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Surprising interest in the WP7 GeoBlog

I had posted more than 3 months ago about my little port from WM6.0 to WP7 of my GeoBlog application. This successful port was not made available in the Windows Phone Marketplace as I had s...

WP7 GeoBlog: Geo-Blogging on the Windows Phone

After so many months of starts, stops and many distractions, I finally took the time over the (long) weekend to port my Windows Mobile 6.0 GeoBlog application over to Windows Phone 7. I had searched ...

Audio-Video Signal Processing - A band-aid solution for solving the mismatched time-lag issue

This might be a little bit different from what this blog is themed towards but it still has a slight tinge of software flavour to it. Those that know me well will know that I have been dabbling in ...

On the speaking trail again: Generating actionable Insights and increasing efficiency with intuitive business intelligence

Time to do my sporadic updates on this blog again. I have been making quite a few presentations on Business Intelligence recently and my next presentation will be together with Panoroma on the 17th A...

Gettiing WP7 Update 7.0.7392.0 into the Samsung Omnia 7

For those old WP7 faithfuls who are trying to get WP7 update 7.0.7392.0 to work on their Omnia7 without any success and thinking you have bricked your phone, I have managed to get mine to work succes...

Release of NaviRoutes into Windows Phone 7 Marketplace

The better-than-expected response to my SG-Drive in Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has resulted in some user feedback for a leaner version of the application. Feedback collected suggested that there ...

Streamlining SG-Drive in v.3.12

It has been about 4 months since I released SG-Drive into the Windows Phone Marketplace. v3.0 onwards has been a popular hit, judging by the user requests coming in via email and the good and not-so-...

Shame on you, Google

Pretty darn sneaky GOOG. Do you really have to resort to this to hijack someone to Chrome? Accuracy of GOOG search is definitely questioned here and gives rise to how much truth is actually tweaked. ...

Independent review of WP7 App: SG-Drive on Mobinauts

Just got alerted that the independent review of WP7 App: SG-Drive just appeared on Mobinauts. William Tay 2000-2010 | Swinging Technologist http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog...

SG-Drive (SG-LTA Traffic Cams) v3.9 is out

With reference to a this: SG-Drive v3.9 is out and this incorporates more visuals. v3.9: More and More Visualizations Image of each Step of each Direction of each Route. I do not have nor colle...

Here, I am back again. This time with a Windows Phone 7 (WP7) application

I think I should stop apologizing for letting weeds grow all over this blog because: I will probably do it again after this post. No one comes here anymore anyways. I am back to post about a Win...

High Scalability: End-To-End Performance Study of Cloud Services

Gotta like the results from this test. William Tay 2000-2010 | Swinging Technologist http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog...

Speaking again after a long hiatus

Gosh, it has really been long since this blog saw some action and probably need some attention (weeding, trimming, re-planting, etc) After a long hiatus, I will be speaking again at a big event in M...

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 SP1 is now available !!!

Via here: BizTalk Server 2006 R2 SP1 is now available !!! These 2 factors are great improvements, or rather - fixes: Better reliability, performance, and scale for the following key features T...

Retrieving GUID of a WF Workflow Service

Q:There is a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)workflow service which contains only one pair of Receive and SendReply. Data will be sent through the Receive activity andhow do I get theworkflow service...

Does BizTalk Server WCF Custom Adapters support Identity Federation ?

Q: Does BizTalk Server WCF Custom Adapters support Identity Federation ? A: Yes, it does. The WCF adapter supports the ws2007FederationHttpBinding. BizTalk MVP Yossi Dahan blogs about it extensivel...

What is Softwaremaker doing now ?

For years, I have expanded my brains to learn on different skills and topics as I have always believed in the principle of constant learning and experimenting. The day where you stop learning is the ...

Amazing at how a home page web UI can be allowed to be patented

I read with amazement at how Google is allowed and could be bestowed a patent for their iconic search home page. No, dont get me wrong, this is not about Google and I always give credit where ...

Sharepoint for Developer Series by Kirk Evans

Kirk has got a great series on Sharepoint for the developers on his blog here. There is a whole wealth of information there and I am book-marking it here for my own reference as well. Great work, Kir...

Developer Platform Musings

Both references are good reads and would propbably be a good debate topic for many but lets not do the religious cult thing: At This Point, Id Prefer Java Developers Over .NET Developers ... an...

Hosting a Silverlight 3.0 in a frame in a WPF Application on 64-bit Windows

This is a good tip for all who are who are running Windows 64-bit: To be able to host a Silverlight 3.0 in a frame in a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Application on 64-bit Windows, you may ...

My latest beauty in my collection: BOSPHORUS Stanton Moore 22" Wide Ride Hand Hammered Cymbal (2560g)

The latest prized beauty in my collection: BOSPHORUS Stanton Moore 22" Wide Ride Hand Hammered Cymbal (2560g). Technology with Silverlight and DeepZoom. Of course, nothing for the best BUT t...

Windows Server 2008 + SQL Server 2008: Really better together.

Yes, really. No fluff. C'mon - has there ever been on this blog i_wink. SQL Server 2008 really does go well with our Windows Server 2008, especially when you are replications across Wide Area Netwo...

All about WSDL, Types and Section 5 Encoding (again)

Ahhh ... it has been a while, hasnt it ? My life is just torn between working with bits of 2, beats of 4 and nucleotides of 4. But while challenging, it has been really fun. As spoken to a friend t...

