This is so cool. Microsoft Surface is cool, of course... and even available now for purchase. (AT&T stores have 'em now.) But what if I wanted any old surface to be a computing surface? How about cool multi-touch click/drag/shape? And pretty simple hardware that costs very little compared to Microsoft Surface? Check out this thing … Continue reading There’s a surface computer in your future (and on your wall!)
This past week I had the pleasure of visiting Madison Wisconsin; not only for our HHH Launch event, but also for a delightful day speaking at the University of Wisconsin - Madison to lead a day of Windows Server 2008 training.Here is my fifth in my series of video diaries for the launch events I've … Continue reading Heroes happen { here } Launch Video Diary 5 – Madison
Best quality video yet. I figured out that so far the best way to render these is to do it all in Pinnacle Studio, and then just make sure the file is small enough (100mb max) for rendering the application in Expression Encoder, and then publishing the app to my Silverlight hosting through that."This one … Continue reading Heroes happen { here } Launch Video Diary 4 – Columbus
Yes! On March 18, 2008 we hit Motown hard with Windows Server 2008 goodness...and I'm also getting better at streaming Silverlight video; but I'm looking for the perfect combination of clarity and video size. I'd be able to get full HD (got the camera for it and everything), but the video size gets too unwieldy. … Continue reading Heroes happen { here } Launch Video Diary 3 – Detroit
Finally got my video footage I shot in Cleveland last Thursday edited and ready for showing off. Cleveland ROCKS!http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/30195/LKOLaunchCleveland/iframe.html
Took some video at the Chicago and Cleveland "Heroes happen { here }" events (Launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008). So far I haven't had a chance to work with the video from Cleveland, but here's my day in Chicago!http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/30195/LKOLaunchChicagoIL/iframe.html Don'tcha love Silverlight?!
http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/30195/BreakfastMPG/iframe.html This time I took my original AVCHD file and rendered it as a high-quality MPEG-2 file before rendering it again for Silverlight using Expression Encoder.It looks a little better in my opinion. Not so many interlacing effects visible. What do you think?
http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/30195/Breakfast3/iframe.html HINT: Double-click to show fullscreen.The first test I did (I've removed that post - it's annoying when all these videos start playing all at once in each blog post) rendered it down a little - more like DVD quality than true HD.This later one is a much bigger file, and is true HD 720p … Continue reading HD Silverlight Stream Test 2 – even higher quality
Hi all!Below are the questions I pulled out of the Q&A log from the TechNet Webcast: "Windows Vista Reliability Improvements", along with extended answers (especially to those I answered verbally).Hope you find them useful!KevinPS: Here is my resource page for this webcast. ---Questions and Answers:"Did Microsoft send out some reliability updates last months? My Vista systems … Continue reading Best of Questions and Answer from TechNet Webcast: Windows Vista Reliability Improvements
Absolutely Full of I.T. 