July 2006 - Posts

Tech.Ed Lives!

Well I was first to drop the ball I'm afraid. I've been locked away doing uni. assignments and attending family functions the past 2 weeks and haven't been able to post like I should. But now I'm back and hope to make up for some lost time. Stay tuned.. Read More
posted Monday, 31 July 2006 9:37 PM by Damiane | 0 Comments

My Prediction: The party for TechEd this year!

Everyone keeps talking about how TechEd is going to rock this year. This rocks, that rocks, everything rocks. The launch of VS2005 and SQL2005 last year rocked. But I think we've been blinded by the overuse of the term. The theme for the launch last Read More
posted Friday, 28 July 2006 10:19 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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How Big Will TechEd be?

I was wondering to myself this week - just how big will TechEd be this year? Are there going to be millions of geeks wondering around? Is there going to be more people coming than last year? I do know that each year there's been more people come than Read More
posted Friday, 28 July 2006 9:42 PM by geoffa | 1 Comments
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More Shuttle Hounding

I'm still trying to track down what the go is with these shuttles. Dave recently has let us see a picture - twice. Not much information about what the picture is of, but he leaked it nonetheless. So I put mmy MudHound hat on and fired off some questions, Read More
posted Friday, 28 July 2006 9:23 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Geoff: My favourite or most influential features in .Net 3.0

Glav picked a great topic for this week. As he's already discussed, there's 4 main components for .Net 3.0, and he points out the good and the bad (or his lack of knowledge) in all of them. Since he's already done the hard work, I can cut straight to Read More
posted Friday, 28 July 2006 8:35 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Glav: My favourite or most influential features in .Net 3.0

There are many new features in .Net 3.0 that are major releases in themselves. Things like Windows Communication Foundation (WCF, formerly Indigo), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Windows Cardspace. Out of Read More
posted Friday, 28 July 2006 10:23 AM by glav | 0 Comments
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TechEd Retrospective #5 - Michael McMullen

Michael went to TechEd in 2003. He didn't go to the whole event, just the free student day that they had. Name rank and serial number.Michael McMullen, I'm a Microelectronic Engineering and Information Technology double degree student at Griffith University Read More
posted Thursday, 27 July 2006 2:12 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd #7 - Jeff Alexander

If you check his answers, Jeff says he's been with MS for 19 years. That's amazing - given that he looks about 30 years old, that means he started there when he was 11. Impressive! Just how old are you Jeff? This is our third last Behind the Scenes with Read More
posted Thursday, 27 July 2006 1:33 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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MudHounding My Way Into Space

One of the first things that I tried to MudHound was based on a bit of news that Andrew Coates let slip to me last week. He mentioned shuttles. That part of our conversation went something like this: Andrew: Hey, have heard about the shuttles? There's Read More
posted Thursday, 27 July 2006 1:19 PM by geoffa | 1 Comments
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My First MudHounding Attempt

For my first attempt at MudHounding I thought I'd start off small. To make it easy on myself, I decided to contact myself to see if I had any gossip to share. It was an interesting conversation (well, I kept myself amused, anyway) so I thought I'd repeat Read More
posted Wednesday, 26 July 2006 1:26 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Release the Hounds

Over the course of my time on TTB, I've been doing my best to track down useful information for you guys, either as people who have never been before (the Retrospectives series) or as people coming this year (the Behind the Scenes series). Today I'm Read More
posted Wednesday, 26 July 2006 1:12 PM by geoffa | 2 Comments
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Gadgets

I may have mentioned before that Tatham Oddie and myself will be doing a presentation at TechEd. Part of that talk will involve the use of 'Gadgets'. I thought it best to provide a little insight into what I am actually talking about here. I am talking Read More
posted Tuesday, 25 July 2006 3:18 PM by glav | 0 Comments
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TechEd Retrospective #4 - Mitch Denny

I'd thought I'd break away from the norm here, and bring in someone the like of which has never been seen here before at the TTB: Mitch is a Canberra based MVP who works for Readify...oh, hang on...maybe we have (ok, so Glav isn't Canberra based, Read More
posted Monday, 24 July 2006 2:40 PM by geoffa | 1 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd #6 - Penelope Lewin and Angus Logan

For this Behind the Scenes, we're going to do things in tandem. Angus and Pen are both organising their track, so I managed to get both of them to talk about what they're doing. So that you can tell the answers apart, Angus' answers look like normal text, Read More
posted Monday, 24 July 2006 2:08 PM by geoffa | 2 Comments
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TechEd Retrospective #3 - Rael Dusheiko

The last two Retorspective's have been people who went to TechEd in 2005. This time around - we're still sticking with 2005, but I thought I'd keep with the international flavour for the moment. Rael went to TechEd last year in Florida. Name rank Read More
posted Saturday, 22 July 2006 8:56 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd #5 - Nigel Parker

Issue #5 of Behind the Scenes at TechEd takes us on  an international trip. All the way accross the globe...to New Zealand. Nigel surprised me big time with his answers - while I'm used to a few things being secret about TechEd, I never expected Read More
posted Saturday, 22 July 2006 8:36 PM by geoffa | 1 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Geoff: What will development be like in the next 10-20 years?

