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June 2008 - Posts

Monday, June 30, 2008 6:27 PM

Fellow Hayfever sufferers I feel for you

I lost most of the weekend to hiding away from beasties like this one. I know it's a lovely flower and in reality grass pollen is probably causing more hayfever than this lovely flower. I know there are many people who suffer with hayfever far more than
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:24 AM

VistaSquad: The Fellowship of the Ring! Join them on the 16th July in London

I really like the way that the VistaSquad User Group comprises both IT Pros and Developers - it makes for a really interesting mix of people and conversations. Following last month's excellent VistaSquad user group meeting they've already scheduled the
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:34 PM

It's nice to see good humour between the IE and Firefox team

As you can read on the Mozilla website the IE team sent the Firefox development team a cake to congratulate them on shipping v3 - thanks to Viral for mentioning it to me earlier.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:40 PM

TechNet Plus subscription special offer saving you £85 only available for 2 more weeks

My earlier post titled How to get download access to Microsoft Infrastructure products including Windows Vista and Server 2008 for under £200 per year covered the details of why it's worthwhile buying a TechNetPlus subscription. The offer's only available
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:32 PM

VistaSquad: Join us tonight in London for a live Network Access Protection demo on Server 2008 and Vista

You can read the full details here - it's free, technical and should be fun too - just add a comment to their post if you're coming along The agenda is as follows: 6pm - 6.30pm: Arrive and introductions 6.30pm - 7:30pm: Building RIA Apps 7.30pm - 8:15:
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:05 AM

DesignIT roundtable discussion/debate: Is blogging art?

As I mentioned in my earlier post DesignIT: a mashup of charity, art and technology we held a debate at the Music Room Gallery to discuss whether Blogging is Art. We broadly agreed in the first couple of minutes that blogging is certainly a form of expression,
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:26 AM

DesignIT: a mashup of charity, art and technology

I'm proud to have been involved in Microsoft's DesignIT competition (in partnership with Computer Weekly) for the last three years. It's a great idea as IT Professionals propose innovate designs to help charities make the most of technology to improve
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:57 AM

Bizarre Coffee Machine Hack

I enjoyed reading the Hacking Coffee Makers post on Security Focus . Thanks to Barry Dorrans for sharing it with me via Twitter Thanks to Faye Yu for the image (which isn't related to the story - it's just a nice looking coffee machine) - she's reserved
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:00 PM

What's the worst flowery nonesense mumbo jumbo language used in your office?

The BBC's 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate article has certainly sparked plenty of amusement amongst the Twitter community. The worst phrase I encounter at Microsoft is to "socialize the idea" - meaning to ask people what they think! I'm super
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Friday, June 13, 2008 10:52 AM

Qik's video streaming is now available as an alpha release for Windows Mobile

For the last few months I've enjoyed watching live (and recorded) video being streamed from the mobile phones of quite a few interesting people in the Geek community. I've been a little frustrated that Qik was only available for Nokia devices - given
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:36 PM

The DesignIT Roundtable is blogging art discussion will start soon

Following my Have RoundTable will travel post yesterday I'm now at the event itself. You can follow via Twitter using @MSFT_DesignIT Here's a picture of what I can see - taken a few moments ago. I've posted a series of images (and will post more later
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:35 PM

Have RoundTable will travel!

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's (12th June 2008) DesignIT 2008 Roundtable discussion. Neville Hobson's blog post titled blog as an art form at DesignIT 08 describes the event really well. I'm taking a Microsoft RoundTable device with me as a creative
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:30 PM

Join us for technical dive into Microsoft Virtualisation Management technologies

For one day only we'll be hosting an event at our Microsoft Campus near Reading titled Microsoft Virtualisation and Management technologies - if you would like to join us and are able to be in Reading for the day then all you have to do is visit the registration
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:21 PM

What's the best blog engine/site to use when trying to raise awareness of a tech product?

As you may imagine I often receive requests for advice about how an individual or company can get into blogging. My typical reply starts with "what are you trying to achive/ why do you want to blog?" as all too many people simply want to reap the benefits
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:26 PM

What will it cost to own and run an iPhone v2/3G/whatever it's going to be called?

Note: thanks to cnet for the image from their iPhone 3G First Take Thanks to Neville Hobson’s post titled Data costs could make the new iPhone an expensive proposition I now have a much better understanding of both the upfront and ongoing costs of an
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 3:34 PM

What books are on your bookshelf? *edited to add link to my bookshelf*

Before you ask "No I don't have any financial involvement in BookRabbit" - I just think it's a cool idea as I mentioned in my post yesterday titled what fun - browse the bookshelves of people you know online . Steve Clayton's BookRabbit - Facebook for
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Monday, June 02, 2008 11:33 AM

What fun - browse the bookshelves of people you know online

I've just stumbled across Steve Clayton's BookRabbit - Facebook for your bookshelf post and given it a whirl for myself. I don't use much paper at all but like Steve I do still enjoy reading good books. BookRabbit is cool as not only can you easily browse
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