Peter Ward has organised the first Brisbane BarCamp for this weekend!What is a BarCamp BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and Read More
I know that our focus at the moment is on Longhorn Server but I can't help but share the exciting news that Microsoft has publically announced the availability of the Windows Home Server Community Technology Preview (CTP). I have been running a dedicated Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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