I missed the start of the blogger’s lunch, but managed to catch the panel answering the whole Web 2.0 question. The panel: Phil Sim, Michael Platt, Darren Neimke, Jane O’Connell and Des Walsh were guided by Frank Arrigo. Highlights included hearing them each give their view of what the hell Web 2.0 is. My favourite was Phil who summarised it along the lines of ‘it is a period in...
Always entertaining, and sometimes even informative :-), Adam Cogan walked us through Visual Studio’s history, and then looked at the future of the Team editions of the product. Many of the benefits are already shipped (in part at least) via the recently released Power Tools for TFS. Team Foundation Server incorporates and builds on these. A few warrant special mention, and...
In the first session of the day I stepped into Tony Goodhew’s overview of Visual Studio 2008 (previously Orcas). The session covered VS2008 Pro (as opposed to the Team editions) and was a slick high level flight over the product. Answering the question of WHY?, Tony gave three reasons: Tools for Office 2007 and Vista Improvements for Web developers Language enhancements (especially data...
At the TechEd Technology Showcase booth tonight I was blown away by a very cool technology called SoftGrid. Microsoft acquired this recently. SoftGrid is a virtualisation technology allows applications (as opposed to operating systems) to be delivered to the desktop (ie they are never installed on the desktop – rather it is almost like they are ‘streamed’ to the desktop)...
I’ve made it to the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) for TechEd 2007. Just back from the opening party where I caught up with a bunch of people. My initial thoughts: A great start to the event The Technology Showcase is by far the best booth (I spent half the night there) Having the Technology Showcase at the same location as the bull riding was unfortunate (because the bloke MCing the...
Yep, pretty funny (but not for the person who made it apparently)
And less than 40,000 views even though it’s been up since February – what has the world come to?
(Via Fake Steve Jobs who was recently outed)
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I’m starting to think about the next OzFox conference, and I’d love your thoughts. To help me organise the most appropriate conference for y’all, I’ve put up a very simple survey. If you are a potential attendee, please take the OzFox 2008 survey – it only takes 60 seconds. It’s anonymous (unless you optionally want to leave your email address), so you...
Useful: A Complete Glossary of Essential SEO Jargon (from SEOmoz)
My favorite:
Google bowling Maliciously trying to lower a sites rank by sending it links from the “bad neighborhood†– Kind of like yelling “Good luck with that infection!†to your buddy as you get off the school bus – there is some controversy as to if this works or is just an SEO urban myth.
Yes, I agree with TechCrunch that WebbAlert is pretty cool. Only two episodes so far, but well produced, fast paced, easily consumable (5 mins), interesting, and perhaps a even little quirky. I mean, who knew that there was a guy called Rupert Murdoch (I wonder where he’s from) trying to buy the WSJ?
Technorati Tags: WebbAlert, Morgan Webb, TechCrunch
I was going to wait until Michele had at least ten posts complete before linking to it, but with content like this, I’d be doing you a disservice not pointing it out now: How to be Happy Check out her Tips on How NOT to be Happy – priceless! Tip 1: Take offense Tip 2: Never take responsibility Tip 3: Pity yourself And there’s more to come… Subscribe to HappinessStrategies...