From the monthly archives:

August 2006

TECHED: TechED Disappointment

August 29, 2006General Tech

PreambleI attended TechEd 2006 in Sydney last week and was disappointed. In this post I’ll outline some suggestions I think Microsoft should consider in order to improve the event for next year.Firstly though, a brief note on my expectations going in to TechEd.My reasons for attending TechEd were:- to better understand Microsoft’s product range,- to [...]

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HYPE: Office 2007 ribbons disappearing?

August 29, 2006General Tech

Classic stuff. Jensen Harris comes to terms with the stupidity of hype-induced Australian journalists.I wish I could take credit for this kind of misinformation spreading – it’d make a great April Fool’s prank. No doubt some clown at TechEd last week is responsible.

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GOOGLE: Anil Dash on Google Apps

August 29, 2006General Tech

The always interesting and extremely serious {g} Anil Dash comments nicely on Google Apps for your Domain.I especially liked his second main point explaining why Google Apps doesn’t compete with Microsoft Office.

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VFP: Sydney VFP User Group this Wed – Eric Lee speaking on TFS

August 28, 2006General Tech

Exciting news! This Wednesday the Sydney VFP User Group will be combining with the Sydney .Net User Group to hear Eric Lee, Product Manager for Team Foundation Server, talking about TFS, Migrating VSS to TFS, and using TFS from VS2005 and VFP via the MSSCCI provider. Not to be missed (although sadly I have to leave early [...]

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TECHED: More on TechEd Live

August 21, 2006General Tech

It was remiss of me in my last post not to mention the two inspirators (inspirational people) behind the TechEd Live concept. The first ofcourse is Paul Stovell, with his TechEd Session Picker (see him at TechEd doing a Dev Cabana session) – he definately got the momentum going. The second is Bill McCarthy with his TechEd 2006 [...]

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TECHED: TechEd Live

August 21, 2006General Tech

Check out the TechEd Live web site Scott Scovell has developed. It allows you to plan all your sessions, share them with the community and choose which friends you want to see along side you on the maps. For screen shots and an overview there is a write up here:http://www.craigbailey.net/techedlive.htm There is also an accompanying desktop application [...]

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FUN: Maranatha puzzle

August 9, 2006General Tech

Looks like fun. Da Vinci Code, Holy Grail, National Treasure, all the usual suspects. Can’t wait to get a copy. I wonder if it has been solved yet…http://www.maranatha-puzzle.com/home.asp 

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VFP: Revamped Harris Technology site

August 9, 2006General Tech

Check out the revamped Harris Technology site. Very nice. Very fast, easily searchable, and highly functional. And all running on Visual FoxPro.Chris Sainty gives us the heads up…

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