August 2006 - Posts

Vista Pre-RC1

Now that TechEd is over, things are pretty quiet over here, so I thought I'd post about my Vista Pre-RC1 experiences. I have installed Vista Pre-RC1 release and it is much improved over the previous Beta2 builds. IMO, you could not use the beta2 builds Read More
posted Thursday, 31 August 2006 10:18 PM by glav | 0 Comments
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More podcast interviews form TechEd (Eric Deily and George Moore)

Here are another 2 podcasts from TechEd2006 in Sydney, Australia. 1st one with Eric Deily of the IIS team, and the second with George Moore of the Windows Live Developer Division Eric Deily George Moore Click on their names to get the podcast.  Read More
posted Friday, 25 August 2006 12:01 PM by glav | 0 Comments
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Podcast interview with Jorke Odolphi of WebCentral

Cross posted from my personal blog: I promised some podcast interviews from TechEd and here is the first with Jorke Odolphi from WebCentral.SubscribeDownloadASP.NET Podcast site is here Show Notes: Report from TechEd Australia. Jorke Odolphi. Read More
posted Thursday, 24 August 2006 3:01 PM by glav | 0 Comments
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Tech.Ed OZ 2006 - Day 0 + 1

OK so it's day 2 now and time to quickly reflect on the last day and a bit of Tech.Ed Oz 2006.  The welcome experience was sweet and the expo hall this year is big and spread out, lots of room to move which is great.  I particularly like the Read More
posted Thursday, 24 August 2006 10:11 AM by Damiane | 0 Comments

TechEd - It's On, And I'm Actually Awake

It's been a busy couple of weeks for me. I finished up at my old job, I had to get ready to come to TechEd, I had to start getting ready to start at my new job. Things got so bad that Frank had to interview himself (sorry again Frank, I knew there was Read More
posted Thursday, 24 August 2006 9:20 AM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Time to go!

Well it's finally arrived. I'll be hopping in the car very shortly for the drive off to the airport and then up to Sydney for Tech.Ed 2006 Australia. It's been a long time coming and now I just can't wait. I'm going to do my best to post regularly during Read More
posted Tuesday, 22 August 2006 9:54 AM by Damiane | 0 Comments
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Almost there

So TechEd starts this week. I trust you are all "a quiver" with anticipation. Just wanted to give a final rundown of what you'll get at the presentation Tatham and myself will be giving on Friday (yes last session last day) on building Read More
posted Monday, 21 August 2006 4:37 PM by glav | 0 Comments
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What Do You Want MediaCasted From Tech.Ed OZ?

Great news from up north! Chuck Sterling, Ron Jacobs, Dr Greg Low and the Glav are teaming up to bring Tech.Ed Australia to the masses in the form of over 20 sessions and interviews from the conference floor. Outstanding!! But wait, there's so much more! Read More
posted Friday, 18 August 2006 7:19 PM by Damiane | 0 Comments
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TechEd Interviews

I have cross posted this over on my personal blog here for a bit more exposure but I was hoping for some other reader/listener questions that I can pose for the people I will be interviewing at TechEd. For the records, the people I will be interviewing Read More
posted Friday, 18 August 2006 4:22 PM by glav | 1 Comments

The official line from Encarta: Oracle is better than SQL Server. WTF?!

I was playing around with the updated Encarta Instant Answers bot just now and I thought I'd have a little fun with it. So I asked this question: Why is Oracle better than SQL Server? The answer I got was: The best of them all is obviously Oracle. WTF? Read More
posted Thursday, 17 August 2006 1:43 PM by Damiane | 2 Comments

Gearing up for Tech.Ed

What have I been doing in preparation for Tech.Ed? Tablet PCI've secured my work's only tablet pc to use for note-taking during the event. It wasn't hard really, I knew that we'd bought one for the CEO sometime ago and that they were constantly having Read More
posted Thursday, 17 August 2006 11:21 AM by Damiane | 0 Comments

Supersize My TShirt!

Dave 'DevGarten' Lemphers posted a little while ago showing the design for a Dev'Garten TShirt they'll be giving away at TechEd this year. As I've stated (repeatedly :) a large part of things like TechEd is the free swag. It's important to collect your Read More
posted Wednesday, 16 August 2006 2:06 PM by geoffa | 4 Comments
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Less Than A Week To Go - Just How Big Will TechEd Be?

