MVP Renewed 2015 I am so honored to be renewed as a .NET MVP for 2015/2016. There is a fantastic community of individuals that are willing to help and assist no matter what time of day or night. Without the dedicated individuals that never hesitate or shy away from helping,…
Windows 10 Launches July – I guess as most of you have heard, Windows 10 is launching on July 29th. This is great news for those of you that haven’t played around with the technical preview.
So just how easy will it be to get your hands on a copy of Microsoft’s new OS? Very easy, as it turns out. (more…)
Microsoft MVP Virtual Conference – Microsoft and the MVPs are hosting a FREE event on May 14th & 15th. Join Microsoft MVPs from the Americas’ region as they share their knowledge and real-world expertise during the free event. Go check out the MVP Virtual Conference site. (more…)
Microsoft OneDrive – If you are using OneDrive free you need to know that Microsoft has doubled the free storage. In order to get this, all you need to do is enable the auto-upload feature from within your OneDrive app. But you need to hurry as this deal is only till the end of September. (more…)
I want to take the time to thank Microsoft and the MVP Community for awarding me the MVP Award for contributions in Visual C#. I would also like to thank Hande Kayadeniz Torkan, MVP Community Program Manager for MEA for all her support and assistance. My hope is to continue contributing to the C# (and other) communities and share, collaborate and connect with individuals with a passion for technology.
Windows XP Bliss – Can you remember the first time you saw Windows XP? What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘Windows XP”? The image of the Bliss wallpaper immediately springs to mind (in my mind anyway). Charles O’Rear is the photographer behind the wallpaper we will never forget. (more…)
Flight is truly one of the most amazing human feats. When Orville and Wilbur Wright flew for the first time in 1903 they probably didn’t realize the impact their breakthrough would have on the human race. The reason I say this is that their framework of reference was limited to what they knew of at the time. I wonder if they realized that what they did would open the doors for supersonic flight, space flight, landing a man on the moon (65 years later) or landing on Mars. (more…)
What was life like in South Africa 1981? Man, I can still remember that year. Yeah, shocking… I know. I was a young kid in South Africa 1981, but I was into all sorts of gadgets. I loved to take stuff apart and figure out how they worked. I remember taking apart my mom’s broken washing machine. That thing amazed me no end. Thinking back to 1981, I can’t really imagine the world back then as compared to today, 33 years later.
South Africa was in the throes of Apartheid, and I remember that quite vividly because the signs of it were all around. Signs like “Slegs Blankes” (Whites Only) littered parks, camping sights, cinemas, restaurants, restrooms and every other bit of everyday life as I knew it. My dad who was a doctor worked at a practice that has two entrances. One for whites and one for non-whites. My dad later later moved away from that practice and opened his own practice for non-whites only. (more…)
Social Media Family – How much of your personal information is available on-line for any passer by to see? It seems that every app on your smartphone wants you to integrate it with your Facebook or Twitter account. In fact, there are apps out there that don’t allow for another type of account creation.
I do admit that while integrating some of your smartphone apps with Facebook certainly does improve the user experience (such as with QuizUp for example), I am careful of allowing that level of integration with every app.
So just how much information is available on-line? Jack Vale has a look. (more…)
Social Media – To what extent does Social Media impact our lives today? How often do you walk around in town and see people on their smartphones. How many likes does your status update get? How many retweets do you receive? How many followers do you have? Are you the mayor of this place or that? Can you create a great Vine using stop motion?
It consumes our whole existence, and while I use it quite a lot I can understand that there are some that go a bit overboard with their use of Social Media. The question I think we should be asking is, just how social is Social Media? (more…)