frankarr - an aussie microsoft blogger
Ponderings from the Pacific Northwest by an Aussie Geek who works at a software company
Calling for survey participants for thesis on blogs!
In my last post, I mentioned that yesterday I was interviewed by a post graduate student. She left...
Author: frankarr Date: 10/16/2006
I survived the first day back
Phew, a lot happened today (in no particular order, I'm just going for the step effect) Approved...
Author: frankarr Date: 10/16/2006
Welcome Back to Me
After a 2 week break, I am back from holidays. Did I miss anything? Technorati tags: Frank Arrigo
Author: frankarr Date: 10/15/2006
SMH: Microsoft banks on Vista
I was interview by Adam Turner a few weeks ago for a piece he was writing. Well the article was...
Author: frankarr Date: 10/10/2006
Chatting with Mark Jones from The AFR
I had a little chat today with Mark Jones, IT Editor for the Australian Financial Review, for an...
Author: frankarr Date: 10/05/2006
Frank 'n Fuzzy have a Chat
The interview I did with Fuzzy on CybershackTV went to air this week A few screengrabs: I like the...
Author: frankarr Date: 10/04/2006
A new batch of freshly minted MVPs
I had to break out from my holiday and do a post to welcome a bunch of new (and well deserved) MVPS...
Author: frankarr Date: 10/04/2006
Top 20 Search Keywords for September 2006
Since I'm looking at top posts for the month, and I am pulling info from on BlogBeat, I may as well...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/30/2006
Top 20 Posts for September 2006
As I did in last month, I looked back on BlogBeat for my top 20 posts for the month of September....
Author: frankarr Date: 09/30/2006
NewsGator Desktop Sync : Keep the Common Feed List and NewsGator Feed Store synchronized
At this point in time, I am juggling 3 different machines, which means I need some different tools...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/30/2006
TechTalkBlogs: +218 Days
TechTalkBlogs continues to thrive. It has now been alive for 218 days. Just look how it's grown over...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/30/2006
My Network of Trusted Professionals : September LinkedIn Update
It's the end of the month, so here's my LinkedIn Update, following fron my July Update You are at...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/30/2006
It's cool
Computerworld : Why Microsoft's Zune scares Apple to the core "...The Zune is unlike any product...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/29/2006
Touché David!
So, David is digging up some old old photos of me. Nice one. Well, young David has featured in an...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/29/2006
Global Corporate Challenge Newsletter
I had a little piece published in the September edition of the Global Corporate Challenge Newsletter...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/29/2006
Taking Some Time Off
Well, I am going to be talking a few weeks off. It's school holidays in NSW and duty calls. My...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/29/2006
Zune Out November 14 in the U.S.; $USD249.99
The zunatics have issued a press release about Zune's launch date and price: November 14 in the U.S....
Author: frankarr Date: 09/28/2006
What are those students doing?
Earlier this month, we invited our students partners to be guest bloggers on TechTalkBlogs. They...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/28/2006
New Release of Windows Live Writer & Writer Plugins featured in Gallery
The Windows Live Writer team have pushed out an update I've downloaded it and have noticed the...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/27/2006
No, I will not fix your computer, but someone else might
This is one of my favourite t-shirts, which I got from my favourite online retailer. I've started...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/27/2006
It's all about feedback
I got an email on Wednesday from a reader of the recent MSDN Flash which gave me a smile....
Author: frankarr Date: 09/27/2006
VS 2005 SP1 Beta : Available Now
One of the recurring questions I got at TechEd, was when will we be releasing the Service Pack for...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/26/2006
Microsoft Developer Show #07 - Building Applications that Integrate with Office
The next MSDev podcast is out, and this time Nick speaks with Andrew Coates, and Paul Stubbs and...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/26/2006
Interview Done, but I forgot some things.
Last week I mentioned I was doing an interview on Windows Vista Well, I spoke to Adam Turner (who...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/26/2006
Hugo you are such a tease!
Hugo "The Tablet Guy" Ortega was in the office last week and he was sporting a new toy - RaonDigital...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/24/2006
Windows Vista Developer Center
I am doing an interview this week for an article on Windows Vista and what is available for...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/24/2006
TechEd Debrief This Week
We are all getting together to do a debrief on TechEd. I've been scouring the blogosphere and have...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/24/2006
I'm ready for a boost
This week I went out to Harris Technology and got myself a 2GB USB Key. It was a good price so I...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/23/2006
Ready for Some Stories ?
Following on from my previous post, how's this for an explaination of RSS, the Oprah Way [ Current...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/23/2006
MSR Asia RSS Reading Habit Survey
Recently Anna Liu wrote a post regarding a survey MSR Asia was running. The survey is now open to...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/22/2006
Getting Back To Work
I've been pretty busy over the past few weeks, as I have been wrapping up a bunch of employee...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/21/2006
Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs
Cool news for VB Programmers Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs Today, we are...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/20/2006
The Daily Dilbert Responds ?
I got my new Daily Dilbert over night Do you notice anything different? I think I may claim it as a...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/19/2006
soapbox on msn video
The top story on TechMeme this evening is about soapbox, an new video service launched by MSN...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/19/2006
Buy or renew MSDN Subscriptions directly from Microsoft
Stuart the Sales Guy sent me this note today.. ...we finally have a capability to transact directly...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/19/2006
BALLART.NET SIG Meeting on Wednesday 27th September
I got the word from Damian 'Tech.Ed' Edwards about the inaugural meeting of the THE NEW BALLART.NET...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/19/2006
The Microsoft Developer Show be back on TPN
I spotted a post from Cameron Reilly, quickly followed by the following email from Nick Randolph...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/19/2006
SPYK Property Search : Aussie Map Realestate Mashup
Adam Cogan (Local Regional Director, Chief Architect at SSW, MVP, User Group Leader, Star of DNRTV,...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/18/2006
The Daily Dilbert in a Time Warp?
I'm a big Dilbert fan. I've been getting the Daily Dilbert Newsletter for a long long time and it's...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/18/2006
Ahoy
Tomorrow be the day
Author: frankarr Date: 09/18/2006
An Invitation to OzTFS.com - the Australian TFS community
I got the following email overnight from Grant Holliday, the keeper of the Readify OPML and it's...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/17/2006
New York Times Reader : A WPF Real World Application
The New York Times Reader application has gone live over the weekend. (It was first announced back...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/17/2006
OzGadgets.com.au - w00t
Darren Neimke has launched OzGadgets.com.au, a new aussie gadget community. Darren tells us I hope...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/17/2006
last.fm - the social music revolution
I've been using last.fm for a while now (it used to be called audioscrobbler) You register on the...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/17/2006
I'm in print - My column has been published
A while back I wrote a post about my contribution for a local tech enthusiasts magazine and I...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/17/2006
Jim Allchin's open letter to developers
Jim Allchin, Co-President of the Platforms and Services Division, talks about the new technologies...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/16/2006
Making Buttons
I had a play this evening making a custom button for Windows Live Toolbar Windows Live Toolbar...
Author: frankarr Date: 09/15/2006