SBC DotNet Weblog

I think Ron Jacobs (Microsoft PM) must have the old whip out - I see a lot of activity at ShadowFax land. I received three emails in a day alone and I also see quite a few recent releases. The Virtual TAP is something worth pursuing for projects that don't have much stakeholder equity (euphemism for 'not much responsibility involved'). Seriously, pick a small project where you can apply ShadowFax and learn from it.

Groove Networks announced that its software is a core component of an information-sharing network of the Department of Homeland Security. The Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) will be expanded to "all 50 states, five territories, tribal governments, and 50 major urban areas" and eventually to the private sector so it can coordinate preparedness efforts with government officials". From the IT perspective - if there ever was a technical solution that perfectly fits a business requirement then this is it. Read Ray Ozzie's blog posting for more insights.

OReilly has a new book out - Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks. There are a couple of free chapters that shows you how to build an Internet Coffee Maker and Toaster. The book also has a chapter on 'How to Build an Aquarium Inside a Macintosh'.

From ShadowFax -

RandyRants has released a new version of SharpMT (v.2.2). In addition to a new Help System and an updated Toolbar, it has a RSS Aggregator support that allows to work with plug-ins. One feature that caught my eye but have yet to explore is the 'Now Playing' music plug-in..

Good listing of resources concerning MSF (Solutions Framework) at Lorenzo's weblog site. Worth noting (as he'll be updating it as well).

John Durant has an article on MSDN which gives an excellent overview of MS Collaboration Technologies. I do work with collaborative systems, primarily with SharePoint and Groove. I was hoping that there would be some mention of Groove in John's article - after all, MS does have a considerable stake in Groove.