Today's Date: 23 May 2013

March 2008

31
Mar

Being a Microsoft developer

Twelve years ago I was renting a small office in the Harbour City Centre proudly taping a sign to the smoked glass door. The sign was imaginatively entitled ATokeley Computing and in smaller print I had proudly described the services I provided: Microsoft Access and VB/COM+ Development. And to be honest they were the only skills I had. And to be even more honest, in the beginning, I was more a VBA developer than a VB one but hey, no-one asked. ... read full post

Posted by:  Andrew Tokeley,   |  31 March 2008
Tags: Developer
19
Mar

MIX08 - much more than Silver and Light

So, after landing a few days back from my visit to Las Vegas for MIX08, it’s time to reflect on the experience. First up, the conference was excellent in terms of the session content, speakers, general organization and, of course, the location! ... read full post

Posted by:  Kelly Cliffe,  Developer |  19 March 2008
Tags: MIX
17
Mar

The latest from San Jose - Microsoft Office Systems Developers Conference 2008

I recently had the pleasure of attending the Microsoft Office Systems Developers Conference 2008 in San Jose California. This conference was targeted at developers and architects who are working within the Office suite; this includes the Client tools, Word, Outlook etc. and the Server products, SharePoint, BizTalk, and Office Communication Server etc. Personally I’m currently focused on SharePoint, but like to keep abreast of developments in other areas. ... read full post

Posted by:  Gavin Barron,   |  17 March 2008
Tags: SharePoint, Office Business Applications, Information Worker
06
Mar

Announcing TextGlow - a world first from Intergen, NZ

Over the last couple of months I have had the opportunity to work on an exciting project at Intergen called TextGlow . TextGlow is a cutting edge browser application for viewing Word 2007 documents on the Internet. With TextGlow it is possible to instantly view a document within a web page, with no Microsoft Office applications installed, or the user even running Windows! ... read full post

Posted by:  James Newton-King,  Developer |  06 March 2008
Tags: Silverlight, OOXML, TextGlow