Team Individualism
Some exploration in technology options that enabe teams to build solutions, but focus on the individual
Developing for Surface
I want a Surface device, and not suprisingly I want the SDK. See how easy it will be to develop for...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/24/2008
New Environment Site - Innovating to improve the world
Microsoft has released a new global environment site. See Rob Bernard talk about it all here Here...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/24/2008
PDC 08 - it is going to be big
Starting to get a bit excited about this event after reading this article, yet I wont be able...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/21/2008
Waratahs
I recently went along to the rugby with one of our partners Unique World and some softies. It was a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/15/2008
Aspiring Architect Series 2008
Looks like some great events arranged by our DPE team. "The Aspiring Architect Series 2008...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/04/2008
Reading Syndication Feeds from within Silverlight 2 beta
I have been preparing for a TechPoint presentation on Silverlight with some nice graphics. I am...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/04/2008
How do I fix the inexplicable "Item has already been added" errors with XAML?
I have been updating soem Silverlight 1.0 demo's to Silverlight 2 and came across this regular...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/02/2008
Silverlight game mashup with Live Earth
Click on the image to take you to the site: Pity I can't get it to pickup bird's eye view of...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/02/2008
Ultra portable options and directions
I am about to travel overseas, and not that my budget extends to another laptop, but this OQO model...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/01/2008
Highlander to be re-made
Slightly off topic but sci-fi enthusiasts, like myself, will be pleased to read the following...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/31/2008
Getting my head around Live Mesh
If you are a developer then you need to see Live Mesh. I also recommend PDC 08 (I have previously...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/26/2008
The Velcro Organisation
Neal Cross, Angus Logan and crew have been creating a small business banking reference site. As part...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/22/2008
Security White Papers
Here’s a great collection of security white papers focused at FSI and Professional Services...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/21/2008
Windows Live Messenger Facebook Application
A few weeks back, Microsoft released the Windows Live Messenger Facebook Application. Members...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/20/2008
Help Aussie kids learn
Help Microsoft raise $100,000 for the Smith Family’s Learning for Life program, to help Aussie...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/19/2008
World Wide Telescope Announced
As discussed here: https://www.itwire.com/content/view/18174/53/ You can now see the world wide...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/13/2008
Constant Partial Attention (CPA).
Loved this email from Andrew May today. Andrew gave Microsoft some great performance coaching tips...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/11/2008
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 BAM
Uploaded the full document here:...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/11/2008
Windows Mobile Weekend Reading
After fixing up a couple of user issues with my two BlackJack II devices: 1) locking would stop the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/11/2008
Photosynth on CSI
Photosynth is a software technology preview from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/09/2008
Live Maps Birds Eye of Sydney
Peter Ulm, who now looks after Virtual Earth etc. in Australia, walked me through some new...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/06/2008
TechPoint Newsletter Financial Services Headlines
Tim Dawson, our local Financial Services Industry Manager, has kindly been providing me with some...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/06/2008
Xobni - Changing my email etiquette & work practices
As Xobni is re-indexing its throwing up some nice little quotes. I realised I never blogged...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/04/2008
PopFly Game Creator - Wow
I revisted PopFly this weekend. It now contains a game creator.... which may help in a Silverlight...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/04/2008
Testing new gadgets
I've been playing with VoIP at home and adding to my media Center. Admittedly it wasn't as good as...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/20/2008
What to do with nostalgic techy T shirts?
I have an abundance of technical T-shirts that I have received from various conferences. As they are...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/13/2008
Thoughts on when to ESB
I haven't been wholly convinced by the whole ESB motivation. Andy Reay, colleague and Microsoft...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/31/2008
.net 3.5 - my recent presentation resources
Yesterday I presented to one of my financial services customers in the city on an overview of what's...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/26/2008
Self actualisation
In a recent conversation with Roger Lawrence, we talked about being more effective when under...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/13/2008
Twitter and Microsoft Open Source Heroes
Some time ago (over a year!) I checked out TwitterEarth. Scared by the experience I thought "I...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/13/2008
BizTalk 2006 R2
I've been talking to a number of customers about BizTalk 2006 R2. Its apparent there is some general...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/13/2008
ie8 in beta
Web slices (think context sensitive right click-able options) and web activities (fixed web pages...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/10/2008
Microsoft Unveils New Interoperability Principles
Following recent shared source a new announcement was made today: Broad-reaching changes to...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/21/2008
N1 Modem wars
After some investigation I decided to go for the Belkin N1 Wireless Modem Router at home. Compared...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/20/2008
ADO.NET 2.0 Overview
I did a presentation to one of our customers today on ADO 2.0 as a step up from .NET 1.1 with a view...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/14/2008
Beginning my Vista gadget for SharePoint Events
I've finally gotten around to building a Vista gadget. Thanks to some prodding by my colleague Neal...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/05/2008
Value from Microsoft Virtualisation
Thanks to Werner Kasselman, Infrastructure Technology Specialist, for the following links: Detailed...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/03/2008
Apple charge for faster Wi-Fi
I popped into the Apple Store today, which was a unique experience. The store was filled with bright...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/23/2008
Microsoft Application Virtualization - New Stuff
Thanks to Leon Booth for the following update: MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/02/2008
Blog Backups
I've been looking for an easy way to port and backup my blogs. I recently testing BlogML as I was...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/02/2008
Windows Live - Some new-ish stuff
Windows Live Events - Birthdays, parties and other event planning tools...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/02/2008
Microsoft Office Outlook Connector
Discovered today that the new outlook connector is free! Click here for more info. (includes contact...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/01/2008
Windows Vista SP1 - my likes
Windows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that, along with improvements delivered to users via...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/30/2007
Vista gadgetsdemos in Financial Services
Gadgets: This is a gadget created by the Wholesale banking division of one of the larger North...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/27/2007
BizTalk RFID Services - Sydney - Microsoft Partner Readiness Training
One of my technology passions is RFID. This is an opportunity for partners to join me in learning...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/26/2007
Microsoft Virtual Server support
When trying to compile a list of Microsoft application that are currently supported by...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/26/2007
Issues when editing editing PDFs via Sharepoint 2007
Earlier this year I had a customer who had some trouble editing PDF's from within SharePoint. Edit...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/26/2007
Posters
Windows Server 2008 Component Posters...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/20/2007
Quincy - Microsoft's Green Data Center
I've been talking to customers quite a bit about Green Data Centers and in particular going beyond...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/08/2007