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  • Not clicking, waving….

    I’ve been helping my kids with their homework, and one of them (I wont name who, so as to avoid any embarrassment) had to deliver a presentation in PowerPoint. I wanted to add a…

  • My Geek Origin Story

    Michael Kordahi, aka Delicate Genius, is asking for Geek Origin Stories. How can I not contribute to this worthy cause…… The year  was 1981, and my high school, CBC StKilda,  got a fancy new…

  • 20? meh – Just another day

    I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. 1991 was a big year for me. I got married. I bought a house. My first child was born AND I joined Microsoft on May…

  • My second #WP7 App – Saints Footy

    Ok, so I’m on a roll!  Last week I got my first #WP7 App out. This week , I grabbed the v2 of the Social Viewer Template for Windows Phone 7 from codeplex and…

  • My #WP7 App – FrankArr Tracker

    I’ve been meaning to write an Windows Phone app for ages. I even told Brandon Watson that I would. I just never got around to it, until I saw a tweet from Nick Hodge…

  • MIX11 or as I like to call it MMXI!

    I made the long trip to the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, which is where MIX 11 is being held this year.  It should be a good one this year – the sessions…

  • Mayorships up for grabs

    I love playing foursquare, and I have just started using a wonderful foursquare app on my Windows Phone called 4th and Mayor. So, I am the “mayor” of a bunch of places. At one…

  • Wait, What?

    So, I’m sitting in a hotel room in downtown Kirkland, wrapping up my affairs, and getting ready to move back to Australia. Wait, What? Yup – I’m heading back down under. Now, I say…

  • The word of the year is ”App”! ?

    I saw  a news article recently that the word of the year for 2010 was “App”, as voted by the American Dialect Society So true. I picked up a Windows Phone 7 when it…