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BackOfMyHand.com - making use of local.live.com
I have seen several "community mapping sites" - but hadn't realised we had our own "in the works"....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/19/2007
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 available - Vista Compatibility
Details and download information available at...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/19/2007
Want to play with Windows Server 2003 - download our Virtual Machine
One of my early adopters was trying to play with the SAAS Litware sample - but didn't have a Windows...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/19/2007
That "Web 2.0 Video"
Ok - I am apparently at least 1.2 million views behind the rest of the planet - but given that still...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/19/2007
SAAS Architecture in 9mins and 54 seconds - with added fun for FREE!
Fred and Gianpaolo "do their thing", talking about SAAS and the creation of Litware sample SAAS...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/19/2007
List of WPF Applications just keeps growing...
I have been attempting to maintain my own list of WPF Applications which also tries to call out UK...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/19/2007
"Hello World" using Vista Speech Recognition
Richard popped me an email to say he had added part 2 - writing "Hello World" using Vista Speech...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/18/2007
Vista Speech Recognition Video
When I phoned Richard last week he was playing around with Vista Speech Recognition. Now I know why....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/17/2007
NxtGenUG Fest07 Event announced for 23rd May in Reading
The NextGenUG have announced their Fest07 event. NxtGenUG have a great track record on delivering...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/17/2007
Soapbox Beta now open to anyone (Video stuff!)
Just noticed Soapbox is now open to all. It is still in Beta but is shaping up nicely - full of...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/17/2007
Second Life problems with Vista?
When we said to application developers "You need to test your applications with Windows Vista", we...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/14/2007
Example of Windows Vista Upgrade Advsior
Following on from my last post and hopefully to give a little more context. Wouldn't you rather see...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/14/2007
ISV with an application that works on Vista? Tell us!
If you have an application that works on Vista then you really should find the time to let Microsoft...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/14/2007
Microsoft and MicroISV
Microsoft has had a long term love of ISVs - it is after all great ISV applications that sell...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/13/2007
Microsoft has this much free software!!!
My post on productivity tools prompted Blake to get in touch and point me at his uber lists of "Free...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/13/2007
My top "productivity" tool finds of 2007 - Feb
Coming back from an Achilles operation has given me a chance to pause and reflect on which tools I...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/13/2007
3D Chess is back for .NET 3.0
Very pleased to see that on Saturday Valentin updated his samples for the final version of .NET 3.0....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/12/2007
David and his Workflow Article on the Tracking Service
My colleague and friend David dropped me an email to say (in his own words) "Hey, workflow dudes, my...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/12/2007
SAAS Sample Application available for download with code
I am pleased to say that we have released our sample application for SAAS. Using the latest...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/12/2007
A DVD to watch - An Inconvenient Truth
I rarely post "none work stuff" - but this is one of those posts I simply must do. At the weekend we...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/12/2007
Another Vista Sidebar gadget - UMusic
We have been working with Universal Music to create a Vista gadget for News, Music and Video...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/11/2007
More information on Visual Studio Orcas from Scott and Doug
My Microsoft UK colleague Doug has posted a great summary of Orcas from a session Scott Guthrie gave...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/11/2007
Time to Wiki?
I noticed https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_ISV is only a stub. This seems a real shame as I think...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/09/2007
MicroISV - remind me - what is one of them?
A couple of posts back I mentioned the term MicroISV - which led a few folks to ask me "Eric - tell...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/09/2007
A pleasant find - FeedGhost RSS Reader
It is funny how things work out. My post on an opportunity for MicroISVs led to some very good...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/08/2007
Something different - the Next Generation User Group :-)
Ok - I'm beginning to think Richard Costall brainwashed me in our tel chat - or perhaps he is just a...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/08/2007
Visual Studio "Orcas" will work with .NET Framework 2.0
Just come off the phone chatting to Richard Costall, who besides his real job, runs the rather...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/08/2007
Train Departure Boards Vista Gadget
I have been on the lookout for great gadgets for Windows Vista - and in my searching came across...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/08/2007
My first post from Windows Mobile Phone using Diarist
I like to travel light - which sometimes means the only gadget is my Windows Mobile Phone (an M3100...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/07/2007
A Greener Paypal - or just an EV SSL Cert user?
I noticed today that the address bar in IE was a rather fetching green when I used IE7 to go to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/07/2007
Visual Studio "Orcas" - Early Adoption Assistance starts...
Our team has spent the last year helping ISVs evaluate and develop solutions which take advantage of...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/07/2007
MicroISV with an app that runs on Vista? Fancy a Free Zune?
Are you a MicroISV (< 10 employees, no VC funding) and do you have an application that you...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/07/2007
Snow due in England in 4 hours
We are waiting on a spot of snow after a "Severe Weather Warning" was issued today. Looks like that...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/07/2007
4 new Workflow Foundation Books – thankfully still dark nights!
Throughout our early adoption work with UK ISVs we gave out a rather decent book on Workflow...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/06/2007
My first blog post from Word 2007
Hello all, this is my first test post to this site using the (very good) blog capabilities of Word...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/06/2007
Sidebar Gadgets - Why HTML+JavaScript? Why not WPF?
Toms and a couple of others asked the same question - hence I thought I would raise this to its own...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/06/2007
Free high quality .NET Framework 3.0 Training
I just noticed that the online training produced by Microsoft Learning is still free. I seem to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/05/2007
Applications built for Vista and the .NET Framework 3.0
We already have several real world application released by our customers and partners which take...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/05/2007
Applications built for Windows Vista and .NET Framework 3.0
Last Updated: Monday 19th February The following are a compilation of great samples and demos of...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/05/2007
Framework 3.0 Sample with source code - DinnerNow.net
The server evangelism team has been "cooking up" a new sample application called DinnerNow.net....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/05/2007
Top Ten for ISVs
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Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/05/2007
Beautiful XBAP WPF App - British Library "Turn the Pages"
This is a thing of beauty. My old friend and colleague Richard has been working for many months with...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/01/2007
Developing a Vista SideBar Gadget
Matt in our team has done a terrific job with this post on developing a sidebar gadget. And remember...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/01/2007
Another rather clever tool - bubbl.us
I am using my return from sick leave and the start of a shiny new year to look again at how I do my...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/01/2007
Partner TV Video Casts - Office Live Explained!
The existence of Partner TV - a Video Cast blog completely passed me by - oops! It contains high...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/31/2007
UK ISV Innovation Day 18th January Slides
On the 18th January my colleague Nick Page presented at the ISV Innovation Day - which lead me to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/31/2007
A new Microsoft UK Blog - Armadillio
I rather like this new blog https://blogs.msdn.com/armadillo - "A Microsoft UK blog aimed at next...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/31/2007
Time for a new style...
With my New Years resolution long since forgotten, the obvious thing for me to do was... tidy the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/31/2007