Windows Cardspace Breach ? I think NOT

I was recently pointed to this post that highlights a "successful attempt" by some students in Germany to crack Microsoft Cardspace.After reading through the post several times, I became ...

You know you are amongst geeks when ...

One cannot run away from understanding infrastructure needs when one is pitching or designing software solutions in the enterprise (which I do a lot of) and it is sometimes strange (in a pleasan...

Windows Workflow Foundation: MultiThreaded Parallelism

I remember back in 2005/2006 when I was still touring the APAC circuits such as Sydney (Australia) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) doing training and consulting gigs for customers, partners about Windows...

BizTalk 2006: BizTalk Server Operations Guide is available live

If you make your living installing, deploying, managing and operating Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006. I guarantee that you will be excited and be thankful for the availability of the BizTalk Server Op...

BizTalk 2006: Business Activity Monitoring Portal Enabled But Not Configurable

Problem: If you are in the configuration screen of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 and you are configuring Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) Portal, you checked 'Enable BAM Portal" and you noticed th...

MOSS 2007: Index and Web-Front-End Server Topology

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) has seen tremendous take-up rates, not just here in Singapore, but all over the world. I came across many kinds of architectural topology designs during...

Differences between the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Line-Of-Business (LOB) Adapter Pack and the BizTalk Adapter Framework

With the impending release of the Microsoft BizTalk Server Adapter Pack (Beta 2 available here), there are some confusions as to the differences between the BizTalk Adapter Pack, Microsoft's WCF...

Threading and Throttling differences between WCF and ASMX

I know I havent been posting deep technical stuff that I used to do. Contrary to what people think my current role entails, keeping abreast of the technology landscape is what I am supposed to do and...

How to hack around the .svc curse

It was not so long ago when I made my intentions known that the .svc extension in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF, previously - Indigo) is really a clutz. It is obstrusive and really unnatural,...

Windows Communication Foundation AND Compact Framework: Part II

Following up on this, here are some more aggregated shareable details with regards to the Compact Framework 3.5: Feature Desktop WCF Compact WCF Bindings: &nb...

Speaking in the Enterprise Architecture Conference 2007 in Singapore

To keep up with the little legacy I have with the Annual Enterprise Architecture Summit in Singapore, I am speaking in this year's event as well. This year, I am honoured to be sharing the same ...

MOSS + AJAX + A tinkle of Imagination = Endless Web 2.0 Possibilities

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) has the term "Portal" dropped for a reason. Unfortunately, just like everything else, we have to carry our legacy along and that means that customers today...

PDC 2007 will be postponed

Postponed. Why ? (c) William Tay 2000-2006 | Solution Architect Consultant http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog...

Microsoft PopFly

I had talked about Yahoo! Pipes here. It didnt take long (well, maybe longer than some of us would like ..) before MSFT Corp came up with something even better ... AND I mean real better with Si...

OASIS and the WS-Federation Specifications

Finally, OASIS announced last week that it is calling for participation for Web Services Federation. The formation of the WS-Federation Technical Committee is announced here. WS-Fed is an important...

Windows Communication Foundation AND Compact Framework

While I was still an Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Regional Director, one of the things I have always requested is to have Windows Communication Foundation (WCF, previously - Indigo) run in the ...

The best built-solutions are based out of needs

I still get questions from many people on the field on why the fuss about mashups and why the need for it. Sometimes, it is really hard to explain when you know that the customer doesnt have a need y...

WS-ReliableMessaging Simplified - WHAT and HOW ?

This is a continuation of my previous post: WS-ReliableMessaging Simplified - WHY While this blog sits in my draft folder while I am busy solving and fire-fighting other real-world problems, I just...

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and WCF Integration

These are just some of the tabs that can be found if you expose a Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 process via a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF, previously - Indigo) Service. The inte...

The power and explosion of Web 2.0

While there has been much talk everywhere in conferences, events, blogsphere about Web 2.0 and such, this video touched me more than anything else. It was created by Michael Wesch, the Assistant Prof...

[Stay Tuned]: BPEL, Windows Worflow Foundation and BizTalk

I have been involved in a couple of pretty good competitive bids in some public tenders recently and am thoroughly enjoying it. I have come head-to-head with the usual suspects of heavy hitters ...

WS-ReliableMessaging Simplified - WHY ?

It is amazing to note the reach to the masses of a single MSDN Webcast. I had conducted a MSDN Webcast titled: "Acks and NAcks: Why We Need the Principles of TCP/IP Reliability in SOAP" in mid...

PDC 2007 - in Los Angeles

The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC), the premier definitive developer event focused on the future of the Microsoft platform, returns in 2007 after a short 2 year break ... ... an...

SoapBox Beta on MSN Video Test

Just been given an invitation to test out the new SoapBox (Beta) on MSN. Therefore, I thought I upload one of my favourite commercial clips here. So far, so usable. Fast and smooth as well. Now ...

WPF - Now, thats what I am talking about

Some people are still questioning my thoughts about what's so good about GUI, WCF and such. Take a look at http://firstlook.nytimes.com/ and see what I mean. This NY Times Reader appears ...

Windows Workflow: Scheduler and Threads

I dont think the world has seen so much emphasison afeature of product even before pre-launched. In this context, I am talking about _WF_ and the emphasis on a non-feature, actually...

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