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Will iOS 7 drive iPhone users to Android and Windows Phone? 11 Jun 2013 | 10:07 pm
Yesterday, during the WWDC 2013 keynote, Apple announced their much anticipated new mobile OS, dubbed iOS 7. As was widely anticipated, the often maligned skeuomorphic design aesthetic was summarily ...
Does Windows 8 give you a Déjà vu feeling? 17 May 2013 | 11:10 am
My mom was trained on an early IBM 5120 business computer at work in 1981, and she thought it was amazing. I still remember her taking my sister, brother and me to[...]
If you're a #Microsoft #MSBI Pro, it's time to learn about #BigData and #Hadoop: Here's how! 29 Nov 2012 | 09:04 am
Lately I've been speaking on the topic of Big Data from a Microsoft SQL Data Warehouse perspective in various venues like SQL Saturday events in various cities. On December 10th I'll be covering the ...
If you’re a Microsoft BI Pro, it’s time to learn about Big Data and Hadoop: Here’s how! 28 Nov 2012 | 09:00 pm
Lately I’ve been speaking on the topic of Big Data from a Microsoft SQL Data Warehouse perspective in various venues like SQL Saturday events in various cities. On December 10th I’ll be[...]
Developing for #windowsphone 8 on Mac OSX 9 Nov 2012 | 10:19 pm
The Windows Phone 8 SDK includes a new emulator architecture that uses the Hyper-V role, rather than the more conventional application simulator used in previous versions (and used by other mobile pla...
Developing for Windows Phone 8 on Mac OSX 9 Nov 2012 | 09:00 pm
The Windows Phone 8 SDK includes a new emulator architecture that uses the Hyper-V role, rather than the more conventional application simulator used in previous versions (and used by other[...]
After the honeymoon: from iPad to #Surface one week later 6 Nov 2012 | 01:07 am
Last week I wrote about my initial impressions of the Microsoft Surface. Most of my thoughts then were about the hardware build and form factor. I rightly received questions about my lack of commenta...
After the honeymoon: from iPad to Surface one week later 5 Nov 2012 | 09:00 pm
Last week I wrote about my initial impressions of the Microsoft Surface. Most of my thoughts then were about the hardware build and form factor. I rightly received questions about my lack[...]
My first two days with the Microsoft Surface 28 Oct 2012 | 08:00 pm
I’m sitting in my hotel in Charlotte, NC doing something I never thought I’d do: I’m writing this post on a tablet. It’s a new Microsoft Surface RT 64GB, and I’m using the[...]
My first two days with the Microsoft #Surface 28 Oct 2012 | 10:49 am
I'm sitting in my hotel in Charlotte, NC doing something I never thought I'd do: I'm writing this post on a tablet. It's a new Microsoft Surface RT 64GB, and I'm using the touch cover. What makes it ...