frankarr - an aussie microsoft blogger
Ponderings from the Pacific Northwest by an Aussie Geek who works at a software company
Sydney TechEd Closing Party
The closing party was held at Home nightclub. I'm seeing people this morning in the same clothes...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/24/2006
TechEd Sydney - Web vNEXT Panel
I got to sit in the Web vNEXT Panel, which featured George Moore, GM for the Windows Live Dev...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/24/2006
Blame Angus - the intrigue continues
[ Current Listening to : Raining Revolution - Arrested Development ]
Author: frankarr Date: 08/24/2006
MVP Roundtable on VSTS at TechEd Sydney
One of the big benefits of events like TechEd is the customers provide feedback direct to the...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/24/2006
Watch that WiFi
I turned on my Motion LS800 while I was out in Darling Harbour this morning, and it detected a whole...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/23/2006
Hot Goss about MOSS : MOSSChampions.com
MOSS Champions is a new Aussie group blog focused on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/23/2006
Blame Angus
What's this all about?? Blame Angus Is it : A new movie? A new peripheral for XBOX360? A new TV...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/23/2006
TechEd Sydney Webcasts coming online
Chuck just pinged me. He has posted Three WebCasts from Teched Scott Gutherie Building Web...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/22/2006
Professional Visual Basic 2005 : By Andrew Parsons and Nick Randolph
Congrats to both Nick Randolph and Andrew Parsons. Their new book Professional Visual Studio 2005...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/22/2006
Keynote Over , time to rest in the Dev'Garten
So, we kicked off TechEd Sydney this morning. I got to open the day and introduce our guest speaker...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/22/2006
TechEd Sydney Student Day
I had the chance to present at the Student Day. Ihad 30 minutes to talk about Office 20077. I had a...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/22/2006
TechEd Sydney Blogger Brunch
We hosted a small gathering for tech bloggers today at Tech.Ed Sydney. I put a call out a few weeks...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/22/2006
Behind the Scenes at TechEd - I interview myself since Geoff didn't
I've been waiting for Geoff Appleby to interview me for the TechTalkBlog's Behind the Scene series....
Author: frankarr Date: 08/21/2006
TechEd Session Picker : TechEd Live
The bar has been well and truly raised. Craig Bailey has posted an awesome "app" which consists of...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/20/2006
We've got maps covered at TechEd Sydney
Back at TechEd 2004 we launched the Australian Maps for Mappoint Web Service. Well, we continue the...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/20/2006
TechEd Sydney Webcasts
Last year we had The Podcast Network produce a number of mediacasts before, during and after TechEd....
Author: frankarr Date: 08/19/2006
Comment Spam Attack
I've been hit with a great deal of comment spam this weekend - nasty, unsavoury, truly horrible...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/19/2006
Gotta update my Blog Roll
I got an email from Mark Cohen reminding me to update my blog roll with his new blog url. I haven't...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/18/2006
Windows Local Live Aussie Mash-up : Student Partners Locater
Our little secret project has gone live. A Windows Live Local Mash-up hilighting our Student...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/18/2006
Windows Live Writer Plugins Galore
Update 1: Flickr4Writer & Tag4Writer by Tim Heuer It didn't take long for the plugins to appear...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/17/2006
Anna Liu get’s the Haiku Bug
I got an OOF from Anna Liu today and she has caught the Haiku Bug too: Busy with TechEd, No time to...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/17/2006
Community Voting Now Open in Made In Express Contest
The Made In Express Contest finalists have built and submitted their projects. It's time for YOU, to...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/17/2006
BB to be at Tech.Ed : ARC208 10.00am, Thursday 24th
How Cool - Nigel broke the news yesterday Ben Barren (BB to those in the know), passionate demon's...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/16/2006
I'm web 2.0
you can be too
Author: frankarr Date: 08/16/2006
The Work Experience Kid
We have a work experience kid in here this week : Julian Wymer. I met Julian earlier in the week and...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/15/2006
Tech.Frank's Tech.Ed Check List
Things to get done for Tech.Ed Great Sessions Session Picker Apps MeeGo Ask The Experts Haiku Cabana...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/15/2006
Sydney .NET User Group : Wednesday 16th August 2006
The lovely Sophie Belle (had anyone ever met her? does she really exist?) has reminded me that this...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/14/2006
Access Developer Information
I had a knock on my door yesterday from a colleague who was tracking down some information for a...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/14/2006
Got INK?
I would love to be able to ink my blog posts I found this post: Ink in Community Server Very cool!...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/14/2006
Windows Live Writer
The news is out there - Windows Live Writer is alive Introducing Windows Live Writer — Welcome to...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/13/2006
Internal Tech.Ed Ad Campaign Moves to our Intranet
I fired up our local intranet site this morning, and staring at me was me We've had the posters,...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/13/2006
Tech.Ed Haiku Hijinks
You may have noticed a bunch of posts about Haiku OOFs. Geoff Appleby definitely did and he wrote me...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/13/2006
Corporate Face to the Blogosphere - Moi?
It's surprising seeing my name pop up over the past few days as some one who could step up and "be...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/12/2006
Aussie Imagine Cup Representatives Didn't Advance to Finals
I've just read Berno's latest post about the Imagine Cup finals. I had gone looking to see how the...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/10/2006
Finding People's Blogs
In the lift today at work, a collegue asked me how to find people's blogs. He told me he would go to...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/10/2006
Australian IT : Testing the Web 2.0 water
I spotted the following article this week at Australian IT : Testing the Web 2.0 water. I was...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/10/2006
More OOF Tech.Ed Haiku
David Lemphers started it. I followed Now Nigel Watson has added his own creativity -----Original...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/10/2006
Tech.Ed MeeGo Infoporn
Recently, I've looked at a bunch of Tech.Ed data. I looked at which state the attendees are coming...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/10/2006
Long has a Vista speech recognition screencast
My Student Day Demo Buddy, Long Zheng has put together another terrific screencast. This time he...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/09/2006
Darren Shows Me His, So I'll Show You Mine
Darren Neimke shows us the sessions he's attending Here's the one's I would LIKE to attend
Author: frankarr Date: 08/09/2006
Is This The First Aussie Windows Live Gadget
Over a month ago, I made an empassioned plea for Australian Windows Live Gadgets. I was innundated...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/09/2006
Dave writes me some Haiku
David Lemphers has a wonderful OOF (Out Of Office) message, August almost upon usEmail response...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/08/2006
The 2006 Census
Tonight is Census Night! That one day every 5 years in when citizens answer questions for the...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/08/2006
A new member of the family
This little fella came to visit yesterday - Specifications He'll be with me at Tech.Ed if you want...
Author: frankarr Date: 08/07/2006