Ian Moulster's blog
A Microsoft employee translating Microsoft technology into plain English
Popfly game creator
We have just released an alpha version of a great new feature of popfly - the popfly game creator....
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 05/02/2008
This is pretty creepy
Take a look at this link. Move your cursor around and see how her eyes follow you. Read more at this...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 03/28/2008
My Beautiful Empty Inbox
My inbox is empty, and what a joy it is to see. Normally, my inbox looks like a disaster zone with...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 03/14/2008
What do your Vista sidebar gadgets say about you?
I seem to have developed a new obsession - seeing what sidebar gadgets people are using and trying...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 02/28/2008
Vote for Popfly...before April 21st
Popfly is one of the smartest, coolest web-based product offerings I've seen in a while. And now it...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 02/26/2008
SkyDrive out of beta, and increased to 5GB of space
This is more great news - SkyDrive is now out of beta, and we've increased the amount of free...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 02/21/2008
Microsoft acquires Caligari for Virtual Earth team
Somehow I missed this announcement, but I was really excited to see that Microsoft has acquired...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 02/12/2008
Inside track on Windows Vista SP1
You've probably heard that we announced today that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) has been...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 02/04/2008
Can you tell a cat from a dog?
I like taking a look at what's coming out of the Microsoft Research Labs (MSR) and came across a...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 01/31/2008
Office 2007 Quiz - The Answers
As promised here are the answers to the Office 2007 quiz I posted last week. As before, bear in mind...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 01/22/2008
The Office 2007 Quiz
So...we've done the Vista quiz, now we've got the Office 2007 questions. Actually I think these were...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 01/17/2008
Vista Quiz - The Answers
Following on from my earlier post re the Vista quiz we ran 12 months ago, here are the answers. A...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 01/16/2008
The Vista Quiz
Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while will remember that just about 1 year ago we...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 01/14/2008
Eye-Fi?
Angus has been shouting loudly about Eye-Fi - and I have to admit it does look pretty cool. Take a...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 01/10/2008
Getting a head start on attending the UK 2008 launch event
My Colleague the Moth has posted a blog entry that gives you a link to pre-register for the UK 2008...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 12/18/2007
7 years of Hotmail
According to my account summary page I'm at my 7 year anniversary as a user of Hotmail - I first...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 12/17/2007
Microsoft buys Multimap
This is great news: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/12/13/cnmsoft113.xml...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 12/13/2007
Remainder of Mix:UK 07 Videos posted
We have now (finally!) posted the remainder of the videos from session at the Mix:UK 07 event....
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 11/30/2007
Windows Live Developer Tools add-on and Visual Studio 2008
As you know, Visual Studio 2008 is now released and some of you may be wondering whether the add-on...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 11/23/2007
Under the covers of the Windows Live QuickApps
I have mentioned the Windows Live QuickApps previously as I feel they're a really good way to get...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 11/21/2007
Visual Studio 2008 RTM now on MSDN subscriber downloads
In case you didn't see this elsewhere, if you're an MSDN subscriber you can download Visual Studio...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 11/19/2007
Mix 2008 Registrations Open
In case you missed this announcement, registrations for next year's Mix event in Las Vegas are now...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 11/09/2007
A New Job
Well the time has come for me to move on to something new. I'm still going to be working for...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 11/07/2007
Want to learn more about Windows Live?
For a developer, Windows Live offers a huge amount of potential, particularly for taking advantage...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/31/2007
Silverlight Streaming plug-in for Expression Encoder
We have just released a plug-in for Expression Encoder that makes it child's play to publish videos...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/31/2007
Cool things you should know about Windows Live #5 - SkyDrive
What is it? I have blogged about SkyDrive before but I'd like to include it in this series for...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/23/2007
Cool things you should know about Windows Live #4 - Spaces Events
What is it? A new feature of Windows Live Spaces that let's you set up events eg you can set up a...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/22/2007
Mix:UK session videos now available
We recorded most of the sessions at the recent Mix:UK event and have now made them available online...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/19/2007
Popfly open to everyone
A while ago I blogged about Popfly, our great mashup and website creation tool. Since then it has...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/18/2007
Cool things you should know about Windows Live #3 - Photo Stitching
What is it? Software that automatically joins up a number of separate photos of a scene into a...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/18/2007
Cool things you should know about Windows Live #2 - Virtual Earth 3D Videos
Here's the second piece about cool Windows Live stuff that's worth knowing about. What is it? I'm...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/17/2007
Cool things you should know about Windows Live #1 - Foldershare
We're releasing quite a bit of new stuff - some in beta, some final release - around Windows Live...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/17/2007
Free developer events
I'm just back from holiday (my way of explaining the lack of blog postings recently) and I'd like to...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 10/08/2007
Halo 3 skin for Tafiti
You may recall that I recently blogged about the nice interface to Live Search provided by Tafiti....
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 09/21/2007
Mix on the BBC
The BBC has posted a great piece of coverage of the Mix:UK event here:...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 09/19/2007
The Liveside guys, and Via Windows Live
Two quick point relating to Windows Live: If you have an interest in Windows Live I'd recommend...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 09/18/2007
USB drive too slow for ReadyBoost
As I'm sure you're aware, Windows Vista introduced a feature called ReadyBoost which allows the...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 09/17/2007
Last post on Mix
Now that Mix is behind us I'll focus on other stuff moving forward, but did want to make a few...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 09/17/2007
Twittering at Mix:UK
For those of you who like Twitter, we have set up an account that you can follow: "MixUK".
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 09/10/2007
Mix:UK 07 is full!
Registrations are now closed for Mix:UK as we've hit the limit for attendees. For those of you who...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/31/2007
Very nice Vista gadget
Sick of Windows Vista sidebar gadgets that give you a weather forecast? Mike Ormond, that wizardly...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/30/2007
What are we giving away at Mix:UK?
People have been asking me what sort of give-aways there’ll be at the Mix:UK event. Well, I've been...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/23/2007
Join the Mix:UK Facebook Event
If you haven't already seen it, we set up an "event" on Facebook to represent the real-life Mix:UK...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/23/2007
I'm in love with Tafiti
I have fallen for Tafiti in a big way. Who is Tafiti? Actually Tafiti is a "what" rather than a...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/23/2007
UK Next Gen Usergroup
The guys from the "Next Gen Usergroup" (NxtGenUG) have been doing some innovative stuff for quite a...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/20/2007
5GB for Hotmail, plus other enhancements
We have just released a further update to Windows Live Hotmail, and I'm definitely liking the new...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/18/2007
Who knows that .NET is free?
I'm sure readers of this blog know...but it's surprising how many people don't: The .NET Framework,...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/14/2007
The Mix UK Blog
Those of you who have been keeping an eye on the Mix:UK website will have noticed a blog feed from a...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/10/2007
New Windows Live SkyDrive
We've just announced the beta of our SkyDrive service (previously known with the far less cool name...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/09/2007
Solving some Windows Vista problems
Much as I love Windows Vista (yes, I know I'm slightly biased) there were a few issues that...
Author: Ian Moulster Date: 08/09/2007