Anna Liu's Weblog
New Blog at UNSW
My new work place at UNSW just provided me with a new blogging home...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/13/2009
Change is Good - Change Challenges
I've resigned from Microsoft, and will be taking up an A/Professorship in Services Engineering at...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/02/2009
Application Architecture Guide 2.0 Final Release
J.D.Meier announced it - it's here - Application Architecture Guide 2.0 Final Release! Very kind of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/18/2008
Thinking Strategically about Cloud Computing
I'll be speaking at this Cloud Computing conference in Sydney on 3rd December. Hope to see you...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2008
My Dilemma at PDC and Sydney Film Festival
The dilemma I always have at PDC and the Sydney Film Festival is - there are so many wonderful...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/30/2008
Microsoft R&D Job Opportunities
This note came in from HR, looks interesting - hope to see some of you there! Venue: Microsoft...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/29/2008
ACS Adelaide IT Architecture Special Interest Group
Daniel Brown dropped me a note to let me know this is happening in Adelaide: When & Where: ·...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/27/2008
PDC 2008 Sessions Sneak Peak
https://sessions.microsoftpdc.com/public/sessions.aspx great sessions, great speakers lineup - why...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/29/2008
My Official Duties at TechEd Australia and New Zealand
From the TechEd Speaker portal: GEN003Women in Technology Luncheon03/09/2008 13:15-14:15 Bayside...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/29/2008
Cloud Computing and Middleware Market Size
Marcus from Stefan's team blogs about this new research note from Merrill Lynch: "by 2011 the volume...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/10/2008
Reflecting on the last 12 months
In the last 12 months, I did a lot more business planning and management than creating architectural...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/06/2008
Building Applications Differently when Cloud Services Are Around to be used
So, "it's the end of the enterprise as we know it", there is "consumerisation of IT" that we need to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/04/2008
New FY Resolution
ok, here's to FY09, wish me luck - my new financial year resolution is to once again blog regularly,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/03/2008
Celebrating International Women's Day
FITT is running the IWD luncheon again - but sadly we missed out - as it was a booked out event way...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2008
On Facebook Finally
I feel like a luddite to admit this - but I've only just registered on Facebook today! Despite the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/07/2008
Newest Additions on my Book shelf
I know, in this web 2.0 age, books seem to be incredibly old fashioned! I must admit I succumb to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/04/2008
Virtual Earth Academic Research Collaboration Award
To get a peek into what current R&D are happening around the online geo-information area, here...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/21/2008
RIA Architecture - An Emerging Software Architecture Discipline
RIA brings about many benefits over the traditional simple web applications - richer user...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/20/2007
Microsoft Architect Journal Reader
Simon tells me that the Architecture Journal Reader is coming soon: In his own words: "At the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/15/2007
GeekGirlBlogs is here!
Bronwen, Catherine and the team have been working on this exciting project - GeekGirlBlogs. Check it...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/30/2007
Jorke Odolphi - The Web Platform Architect
Jorke is our newest member of the team, and is our deeply technical 'hosting geek'. He's been busy...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/25/2007
Prospects for Consumer-oriented Online Services in Spatial Information
I popped into the CRCSI conference on Monday. There were some very interesting Global Big Issues...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/20/2007
Via Windows Live
Bronwen is doing some cool stuff for the Live developer community! Go and be part of it!
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/10/2007
Finally - Darryl is Blogging too!
Darryl Chantry is one of my all time favourite story tellers, just so happens he's also a great...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/31/2007
Catch Don Ferguson again - at the BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Launch
via Andrew and Dave, here is the BizTalk Server 2006 R2 launch event - you'll find plenty of gems in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/29/2007
My Interview Style
I've been doing lots of interviews recently, whilst building up the core team. There are still quite...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/24/2007
My Free Intellectual Property Sold Online?
This came through to my inbox today via an alert service: "British Library Direct: Rigorous...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/15/2007
International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2008) CFP
Call for Papers, Workshop Proposals, Tutorial Proposals 30th International Conference on Software...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/15/2007
Web 2.0 Traffic Demand on Broadband Infrastructure
I attended an AIIA luncheon recently, where Sol Trujillo CEO of Telstra was the guest speaker. Sol's...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/06/2007
Looking to The Year 2012 as My Next Challenge
The ICT industry is at an inflexion point. My career is at an inflection point. Looking at the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/05/2007
Nerds FS Charity Match
this arrived in my inbox today from my famous cousin: "Hi Everyone, Just letting you know, Ners FC...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/25/2007
Some more interesting facts abuout MSCOM
thanks to Martin, I thought these were interesting facts! "MSCOM is made up of more than 20,500...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2007
Warren Centre Innovation Lecture 2007 - Dr Chris Nicol
I attended the Warren centre 2007 Innovation lecture given by Dr Chris Nicol. I've known of Chris...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2007
Nerds FC II is now on SBS
Season II on SBS again, we firstly watched my cousin Johnny Truong (AstroNerd) from Season I,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/10/2007
SOA Workshop Series for Architects
this notice came through my inbox today: SOA Overview Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:00am (GMT-8) Pacific...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/03/2007
Australian Architecture Forum 2007
A number of great architects in the community pulled together this rare solution architecture event....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/28/2007
FITT Mentoring Program - Expression of Interest
this arrived in my inbox today: FITT is delighted to announce a new trial Mentoring Program. This...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/27/2007
SBS respects Web 2.0 Phenomenon
One of my all time favourite "The Movie Show" from SBS has not been on air for a while, and a quick...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/09/2007
Career Opportunities at Windows Live
Someone asked me about Microsoft's commitment in Live Services today. Watch visitmix.com for the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/01/2007
Innovation from BizTalk Lab
Dave blogged about the exciting Internet Service Bus from the BizTalk Labs, I can't wait to see some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/25/2007
Mobile Interface Innovation from HCI and Data Visualisation Researchers
It's wonderful to see the research results from the HCI and data visualisation research communities...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/27/2007
CardSpace Authentication going Live!
Daniel Bartholomew has been working hard on various CardSpace projects. He shares his experiences,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/27/2007
Reference Application Pack for Loan Origination Systems
Mike Walker has been doing some great work in packaging up some great guidance on building Loan...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/26/2007
Virtual Earth MasterClass
This invitation arrive in my inbox today - "You’re invited to attend a Virtual Earth Seminar,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/20/2007