frankarr - an aussie microsoft blogger
Ponderings from the Pacific Northwest by an Aussie Geek who works at a software company
LOVE the meme
Hehe - gotta LOVE a meme Rory does my dirty work [ Currently Playing : Bloody Mary (Spain) - Las...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/31/2006
Gary Wisniewski Proposes Microsoft Scrap The Windows Codebase
Gary Wisniewski continues his excellent series of posts, with Windows TNG: Scrap The Windows...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/31/2006
Mathletics - All the kids are doing it.
Earlier this year, my dauighter Emma came home and told me about this new thing she was doing called...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/31/2006
LinkedIn Dilemma Solved
This morning, I had a dilemma Some sage advice was left amongst the comments. I knew what I was...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/30/2006
The Big Office Move
I moved office today. First move for a number years. I moved from an office on one side of the...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/30/2006
On the horns of a LinkedIn Dilemma....
I got a request last week from one of my LinkedIn connections to forward an introduction along to a...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/29/2006
Microsoft's New Win-Win Strategy ?
My old mate Gary Wisniewski has put forward a very challenging post titled "Microsoft's New Win-Win...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/29/2006
MEDC 2006 : Seems Like it was a hit
Last Thursday, May 25th, in Melbourne, we had the Australian MEDC 2006 hit town. Looking at blog...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/29/2006
Roll your own podcasting support for WMP 11
So, the feeling is that Microsoft's lack of action will slow Podcasting Growth. James O'Neill has...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/28/2006
SMH goes Web 2.0 ?
I noticed a subtle change on the SMH Tech site, at the bottom of most stories How Web 2.0! I found...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/25/2006
TechTalkBlogs : +90 days
I might be at home sick but that's not going to stop me doing the update on TechTalkBlogs for the...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/25/2006
Beta Mania : Windows Vista, Office 2007, WinFX, VSTO
People are excited. Mucho Betas to download. Office 2007 System Vista, WinFX and the Windows SDK:...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/24/2006
Windows Live Local - now with Aussie Maps
The WLL dev team have pushed out a big update with lots of new features. The one feature that I...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/24/2006
Made In Express Contest : An Aussie Finalist
Dan Fernandez gives an update on the Made in Express Contest I had a quick look and noticed an...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/23/2006
No Webstock for Frank, thanks to PinkEye
This morning I woke up not feeling the best. My eyes were stuck together - always a bad sign. Moira...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/22/2006
Tech.Ed 2006 - Are you into IT?
Late last week, we posted an update to the Tech.Ed 2006 site and revealled some of our faces of...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/21/2006
What does Gnoos think is important?
I like meme trackers. The front page of Beta Gnoos today has some interest thought floating about...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/21/2006
TechTalkBlog's new Host Blogger gets the Vista Vibe
One lesser appeciated element of Tech Talk Blogs is the guest blogger section. We kicked it off back...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/21/2006
15 years at Microsoft
Today is the anniversary of when I started my career at Microsoft - 15 years! As I said last year,...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/19/2006
Sleet Geek 06
What is Rory proposing?? <subliminalAdvertising>Sleet Geek 06</subliminalAdversting> A...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/19/2006
Northern Beaches Career Expo
I spent the morning at thr Northern Beaches Career Expo held at Northern Beaches Indoor Sports...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/19/2006
I'm on Tailrank!!
I made it to the front page of Tailrank today w00t!! next stop : tech.memeorandum [ Currently...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/18/2006
TechTalk Blogs : +83 days
Time to check in on the health of TechTalkBlogs. It's been alive 83 days. Feb 24 was when I first...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/17/2006
Corporate Search Gets Serious : Windows Live Search
Annoucement overnight on regsarding Enterprise Search Solutions. Lot's of BUZZ around this...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/17/2006
Looking for a User Experience Evangelist (UxE) to join my team
The products are here : EGD, EID, EWD The job is posted I'm waiting for resumes now [ Currently...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/17/2006
WMP 11 : It Just Rocks
I grabbed the beta of Windows Media Player 11 last night and gave it a spin. It just looks...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/17/2006
Learn how to create classic arcade games using Express
Those wacky folks at Coding4Fun have really outdone themselves this time. They have kicked off a...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/16/2006
Software as a Service Seminar in Sydney
Software as a Service Seminar in Sydney - That's one mean piece of alliteration! Anyways, we are...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/16/2006
Come and grab Expression Web Designer CTP
w00t! We have released the first community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft Expression Web...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/16/2006
Aussie words for Office 2007
Just spotted this poll on the Microsoft Australia home page What are the great Aussie Words For the...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/13/2006
Is Gnoos, Is Good
I scored an invite to the Beta version of Gnoos - an Aussie Blog Search engine, and one of the few...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/12/2006
Want to pitch an idea to Microsoft?
I've received a few unsolicited proposal over the past couple of weeks. Things like: I have a great...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/12/2006
SMH : Old computers harm office morale. Time to Upgrade
I saw this story in the SMH - Old computers harm office morale :. "Ageing and unreliable office...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/10/2006
Dirmap - Look at your PocketPC memory in a new way
I'm a sucker for a good treemap - I made one of my laptop in 2005, and again in 2006 Now, thanks to...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/10/2006
The back of my "new" Motion Computing LS800
Here's the back of my "new" Motion Computing LS800 I kept it on all night and it still works....
Author: frankarr Date: 05/10/2006
In 2 weeks the Global Corporate Challenge Begins!
My team and I have signed up for the Global Corporate Challenge. It started as a challenge from the...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/10/2006
The Wonders of CeBIT 2006
I spent most of the day out at CeBIT 2006 in Sydney. I bumped into a lot of old faces from the past,...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/10/2006
Self paced workshops online with downloadable source code
Richard Grimes sent me an email about a bunch of tutorials he has available on his site. I've had a...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/08/2006
Two guys working to build a game company from the ground up
I got an email from Joel Pobar today about local game company who have written their first game for...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/08/2006
I've Shared my OPML too
I've added my OPML to the collective at Share Your OPML. Surprisingly, I'm in the top 20 of Most...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/08/2006
Buddies make great software happen
Coatsy just popped into my office and left me something: Yes, it's an Eric Rudder Bobblehead doll!...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/08/2006
TechTalkBlogs : +71 days
TechTalkBlogs has been kicking around for a bit over 10 weeks now, infact for those of you keeping...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/08/2006
Cool Job Opportunity : Unified Communications Group
I got an email from my mate Oscar, who heads up the Office Unified Communications Group. He has a...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/08/2006
Disaster Strikes : CRC errors claims my feeds
My local store of RSS feeds had been getting pretty big. At last count it was almost 8GB in size,...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/07/2006