simonguest.comThe only guy at Microsoft allowed to log in as guestMicrosoft SAF Recordings Now Released!- December 11, 2007 Each November my team holds a conference called SAF - the Strategic Architect Forum - an event where we invite the top 250 IT Architects from organizations around the world for three days of discussions and sessions. Although the conference is in it's seventh year, being an invite-only event we traditionally haven't shared any of the presentations. Given the quality of speakers and topics this year however, we wanted to share the content more broadly and will be...http://simonguest.com/blogs/smguest/archive/2007/12/11/Microsoft-SAF-Recordings-Now-Releas... Microsoft Architecture Journal Issue 15 - Call For Papers- December 10, 2007 We've just put the final touches on Issue 14 of the Microsoft Architecture Journal, which goes to print later this month. As we head into the New Year, the theme of the next issue will be around The Role of an Architect. This is the first time that we are going to look at the role and our profession, and I'm excited to hear more about how you work, certification, career path choices, and the future of IT Architecture. If you think you could write a great article for the...http://simonguest.com/blogs/smguest/archive/2007/12/10/Microsoft-Architecture-Journal-Issu... Do Not Disturb!- December 6, 2007 Like many people, I have VOIP at home - my current provider is Vonage. One of the features of Vonage is an international virtual number. This gives me a local number in the UK that my family can dial, which automatically redirects to my home number here in the US. It's relatively cheap ($4.99 per month) and makes it really easy for friends and family to get in contact. One of the disadvantages of having an international virtual number however is that people can...http://simonguest.com/blogs/smguest/archive/2007/12/05/Do-Not-Disturb_2100_.aspx Hierarchical View Carousel Source Code Released- December 3, 2007 Good news from Karsten's blog. The source code for the hierarchical view carousel has been released. I played around with this WPF code a couple of years ago and found it very useful for displaying navigable, hierarchical sets of data. As Karsten mentions, the code is based on an older drop of the framework, and is pretty crusty (his quote, not mine!) but might be worth checking out regardless.http://simonguest.com/blogs/smguest/archive/2007/12/02/Hierarchical-View-Carousel-Source-C... |