Archive for the ‘General’ Category
More on future UIs
A while ago I wrote on Microsoft Courier and the UI design implications such a form factor would have. A bit farther in the future, it’s getting even more hardcore. Long Zheng has a nice post on Microsoft’s most recent future office video (if an 8-minute video is too long, check out the images). What [...]
September 28, 2009
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Jouni Heikniemi · 
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Tags: future, user interface · Posted in: General
What does Microsoft Courier mean for UI developers?
So now the rumors of the Microsoft’s next stab at the tablet market seem to be getting more meat around them. And while Courier may never even see the light, it’s a good time to stop and think about the potential developer impact. If all of the above was unfamiliar to you, check out Gizmodo’s [...]
September 23, 2009
· Jouni Heikniemi · One Comment
Tags: Courier, UI, usability · Posted in: General
A hobby project: Local weather onto Twitter and the Web
A year ago I suddenly grew an interest in following the weather. Being a bit too quality-focused, there was little alternative to buying a Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station with a cool console inside and mounting it onto the roof of our house. But what kind of dev-minded person would I be, had I [...]
August 22, 2009
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Tags: weather · Posted in: General
A chart that justifies all the RIA hype (again)
There are web enthusiasts that consider Flash, Silverlight and friends nothing but an accessibility problem. I think there is plenty of potential in RIA technologies that we still haven’t experienced. Data visualization is definitely one of the top fields, and NY Times just posted a Flash chart that reminds me why. Check out the interactive [...]
August 12, 2009
· Jouni Heikniemi · 2 Comments
Tags: BI, RIA, visualization · Posted in: General
The Windows 7 chkdsk crash – and how would Linux have fared?
Stories of the Windows 7 showstopper bug with a chkdsk crash have been circulating. Newly appointed Windows President Steven Sinofsky was pretty conversational on the issue, and has now posted their notes on how crash reports get handled. Had it not been Microsoft, how would other vendors have managed? Unfortunately, Steven’s latest blog post is [...]
August 10, 2009
· Jouni Heikniemi · 17 Comments
Tags: Linux, Windows 7 · Posted in: General
Integrity and technology consulting
A Team Foundation Server MVP blogged about the good aspects of TFS, removed a comment with alternative views and brought about some interesting discussion. Read it all here. The key question: Should an acknowledged technology consultant – and I’ll admit the MVP programs indicates some sort of acknowledgement – be fair and balanced in his [...]
July 27, 2009
· Jouni Heikniemi · No Comments
Tags: consulting · Posted in: General
YouTube reminds me why Business Intelligence will rock
Business Intelligence, i.e. mining data from various sources and combining it to easily readable aggregate views, is coming fast. It’s coming because there is more and more data, but also because there is less and less time to interpret it properly. YouTube’s recent addition of video statistics reminds me of all this. Under many YouTube [...]
July 23, 2009
· Jouni Heikniemi · One Comment
Tags: BI · Posted in: General
Learning calendar for Microsoft developers 2009-2010
If you’re a developer on the Microsoft platform, you should enjoy your summer vacation. Given that Redmondians talk about the largest launch wave in their history ever, your brain ought to be well rested before the fall kicks off. In the following, I’ll outline a few themes that will be of interest to you in [...]
July 22, 2009
· Jouni Heikniemi · One Comment
Tags: learning, schedule · Posted in: General
Microsoft’s three-day WPC blaze recapped
WPC 2009’s main keynotes are behind us, and the dust is settling. Microsoft made the headlines three days in a row and created quite a buzz. So is the Redmond giant experiencing a new renaissance? What was announced? The amount of stuff Microsoft has pushed out during the three first days has been impressive. It [...]
July 16, 2009
· Jouni Heikniemi · One Comment
Tags: strategy, WPC · Posted in: General
ScriptLogic says Windows 7 is a bust – or wait…
A few days ago it was widely reported that 60% of companies were going to skip Windows 7. I had the gut feeling of seeing misinterpreted statistics, but didn’t find the time to uncover the thing. Thankfully Ed Bott did, and thus uncovered another classic example of statistics “interpretation”. Ed’s post sums it up pretty [...]
July 14, 2009
· Jouni Heikniemi · No Comments
Tags: Windows 7 · Posted in: General