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Ponderings from the Pacific Northwest by an Aussie Geek who works at a software company
Enterprise Search : A Review
I attended a Sydney .NET User Group meeting late last year, in which Adam Cogan was presenting in...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/06/2006
Security Interchange
Further to my earlier post, here's the info on the Security Interchange. You've seen it on Chuck's...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/06/2006
Security Seminar/Interchange/Eforums
I've been asked by different folks what exactly are we doing for the upcoming Security event in...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/05/2006
Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Microsoft Products for the Year 2006
As we all know the Commonwealth Games are happening March 2006 down in Melbourne. To accomodate...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/05/2006
What's my Conversational Index
Mitch points us to an article about a new metric which is known as "The Conversational Index". It...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/05/2006
Super Bowl XL comes to Windows Live Local (formerly Virtual Earth)
The ViaVirtualEarth community is rocking. This week they debuted a mashup for the Super Bowl, that...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/02/2006
80-20 Retention Server for Microsoft SharePoint - no cost EDRM
I got an email from David Gillespie, who is the CTO for 80-20 Software, a great local ISV focusing...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/01/2006
BlogML and Single User Blog
Darren Neimke is causing a minor revolution in the blogworld. He came up with a spec a while back...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/01/2006
BlogML and Single User Blog
Darren Neimke is causing a minor revolution in the blogworld. He came up with a spec a while back...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/31/2006
IE7 Beta 2 Preview: Ready to Roll
I've been running IE7 for a while now and each build has been getting better and better. Over night,...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/31/2006
Business Sunday investigates Corporate Blogging
This morning I was interviewed by Ali Moore for a story she is doing to be shown on Business Sunday...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/25/2006
Proud Geek Dad Moment - Billy Get's His Tablet
Today I headed out with Billy to his new high school to collect his new Tablet PC When we got it...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/23/2006
1st MSDN Flash for 2006 is out
The first MSDN Flash of the year has just gone out. We have a guest editor, Finula Crowe, for this...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/19/2006
ASP.NET 2.0 resources
I got asked a question this week about resources for ASP.NET. This is a FAQ, so let's preserve it...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/19/2006
[aus-dotnet] Code Camp Oz II: Request for Speakers!
Ah Code Camp. By all accounts, it was a wonderful get together last year in Wagga. and the boys are...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/18/2006
MyHeritage.Com Face Recognition Fun
I saw a few posts flying around last week about myheritage.com (via Sanaz, Michael Coates, Robert...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/17/2006
QMSDNUG Meeting - Tue 17th - Dave Apelt - Greg Low
Another User Group Meeting - this one is tonight!! QMSDNUG JANUARY MEETING NOTICE Hi Folks, Happy...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/16/2006
K-JAM, Microsoft Voice Command, Bluetooth Headset and a registry hack
I scored a Bluetooth headset for Christmas from my kids (seems they were tired of me always getting...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/16/2006
FREE Training for VS2005 and SQL 2005 from Drake Training
This offer just bubbled into my inbox. Better act quick if you are in Melbourne. 1. Microsoft Visual...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/16/2006
Sydney .NET User Group Wednesday 18th January 2006
It's User Group Meeting time. Hope you can make it. Sydney .NET User Group Wednesday 18th January...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/16/2006
MVPs have the goods
Further to my earlier post about new MVPs, let me point you to a lovely story from one of our local...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/15/2006
New Year, New MVPS
One thing that happened while I was on leave, was the announcement of some new MVPs in Australia...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/15/2006
Hello 2006 - Back from my break
So, I find myself back at work following a few weeks off with my family and my Talking Boony. What's...
Author: frankarr Date: 01/15/2006
Off for the summer - See you in 2006
I'm off for the next few weeks, to enjoy some of my summer holidays. I'm going to be sitting on a...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/22/2005
Phishing Philter
In my meeting with Julian Bajkowski, one thing we spoke about was the introduction of a Phishing...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/21/2005
An important date for your 2006 diary
I got this email the other day. Looks like I'm going on the road again! Dear Frank, As Chief...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/21/2005
An encounter with Julian Bajkowski
I caught up with Julian Bajkowski yesterday. Julian is a journalist working at Fairfax, in Mark...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/21/2005
Some hard questions about ASP.NET
My ASP.NET post from last week generated a few comments, but this one from cankles (which by the way...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/21/2005
MSDN Subscribers getting WinFX on Vista
Nigel Parker has a timely post about MSDN Subscribers getting WinFX on Vista on the RTM builds of...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/20/2005
We HEART ASP.NET
I was at a Christmas BBQ today for one of my kids, when one of the parents ran up to me furiously. I...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/17/2005
Visual Studio 6.0 removed from MSDN download on 16/12/2005
I got an urgent email overnight about some changes to MSDN. More details on Seth Adam's Blog Please...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/15/2005
MIX 06
Just spotted the site for an upcoming web conference, called Mix 06, to be held in March 20-22 2006...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/15/2005
I almost made it to the Informal lunch on Social Media inside the Enterprise
I corresponded with Matt Moore recently and we set a time to meet up for lunch, which was scheduled...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/12/2005
Bad Christmas Poetry
Last year, I wrote a poem as my editorial for the Christmas Edition of the MSDN Flash. I didn't...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/12/2005
AFL Draft goes online using Microsoft Live Meeting
This article warms the cockles of an AFL loving geek's heart. Draft goes online Thursday 8 December...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/12/2005
Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions at Atomic Live
We had a small kick off for the Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions at Atomic Live 2005. Dan...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/11/2005
The Last 30 days : Where's Frank Been.
The marks on the maps show where I have been in the last 30 days. I have been using Plazes to track...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/07/2005
Current Playing - How do you do that?
One common question I keep getting asked is how do I get that "Currently Playing" song info in my...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/07/2005
SNARF, the Social Network and Relationship Finder
I've been SNARFed this weekend. I downloaded the MSR application called SNARF (Social Network and...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/04/2005
2 years on, 684 posts
Two years ago, I wrote my first post here. Back then we were on https://blogs.gotdotnet.com &...
Author: frankarr Date: 12/03/2005
Sydney has VSLive!, Canberra get Ready to Rock
VSLive! has kicked off in Sydney today. The first day of VSLive is also the Business Launch day....
Author: frankarr Date: 11/29/2005
World Swim for Malaria
Des Walsh, a business coach and blogging evangelist, pinged me about the upcoming World Swim for...
Author: frankarr Date: 11/27/2005
Angus Logan : Blue Badge
In the lift at the office today, I bumped into Angus Logan. It's true - he works at Microsoft. He...
Author: frankarr Date: 11/27/2005
Melbourne Rocked too. Sydney and Canberra You're next!
I've returned home, following the Ready Launch in Melbourne. The Melbourne Community Launch saw the...
Author: frankarr Date: 11/25/2005