Microsoft partnering with monitor manufacturers?

I wonder if MS will fix this resolution limitation in the release…

Laurent Bugnion experienced Windows Update hell when he got hit in the middle of a presentation.  The moral of the story?  Run Windows Update before the presentation, or turn off updates altogether.

His presentation looks really interesting.  Taking a Silverlight to WP7 & WP7 to Win8/WinRT.

What was the issue actually?

After reboot I tried again, and the same result happened: No Metro apps could be started. From the room, I got the suggestion that it was a resolution problem. And indeed: You cannot run Metro applications with less than 768 pixels vertical resolution. And because of the projector, I was running at 1280x720. So I thought OK, let’s try it, increased the resolution to 1280x768 and indeed I could start the Metro apps… but then the projector stopped showing the image!

Laurent Bugnion (GalaSoft)

Windows 7 comes to the iPad with 1 gigabit internet speed

23 seconds to download a CD’s worth of content.  3 minutes to get a DVD?  Wow.

The news today is the new service, called OnLive Desktop Plus. It’s not free — it costs $5 a month — but it adds Adobe Reader, Internet Explorer and a 1-gigabit-a-second Internet connection.

That’s not a typo. And “1-gigabit Internet” means the fastest connection you’ve ever used in your life — on your iPad. It means speeds 500 or 1,000 times as fast as what you probably get at home. It means downloading a 20-megabyte file before your finger lifts from the glass.

You get the same speed in both directions. You can upload a 30-megabyte file in one second.

OnLive Desktop Plus Puts Windows 7 on the iPad in Blazing Speed - State of the Art - NYTimes.com

Download: Reporting Services LogViewer - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details

A log analyzer for Reporting Services, also try Log Parser Lizard

In this tool we demonstrate the best way to analyze the Report Server Service Trace Log and Report Server Execution Log that is useful if you are debugging an application or investigating an issue or event.

Download: Reporting Services LogViewer - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details

Data Mining Research - www.dataminingblog.com | Data Mining Blogs

Large Data Mining Blog list here.

Data Mining Research - www.dataminingblog.com | Data Mining Blogs

History of Sharepoint

Interesting article about the history of Sharepoint here.  Back in the day, I remember us building proof-of-concept digital dashboards in Outlook.  I remember Site Server having a really cool Silverlight-style 3D spiderweb visualization for looking at a web site map, and visualizing one of the largest web sites in Canada, analytics for Bell Canada.  I remember using a product called Corechange Coreport to build out portals that included both web and desktop apps. 

I remember cursing Sharepoint 2001's functionality when we were building out Project Server portals, and fighting with InfoPath xml and painfully slow document creation APIs to build out a workflow system for the largest insurance company in Canada.  Scaling out Sharepoint 2001 was an interesting affair...

Sample OData feed

Looking for sample data for PowerPivot?  Although Ocean Drilling isn't high on my list of environmentally friendly exercises, it could be an interesting source of data.

http://data.oceandrilling.org/

Killer Real-World PowerPivot Examples | Tech·Ed Australia 2011 | Channel 9

Killer PowerPoint examples – great video on how to create dashboards with PowerPivot.

Killer Real-World PowerPivot Examples | Tech·Ed Australia 2011 | Channel 9

Email Behavior Analyzer

Cool MS Outlook addin – find out how email conversations translate to emotions and behaviours.

Email Behavior Analyzer

Email Behavior Analyzer