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 understand their...
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.
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.
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 that night to fly down to Adelaide… bummer) Thanks to...
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 Picker (see him doing the joint Cabana session...
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: is also an accompanying desktop application (built by yours truly) which allows you to do all your scheduling offline and the sync...
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…;
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…
I’m with Frank on this one – this has to be the coolest, most exciting, newest concept I’ve seen all year. Make sure you watch the video, so that you really do get it – and when the penny drops, your brain will be overwhelmed with ideas for how to employ this technology. Just as Google Earth transformed mapping a year or two ago, this is gonna transform the way we use...
This week at the Sydney VFP User Group we had a change in format. Instead of a presentation on a particular topic, we had four of our regular members present on an application they have worked on.All the applications are written in VFP 7, 8 or 9 and most used 3rd party controls to improve their presentation.Here’s a summary of each:WINEfile by Peter Huishwww.tallships.com.auA great VFP7...