So much to choose from
- Microsoft .NET Framework Data Access from A to Z
- Advanced Windows Debugging
- Agile Perspectives, Industry and Microsoft
- Concurrent, Multi-core Programming on Windows and .NET
- Creating Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight
- Get More Out of Visual Studio Team System 2008
- Performance by design using the .NET Framework
- Windows Mobile Development In-Depth
- WomenBuild… inspiring career paths in technology
- Working with WCF – Demonstration and Perspectives
- WPF Code and Concepts
I want to attend them all but have to choose one. I’ll be soaking up the “Concurrent, Multi-core Programming on Windows and .NET” session. (Photo courtesy of Dave Lemphers)
Finally! – A way to manage the meta-work related to the meta-data related to the meta-design process of Enterprise Architecture!
Microsoft Enterprise Architecture Tool Kit (EATK) to the rescue! I highly recommend you take the time to check this out if you are at all involved in managing (or being managed by) architects.
- Enables IT Transparency
- Proactive Architecture Process
- Provides a series of Tools and Templates to support architecture decisions
- Empowers Architects
- Eases Governance in the Process
- Leverages Existing Tools
Watch Mike Walker’s blog and Microsoft Enterprise Architecture Portal for further updates.
Team SOAK Wins the Imagine Cup ’08 !
Congratulations to all the participants, finalists and winners in the 2008 Imagine Cup competition and a special hooray for the Australian SOAK Team winners of the Software Design category.
What a great achievement and a great solution!
Looking forward to the creative solutions in 2009 .
Virtual Earth – Experts on the road in Australia – Free event
Developers don’t miss this opportunity! Register now.
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See how easy it is to access and integrate Virtual Earth into an existing environment
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Hear from Johannes Kebeck, one of the world’s leading experts on the Virtual Earth platform.
Agenda and Timings
11:30 – 12:30 Registration (Light lunch available)
12.30 – 12:40 Welcome – Peter Ulm will briefly explain the format of the day
12.40 – 13.20 Introduction & Overview – Jen Forsythe/Peter Ulm will give an overview of VE, some of its capabilities and applications
13.20 – 13.50 Customer/Partner presentation
13.50 – 14.05 Break
14.05 – 14.35 Customer Presentation
14.35 – 15.35 Technical Masterclass – Virtual Earth Technology Specialist Johannes Kebeck will demonstrate some of the functionality within VE, this will include tips and tricks as well as sample code.
15.35 – 15.50 Break
15.50 – 16.50 Technical Masterclass – More from Johannes Kebeck on working with the Virtual Earth platform.
16.50 – 17.20 Pricing – Jennifer Forsythe/Peter Ulm will explain VE pricing and terms of use (TOU).
17.20 – 17.30 Q&A
Microsoft Virtual Earth home page http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/
Microsoft Virtual Earth Developer resources http://dev.virtualearth.net/
Microsoft Virtual Earth news http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/resources/news.aspx
Here’s a simple example of using the Virtual Earth developer resources. Copy/paste the following example code into a *.html file and open it in Internet Explorer to see where the Virtual Earth events will be held in Australia.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.1"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map = null;
var SYDNEY = new VELatLong(-33.79652610218218,151.1382830142975);
var MELBOURNE = new VELatLong(-37.82230241710538,144.95917081832886);
var BRISBANE = new VELatLong(-27.469665049241037,153.0302927314873);
function GetInitialMap()
{
map = new VEMap(‘myMap’);
map.LoadMap(MELBOURNE, 6, VEMapStyle.Hybrid, false, VEMapMode.Mode2D, true, 1);
map.AddPushpin(SYDNEY);
map.AddPushpin(MELBOURNE);
map.AddPushpin(BRISBANE);
}
function getInfo()
{
var center = map.GetCenter();
var info = "";
info += "Zoom level:\t" + map.GetZoomLevel() + "\n";
info += "Latitude:\t" + center.Latitude + "\n";
info += "Longitude:\t" + center.Longitude;
alert(info);
}
function PanTo(location)
{
map.PanToLatLong(location);
//map.ZoomIn();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="GetInitialMap();">
<div id=’myMap’ style="position:relative; width:800px; height:400px;"></div>
<input id="btnGetInfo" type="button" value="Get Scene Information" name="getinfo" onclick="getInfo();"/>
<input id="btnGotoSydney" type="button" value="Go To Sydney venue" name="gotoSydney" onclick="PanTo(SYDNEY);"/>
<input id="btnGotoMelbourne" type="button" value="Go To Melbourne venue" name="gotoMelbourne" onclick="PanTo(MELBOURNE);"/>
<input id="btnGotoBrisbane" type="button" value="Go To Brisbane venue" name="gotoBrisbane" onclick="PanTo(BRISBANE);"/>
<br/>
</body>
</html>
TechEd Australia Early Bird Registration
The Tech.Ed Australia Early Bird registration offer has been extended until 11 July ’08. Take advantage of the $250 discount before it’s too late. See you there!
Microsoft Student Partners
I have been reading up on Microsoft’s involvement in academia recently (for reasons that I hope will become obvious soon :-)).
There’s a lot on offer. One great program is the Microsoft Student Partners.
If you are a student with a passion for technology check out http://student-partners.com/Default.aspx
Who are the MSPs at your university? Find them here http://student-partners.com/Msp/Search/SearchMspProfiles.aspx
Where’s the value?
Today seems to have been a "where’s the value?" day for me. I was fortunate enough to sit in on a Gartner presentation today by John Roberts where he put forward the observation of cost vs value in IT. In essence most good CIOs and IT managers know the cost of their IT resources (people included) but have some difficulty quantifying the value they return to the business. It seems knowing the value that you, as an individual contributor, or the resources at your disposal as a manager, return to the business is just as important as what it costs to provide the return – yet we focus on cost, probably because our infrastructure is better set up to measure it that way.
Following that session, while working on the growing Microsoft Online offerings I stumbled across the Energizer case study video and found a particularly profound closing remark by Randy Benz, the CIO.
"There is no value to my company in me running any hardware. The value that I bring to my organisation is in how I take any of these tools and apply them to the business problem."
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