Another Microsoft Blogger
a weblog by cameron reilly
Why I resigned from Microsoft today
I resigned from Microsoft today after six great years. I hope some of you will subscribe to my new...
Date: 07/01/2004
information technology evolving similar to how American cities have evolved?
I love essays like this that stretch my thinking and give me new conceptual models for understanding...
Date: 04/20/2004
Making web forms easy with InfoPath and "InfoView"
InfoPath makes developing XML forms much easier than ever before. But how do you quickly make those...
Date: 04/16/2004
Activewords scripting guide in PDF
I might actually figure out how to make this scripting stuff work! AW have recently released a guide...
Date: 04/10/2004
VoIP Now Available on Pocket PCs For Free
This article on Skype for Pocket PC mentions that Skype was founded by the two guys who in vented...
Date: 04/07/2004
Channel9 gets media coverage down under!
Great to see ZDnet Australia giving Channel9 some early coverage!
Date: 04/07/2004
a look under the covers of Gmail - Google's new email service
I'm all excited reading miscoranda's drill-down into Gmail. This is big. As big as OutlookMT,...
Date: 04/05/2004
why migrate from Microsoft ASP to Microsoft .NET
A few months ago I linked to an article in a local paper which mentioned that one of Australia's...
Date: 04/05/2004
the customer is in charge
McNealy (about why the deal came about): “What I think is happening, is that the customer is...
Date: 04/05/2004
Bungie announces HALO 2 product placement. Allegedly.
Revealing a brand synergy unprecedented in next generation gaming, Bungie today announced a list of...
Date: 04/02/2004
Why Buffett bought Clayton
Been reading Warren Buffett's Letter to Berkshire Hathaway's shareholders in their 2003 Annual...
Date: 04/01/2004
newsflash: the internet is popular with Gen X & Y
I had a laugh to myself reading this article today about a study conducted by the Online Publishers...
Date: 03/30/2004
Playing around with Anagram
Thanks to Buzz who introduced me tonight to Anagram. Anagram instantly and intelligently translates...
Date: 03/25/2004
final word on the burglary
Here's a shout out to AAMI! This week we received the full payout from the recent burglary. Today we...
Date: 03/12/2004
the "Father" of Information Engineering
Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure of meeting a living legend - Clive Finkelstein. Clive...
Date: 03/11/2004
CIOs see increased IT spending: Gartner
A survey of 956 chief information officers around the world shows they are confident about increases...
Date: 03/11/2004
Do kids blog?
Mitch Denny asks: I wonder what would happen if we encouraged school students to keep an open log of...
Date: 03/09/2004
Why do bloggers kill kittens?
To find out why, jump over to the Blog Epidemic Analyzer FAQ at hp.com .And just to prove I'm not a...
Date: 03/08/2004
The Twelve Steps of Blogaholics Anonymous
What would the 12 steps look like for a recovering blogaholic?(with apologies to BillW). The Twelve...
Date: 03/08/2004
Buzz on books
Buzz says: "..having a library of books that you have read is like keeping a six-pack of empty beer...
Date: 03/08/2004
Microsoft's marketing
Dylan Greene on Windows 2003 Server: "I'm sure there's a bunch of other features we could be taking...
Date: 03/07/2004
I've been un-Googled
I recently changed the title of my blog to improve my googlerank for the search "Microsoft blogger"....
Date: 03/07/2004
the one about blogs and tipping points
I recently finished reading "The Tipping Point" and I came away from it wondering if Scoble is a...
Date: 03/07/2004
My mother doesn't read my blog
LOL. Spoke to my mother today for the first time in a couple of weeks. I said "did I tell you about...
Date: 03/07/2004
SenseCam is watching
Frank Arrigo links to Microsoft Research's overview of "SenseCam". I've wondered for a while about...
Date: 03/07/2004
blibbet memorabilia
I'm looking for blibbet-era Microsoft memorabilia. Anything's good. Prefer software. But business...
Date: 03/06/2004
Amazon does RSS
I agree with Paschal L that Amazon's RSS feeds are a very cool development. I'm still waiting to see...
Date: 03/05/2004
Microsoft blogger
Well Scoble certainly knows his stuff. Since I changed the title of my blog, I've gone from #40...
Date: 03/04/2004
IT employment in Australia isn't improving
Graeme Philipson in The Age reports:"Last week, the Australian Computer Society released its second...
Date: 03/04/2004
Oracle/PeopleSoft: DoJ says `no'
Ovum's comments on the DoJ's negative decision on the ORCL hostile takeover of PSOFT is interesting....
Date: 03/03/2004
the one about eBay web services and why Microsoft Office 2003 rocks
"eBay and Microsoft today invited third-party developers to tap into the Web services capabilities...
Date: 03/03/2004
Another Microsoft Blogger
Scoble says when you google "Microsoft Blogger", he is #3. I am only #40. So I changed the name of...
Date: 03/01/2004
Add Contacts
this looks like a handy plug-in for Outlook:"Add Contacts automatically adds e-mail addresses to the...
Date: 03/01/2004
scobled
It's always an honour to be Scobled. :-) Thanks Robert.
Date: 02/29/2004
Is RSS "the next big thing"?
Frank Bajak from AP writes this article on RSS. Quotes Reinacker and Scoble (source: Scoble). Most...
Date: 02/29/2004
Microsoft and the absence of bloggers
Dylan talks about some of the things he discovered during his recent visit to Redmond. Among the...
Date: 02/28/2004
about being a custodian of our children's memories
When my house was burgled earlier this week, the only irreplacable item they took was the miniDV...
Date: 02/28/2004
more thoughts on being robbed and RFID
Wouldn't it be interesting if all of the items that were stolen from my house had been RFID'ed? And...
Date: 02/27/2004
I've been robbed
Literally. My house got burgled yesterday while we were all out. First time for me. The thief didn't...
Date: 02/27/2004
Darien presents the HPC on Windows story
My mate Darien has been talking up the potential of High Performance Computing using Windows in...
Date: 02/24/2004
fun things to do with BizTalk - #2
A Microsoft Certified Gold Partner in Australia, Strategic Data Management (SDM), recently helped us...
Date: 02/24/2004
Charles Simonyi & Intentional Software
Simonyi is, of course, a living legend. Simonyi was employed by Microsoft Corporation from 1981,...
Date: 02/24/2004
Externally facing apps will be the flavour of 2004
According to this article in CRM Daily, a new Yankee Group survey found that 34 percent of I.T....
Date: 02/24/2004
kudos to Netgear Technical Support
Don't you hate it when you have some technical issue and you procrastinate getting it resolved and...
Date: 02/23/2004
Microsoft Unveils Pricing and Packaging Details For BizTalk Server 2004
From Microsoft PressPass: “Like the previous version of the product, BizTalk Server 2004 will...
Date: 02/23/2004
Telstra, McDonald's open wireless hotspots
Forty-four McDonald's restaurants in Australia will offer Telstra mobile customers (apart from...
Date: 02/23/2004
current state of humanoid robots
Bernard Wong pointed us towards this video demonstrating some of the current capabilities of...
Date: 02/23/2004