FrankFi's view of the world
Team Foundation Server Introduction - The Hardcore Way...
Hi... if you ever wanted to get an introduction to Team Foundation Server within 3 hours (and I mean...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/15/2007
One the hardest weeks I ever had...
Hi... let me tell you about my last week. It started on Monday morning - say - on 3:45 am. I got up...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/14/2007
The story behind...LINQ
Hi... if you are like me and always interested in how things work under the hood and why it came...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/14/2007
Not that you haven't had it before but now it's better...
HI... if you are working with .net in any way you certainly heard about this announcement ScottGu...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/04/2007
Interesting Clipping: The Box of Freedom
HI... as usual I am listening audio books when jogging through the woods. One model really struck me...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/01/2007
Sorry, no Schadenfreude allowed!!
Hi... in my last posting I was bit harsh to Apple because of the security of its iPhone. OK, now I...
Author: FrankFi Date: 10/01/2007
Can you be cool but not secure?
HI... to make it short: Yes, you absolutely can... for a few days at least. Maybe you saw this...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/28/2007
Transistors switching light...
Hi... researchers made a "transistor" able to use a single photon (input) to amplify a stream of...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/19/2007
Advertising with Games
Hi... to make a long story short: Get the BMW M3 Challenge Game and have fun ;-)...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/19/2007
We Silverlighted the web... at least www.xtopia.de
Hi... the upcoming conference in Berlin, XTOPIA, has a redesigned website by today. The German ReMIX...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/17/2007
Am I getting old...finally?
Hi... you all remember (if not you are in the middle of that time of your life. Then quit reading...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/16/2007
Pass a Turing Test and Find a Friend for Live
Hi... we all know services (like Hotmail for example) which require to identify the person behind...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/13/2007
1+1=WOW!!
Hi... Let's play a little game: Think about a PowerShell console written in WPF?? Strange but cool...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/12/2007
Scott Hanselman's Choice
Hi... this is a pretty cool and pretty complete collections of the "must-haves" and...
Author: FrankFi Date: 09/09/2007
Ping Me!
Hi... in Germany we started Ping Me! The idea is to put a face on the guys behind MSDN and make...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/29/2007
What do you need for an SMS server??
Hi... SMS (or Short Message Service, not the System Management Server, sorry) is very popular. I...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/24/2007
Know your AJAX with AJAX View
Hi... since I just been luring around a bit and searched through MS Research papers... there is an...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/24/2007
History - When Microsoft pushed Unix on every desk ;-)
Hi... Can you remember XENIX?? Did you know that its roots do have a Redmond wing?? To be honest I...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/24/2007
Universal Explanation...
Hi... Do you now "System Administrator from Hell"?? (See here for example) I have to add the...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/21/2007
LiveID and Microsoft as a plattform provider
Hi... now there a re news around LiveID: Go out and use it!!! (see here) I saw some reactions on...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/21/2007
WMI in Action...
Hi... Sometimes I do wonder why we are not using our own stuff. Want an example? Here we go: When we...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/20/2007
Search Engines
Hi... I just found an article on problems regarding relevancy in search results and how it is...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/17/2007
Where do all the patents go...?
Hi... <My-Opinion Disclaimer="This is just my personal opinion and has nothing to do with what my...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/14/2007
Nice article on Robotics
Hi... ever wondered what Microsoft is doing about Robotics or better why and how?? Have a look here...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/03/2007
Displaying Sensor-Data in a Mashup
Hi... this Project https://research.microsoft.com/nec/senseweb/ called SenseWeb is a nice Mashup...
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/01/2007
3.7 Million new Game Consoles in Germany in 2007
Hi... I just found an interesting article on the market around game consoles here in Germany....
Author: FrankFi Date: 08/01/2007
IronRuby - First look...
Hi... just downloaded I will do my first steps with it within the next and will keep you posted. If...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/25/2007
Article on Web 3.0
Hi... on my way back from the states I read a magazine article on Web 3.0 (I think the magazine was...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/25/2007
Anyone seen my phone...
Hi... as if a cold isn't enough I came to the US and left my phone at home. It is a strange...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/20/2007
Dead in Orlando...
Hi... I just arrived in Orlando. We will have a yearly meeting here and normally I would like...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/15/2007
Why is the Online Reading Experience of the Makezine so lousy?
Hi... I have read the Makezine since the past year now. As an inhabitant of the cyberspace and as a...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/14/2007
Social Scripting
Hi... I just felt over an article in the IEEE Computer magazine about a project called KOALA. It is...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/13/2007
Second: A Welcome
Hi... Welcome, my new Lenovo X60 Tablet PC Boy, I waited nearly 4 weeks now and some of my collegues...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/13/2007
XTOPIA - Speaker Line Up
HI... yes, we are a bit proud that we can present such a speaker line up for the XTOPIA on the...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/12/2007
FolderShare... an unknown pearl...
Hi... have you ever heard of FolderShare? Don't be shy I had a conversation with a MVP these days...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/07/2007
High Performance Computing=Admin + Dev
HI... I am so proud and sorry, I have to tell the world: Two of my guys are running a HPC event...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/06/2007
Definition for Business Model
Hi... I found a nice definition for business model which I just have to mention here: A business...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/05/2007
Worst Jobs in Science and Technology...
Hi... the German Spiegel Magazin quoted in a ticker news (see...
Author: FrankFi Date: 07/02/2007
Microsoft Tagspace
Hi... some time ago I met Korby Parnell and was really impressed by the ideas that he and the team...
Author: FrankFi Date: 06/28/2007
XTOPIA Videos
Hi... Oli Scheer and I did some video art. We did a little Silverlight player around it(Oli is in...
Author: FrankFi Date: 06/27/2007
Photosynth in Action
Hi... they recently posted a cool collections of photos done in cooperation with the BBC and other...
Author: FrankFi Date: 06/27/2007
Welcome to the new world of development...
Hi... when I started developing software it was all about saving memory and processor cycles. Ladies...
Author: FrankFi Date: 06/26/2007