When Glav picked this topic, I was a little disconcerted. I'm no crystal ball gazer, and given the leaps and bounds that the computer industry moves in, I really don't think I can have a hope of getting this right. But then I thought about what I want, Read More
posted Friday, 21 July 2006 8:46 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Glav: What will development be like in the next 10-20 years

For a Friday opinion topic, this one is quite heavy, but is one that is on the minds of most people who do application development or intend to do app development for a career or part thereof. Right now, its easy to see what the immediate future is, Read More
posted Friday, 21 July 2006 10:28 AM by glav | 2 Comments
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Pssst....want to buy a cheap computer?

We all know that a large part of TechEd is the free swag - but to get it, you have to wait for the actual event, and then pick it all up. What if you could organise some swag before you even get there? As Frank announced earlier today, MS are selling Read More
posted Wednesday, 19 July 2006 10:18 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd #4 - Andrew Coates

No set of interviews would be complete with Andrew Coates. Of all the DPEs that I've seen present in some way, Andy and Chuck Sterling would have to be my favourites. It's up to you to decide why though - presentation skills, knowledge, or (most likely) Read More
posted Wednesday, 19 July 2006 2:07 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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TechEd Retrospective #2 - William Bartholomew

Retrospective #2 comes from William Bartholomew, and active participant on the aus-dotnet list and a TechEd attendee. Let's see what he has to say about TechEd 2005. Name rank and serial number.William Bartholomew, Senior Consultant, Dialog Information Read More
posted Wednesday, 19 July 2006 1:01 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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TechEd2006 Atlas presentation

When I first posted here at TechTalkBlogs, I mentioned that Tatham Oddie and myself would be doing an Atlas presentation at TechEd in Sydney this year. The aim with this presentation, apart from showing some cool Atlas functionality, was to make the Read More
posted Wednesday, 19 July 2006 10:13 AM by glav | 1 Comments

TechEd Retrospective #1 - Rob Farley

As well as running my series on Behind the Scenes at TechEd, I thought it might be interesting to have a few reflections on some of the previous TechEds that have happened over the years. The difference with these, however, is that instead of talking Read More
posted Monday, 17 July 2006 8:29 PM by geoffa | 1 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd #3 - Nigel Watson

For the third issue of Behind the Scenes at TechEd we have a chance to meet Nigel Watson. Let's get into the questions. Who are you, and what do you do when you aren't doing things for TechEd?My name is Nigel Watson, and I work as an Architect Advisor Read More
posted Monday, 17 July 2006 1:11 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Damian: Tech.Ed Survival Guide

OK, so what can Tech.Ed first-timers expect when they get to the event, and how do they get the best value fort their hard earned dollar and enjoy themselves enough to come back year after year? This is my Tech.Ed survival guide: Team UpIf you're going Read More
posted Friday, 14 July 2006 9:30 PM by Damiane | 0 Comments

Friday Opinion by Geoff: Tech.Ed Survival Guide

So this week's opinion piece is to provide some tips for surviving TechEd, and how to get the most out of it. I've only been to one other TechEd before, so my experience is a little limited compared to some of the veterans, but I do remember that week Read More
posted Friday, 14 July 2006 4:55 PM by geoffa | 3 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Glav: Tech.Ed Survival Guide

Heres my friday opinion, what I do to get the most out of Tech.Ed. Something more so for the first timers. And the tips are.... : 1. Look at the speakers for your desired sessions. If they are high profile speakers (Scott Guthrie being a good example), Read More
posted Friday, 14 July 2006 3:08 PM by glav | 1 Comments

Create Your Own MeeGo for TechEd

Frank mentioned it in last week's MSDN Flash, but I forgot all about it. Thanks to Rory for the reminder. You can now create your own custom MeeGo for TechEd. I particularly love the fac they've made a custom MeeGo of Damian himself, as well as Frakn's Read More
posted Thursday, 13 July 2006 4:16 PM by geoffa | 4 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd #2 - David Lemphers

The second issue of Behind the Scenes at TechEd comes to us from Dave Lemphers. Dave has many interests, including (but limited to) shoes, hats, movie critiquing, and Big Brother. Who are you, and what do you do when you aren't doing things for TechEd?I’m Read More
posted Thursday, 13 July 2006 3:24 PM by geoffa | 2 Comments
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Getting all the information

