Julien just blogged about our cool new FireFox plugin that lets you render any Office doc without having to have anything but the plugin installed. Too bad everybody can't read French :( ... the press pass will be out soon - Jas Sandhu
Check out this really cool new Live Labs offering that allows you to pick up stuff from all over the web and collect it in this easy to reference spot. don't forget to install the accelerator. Really good for research! - Jas Sandhu
Photosynth mashes up with Live Maps! It allows you to navigate around the map and see a pushpin for each Photosynth in the area. You can then click the ‘launch Photosynth viewer’ link for any Photosynth to dive in and experience it. It’s a fun way to find Synths in a particular area. Try it out; this link will put you in ‘explore’ mode near seattle center. Or try Cairo at the Sphinx. Vatican city. Leaning tower of Pisa - Jas Sandhu
Check out what a buddy of mine created ... yes multimon heaven. I will have to stop by and pay him a visit and check out the eye candy he runs on that mutha :) - Jas Sandhu
Interesting site run by some MVPs and other community leaders. They're not at PDC but they are sharing their knowledge with a good roster of topics - Jas Sandhu
the Samba folks were in the lab recently and this cool announce is part of the recent interop plugfest between the Microsofties and the Samba AD team - Jas Sandhu
now you can start testing associating you Windows Live ID as an OpenID, finaly a change to unify your identities and have single sign on ... cool - Jas Sandhu
I was at the DII workshop run by Doug Mahugh and other colleagues at Office. We had a very good set of standards, folks and vendors who were implementing OOXML solutions within their apps. The workshop recap can be found on Doug's blog above. It was good to meet everyone there. - Jas Sandhu
Check ou the MIX online sites, it's all about emerging web trends, cool feature is oomph a microformats based. They'll be providing freely downloadable, open source, and immediately useable prototypes. You are encouraged to use these prototypes for your own projects, but to also submit code to the prototype project on CodePlex.com to share with the community. You can also register for the MIX conference at www.visitmix.com/2009. - Jas Sandhu
Thomas Lewis aka The Spider King gives us the lowdown on the goings on at PDC08 this year ... cool read esp. if you're headed to the event - Jas Sandhu
Check out the new set of conferences offered by the US Developer and Platform Evangelism teams building on the buzz, excitement, and industry-changing announcements of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC), the MSDN Developer Conference will deliver the core message, content, and experience of the PDC in a one-day, multi-track event to 12 cities across the United States in December 2008 and January 2009. - Jas Sandhu
Michelin rated restaurant that does a tasting menu that is vegeterian ... on my list to try when I'm next in Paris ... the chef Alain Passard is a legend! - Jas Sandhu
Congrats, Dion! It is with some sadness too, of course, as I will sincerely miss you as a co-worker, but what you guys are going to do over at Mozilla is great for the open web, and we're all cheering for you! - DeWitt Clinton
@Dare That's right, no longer at Google. Fortunately, they have some great people over there and I am looking forward to working with them in the future (also looking forward to working with your company!). - Dion Almaer
@DeWitt Thanks. It will be fun to see great products come out of Google and not have the inside scoop. It will feel like Xmas again :) - Dion Almaer
Another one leaving Google... hmmm.... Congrats Dion! If it makes you feel better you're still getting paid by Google indirectly. - Jason Carreira
I love what Scott Hanselman dug out when he went spelunking through Google Chrome source. Who would have though that WTL was in there which is basically open sourced (under MS Public License) of the Windows Template Library. - Jas Sandhu
With the financial climate in the gutter. Folks aren't sure what is covered by their bank. If you've got one that is FDIC insured then this info is very useful. Let's hope that the worse doesn't come! - Jas Sandhu
