Team Individualism
Some exploration in technology options that enabe teams to build solutions, but focus on the individual
RFID case studies and presentation
Some video and case study information RFID Supply Chain Sushi Restaurant Enhances Quality Control,...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/16/2007
Optimising Vista for Energy Efficiency
Following the green posting last month I recently came across some more articles. They go beyond the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/07/2007
Updating my Mac Mini Vista Media Center for Australia
There are a few issues I have left for a bit on my Mac Mini. I first updated the CPU to a Merom...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/28/2007
Data Protection Manager 2007 - Protect Exchange, SQL and SharePoint
A new member of the Systems Center family has RTMed. For more on Data Protection Manager see the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/26/2007
Andy Lees's on Virtualisation
Andy Lee's the Microsoft Corporate VP for Server and Tools recently presented in Sydney. He spoke...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/25/2007
Vista tweak tools
Windows Vista tweaks A vista logo generator
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/24/2007
Writing, communication, technology and relationships
One of the reasons I haven?t been posting much is I have been, trying, to complete my latest Masters...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/24/2007
More green dream - "carbon neutral" a new panacea?
I was browsing my favourite feeds and came across this green ramble from Dell. It seems everyone is...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/24/2007
Get stuck in: Smeaton's guide to intervention
Thanks to Dave Street for this great quote from an article in the Guardian: "Rule 1 You've got to...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/02/2007
Larger 2.5" drives, but how to clone
At home I have a Mac Mini as my Vista Media Center. My two upgrades I would like to do are: 1) CPU -...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/26/2007
Systems Center Service Manager
This is a product I had a look at when at Microsoft Redmond in July "Introducing System Center...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/25/2007
The Green Data Center
When I was last in Seattle I heard the Microsoft leaders in this area speak about the creation of a...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/20/2007
Blogging Statistics
These stats go to show that blogging is actually quite big: Over 12 million American adults...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/18/2007
BizTalk 2006 R2 Launch Statistics
This fifth full version of BizTalk Server hit a number of key milestones including: · 7,000...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/18/2007
Financial Services Developer Links
Thomson Portia’s work with .Net 3.0 continues to get people’s attention around the company. A story...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/16/2007
My Windows Mobile Phones
As some of my friends and colleagues know I like my gadgets. Thanks to ebay and others I have turned...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/05/2007
Sydney BizTalk R2 Launch
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Worldwide Launch - Your Business, Connected The launch of BizTalk Server 2006...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/23/2007
Account Technology Specialist
This week I have officially joined the Enterprise and Partner Group in Australia. What this means in...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/22/2007
Our new beta search
A little bit more practical than Ms.Dewey. It certainly delivers a good demonstration of...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/22/2007
Name translation from Visual Studio 2005 to 2008 products
According to Rob Caron recently: Visual Studio 2005 Visual Studio 2008 Visual Studio 2005 Team...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/10/2007
The roadmap for Smart Client
Heres my take on smart client. Your doing smart client if: the application runs on the desktop the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/07/2007
Alistair Cockburn - You know you are not doing agile if
I have a couple of Alistair's book and rate his writing. He is also signatory on The Manifesto for...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/06/2007
WCF for .net 3.0 - Various web casts and links
The following post is the result of some questions I received while proctoring for WCF hands on...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/27/2007
Microsoft Touch Desk and Surface
Touch desk and surface are quite different, apparently. Both are quite exciting.... To learn more,...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/04/2007
SOA/ESB Integration in the Real World
Yesterday I helped at the Australian Architecture Forum as a Scribe for Dr. Don Ferguson. The event...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/27/2007
New TechNet ANZ Vista Gadget
The Microsoft TechNet Gadget for Australia and New Zealand delivers information from several of the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/25/2007
enterprise 2.0
Following a read of Microsoft SharePoint goes wild for wikis I wondered how prolific this term is....
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/20/2007
Adding new TFS user and not being able to login
After adding a new user to a Windows Group which is already part of a TFS group then you may get one...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/01/2007
Best practices for TFS - The TFS Guide
Whilst reading about backup and restore (specifically moving) for Team Foundation server I found...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/28/2007
Results of upgrading my Mac Mini HDD, cloning, partitioning to maintain Vista setup
I spent the weekend, amongst other things upgrading my mac mini hard-drive from the standard 80GB...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/27/2007
Microsoft Live TV for Vista Media Center
Thanks to my old school buddy Robert Double for the following link. Engadget also write about it...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/27/2007
Wifi - bad for you = bad science
Having recently returned from the UK, where Wifi scaremongering is the flavour of the month, I was...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/27/2007
Changing Team Foundation Server Credentials from Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer
I recently posted about changing stored credentials used by Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer....
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/27/2007
Changing Team Foundation Server Credentials
Clearing the cache may rid of credentials being cached:C:\Documents and Settings<you>\Local...
Author: drmcghee Date: 05/24/2007
New UP some Linq
This post is yet another technology placeholder. I found the other day my PDC 05 notes and...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/26/2007
TFS and Vista Gadgets with WPF
I was reading Mick Badran’s blog and noticed he belonged to the TechEd 2007 community bloggers site...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/19/2007
WPF Master Details with an Object Reference
I've been creating some WPF examples to hook up with my WCF applications by using Expression Blend I...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/19/2007
WCF fault - The creator of this fault did not specify a reason
I was throwing a simple WCF FaultException yesterday and came across the same problem as this on the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/19/2007
.net @ work - network mashup examples and links
At a customer we are some creating a mini series of information sessions about key developments in...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/19/2007
Defining a basic Development Architecture
What’s in a development architecture? I've had this posed at several customers where no set...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/19/2007
The problem with incrementally fixing an application?
I quote a recent article as it struck me as a rational for a comprehensive development architecture...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/19/2007
Singleton becomes PerCall - ReleaseInstanceMode
Beware: Adding the following attribute to a member of the the underlying service class...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/19/2007
Using the Action Generic Delegate for callbacks
When creating a new subscriber interface for a WCF service recently I discovered this elegant little...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/19/2007
Addressing Man in the Middle Attacks
One of our customers pointed out this interesting article to me today: ABN Amro compensates victims...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/19/2007
Finally a new version of Apple's Bootcamp
After reading an article titled Apple delays Leopard to October I discovered that Bootcamp had...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/12/2007
WCF - Could not find default endpoint element
I am implementing a WCF reference model this week as part of a presentation. You realise some basics...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/12/2007
Vista wallpapers
I've been meaning to create a post to host some of my Vista links I like. Here is a nice link for...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/09/2007
WGA Internet Explorer 7 issue
Last week I had some issues convincing my machine that it could indeed run the WGA tool I came...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/09/2007
TFS lock checking
Im working my way through an unusual TFS issue:The item $//Security/Security.vsd is locked for...
Author: drmcghee Date: 04/09/2007