Geoff has been hard at it pushing out some really interesting posts. In a previous post he asks the question, "So what are you going to do to remember it all? " regarding retaining the information presented at TechEd. A good question given the amount Read More
posted Monday, 10 July 2006 9:27 PM by glav | 1 Comments

Behind The Scenes At TechEd #1 - Michael Kleef

The first issue of Behind The Scenes At TechEd is an interview with Michael Kleef. Michael's the head honcho when it comes to TechEd this year - you really don't want to upset him if you want your ticket to be accepted at the door :) Who are you, and Read More
posted Monday, 10 July 2006 5:38 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd

I'm starting up a series called 'Behind The Scenes At TechEd'. I've sent out some interview questions to a few of the people who are responsible for making it happen - the man in charge of the whole event, track owners, people like that. Pretty soon Read More
posted Monday, 10 July 2006 3:15 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Geeks Unite!

There's something about being a geek. There's all manner of geek out there. Generally a geek is a computer junkie, that's a given. But the number of sub-species with the geek label is immense. You've got your Linux geek, your windows geek, your mac Read More
posted Saturday, 8 July 2006 9:16 PM by geoffa | 1 Comments
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TechEd-Wear

For the longest time I've been wanting to buy some gear from ThinkGeek. Whenever Frank posts his latest haul, I get extremely jealous. But I've never really been able to justify the expense. Well, last week I bought a friend a birthday present - and Read More
posted Friday, 7 July 2006 9:38 PM by geoffa | 2 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Damian – Top 3 Reasons I attend Tech.Ed

So I'm bringing up the rear first time round, so to speak. Here are my top 3 reasons for attending Tech.Ed: The EventI love the sense of being a part of something big and impressive that Tech.Ed gives you. I love the big stage, sound system and flashy Read More
posted Friday, 7 July 2006 8:27 PM by Damiane | 1 Comments

Soaking It All In

Rob Caron wrote an interesting post yesterday about Continuous Education - the need to continually learn more and more things as industry changes. While it can effect many industries, IT in particular suffers from this to the extreme. As a developer, Read More
posted Friday, 7 July 2006 3:43 PM by geoffa | 3 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Geoff – Top 3 Reasons I attend Tech Ed

Well, Glav's done his, so now for mine. Todays Topic: Top 3 Reasons I attend Tech Ed. The Major Geek Out. There's so much cool stuff to go and learn and find out about. Several days of non-stop brain pumping. I love it. Although, sometimes it's Read More
posted Friday, 7 July 2006 9:27 AM by geoffa | 2 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Glav – Top 3 Reasons I attend Tech Ed

  Today's post is my first of the "Friday Opinion" posts I talked about yesterday  where each of the guest bloggers discusses their opinion on a common topic.   Todays Topic: Top 3 Reasons I attend Tech Ed.   So here are mine: Read More
posted Friday, 7 July 2006 8:42 AM by glav | 3 Comments
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Starting tomorrow - Weekly Friday Opinions

As part of this group blogging excercise. we have decided that it would be interesting to have a weekly "opinion" post on a common topic, rather than only posting content specific to our own areas. So every friday, we will have a "Friday Opinion" Read More
posted Thursday, 6 July 2006 2:05 PM by glav | 1 Comments
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Developing from a VPC

Well my work desktop decided to roll-over and die last week, or at least I booted it back to our desktop support office after 6 failed attempts to boot it up Thursday morning. So I've taken the oppurtunity to change my development environment. Read More
posted Thursday, 6 July 2006 1:18 PM by Damiane | 0 Comments
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An Atlas overview

Before I launch into details about Atlas, and the presentation at TechEd that myself and Tatham Oddie will be doing on Atlas, I thought it best to give an overview of Atlas for those who are unaware of exactly what it is. Atlas is an evolution and aggregation Read More
posted Wednesday, 5 July 2006 9:04 AM by glav | 1 Comments
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The mystery revealed...again.

Well, I'm certainly no shiny twin or chrome dome like Glav - quite the opposite in fact (well, except for a little bit on the back up the top which seems to be slowly increasing in size - but it's not shiny yet, and since I can't see it, it's not really Read More
posted Tuesday, 4 July 2006 9:24 AM by geoffa | 4 Comments
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The mystery revealed.... some more

Frank has been teasing you and now Paul has revealed himself to you all, but that's not where it ends. Yes there is more than one guest blogger on Tech Talk Blogs, but how many? And who am I anyway? Well I'm not an MVP, I don't work for Readify, I haven't Read More
posted Tuesday, 4 July 2006 8:41 AM by Damiane | 2 Comments

The mystery revealed...

Yes, its me, the captain of Chrome, aka one part of the shiny twins, Paul Glavich. Geoff Appleby has wondered who the guest blogger would be, and now the secret is out. For those who don't know me, I work as a senior consultant for readify, I am currently Read More
posted Monday, 3 July 2006 10:27 PM by glav | 6 Comments
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