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September 2006 - Posts

What Does it Take to Do a Particular Job?
Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:10 PM

"What does it take to do a particular job? I don't know. Basically, do a good job, work hard, and good things will happen to you. That's been my philosophy." - Chip Goodyear (CEO, BHP Billiton)

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Vienna Philharmonic Under the Stars - 29 Sep 2006
Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:18 PM

Sometimes, the best things in life are for free. Last evening, I was at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt (from 6pm) to witness and experience first hand, the Vienna Philharmonic historic first performance in Australia via live simulcast from the

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Patterns & Practices Guidance Explorer
Friday, September 29, 2006 12:05 AM

(Via ScottGu's blog) The Microsoft Patterns and Practices Team has just released a new GUI app on CodePlex called Patterns & Practices Guidance Explorer. What's really useful about this tool is that it can be a one stop shop for you to evaluate

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A Software to Manage Network Traffic Surge
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:33 AM

It'S a quirk of the internet age that straight after a dramatic event a web server crashes. It's known in techno circles as a flashcrowd: thousands, or even millions of people, hungry for information, hit a website. Dr Lindsay Bradford (Queensland University

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Pay up, pay up and play the game
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:27 AM

This year, in British higher education, the tables are turned. The number of students is fewer than the number of places and universities are chasing students. Read on "Pay up, pay up and play the game" (The Australian Higher Education) Welcome to the

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Mass Access to Education != Education Quality for all
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 5:40 PM

Harry Messel (Emeritus professor of physics at the University of Sydney ) believes that mass education and quality are a contradiction in terms, especially in the tertiary field, and normally mass education and mediocrity appear to be natural bedfellows.

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Introducing MSDN Nuggets
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:50 AM

If you do not have the time to watch an entire one hour long MSDN Webcast, why not check out these 10mins long MSDN Nuggets (level 100-400) from the UK MSDN Team. There are nuggets on: .NET Compact Framework, .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Security,

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While Frank's Away...
Monday, September 25, 2006 11:15 PM

Frank is going away for a well deserved break during the upcoming school holidays to spend time with his kids. A little birdie* whispered an idea and linked me to this URL in my ear ... mmmm Duh! Frank reads my blog .... arrrgh * Okay, maybe not

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Microsoft AU Marketing Community Offsite
Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:36 PM

Today, the extended Microsoft Australia marketing community got together for our first offsite. The idea of getting all the MS employees involved in marketing responsibilities (about 70 of us) first came about during our FY07 company kick off. The day

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Madonna and Child with Saints - Neri di Bicci
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:26 PM

The Madonna and Child with Saints, by Neri di Bicci shows Mary and the Christ child, eager to nurse. Their heavenly court is made up of saints, each with their traditional emblem: St. Luke the physician, with an ox; St. Bartholomew with

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Carrie Read - International Technical Roles Recruiter - theSpoke Chats #4
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:10 PM

Welcome to the 4th instalment of theSpoke Chats! Today, I had the pleasure of chatting up with Carrie Read both on email and in person. Carrie (belongs to the same team as Priya) focuses on international technical hires (SDE/ SDET/ PMs). A big Thank-You

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Veni, vidi, vici
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:58 PM

I came, I saw, I conquered Last weekend, I participated in a half marathon (Sydney Running Festival) and came in with a timing of 2h 7mins (provisional). I’m glad I managed to complete the distance and improved on my last year’s timing. The last minute

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What Would You Ask a Corp Recruiter?
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:21 PM

What BURNING questions would you ask if you have a chance to speak to a Microsoft technical-positions recruiter in an informal environment? Please send your proposed questions to t-berno Caveat: I am trying my best to arrange for a possible Q-A opportunity,

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Microsoft Developer Show #06 - User Groups R Us!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:37 PM

Nick Randolph had just published the MS Developer Show #6 and it's about what makes user groups ticks :) Check it out if you are interested in technical communities building.

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Why Microsoft - A Pragmatic Developer Response
Monday, September 18, 2006 10:07 AM

Across the months, there have been comments on Microsofts' innovation ability, internal culture and changes and also it's future. There is renewed enthusiasm to bash our platform, our internal culture and our product offerings. Everyone

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What's Blogging About?
Monday, September 18, 2006 9:51 AM

I say a blog is about the democratisation of information and a facility to share and exchange views and information. Scott Savage, the Microsoft Student Partner from University of Sydney wrote an entry about the meaning and purpose of blogging "The Importance

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RoR Beginner Resources- Ruby on Rails
Monday, September 18, 2006 9:38 AM

Ruby on Rails or RoR is an open source web application framework written in Ruby that closely follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture. Interested to find out more? Check out Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (such an interesting guide book!

