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Archive for July, 2007

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Mind Migration: Orcas / Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and LOLCODE.net

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

aka: I CAN HAS EAT FREEWILLY NOW?
before reading this: note I am a scripter at best; and am learning C# and all the Microsoft tools. I know more than I've done which means I am super dangerous. Doing this is purely an experiment in what is possible, not what really should be done to ensure [...]

Seats Still Available: danah boyd, Brisbane

Monday, July 30th, 2007

There are seats available for danah boyd in Brisbane.
danah is the world expert researcher on online communities and the digital generation. A must-see for all those interested in this social networking thing.

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Neil Finn, Nick Seymour on Enough Rope

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Whilst in Japan, Neil Finn and Nick Seymour were interviewed by Andrew Denton on Enough Rope.
Andrew Denton: we don't use Wikipedia for Research.
Jon Casimir strikes again! 

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Want to be famous? Go large at Virtual TechEd 2007

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Virtual TechEd will be at TechEd Australia. This is a major coup as Microsoft continues to evolve the TechEd format.
As you can see from the existing content on Virtual TechEd, if you have something to say to the world: now is the time to stand up and be interviewed!
Comment here/send me an email and we'll [...]

AIMIA, 24th July 2007

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

AIMIA: "Disruptive technology - your life mashed up. Decoding the consumer. "
Thanks to Mr Podcast, Leslie Nassar, there is a permanent record of the panel. More "represent" than "present". I hope I assisted people in thinking.
http://tinyurl.com/2dfc3d

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Sydney Twitter Meetup, 25th July 2007

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

All tagged Flickr photos here: http://flickr.com/search/?q=stub+twitter&m=text

Thanks to http://twitter.com/cathye for organising us twitter-erz to actually get off our keypads/keyboards and have a meatspace meetup. Subscribe to http://twitter.com/stub for more info.
So, http://twitter.com/jjprojects http://twitter.com/funkycoda and myself now have the responsibility to organise the next meetup. 3 blokes doing it is dangerous.
Also, thanks to our sponsors for sponsoring.

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Geek Trivia Night: The Web

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Thanks for the invite, Cheryl. Arrrgh: I am missing Web Trivia night in Sydney as I am at TechEd. LOLCODE is getting priority!
 
Web Trivia Night - SydneyKnow who invented the internet? Any ideas what WWW stands for? Clued up on who the first blogger was?
If so, keep August 9th free, as News Digital Media and [...]

How the New Particls Sidebar Changed my Life

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

I think Particls just changed my life. I've replaced my Microsoft Windows Vista Sidebar with this new version of Particls. Having Particls watch the web for me keeps me on-the-ball, more than caffeine. Well, almost.

Having interviewed Chris and Ashley from Particls, and visited their lair in Brisvegas, I knew these guys where onto something.
Upon returning [...]

Qantas: Wireless + Laptop Power for All

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Flying to the US will become productive again: laptop power and wireless for all classes of passengers. (source : APC)

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Snippet on IronRuby: Aussie code inside

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

In ScottGu's comments to his excellent post, he mentions that Microsoft licensed some of the QuT Ruby.NET work! w00t! Aussie code lives inside IronRuby. Well done, Dr Wayne Kelly and team.
New Microsoft hire (starting in September), Scott Hanselman, is also getting into the Ruby-way.
Also, Miguel de Icaza gives a big tick to the project.
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