Team Individualism
Some exploration in technology options that enabe teams to build solutions, but focus on the individual
Things for Christmas for Techos
I've been shopping around and although I'm not recommending any of these some tools are pretty neat....
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/21/2008
Build management
Thanks to Andy Reay for providing this update: A set of 200+ MS build tasks was recently released to...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/18/2008
HTC Touch HD Update
My Touch HD experiences so far are mostly good with a couple of bad. The good: Phone book transfer...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/15/2008
Is Windows 7 the Solution?
In the recent CIO Article Windows XP: The Microsoft OS That Just Won't Die there is a great quote:...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/15/2008
Alternate HTC Touch Interface
I haven't yet tried to see if this works or there is something similar for my HTC Touch HD. ...a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/15/2008
How does Virtualisation Cut Costs AND Save Energy
Thanks to Adam Bogobowicz for providing me with a link to this new tool. You can think of this site...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/09/2008
Blackjack II to HTC Touch HD - First thoughts
I stretched myself to buy the new HTC Touch HD (iPhone look-a-like) Windows Mobile Device from...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/17/2008
PDC Disk - All the links you need
Very handy list of the “goods” that were made available at PDC08 courtesy of David Aiken...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/13/2008
Kevin PM Twitter
Following the footsteps of Obama. Kevin Rudd and his team are twittering ZdNet suggests its because...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/13/2008
PDC. Mesh, Mobile, Services links & videos
Silverlight for Mobile https://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC10/ Mesh for devices:...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/30/2008
PDC - Picks from "watching it live"
https://channel9.msdn.com/Media/Videos/ C9 Bytes: Don and Chris explain Oslo in 5 minutes The...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/29/2008
PDC and Mesh
Tuesday: 12:45pm BB41 Live Services: What I Learned Building My First Mesh Application (new since...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/29/2008
PDC and Surface
Developing for Microsoft Surface (300) SDK - Brad Carpenter WMV-HQ Video Download WMV-HQ Some...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/29/2008
Windows 7 - What the PDC Build is saying in the press
The following is a collage from various publications on the recent announcements on Windows 7. For a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/29/2008
"hello cloud" - What's new PDC Day One?
An original reading suggested a new cloud OS.“Microsoft has announced a version of Windows...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/28/2008
Silverlight quick picks
Since the release notification of Silverlight 2.0 I thought I'd post some Silverlight 2.0 ready...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/26/2008
Ministry of Sound Vista Gadget
When I'm trying to focus I find it really helpful to tune into high BPM tunes. Especially...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/19/2008
Windows 7 - Pre PDC
I continue to read Paul's site and he recently updated his great FAQ article on what to expect for...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/14/2008
iphone substitute - HTC Touch HD?
Major changes happening in the mobile space. With i-mate looking for a buyer and the HTC Touch 3d...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/07/2008
Out of touch - Touch Wall
I'm obviously not keeping in touch (excuse the pun) with some of the "surface" technology. Here is a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/25/2008
Windows 7 - its going to be [available on disk] at PDC
At the Windows Digital Lifestyle Conference in Tokyo, Bill Gates unveiled a few more details...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/23/2008
DeepZoom your PowerPoint Presentation
Thanks to Chris Birmele for pointing me at PPTFlex. PPTFlex a prototype developed by Office Labs in...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/18/2008
Fishing for a reaction on Vista
My friend Robert has been fishing for a reaction on his comments on Vista. I know he was poking some...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/09/2008
Build your own Halo Master Chief Helmet
Thanks to M3 Sweatt for his post on building a Halo Master Chief Outfit for Halloween from a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/07/2008
Advertising campaign starts in the US with "Shoe Circus"
As part of the well announced and expected Advertising campaign to bring back the Vista reality,...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/05/2008
Perspective on Chrome?
As a 90’s fan of the Netscape browser – never to don the cap to Favorites than Bookmarks, and then...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/05/2008
Surface first touch
At TechEd Pre-Day today I was there when our team from Amnesia rolled out 1 of their 2 (and the only...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/02/2008
Photosynth of RFID Day 4
After being inspired by my financial services account manager Chris Allison I thought I would have a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/31/2008
Behind the scenes at TechEd 2008 Australia - Prep Day 2
I have had a unique insight into the setup of TechEd 2008 here in Sydney. I've been helping Breeze,...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/30/2008
Touch platform debates rage on
At this stage Touch is not for me. I'm pretty happy with my Samsung BlackJack II running Windows...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/22/2008
How to video sites
I have just discovered a bunch of "how to video sites" after reading this article Metacafe...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/18/2008
Power Management Tools
Microsoft Launches ENERGY STAR Compliant Power Management Tool for IT Administrators Microsoft...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/08/2008
Intelligent Spelling Check in Office 2007 - the blue squiggly line
Thanks to our Global team for this productivity enhancer: There, Their….what’s the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/07/2008
Microsoft Sphere; A Multi-Touch Interactive Spherical Display
Last weekend I was sharing with my colleagues some videos I saw of the Microsoft Sphere device. Its...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/03/2008
Article buzz on service offerings and announcements at PDC continue to grow
As featured on Steve Clayton and Nick Mayhew’s blog posts. An Information Week article and...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/31/2008
Mojave - the Vista Ultimate experience
After the weekends news about Mojave there has been much noise in the blogosphere. It turns out that...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/31/2008
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Hyper-V Guide
The Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Hyper-V Guide is the third instalment in a series of guides...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/23/2008
ie8 beta - site readiness
Thanks to Lyndon Higgins for the following: Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/20/2008
Digital immigrants suffer Internet-induced attention deficit disorder.
My good friend Roger has been talking about digital natives (his younger kids) for some time....
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/12/2008
Web Visitors to Citizens - The Web Citizen
part 3 of my concept of the transition of web visitor to resident A citizen is a native or...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/10/2008
Web Visitors to Citizens - The Web Resident
part 2 of a my concept of the transition of web visitor to resident The resident isn't going to a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/10/2008
Web Visitors to Citizens - The Web Visitor
part 1 of a my concept of the transition of web visitor to resident The web visitor is someone who...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/10/2008
Web Visitors to Residents to Citizens
After watching ReMix 08 in Sydney I thought a bit about Angus Logan;s presentation on making you web...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/10/2008
Microsoft BizTalk Server Performance Optimization Guide - 1st Edition
I recently received the announcement of the first edition of the “Microsoft BizTalk Server...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/09/2008
EATK = Enterprise Architect Took Kit
Details on Mike Walkers EATK can be found here...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/08/2008
Linq to Sharepoint
As part of my outstanding "Sharepoint Today" gadget I wanted to use CML to query various...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/05/2008
more videos on Microsoft Surface
Thanks to this site for a bunch of the videos Geotagging with Surface Inside the Surface Testing...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/04/2008
ASP.NET Model View Controller Framework Quick Look
A couple of weeks back I did a presentation that included some ASP.NET MVC Framework preview...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/04/2008