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It's called StackOverflow, it's good and it's coming soon!

I've been following with interest the development of StackOverflow.com , the brainchild of Jeff Attwood and Joel Spolsky , for a while now. It the time of writing, it's still in beta. Hopefully, barring any further hiccups, it'll be released...

Published Thu, Sep 11 2008 4:26 PM by Steve Morgan

Filed under: StackOverflow
Microsoft ships an iPhone app!

Well, who would have thought that Microsoft would get into iPhone development? On 13th December 2008, Microsoft Live Labs announced the launch of a preview release of its Seadragon Mobile application for the iPhone. Seadragon Mobile provides smooth image...

Published Wed, Dec 17 2008 8:02 PM by Steve Morgan

Filed under: iPhone, Microsoft, Seadragon
[OT] Own up. How many times have you wanted to do this?

I may be turning into a grumpy old man, but I swear the term customer service is becoming an oxymoron. More often than not, if you take your business elsewhere when you get treated badly by some organisation, it's usually only you that loses out in...

Published Wed, May 21 2008 9:09 AM by Steve Morgan

Filed under: Off-Topic, News, Humour
Soliciting comments of the Microsoft Azure Developer Portal

I'm interested in what Azure developers think of Microsoft's Developer Portal . For instance, from an Enterprise delivery perspective, it greatly concerns me that developers can flip-flop Staging and Production with no formal change control. What's...

Published Fri, Oct 15 2010 1:30 PM by Steve Morgan

Filed under: Microsoft, Azure, Windows Azure, Platform-as-a-Service, PaaS, Cloud Computing
Starbucks finally gets rid of T-Mobile. iPhone users rejoice!

I'd heard a mention that things were changing in Starbucks. This morning, I had the great displeasure of dealing with T-Mobile's hotspot customer support when unable to connect from my local Starbucks. I use an iPass-enabled laptop for work, which...

Published Fri, May 15 2009 8:35 AM by Steve Morgan

Filed under: iPhone, Starbucks, T-Mobile, Hotspot, BT Openzone
Private Cloud ≠ Private Public Cloud

Or when is a cloud not a cloud? The economies afforded by using a public cloud arise from the utility pricing model where customers are charged only for the resources that they use. Maximum cost savings are made by minimising the resources that are consumed...

Published Fri, Sep 10 2010 12:55 PM by Steve Morgan

Filed under: Azure, Cloud, PaaS, Public Sector, Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Iaas, Cloud Computing
Writing about the Cloud for PlatformCloud9

I was recently invited, through work, to start writing about the technical side of designing and developing applications for the cloud on PlatformCloud9.com . PlatformCloud9 is an industry-specific site from the editorial team from BusinessCloud9.com...

Published Thu, Mar 08 2012 7:08 PM by Steve Morgan

Filed under: Windows Azure, Cloud, Industry, Development, Writing, PlatformCloud9, BusinessCloud9
Getting to Know Windows Azure

I consider myself rather lucky at the moment. I was recently amongst forty-four ‘carefully selected’ specialists within my organisation to spend a week at Microsoft’s pleasure in Redmond to kick-start our Windows Azure partnership. We...

Published Sun, Aug 22 2010 9:06 PM by Steve Morgan

Filed under: Microsoft, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud

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It's called StackOverflow, it's good and it's coming soon!

Microsoft ships an iPhone app!

[OT] Own up. How many times have you wanted to do this?

Soliciting comments of the Microsoft Azure Developer Portal

Starbucks finally gets rid of T-Mobile. iPhone users rejoice!

Private Cloud ≠ Private Public Cloud

Writing about the Cloud for PlatformCloud9

Getting to Know Windows Azure