From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Microsoft Oslo

October 31, 2007Microsoft

[As an aside to the main point in this post: One of the great things Microsoft does is put new buzzwords and buzz phrases into mainstream use.You'll remember 'Space' (as in 'the developer space'), surface (as in 'the design surface') and experience (as in 'user experience' and UX). Yep, you take them for granted now [...]

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Facebook security and identity theft

October 31, 2007Social networking

Identity theft is nothing new but from the recent articles on Facebook security holes (example) you'd think it was a whole new danger unleashed on the globe. The good thing about all the press it gets is that it is now mainstream thinking to be wary of putting any personal information on sites (wherever they [...]

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Webb Alert continues to power on

October 30, 2007Technology

I've been watching Webb Alert since the day this little gem of a program started. 5 mins of tech news Mon-Thur, delivered in a humorous style by Morgan Webb.

Technorati Tags: Morgan Webb, Webb Alert

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Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server in small to medium deployments

October 30, 2007SharePoint

Microsoft white paper on SharePoint data protection. The link will then allow you to download the 3.2MB Word doc (44 pages). A good overview. The doc describes itself as:
This paper describes content recovery, site recovery, and disaster recovery strategies for small to medium-sized deployments of Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Technorati Tags: SharePoint, Microsoft white [...]

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SharePoint overview: Community Kit Enhanced Blog intro

October 30, 2007SharePoint

Shane Perran points us to a quick introduction by Vincent Rothwell to the Community Kit for SharePoint: Enhanced Blog Edition (Beta 2 released on 23 Oct 2007).
Technorati Tags: Community Kit for SharePoint, Vincent Rothwell

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SharePoint tip: getting & setting URL

October 30, 2007SharePoint

Ishai has another great tip on how easy it is to set hyperlink fields in SharePoint.
Technorati Tags: SharePoint, Hyperlink, Ishai Sagi

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Southwest Fox – what a conference

October 30, 2007Technology

Oh man I wish I coulda been at Southwest Fox – do those crazy kids know how to run a conference!
Doug has the full rundown of Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4.
Congratulations to the team of Doug, Rick and Tamar on an amazing achievement.
Technorati Tags: Southwest Fox 2007, Doug Hennig

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Apple Leopard thoughts

October 29, 2007Technology

Interesting to read Anil Dash's comments on Apple smugness and then note that Leopard seems to be a victim of the very experience it mocks.
Technorati Tags: Apple Leopard, Blue screen of Death

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How to fix Flash video on Windows Vista / Internet Explorer 7.0

October 28, 2007Microsoft

Simple fix for those experiencing problems running Flash Video on Vista with IE7. Apparently this fixes the problem if it happens on XP as well.
(from Dan Fernandez with thanks to Brian Keller)
Technorati Tags: Flash, Vista, IE7

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Data Dude Power Tools

October 28, 2007Microsoft

Old news now I know (from August), but something I don't want to forget about, is the Power Tools for Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. Gert has the details. Here's the download.
(via Brian Harry)
Technorati Tags: Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals

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Leopard vs Vista feature comparison

October 28, 2007Microsoft

Check out the Leopard versus Vista showdown.
Technorati Tags: Leopard, Vista

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SBTUG: This Wednesday: Assessing Business Ideas, and Team Foundation Server

October 28, 2007Community

This Wednesday 31 October 2007 the Sydney Business & Technology User Group has yet another great night lined up.
Our Business talk will be presented by James McCutcheon on ‘Assessing Good Business Ideas’. James is a serial entrepreneur and gifted speaker, as well as being a Microsoft MVP. He spoke last month on How to Start [...]

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Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs to expire on 1 Nov?

October 28, 2007General Tech

There's been some discussion about the Visual Studio VPCs expiring on 1 Nov this year even though they were originally advertised as expiring next March. MVPs have been asked to spread the word that it is being investigated, and there is a possibility that anyone using the VPCs may lose their data after 1 Nov. [...]

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PERSONAL: Why have a link blog?

October 27, 2007Blog

A few people have asked me why I now have a link blog (URL here, RSS here). There are a few reasons.
The main reason is the signal to noise ratio. Here on my main blog, I like to keep the S/N ratio pretty high. I try to consider posts carefully before posting them, and will [...]

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Convince Andrew Coates to join Facebook

October 26, 2007Technology

Everyone I know is on facebook. Everyone, that is, except Andrew Coates. Most of Australia thinks this is a ridiculous situation, and in an attempt to voice their concern, have created a special group on Facebook to note the conundrum.
If you are on Facebook and share this concern, please voice it by joining the Convince [...]

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TechCrunch CrunchBase

October 26, 2007Technology

I think CrunchBase is a really nice resource. For those of us bemused by the silly throwing around of money that is going on at present, this database is a nice way to search. So I can easily look up any company (eg Jaiku) and find out what hell people are attracted to it for, [...]

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Microsoft share price graph

October 26, 2007Microsoft

And also great to see the Microsoft share price jumping up following the recent news on revenue.
Technorati Tags: Microsoft share price

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Microsoft is making money

October 26, 2007Microsoft

Great to see Microsoft earnings up again. Vista, Windows Server, SQL Server, SharePoint and games were all important contributors.
Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Money

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Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic technologies for 2008

October 26, 2007Technology

Interesting to read what Computerworld thinks Gartner thinks are the top 10 strategic technologies for 2008. The usual woffle abounds with Green IT and 'the Web platform'  (I kid you not) getting trotted out. And look out for number 10 – Social software – my goodness they are prescient.
The problem with these kinds of [...]

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COMMUNITY: Are events worth the cost?

October 24, 2007Community

Q: Is it worth going to community events like SQL Code Camp?

A: Yes – read on for explanation…

SQL Code Camp 13-14 October 2007

When considering any developer event these days it is important to calculate whether you are getting good value. With so much content available online, we need to evaluate the costs (financial, comfort, time [...]

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