ArchiveJanuary 2008

GOOGLE: Playing with Google AJAX Search API

I’ve been playing with the Google AJAX Search API for a few hours and it seems pretty easy. (The API isn’t new or anything, it’s just that I haven’t played with it until now.) The advantage of the AJAX search is that results are presented in the page with no obvious refresh or having to open a new page. You can see a simple implementation on my home page (just type...

TIP: Sending free time details in Outlook

Here’s how to send someone a list of your available time slots from Outlook 2007. Create a new email item as per below example, then click the Calendar button: The following form will appear: Choose the Calendar (if you have multiple) and Date (or range) you want. I usually tick the box to limit it to just work hours. Click OK and it inserts the list of available times into your email (note...

Microsoft Sync Framework

I've mentioned this before, but here's a link to the main Developer Centre for the Microsoft Sync Framework, the aim of which is to keep offline apps in sync with services and devices. The CTP1 Refresh was released in mid December last year and added RSS support amongst other things.
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Latest TFS Times

As Brian Harry notes, the latest version of the TFS Times is available. Great reading for those wanting to stay up to date with Team Foundation Server happenings.
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2008 – the coming dot com crash

Many have referred to Greg Linden's prediction of a dot com crash this year. I agree that something is coming – the amount of money being thrown around is simply not sustainable. The TechCrunch deadpool will be getting bigger and bigger this year. But I suspect there won't be too many layoffs at Google, although if you've been following the Goggle share price over the last few...

2008: The Year of VSTO

There’s been a number of predictions made about technology for 2008, and of course a list of disappointments for the past year. Considering that no ones really takes any of them very seriously, then why not add my own :-) Here’s my prediction:2008 will be the year that Office Business Applications go mainstream*. And by Office Business Applications (OBAs) I’m interested...

DISCLAIMER: Being as open as possible

This is a disclaimer post that I will refer back to from other posts. Last updated: 06 January 2008 Opinion only Anything you read on this site is my own opinion and not necessarily endorsed, agreed to, or even known about by friends, family, employers, etc. If I ever represent the opinion of some one else, it’ll be clearly noted. Well Duh! – Original thought is rare I’m not the...

PERSONAL: Welcome to 2008

I’ve had a nice two week break over the Christmas and New Year period. The first week was spent on chores, family events and generally unwinding. The second was spent reading and thinking, and catching up with a few close friends. Now, I just need another week to do all those technology related projects I intended to get finish… I decided to avoid email and blog reading over the...

Internet filtering in Australia

An interesting decision by our new Australian Government to put in place mandatory opt-out filtering on Australian ISPs. Not that I particularly mind, since I've never really been worried about campaigning for free speech etc, etc, and I think protecting children from porn is probably a good idea. (Note: the filtering is only supposed to be to schools and houses – not businesses) But...

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