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• Real innovation with RFID at tech.ed Australia

  One of the most amazing and geeky things I’ve seen at tech.ed Australia is the RFID tags and avatars.  As you walk into a room for a session, the count goes up, we know how many people are in the room – we can see their avatars – and we can see instantly... Posted Sep 03 2008, 09:45 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Web 2.0, Events, General musings, Silverlight, Surface, tech.ed, Australia

• Demoing our innovation

  I was sitting in the company meeting today and like Mark , I really loved all of the demos that were shown today. Deepzoom (which I talked about with Deep Earth the other day), The Hardrock cafe memorabilia site (don’t forget the shortcut to get to the... Posted Jul 04 2008, 03:24 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Web 2.0, General musings, Silverlight, Popfly, Photosynth, Tafiti, Worldwide Telescope, Deep Zoom, Deep Earth, Turning the pages

• Windows Live Quick Apps - Mashup apps with source code

  Steve Ballmer announced today two example apps that show off how to put the Live Services we have on offer to use. The apps "Contoso Bicycle Club" and "Contoso University" were developed by two UK Parters, AWS and Conchango in association with Microsoft... Posted Jul 11 2007, 12:19 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Web 2.0, Windows Live, Virtual Earth, Cool Technology, Coding, Web Development, Silverlight, Windows Live Quick Apps, Live Services

• Silverlight - release your style

  Light up the Web Silverlight (codename WPF/E) is Microsoft’s answer to Adobe’s Flash (estimated to be running rich web based experiences on 95% of the world’s PCs and Macs). The goal is to provide the most natural and seamless method with which to design... Posted Apr 16 2007, 11:52 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Web 2.0, Web, Cool Technology, ISV, User Interface, WPF/E, Web Development, Silverlight