2009
Nothing comes for free?
There is something skill or magic about picking up a topic such as "Does IT matter" or penning a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/27/2009
HopeMongers
Over the last ten months, a volunteer team of 7 Microsoft MVPs, 30 community developers, 5...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/25/2009
Links to “what to know” about Sharepoint 2010
The public beta will be available on November 2009. Register at following location to access the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/20/2009
HP Envy
As many of my colleagues rib me about, I do like the Apple Hardware. Today we at Microsoft in Sydney...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/19/2009
Microsoft Helps – The Official Twitter account for Microsoft Customer Service
Just launched https://twitter.com/MicrosoftHelps It’s the official Twitter account for Microsoft...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/15/2009
Google: What if you don’t know any better?
Doing my regular rounds of tech news I came across this article which is a surprisingly candid...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/08/2009
Microsoft Online Service opens to all - Microsoft and Telstra unveil cloud software offerings
Sydney, Australia –September 1st, 2009: Microsoft and Telstra today announced the availability of...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/07/2009
Social networking, UK winners and losers 2009
In the UK Daily Telegraph last week (Thursday 8th August) Stephen Adams and Rupert Neate wrote about...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/12/2009
My new computer, Mac Air, pending Windows 7 installation
So, after purchasing my Mac Air in Bellevue,WA (would you believe they give Microsoft staff a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/05/2009
Designed for frustration – response to BankerVision
I feel compelled to respond to recent provocative article written by James Gardner. In it James...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/22/2009
Software Enabled Earth
How Microsoft is reducing its carbon footprint by Rob Bernard I’ve thrown up a few of my documents...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/21/2009
Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the .NET Services Software Development Kit (SDK).
The latest .NET Services SDK CTP delivers some significant changes. It now supports Windows 7 RC. In...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/20/2009
Microsoft Surface and RTT PowerHouse 3-D Technology Showcased at RTT Conference
The 10th RTT Conference in Munich in May featured the successful premiere of Realtime Technology...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/20/2009
Mobile Videos & Development Web cast July 17th 2009
Don Kerr reminded me today of the following resources: Videos: Windows Phone Promo – 30 second video...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/13/2009
The Glass - Perspectives on creating community
I’ve been asked to share with my colleagues some ways my efforts over the past couple of years have...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/11/2009
Learning's from Remix 09 Australia – Azure, Blend and Silverlight
When I attended Remix last month I made some notes in the evening on what I learned that day: Top...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/08/2009
some VHD Options in Windows 7
I've become quite the VHD user with Windows 7. You might be asking why. To start with I didn't...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/08/2009
Windows 7 Books in Australia - Half price for July 09
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/06/2009
We all have questions about the economy...
Over the coming weeks, Microsoft will help power the conversations between Australian politicians...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/01/2009
Free HP Mini Netbook with Win 7 for TechEd attendees
These HP Mini 2140 Notebook devices look excellent, and will be free (!) for attendees of TechEd...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/30/2009
Deep Zoom Tiled Picture Mosaic
After the Amplify09 expo I thought I would take the Augmented Reality (with Twitter, Live Mesh and...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/27/2009
Avril Henry – What will you remembered for from the Global Financial Crisis?
Great article in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning by Avril Henry. Essentially it played to my...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/22/2009
Playing with HP Multi-Touch on Win7 for Amplify09
Today I have been having fun with the HP IQ528 – thanks HP! We are planning to use at the Amplify09...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/22/2009
Remix Sydney 11th June – Late Notice of Offer
Yep, Remix is tomorrow! (keep up to date with Australia dev events here) I have just been made aware...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/10/2009
Blind searching – the taste test
Good on Michael Kordahi making a home-grown blind search taste test. In a matter of days his search...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/09/2009
Creating a Windows 7 RC x64 VHD
I’ve recently spent of bit of time building a Windows 7 VHD for some custom development. I thought...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/04/2009
Windows Mobile 6.5 Toolkit
I would love to play with this, but I doubt Ill have time…....
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/04/2009
Microsoft introduces new XBox 360 features, including controller-less gaming
As reported in multiple sources yesterday there were a number of Microsoft announcements on new...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/03/2009