Coatesy blogged yesterday (in amongst his interesting grammar that gets gooder and gooder :) about how many ticket sales there's been for TechEd, and that it's actually starting to get quite full. With only a week (less, really) until TechEd starts, Read More
posted Wednesday, 16 August 2006 12:17 PM by geoffa | 1 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd #10 - Nathan Mercer

Yes - I've finally reached double figures in this series! Today we meet Nathan Mercer, an IT Pro DPE from Kiwiland. Who are you, and what do you do when you aren't doing things for TechEd?I am Nathan Mercer - a Wellington, Microsoft New Zealand based Read More
posted Wednesday, 16 August 2006 11:11 AM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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XP Media Center & XBOX 360

I've been using my XBOX 360 to connect to my office PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition for a couple of months now and thought I'd post some thoughts here. I love it. The UI of MCE is just fantastic; it looks great and is very easy to use. I love Read More
posted Tuesday, 15 August 2006 10:39 PM by Damiane | 0 Comments

Windows Live Gadgets

A little while ago, Frank Arrigo posted about (possibly) the first windows live gadget written by an Aussie. Well, if you happen to attend Tatham and my presentation at TechEd, you will see gadget number 2. Our session is the last session of the Read More
posted Tuesday, 15 August 2006 11:25 AM by glav | 0 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd #9 - Anna Liu

For this Behind the Scenes, I'm talking to Anna Liu. Anna is organising the Ask The Experts dinner. Who are you, and what do you do when you aren't doing things for TechEd?I’m Anna Liu, Architect Advisor at Microsoft Australia, based in Sydney. I’m Read More
posted Tuesday, 15 August 2006 10:50 AM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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25 years ago.....

Back in 1981, you could grab yourself the most powerful desktop system around. It went something like this: A starter system cost $4273 and featured 64K memory, a 160KB disk drive, ran on Microsoft's Disk Operating System (DOS) and included a keyboard Read More
posted Friday, 11 August 2006 8:49 AM by glav | 3 Comments

Want to do some coding at TechEd? Come help the Smith Family.

Well, finally Mitch has got the plan sorted out enough that it can be talked about :) When you come to the DevGarten at TechEd, you can sit and play with all things Visual Studio Team System. But instead of just playing, you can make a difference. Site Read More
posted Friday, 11 August 2006 1:19 AM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Questions. If you have em, I'd like to hear em...

As part of TechEd, I am lucky enough to have been given some time with some key presenters to do a podcast interview(s). Have a look at the list of people I'll be interviewing at TechEd below. If you have any questions that you'd like me to specifically Read More
posted Thursday, 10 August 2006 3:40 PM by glav | 0 Comments
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MudHounding Again - What Can I Learn?

Here's a scoop for you guys (thanks Frank!), which is nicely timed given my rant from yesterday :) Have you been wondering exactly what Hands On Labs will be available? Fresh off the presses is a document that names every HOL you can take at TechEd this Read More
posted Wednesday, 9 August 2006 5:04 PM by geoffa | 0 Comments
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Interesting Statistic - Passport, Windows Live, Identity

I attended a presentation by Kim Cameron who has a blog all about Identity. It was a really good albeit short presentation on the Laws of Identity and how Microsoft Cardspace (ships with Vista) addresses that. One interesting statistic I learned from Read More
posted Tuesday, 8 August 2006 10:53 PM by glav | 1 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Geoff (Even Later): How to make TechEd better

Well, it's a little past Friday last week - in fact it's closer to next Friday. Sorry for the delay - been busy taking care of sick children, and then I damaged myself. But anyway... The opinion for this week is about how TechEd could be made better Read More
posted Tuesday, 8 August 2006 3:54 PM by geoffa | 6 Comments
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Friday Opinion (a little late): Things I’d like to see at Tech.Ed

There have been recent discussions surrounding the relevance and structure of Tech.Ed Australia and whether it is possibly losing touch with the typical aussie tech-head.  The release of the surprising figures of the breakdown of the attendees for Read More
posted Monday, 7 August 2006 6:22 PM by Damiane | 0 Comments
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Friday Opinion by Glav: How to make TechEd better

Apparently there has been some musings on the value of TechEd, the low number of developers compared to IT pro's attending TechEd over on Frank and David's blog so this weeks opinion post is how to make TechEd better. To be honest, I am really not sure. Read More
posted Friday, 4 August 2006 4:49 PM by glav | 0 Comments
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Behind The Scenes At TechEd #8 - Bernard Oh

While I wait for teh other two track owners to get back to me with their interview answers, it's time to have a look at Student Day. Student Day is a free event put on the day before TechEd starts, to give all those poor students out there a taste of Read More
posted Friday, 4 August 2006 8:16 AM by geoffa | 2 Comments
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The Tech.Ed party location has been revealed!

Go to CommNet and check out your personal agenda. The location of the Tech.Ed party has been revealed! I'm not going to say it here for fear of being struck down so go see for yourself :) Read More
posted Thursday, 3 August 2006 2:26 PM by Damiane | 0 Comments
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Self Promotion

Just in time for TechEd, the book that I have co-authored with Wally McClure, Scott Cate and Craig Shoemaker is about to hit the shelves. Its titled "Beginning AJAX in ASP.NET" and you can pre-order it from here. With any luck, I should have some copies Read More
posted Wednesday, 2 August 2006 4:02 PM by glav | 0 Comments
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