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Kalyos
Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:20 AM

Hello Kalyos, you look so fine :) Building on the runaway success of the rimless Kerosene™ and Rydon™ designs, the KALYOS™ brings a strong value proposition to athletes without compromising function or style. Using Quick Change technology the Kalyos™

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A Parody of International Conference Calls
Friday, September 15, 2006 5:29 PM

Been on a conference call meetings before? If so, you must check out this parody of international conference calls. Life is often funnier than fiction :P

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PTY Interns Lunch
Friday, September 15, 2006 2:10 PM

It was a bright and sunny day here in Microsoft AU, several of interns including myself got together and did lunch. We got to catch up with among ourselves outside work context as well as got introduced to the freshly minted interns. Apparently,

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Vista RC 1 Now Available for Public Download
Friday, September 15, 2006 10:34 AM

Windows Vista RC 1 (Release Candidate, Build 5564) is now available for public download from this site. This would be our last public pre-release version before we RTM :) Related link: Windows Vista RC 1 Review (UK ZDNet)

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Long Term Benefits of Globalisation?
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:19 PM

Globalisation is no nirvana for the advanced developed economies or the developing world argues Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 winner for Nobel Prize for economics. Check out this entry, "Poor will get even poorer" (The Australian). Who is then really benefiting

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Rantings on the State of Consumer Banking in AU
Monday, September 11, 2006 11:10 PM

Many people know that I am very unsatisfied with the service quality of consumer banking here in Australia. I think it is ludicrous that I am subjected to monthly bank fees to maintain an account, unreasonably low saving interest rate, inaccurate bank

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More Blogging Forcasted
Monday, September 11, 2006 10:57 PM

If you have noticed, I have not been blogging earnestly for awhile now. I was reviewing my commitments for FY07, supporting the AM team with minor assignments, doing a bit more serious reading and finally training for the half marathon that is happening

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Something to Remind Myself ...
Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:31 PM

It is a glorious achievement to master one's own temper. -- Anonymous PS: Do you think rising of one's temper is a reflection of one's self-inflated ego? If so, I think I need to check my ego. Many great men were known more for their humility, their

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Guest Blogger on TechTalk Blogs
Friday, September 08, 2006 3:00 PM

Just wrote my first guest blog post "Berno.text="Hello World" "on TechTalk Blog. TechTalk Blog is a Microsoft AU community group blog with a rotation of guest bloggers and this month's guest bloggers are all students (and one ex-student).

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(Rejected) Microsoft Stock Image
Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:51 PM

We wanted to portray realism in our product advertising, real people using people-ready software, not plastic Barbie and Ken. But man this is just a bit TOO REAL for comfort! <grin/ >

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What Do You Think of Me?
Thursday, September 07, 2006 4:49 PM

http://kevan.org/johari?name=Bernard-Oh Pick 5 adjectives from the lists and it will map your choice with the image I see of myself. I reckon it’s a fun exercise to examine the similarities and differences between self-image and other's perceptions of

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Microsoft Expression Web (Designer) Beta 1 Released
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:26 PM

Microsoft Expression Web Beta 1 (formerly know as Web Designer and Sparkle - I loved those names) has just been released. Expression Web is a professional design tool that helps you create and work with:- Standards-based Web sites - Sophisticated

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microsoftStudentPartner.Becomes(MSFT-Intern)
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:49 AM

Marty, our awesome Microsoft Student Partner (former Student Ambassador) from QUT had just accepted a Technical Specialist intern role in Microsoft Brisbane. Marty has constantly displayed genuine passion with Microsoft and our technologies both in campus

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Mixing Standard Work and Nonstandard Deals
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 8:30 AM

It is well know that non-standard work arrangements such as temporary, contact and part-time work have spread widely over the past twenty years. Managers have used the flexibility of non-standard work to build leeway to handle fluctuating demand. But

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YaleShmale!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:29 AM

Graduating from an Ivy League university doesn't necessarily mean you're smart! - I totally agree! Related link: Lakehead University takes swipe at Bush

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Programming People Skills
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:01 AM

Times have changed and the IT industry has matured. Business skills are important, even for technical roles. "I expected that most of what I'd be doing would be very technical and I would not be needing business skills, but I discovered I did.", said

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Bangalore's Calling Australia IT Graduates
Friday, September 01, 2006 8:50 AM

Uni grads hear Bangalore's call Source: The Australian IT Yet another Indian IT company is chasing Australian graduates, with New Delhi-based NIIT Technologies revealing it will suck up a few Victorian TAFE students to work on projects as part of a

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